Vancouver Sun Run
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Ensure AAA contrast ratio The Vancouver Sun Run, owned by Run Vancouver Holdings ULC and sponsored by The Vancouver Sun newspaper, is a 10-kilometre road running event held in Vancouver every year on the third (sometimes the fourth) Sunday in April since 1985. It is one of the largest road races in North America.
Attendance
The first Vancouver Sun Run in 1985 started with approximately 3,700 participants,[1] and has grown significantly since:
- With over 39,000 finishers in 2006, it ranked as the 9th largest race in the world[2] and the 3rd largest 10-km race, behind only the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta and the Bolder Boulder in Boulder.
- The 2006 event took place on April 23 and 50,746[3] participants registered for the 10-km Sun Run and the 2.5-km "mini Sun Run", which was run by 2,000 people, mostly children and their parents, with some school teams participating as well.
- On April 15, 2007, the Sun Run had a record number of participants, with 54,317[3] people registered to participate in the 10-km and 2.5-km races, making it the largest road race in Canada, the second largest in North America and the third largest in the World.[3]
- On April 20, 2008, the record was again broken, with 59,179[3] runners registered for the run making it the largest 10-kilometre race in the world. The temperature was a chilly 3 °C (37.4 °F).
- On April 17, 2011, the record was again broken, with 60,000[3] runners registered for the run making it the largest 10-kilometre race in the world.
- On April 15, 2012, the cool weather didn't stop 48,904 from taking part.[4]
- Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 event was cancelled and the 2021 event operated as a virtual race.[5]
Race details
The primary mandate of the Sun Run is to "promote health, fitness and community spirit and to support amateur athletics". In conjunction with the run a large number of 13-week clinics (including Nordic walking, walking, learn to run and run faster) are conducted at community centres throughout the province. The run is not a charity event; however, the organizers claim over $1.1 million in race proceeds have been donated to charities since 1985. It includes a relatively small number of competitive elite runners, a wheelchair race, and numerous other categories of participants ranging from running enthusiasts to parents walking with their children in strollers. The various categories start the race at different times, with the wheelchair and elite runners first, and slower runners following in numerous waves. For several years, individual runners have had their times recorded by an electronic chip attached to their shoes, which triggers a timer at the starting line and again at the finish.
The current route of the race begins on Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver, with the starting line just west of the intersection of Burrard Street, and ends outside BC Place Stadium after guiding runners through the downtown peninsula and parts of the Kitsilano and Fairview neighbourhoods south of False Creek. The run organizing committee hires numerous entertainers to perform along the route and in the stadium at the end of the race, including local humour/cover band The Neurotics, who have played at the starting line every year since 1995.[6]
Hundreds of volunteers also assist with organizing, preparing for, and coordinating the race, including amateur radio operators involved in ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) programs from the Lower Mainland.
In the aftermath of the bombings at the 2013 Boston Marathon, Vancouver Sun Run race organizers have petitioned runners to wear blue and yellow, the official Boston Marathon colours, in solidarity and remembrance of those killed and injured in Boston a week prior.[7]
Race organizers have noted a surge in race registration in the few days after the Boston Marathon explosions as the Sun Run anticipates one of the highest turnouts in its 29-year history.[8]
Past winners
- All information taken from Association of Road Racing Statisticians.[9]
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| Year | Male winner | Country | Time (m:s) | Female winner | Country | Time (m:s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Rob Lonergan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:47 | Susan Lee | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:39 |
| 1986 | Graeme Fell | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:30 | Debbie Scott-Bowker | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:31 |
| 1987 | Graeme Fell | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:11 | Lynn Kanuka-Williams | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:15 |
| 1988 | Paul Williams | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:12 | Lynn Kanuka-Williams | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:04 |
| 1989 | Rex Wilson | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:44 | Lynn Kanuka-Williams | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:19 |
| 1990 | David Campbell | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:54 | Debbie Scott-Bowker | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:06 |
| 1991 | Philip Ellis | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:03 | Patricia Puntous | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:48 |
| 1992 | Paul Williams | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:03 | Nancy Tinari | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:44 |
| 1993 | Silvio Guerra | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:42 | Leah Pells | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:48 |
| 1994 | Daniel Komen | Script error: No such module "flag". | 27:46 | Daria Nauer | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:55 |
| 1995 | Simon Chemoiywo | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:27 | Olga Appell | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:57 |
| 1996 | Joseph Kimani | Script error: No such module "flag". | 27:31 | Angela Chalmers | Script error: No such module "flag". | 31:05 |
| 1997 | Tom Nyariki | Script error: No such module "flag". | 27:56 | Sally Barsosio | Script error: No such module "flag". | 31:47 |
