![]() ![]() Vancouver Olympian Lucas Bruchet was the first male and Leslie Sexton of Markham, Ont., the first female to cross the finish line in The Vancouver Sun Run’s elite 10K race on Sunday. ![]() We don’t target the fastest runners, it’s about creating positive lifestyle changes.” “It was created to get people to change their lifestyles and we love the fact we have elite athletes and walkers doing 10K for the first time. There was a lot of passion and a lot of runners were really excited to be there and they showed that. “To get the numbers we have now - 3,000 virtual, 1,100 in the mini-run and close to 19,000 in the in-person event - is pretty incredible. “We were at 50 per cent of where we were in the last one (2019) and we knew that going in with the pandemic, and especially the Omicron variant, it was affecting registration numbers early on. “A lot of them were emotional around the fact that here we were again with another re-building of the Sun Run with around 23,000 and we have some where to grow,” said race director Tim Hopkins. With the Vancouver Sun Run returning to the city streets Sunday, following a two-year hiatus amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 10-kilometre event and mini-run brought back a sense of normalcy for casual, recreational and elite participants. They pounded the pavement and partied like it was 2019. The Vancouver Sun Run official website.Everything you need to knowabout the 2022 Vancouver Sun Run.See the 2022 Virtual RacePhoto Gallery here.See the 2022 Virtual Race Results here.View/order Photos from In-Person Race here. ![]() Look up the 2022 In-Person Wheelchair Race Results here.Look up the 2022 In-Person 10K Race Results here.We will also print a list of the 10K results in Monday’s edition of the Vancouver Sun.Ĭheck back here for news and photos from the day. You can look up all of the race results here. Lucas Bruchet was the first man and Leslie Sexton the first woman to cross the finish line in The Vancouver Sun Run’s 10K race on Sunday. The 38th edition of The Vancouver Sun Run returned with an in-person race on Sunday. Scenes from the 2022 Sun Run on Georgia St. Check back throughout the day for the latest news, photos and results from the 38th edition of the Vancouver Sun Run. ![]()
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