By Andrew de Souza

UPDATE: Summit Run a great success

Jun 19, 2011 | 8:31 AM

The 7th Annual Summit Run finished up this morning with remarkable success.

More than 500 participants turned out to run, walk and jog along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River.

Runners could choose between 5, 10, and 21.1 km courses depending on the challenge they wanted to face.

In the 21.1 km half-marathon, the one with the overall best time was Ken Thomas of Prince Albert.

He said he had been training for several weeks and now that he came out on top he was really proud of his work.

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“It’s something I’ve been doing since I was a little boy,” he said. “It’s a healthy hobby and it’s paid off.”

He said running was the perfect way to deal with stress and stay fit at the same time.

Not only was it a success for Thomas, it was also one for the more than 100 volunteers who helped make the event possible.

Race organizer Lisa Evans said they’ve helped make the event the as it great as it was.

“I’m ecstatic to see people enjoying the race and seeing the look on the kids’ fares,” she said. “It’s all worth effort we put into the race.”

“Each year, we try and build on things that we have done well and look at feedback from runners to improve.”

She said other than the rain, it all went off without a hitch.

Here are the top five results in each category. paNOW will link to the full results when they become available.

21.1 km, Women

Amanda Gebhard
1:36:38
Hagen

Whitney Darchuk
1:38:02
Prince Albert

Adreanna Boucher
1:38:27
Prince Albert

Joanna Richardson
1:39:40
Prince Albert

Amber Burgess
1:41:21
Prince Albert

21.1km, Men

Ken Thomas
1:27:20
Prince Albert

Cordell Klarenbach
1:31:53
Regina

Michael Morrison
1:35:49
Canwood

Darren Engel
1:36:06
Regina

Chris Monette
1:37:01
Prince Albert

10 km, Women

Heather Cassidy-Zelensky
46:01
Prince Albert

Ina Holmen
48:25
Prince Albert

Lori Gray
50:54
Prince Albert

Lisa Horner
52:56
Prince Albert

Kimberly Dobrowolski
53:16
Prince Albert

10 km, Men

John Svec
37:36
Regina

Al Rogers
41:12
Regina

Nigel Leach
42:37
Prince Albert

Adam Tilford
46:49
Big River

Geoff Gay
47:42
Prince Albert

5 km, Women

Emma Willems
23:34
Birch Hills

Kelsey Gunderson
24:39
Saskatoon

Nadine Robins
24:44
Prince Albert

Allison Bohmann
25:43
Prince Albert

Trudy Regnier
25:54
Birch Hills

5 km, Men

Devin Sisk
21:41
Prince Albert

Cory Durand
22:35
Prince Albert

Kurt Harriman
24:02
Prince Albert

Brennan Campbell
24:48
Saskatoon

Mark Wolfe
25:14
Prince Albert

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