The Calgary Marathon celebrated its sixtieth anniversary on Sunday, and for the primary time in occasion historical past, the race featured an on-course beer station for the marathon and half-marathon runners.
Calgary-based brewery One for the Street Brewing Co., based by Graham Matheos, approached Calgary Marathon race director Kirsten Fleming earlier this 12 months with the concept of the race turning into the primary North American marathon to have non-alcoholic beer stations.
Formally referred to by organizers as a “hydration station serving non-alcoholic beer,” it was basically a beer support station. The beer was supplied along with water and electrolytes on the 18 km and 36 km marks. “Folks beloved it,” stated Fleming.
The native non-alcoholic brewery was additionally a sponsor of the race’s inaugural 60K distance, which was prolonged from the same old 50K to have fun the sixtieth anniversary of the Calgary Marathon.
This 12 months’s race noticed the second-largest discipline in occasion historical past, with simply over 13,600 individuals collaborating in one of many six race weekend festivities. Within the half-marathon, Calgary’s Blaine Penny and his group of 11 runners set a brand new Guinness World File for the quickest half-marathon as a tethered group, elevating over $30,000 for the charity MitoCanada.
The marathon (the weekend’s major occasion), was received by Nice Britain’s Jordan Clay in 2:35:59. In keeping with CTV Information Calgary, Clay didn’t count on to win the race, as this was his first time visiting town. Calgary’s personal Emily James received the ladies’s race in 2:49:16.
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