Thousands went for a Sunday morning run in Saskatoon, with some going a bit farther and a lot faster than others.
Teresa Fekensa of Ethiopia and Toronto won the men's marathon (42.2 km) in a time of 2:43:50, and Erin Gardiner of Saskatoon won the women's marathon division for the fifth time, with a time of 3:01:42.
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@CBCSaskatoon
Ruslan Kramariuk of Cherivitsi, Ukraine, won the men's half-marathon (21.1 km) in 1:08:30, a personal best, and the winner of the women's division was Danielle Thiel from Edmonton with a time of 1:23:53.
A total of 3,998 people participated in Saskatchewan Marathon events at Diefenbaker Park, which included the full marathon, half-marathon, 10 km race and 5 km race.
Nearly 1,350 of them were school-aged children completing the "Marafun." After running about four kilometres a week for the past 10 weeks at their schools, they ran the final 2.2 km to complete a marathon.
Top finishers:
Men's Marathon
- Teresa Fekensa, Toronto; Ethiopia 2:43:50
- Brendan Lundy, Camrose 2:48:59
- Conor Renouf, Regina 2:55:47
Women's Marathon
- Erin Gardiner, Saskatoon 3:01:42
- Caitlyn Criddle, Regina 3:04:38
- Michelle Barnes, Esterhazy 3:10:27
Men's Half-Marathon
- Ruslan Kramariuk, Chernivtsi, Ukraine 1:08:30
- Iain Fyfe, Regina 1:14:43
- Stefano Zantto, Saskatoon 1:18:43
Women's Half-Marathon
- Danielle Thiel, Edmonton 1:23:53
- Robyn Luthi, Melfort 1:31:05
- Kimberly Davy, Saskatoon 1:32:52
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@CBCSaskatoon
Men's 10K
- Erik Widing, Saskatoon 32:54
- Nicolas Jirot, Swift Current 33:54
- Ibrahim Mohammed, Saskatoon 34:47
Women's 10K
- Jodi Souter, Pleasantdale 39:57
- Brittany Elliott, Saskatoon 40:22
- Andrea Hill, Saskatoon 42:07
Men's 5K
- Moktar Said, Saskatoon 16:21
- Iain McCormick, Saskatoon 16:36
- Jason Warick, Saskatoon 16:41
Women's 5K
- Courtney Huffsmith, Saskatoon 16.52
- Jennifer Souter, Pleasantdale 17:33
- Angelina Beveridge Warick, Saskatoon 21:05
For full results click here.