| 1998 | Christian Weber | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:40 | Krystina Pieczulis | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:55 |
| 1999 | Simon Chemoiywo | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:52 | Tina Connelly | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:41 |
| 2000 | James Koskei | Script error: No such module "flag". | 27:36 | Sally Barsosio | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:24 |
| 2001 | James Koskei | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:06 | Sally Barsosio | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:04 |
| 2002 | James Koskei | Script error: No such module "flag". | 27:58 | Sara Dillabough | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:17 |
| 2003 | Paul Koech | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:48 | Aster Demissie | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:20 |
| 2004 | Thomas Kiplitan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:43 | Émilie Mondor | Script error: No such module "flag". | 31:10 |
| 2005 | Michael Power | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:26 | Nicole Stevenson | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:30 |
| 2006 | Gilbert Okari | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:27 | Isabella Ochichi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 30:58 |
| 2007 | Solomon Tsige | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:22 | Teyba Erkesso | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:05 |
| 2008 | Festus Langat | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:26 | Genet Gebregiorgis | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:35 |
| 2009 | Willy Kimosop | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:04 | Abebu Gelan | Script error: No such module "flag". | 34:04 |
| 2010 | Kip Kangogo | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:02 | Malindi Elmore | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:06 |
| 2011 | Eric Gillis | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:06 | Lucy Njeri | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:41 |
| 2012[10] | Kelly Wiebe | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:13 | Natasha Fraser | Script error: No such module "flag". | 34:12 |
| 2013 | Paul Kimugul | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:04 | Natasha Fraser | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:42 |
| 2014 | Paul Kimugul | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:59 | Rachel Cliff | Script error: No such module "flag". | 33:14 |
| 2015 | Luke Puskedra | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:53 | Risper Gesabwa | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:28 |
| 2016 | Eric Gillis | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:52 | Lanni Marchant | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:15 |
| 2017 | Joseph Gray | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:38 | Karolina Jarzynska-Nadolska | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:39 |
| 2018 | Brendan Gregg | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:14 | Monicah Wanjuhi | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:23 |
| 2019 | Justin Kent | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:30 | Natash Wodak | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:38 |
| 2020 | cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[5] | |||||
| 2021 | ||||||
| 2022 | Lucas Bruchet | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:29 | Leslie Sexton | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:37 |
| 2023 | John Gay | Script error: No such module "flag". | 29:40 | Leslie Sexton | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:22 |
| 2024 | Thomas Fafard | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:45 | Glynis Sim | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:17 |
| 2025 | Sam Atkin | Script error: No such module "flag". | 28:09 | Glynis Sim | Script error: No such module "flag". | 32:54 |
Charity
Since 1997, one dollar from each Sun Run registration has been contributed to Raise-a-Reader, a national literacy campaign. The campaign went national in 2001, and has since raised over $10 million.[11][12]
Sun Run proceeds also benefit B.C. amateur athletics through the Achilles International Track And Field Society and The Vancouver Sun Jerome International Track Classic, an annual track and field event that gives local athletes the chance to compete against some of the world's best in their own province.
Race dates
The race is held on the third or fourth Sunday of April each year.
- April 17, 2011 (27th)
- April 15, 2012 (28th)
- April 21, 2013 (29th)
- April 27, 2014 (30th)
- April 19, 2015 (31st)
- April 17, 2016 (32nd)
- April 23, 2017 (33rd)
- April 22, 2018 (34th)
- April 14, 2019 (35th)
- April (cancelled), 2020 (36th)
- April 17, 2021 (37th)
- April 24, 2022 (38th)
- April 16, 2023 (39th)
- April 21, 2024 (40th anniversary)
- April 27, 2025 (41st)
References
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- ↑ Vancouver Board of Trade, Sounding Board November 2003 Vol 43 # 6
- ↑ Running USA Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Accessed November 6, 2007
- ↑ a b c d e Vancouver Sun Run on Canada.com, Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
- ↑ Vancouver Sun Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Accessed April 26, 2013
- ↑ a b Vancouver Sun Run Statement Regarding the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak
- ↑ Vancouver Sun, April 5, 2004, page C5 Template:Webarchive
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- ↑ Vancouver Sun Run registrations spike in solidarity with Boston - British Columbia - CBC News . Cbc.ca (2013-04-17). Retrieved on 2014-04-12.
- ↑ Association of Road Racing Statisticians Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". Accessed September 2, 2006
- ↑ April 2012 AIMS Results. AIMS. Retrieved on 2012-04-19.
- ↑ Raise A Reader, National literacy campaign tops $10 million
- ↑ The Vancouver Raise A Reader, CanWest Raise A Reader Day
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