More than 100 entrants for Peach City Half Marathon

Close to 200 athletes will be taking part in the 20th annual Peach City Half Marathon and 10K Run Sunday in Penticton.

As of Thursday afternoon, 114 had registered for the half-marathon and 73 for the 10K event, said race director Neil Macdonald, owner of Peach City Runners which puts on the event.

The race starts at 8 a.m. at Skaha Lake Park, with the finish at Skaha Beach next to the volleyball courts.

Macdonald said the first 10K runners should arrive at around 8:30 a.m., with the final half-marathon finishers at around 11 a.m.

Drivers are urged to use caution and keep an eye out for runners and traffic marshals. The course follows Skaha Lake Road north to Kinney Avenue and then onto South Main Street and out along Eastside Road to just before Skaha Estates, and then turns back to finish at Skaha Beach.

There may be traffic delays on the course by Derenzy Place and also just before Skaha Estates.

BLOSSOM RACE: The Penticton Pounders Running Club put on the Peach City Runners Blossom 5 and 10 Miler this past Sunday.

The 10 Miler is the fourth race in the Canadian Tire Interior Road Race Series.

Twenty runners competed in the 5 Miler with Graham Lyle of Penticton taking the top spot in a time of 40:32.

Chelsea Zeman of West Kelowna was the top female finishing in 45:36.

In the 10 Miler, Jesse Bauer of Edmonton was the overall winner with a time of 56:35. To make it even more impressive, Bauer finished second at the Bare Bones Duathlon in Penticton the previous day.

The women’s champion was Stacey Cleveland of Penticton finishing in 1:05:50. A total of 111 runners competed in the 10 Miler.

The next race in the Interior series is the Blackwell Dairy 15K on May 27 in Kamloops.