Over 55,000 people pounded the pavement in Downtown Vancouver during the annual Sun Run on Sunday morning.
Canada's most popular 10-km street run is now 25 years old.
Most competitors were ordinary people who have trained hard for weeks, but along with the runners of all ages and abilities, were the elite athletes.
Kenyan Willy Kimosop won the race in 29 minutes, four seconds. He was closely followed by Dylan Wykes of Kingston, Ont., at 29:12.
The top woman was Abebu Gelan of Ethiopia with 34:04, followed by Chantell Widney of Edmonton in 34:23.
Organizers said around 3,800 fewer participants competed this year.
"I think it had a bit to do with the economy," said race director Tim Hopkins. "We normally have an influx of people from the Seattle marketplace and Washington State, and we had less of that this year. And our corporate team numbers are down a bit."
Around 600 family members and friends took part in the run to remember Wendy Ladner-Beaudry, who was attacked and killed by an unknown assailant in Pacific Spirit Park just over two weeks ago. Led by her brother, former mayoral candidate Peter Ladner, the runners wore white t-shirts with Ladner-Beaudry's photo on the front.
Ladner-Beaudry, an athlete and a promotor of children's sports, was a regular competitor at the event.
"She should be here and she's not, and there's hundreds of us with these t-shirts and walking for her in her memory," said her friend Melissa.
"She would not have wanted us to be talking about her, that's not her at all. She would want us to be here and doing it, there is alot of people doing it today, because of her, who otherwise wouldn't be doing it," Ladner said.
"The message is not about Wendy, it's about the things she wanted us all to be doing. She loved this run."
With a report by CTV British Columbia's Lisa Rossington.
