This weekend, 48,904 Vancouverites participated in the 28th annual Vancouver Sun Run, also known as Canada’s largest 10-km race! When almost 49,000 people are attending such a race you’re bound to see people in interesting attire, one woman was even wearing a bridal gown!
For the second year in a row, the race’s overall fastest runner was a Canadian man, 22-year-old Kelly Weibe. Weibe finished the 10-km race with in an impressive time span of 29 minutes, 12.3 seconds.
Weibe isn’t the only runner dedicated to the Sun Run, 71-year-old Clara Camille drove six hours from Dog Creek, just outside of Clinton in B.C.’s South Cariboo region along with various others to participate in the annual run, they have been following this tradition since 2009. For Camille, the Sun Run is an opportunity for her to get together with family and friends.
Anajli Forber-Pratt, an American who won double bronze at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics, participated in her first Sun Run this year. She holds the 200m world record, and last minute found a repair shop for her racing wheelchair, after it got damaged in the airplane.
27-year-old Lyndsay Melynk from Burnaby, signalled off her stagette party at the run! Melynk was sporting a full on bridal gown, while her entourage wore tutu’s!
Since the first race in 1985, the number of participants has increased greatly, from 3,200 then, to 48,904 now! Since the first race, Sun Runners have raised more than $1.86 million for several causes. This year, entries supported The Vancouver Sun’s Raise-a-Reader campaign and B.C.’s amateur athletes.
Check out pictures of this year’s Sun Run below!
