Record turnout for Calgary Marathon
Posted May 26, 2013 3:52 pm.
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It was record turnout at another major Calgary event.
The 49th nnual Scotiabank Marathon has wrapped up for another year with the top finishers arriving at the Stampede Park grand-stand at around 9:28 two hours and 28 minutes after they headed out on the over 40 kilometer journey.
Participant Graham Thompson tells 660News, he’s relieved to be done.
“Half-way throught the race I felt really, really good. I did a lot of half-marathons in my training. It was around kilometre 32 that my knees starting hurting,” says Thompson.
This year’s route had participants running through the Mount Royal Campus, along the Bow River, and across the Centre Street Bridge.
Marathon executive director Kirsten Fleming said it’s another huge turnout.
“Around 13,000 runners, last year we had about 11,000,” she said.
