The annual Vancouver Sun Run is back this year on Apr. 20th! It’s the 25th year since it first started, and it’s my 10th consecutive year running the 10km! It’s an amazing run with live bands playing as you job through the park and the streets of Vancouver with 55k+ others!
I did slightly better than last year and just a few seconds slower than my personal best this year at just over an hour, though my right ankle felt kinda funny halfway in… The run actually goes by faster than you think, a walker can easily finish within an hour and a half!
Every time I go I feel like I just have to take photos since the view of 50,000+ people on the streets is amazing. It’s the first time that I brought a camera, since this time it’s actually compact enough to hold, unlike a SLR ;-)
Runners starting down Georgia street – look at all the people!
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Just under 300 days till the Olympics!
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Looking backwards towards the TAIL of the crowd
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Laced up and ready
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We are moving!
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Get set go!
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Crowded at the finish line going into BC Place!
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Click for larger version panorama!
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April 23rd, 2009 at 12:52 pm
very nice! Good that it didn’t rain! ^_____^
April 23rd, 2009 at 4:46 pm
LOL wow u ran it AND had time to take all these pictures!
April 28th, 2009 at 3:26 am
Nicky: Yeah, the weather forecast scared me a bit! It was supposed to be raining but it was actually the perfect cloudy weather with a hint of sun!
aw: Well… there were parts when I wasn’t running :-P