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The Vancouver Sun Run, sponsored by The Vancouver Sun newspaper, is a 10km race held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada each year on the third (sometimes the fourth) Sunday in April since 1985. The first Vancouver Sun Run in 1985 started with approximately 3,700 participants, and has grown each year since. With over 39,000 finishers in 2006, it ranked as the 9th largest race in the world and the 3rd largest 10km 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 participants registered for the 10km Sun Run and the 2.5km "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 amount of participants, with 54,317 people registered to participate in the 10km and 2.5km races, making it the largest 10 km road race in Canada and the second largest in North America.

The primary mandate of the Sun Run is to "promote health, fitness and community spirit and to support amateur athletics". The run is not a charity event; however, the organisers claim over $1.1 million in race proceeds have been donated to charities since 1985.

Amateur Radio operators from many clubs worked as a vital communication link during the race. They provided extra eyes in the crowd and helped with medical issues and helped locate missing children. Many of the Operators are involved in ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service) programmes from the Lower Mainland. They include Operators from clubs like Burnaby Amateur Radio club, Richmond, Surrey, North Vancouver, VECTOR (ARES group), and many others.

Past winners

Year	Male winner			Female winner
1985	Rob Lonergan	Canada	28:47	Susan Lee	Canada	32:39
1986	Graeme Fell	Canada	29:30	Deborah Bowker	Canada	33:31
1987	Graeme Fell	Canada	29:11	Lynn Williams	Canada	32:15
1988	Paul Williams	Canada	29:12	Lynn Williams	Canada	33:04
1989	Rex Wilson	New Zealand	28:44	Lynn Williams	Canada	32:19
1990	David Campbell	Canada	28:54	Deborah Bowker	Canada	33:06
1991	Philip Ellis	Canada	29:03	Patricia Puntous	Canada	33:48
1992	Paul Williams	Canada	29:03	Nancy Tinari	Canada	32:44
1993	Silvio Guerra	Ecuador	28:42	Leah Pells	Canada	32:48
1994	Daniel Komen	Kenya	27:46	Daria Nauer	Switzerland	32:55
1995	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	28:27	Olga Appell	United States	32:57
1996	Joseph Kimani	Kenya	27:31	Angela Chalmers	Canada	31:05
1997	Thomas Nyariki	Kenya	27:56	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	31:47
1998	Christian Weber	Canada	28:40	Krystina Pieczulis	Poland	32:55
1999	Simon Chemoiywo	Kenya	28:52	Tina Connelly	Canada	32:41
2000	James Koskei	Kenya	27:36	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	32:24
2001	James Koskei	Kenya	28:06	Sally Barsosio	Kenya	33:04
2002	James Koskei	Kenya	27:58	Sara Dillabough	Canada	33:17
2003	Paul Koech	Kenya	28:48	Aster Demissie	Ethiopia	33:20
2004	Thomas Kiplitan	Kenya	28:43	Émilie Mondor	Canada	31:10
2005	Michael Power	Australia	29:26	Nicole Stevenson	Canada	32:30
2006	Gilbert Okari	Kenya	28:27	Isabella Ochichi	Kenya	30:58
2007	Mohsin Shah	Canada	29:22	Teyiba Erkesso	Ethiopia	32:05

• Note: Bold face text denotes current course record holder.

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.

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.

References

1. Vancouver Board of Trade, Sounding Board November 2003 Vol 43 # 6
2. Running USA Accessed November 6, 2007
3. ^ Vancouver Sun Run on Canada.com, http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/sunrun/index.html
4. Association of Road Racing Statisticians Accessed September 2, 2006
5. Raise A Reader, National literacy campaign tops $10 million
6. The Vancouver Raise A Reader, CanWest Raise A Reader Day

External links

• Sun Run Homepage

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