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See your favourite local celebrities race, run or walk for the health of it
in the Carriere Industrial Celebrity Challenge.
This is a high-energy event with local media personalities competing to win the title as Sudbury’s Fastest Celebrity. There is also the fabulous Celebrity Challenge Trophy up for grabs.
Here is Producer,
Ryan Manahan from Eastlink one of this year’s Celebrity Challengers for the 2021 Virtual SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon. Ryan still holds the record for the most top Celebrity wins in the history of the event. Ryan won the fastest Sud-lebrity in 2015, 2016 and 2017! Ryan is looking forward to participating again this year in support of the Northern Cancer Foundation |
This is Ryan’s story. I started running in Summer of 2009. I weighed around 240 lbs, was extremely out of shape, and thought “Enough’s enough and it’s time for a change.” My first race was the Mississauga Half-Marathon in 2010. I trained for a solid 16 weeks and finished with a time of 01:45:48.9. Considering that I couldn’t run for 5 minutes before I started this journey, I was very impressed by my time. Later that year, my mother passed away from lung cancer and - irrational as it may be - my first instinct was to run a marathon. With my mother in my heart, I trained for the 2011 Mississauga Marathon for 6 months and finished the race in 03:37:24.3. Since then, I’ve kept running a major part of my life, running 5 total marathons (Mississauga Marathon Twice, the Toronto Goodlife Marathon Twice, and The The Sudbury Rocks Race, Run, or Walk marathon once) and winning the Sudbury Rocks Celebrity Challenge 3 times. I continue running because it’s become a major part of who I am – and it’s one of the parts of my life that makes me feel like myself. |
*SUD-LEBRITY RUNNER ALERT 2021*
Pure Country Mornings Co-Host and Sudbury Wolves play-by-play announcer Coop will be one of our Sud-lebrities running the 5KM challenge for the 3rd year in a row! Last year he raised over $1000 in pledges for the Northern Cancer Foundation - Way to go Coop!!
Coop will be running in his father’s memory who lost his battle to cancer.
Join Coop at this year's Virtual SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon together SudburyROCKS!!! COVID!
Sudbury's Pure Country
Sudbury Wolves
Northern Cancer Foundation
Pure Country Mornings Co-Host and Sudbury Wolves play-by-play announcer Coop will be one of our Sud-lebrities running the 5KM challenge for the 3rd year in a row! Last year he raised over $1000 in pledges for the Northern Cancer Foundation - Way to go Coop!!
Coop will be running in his father’s memory who lost his battle to cancer.
Join Coop at this year's Virtual SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon together SudburyROCKS!!! COVID!
Sudbury's Pure Country
Sudbury Wolves
Northern Cancer Foundation
Just some of our 2020 Celebrity Challengers
2020 Vale 5k Celebrity Challenger Greg Williams as Deadpool again
We love seeing our Celebrity Challengers running their best races! Congratulations Greg Williams on your awesome run and your amazing fundraising! Running time: 5km in 22:13
"My lungs were burning (still), and my thighs are on fire (now in pain). Thank you to my wife & boys, mother & father-in-law, and niece Zoe & nephew Kyron for braving the chilly conditions this morning to cheer me on.
$2040 raised. Thank you to all who pledged and supported me through this difficult period. Special thanks to Mell & Chris' "30 Deeds" and The Lougheed Foundation"
"My lungs were burning (still), and my thighs are on fire (now in pain). Thank you to my wife & boys, mother & father-in-law, and niece Zoe & nephew Kyron for braving the chilly conditions this morning to cheer me on.
$2040 raised. Thank you to all who pledged and supported me through this difficult period. Special thanks to Mell & Chris' "30 Deeds" and The Lougheed Foundation"
Congratulations to Brian Cooper one of our Celebrity Challengers! He also crossed his fundraising finish line raising over $1000!
Running Time: 5km in 33:06
"It was a chilly morning for a run, but I did it!"
Running Time: 5km in 33:06
"It was a chilly morning for a run, but I did it!"
Welcome to Sudbury Jamie and we are thrilled to have you participate in this year's SudburyROCKS!!! Marathon!
Here is Jamie from
KiSS 105.3 Sudbury's story:
I am new-ish to Sudbury, having moved here and starting the new year by joining the team at Kiss 105.3! I form one half of The Cory & Jamie Show, which you can hear weekday mornings from 5:30-9. I used to be an avid runner, but after my first Sudbury winter I shifted to hiking for safety reasons! I recently completed the Sudbury Camino (32kms!) I am so excited to be participating in my first Sudbury Rocks! I lost my dad to cancer in 2015, and my grandpa is currently battling, so I’m thrilled to be supporting the Northern Cancer Foundation.
Here is Jamie from
KiSS 105.3 Sudbury's story:
I am new-ish to Sudbury, having moved here and starting the new year by joining the team at Kiss 105.3! I form one half of The Cory & Jamie Show, which you can hear weekday mornings from 5:30-9. I used to be an avid runner, but after my first Sudbury winter I shifted to hiking for safety reasons! I recently completed the Sudbury Camino (32kms!) I am so excited to be participating in my first Sudbury Rocks! I lost my dad to cancer in 2015, and my grandpa is currently battling, so I’m thrilled to be supporting the Northern Cancer Foundation.
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A transplant from the west coast, Turner entertains and informs on KiSS 105.3 from 9-2, Monday to Friday, and in his spare time he likes to hit the treadmill! Though 2020 hasn’t been a great year for the gym, he’s still excited to raise funds for one of his favourite charities in town the
Northern Cancer Foundation , while also trying his best to beat his Celebrity 5K time from last year! KiSS 105.3 Sudbury |
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Past Celebrity Challenge Winners
2008 Randy Pascal Eastlink Sports 23:40 2009 Rachel Punch Sudbury Star 28:00 2010 Michael Vlasveld KICX 91.7 25:01 2011 Jason Miller SNAP 21:41 2012 Jeff Harrington CTV 21:03 (Record) 2013 Jason Turnbull CBC 26:06 2014 Sean Grech CVT 24:22 2015 Ryan Manahan Eastlink 21:58 2016 Ryan Manahan Eastlink 21:54 2017 Ryan Manahan Eastlink 22:09 2018 Nihad Hasanefendic Police 23:33 2019 Greg Cregan 92.7 Rock 21:07 2020 Greg Williams 92.7 Rock 22:13 For previous years information go to: Celebrity Challengers Past |
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For information on the Celebrity Challenge, please Tel: 705.523.7100 ext. 2622
