Marathon goes this weekend
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More than 3,000 runners are expected to take to the streets of Kelowna Sunday for the 15th edition of the BMO Okanagan Marathon.
The race distances are 42.2 km (full marathon), the 21.1 km, and 10 km.
Online registration closed as of Thursday midnight, but walkup registrations will still be accepted this weekend at City Park.
For more information, visit okanaganmarathon.ca
Among the highlights this weekend will be Angus Haggarty taking part in his 99th marathon.
The 70-year-old from Chilliwack will run in the Okanagan Marathon for the 12th time.
Angus, a prison chaplain at Mountain Institute in Agassi, tries to promote physical fitness to the community. “If you are physically fit, you will think different and you will be different when you are out there,” Haggarty said.
The event once again will serve as a fundraiser for Sunshine Foundation: Dreams for Kids.
In past years, the BMO Okanagan Marathon has raised nearly $170,000 for the local charity.
On Saturday, BMO Kids Run for Kids is back along with the growing 5 K Fun Run and 3 K
Friendship Run.
School aged kids will be doing their last 1.6 km on top of their running program to complete the 42.2 km marathon run to receive their Marathon Medal.
The BMO Kids Zone will also be up and running on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with face-painting and colouring activities.
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