It was a sunny and fast day at the Scotiabank Vancouver half-marathon
Kip Kangogo and Adriana Nelson won the Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon, the fifth event of the Canada Running Series, on Sunday morning.
The fifth event of the Canada Running Series, a circuit of top notch road races across the country, was held in Vancouver this morning. The Scotiabank Vancouver half-marathon featured more than 4,800 runners on Sunday as participants started at the University of British Columbia before finishing in Stanley Park.
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Congratulations Kip Kangogo our 2016 #ScotiaHalf men’s champion! #runScotia
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Canada’s Kip Kangogo, a member of the Pan Am Games team in the marathon last summer in Toronto, was the men’s winner in 1:07:03. Boulder, Colo. resident Adriana Nelson made the trip north and won the women’s race in 1:14:35. Nelson is the co-founder of ROLL Recovery, a company known for its popular deep-tissue handheld roller that “takes the work out of foam rolling.”
ROLL Recovery made headlines in the winter for covering athlete’s entry fees to the U.S. Olympic Trials. Nelson formerly represented Romania in international competition before becoming a U.S. citizen in 2011.
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Beer mile extraordinare Jim Finlayson, the winner of the Whistler half-marathon, was the top masters runner at the Vancouver half in 1:10:30. Canadian triathlete Jeff Symonds, a somewhat regular on the B.C. running scene, also had a good race finishing fifth in 1:10:35.
Melanie Kassel was the top women’s master, according to B.C. Athletics, in 1:25:53. Toronto’s Lyndsay Tessier finished as top Canadian and was second overall in the women’s race in 1:17:28.
#asicsgirls @adi_nelson killing it thru 12k @RunCRSWest #svhm pic.twitter.com/VKS33257Oq
— Lanni marchant (@LJM5252) June 26, 2016
The race is conducive for fast times as the course is point-to-point including a sizeable downhill on
NW Marine Drive in the early portions of the race. A small 5K was also part of race weekend.
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Local Rob Watson was expected to make an appearance at the event but withdrew because of hamstring problems. The Canadian now coaches a group in Vancouver with Olympian Dylan Wykes. See Watson’s latest update with Canadian Running here.
The Scotiabank Vancouver half-marathon acted as the ninth event of the B.C. Super Series, a circuit of races where runners earn points based on their placing for an overall score at the end of the year.
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Congrats to all the half marathon and 5k runners at @RunCRSWest #ScotiaHalf you are all #winners pic.twitter.com/oaEHr04ioP
— L-G Road Runners (@LGRoadRunners) June 26, 2016
BC Attorney General Suzanne Anton finishes 5K at Scotiabank races pic.twitter.com/SGYK72AJlN
— BC Athletics (@BC_Athletics) June 26, 2016
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