About 900 people ran in the 25th Woody’s RV World Marathon in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, the Red Deer Advocate reported.
The annual event was held on Sunday, May 17, and featured a full marathon, a half marathon and a 10K run, all of which began and ended by Lindsay Thurber Comprehensive High School.
“It’s been a great event. Mother Nature cooperated beautifully. We couldn’t have asked for a better race day. All of the runners out there are happy and everything has seemed to go off without a hitch,” said Brad Meding, race director .
This year’s event featured more runners than in the past couple years, Meding noted.
“It’s up a fair bit over last year. It was a good boost,” he said.
“I think we’re finally starting to get our numbers back from pre-COVID times. It took a couple years, but it seems to be growing year after year.”
The first Woody’s RV World Marathon was held in 1999.
“It’s been going strong for a long time. We’re doing our best to keep things going. We lost a couple years with COVID. This is our 25th running of the event, so we’re considering it our 25th anniversary,” Meding said.
Meding said the event wouldn’t be possible without volunteers and sponsors, including Woody’s RV World, which has been the title sponsor since the event’s inception.
“This is kind of Alberta’s first marathon of the season. For a lot of people training during the winter months, this is the first race they can look forward to,” he said.
“It’s an amazing event. It wouldn’t be possible without all the participants and the community coming out to show support. It takes a huge effort from everybody to make this happen.”
Several of the runners come from outside of Central Alberta, Meding noted.
Click here to read the full report from the Red Deer Advocate.
