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The Vancouver Sun Run, sponsored by The Vancouver Sun newspaper, is a 10-kilometre road running event held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, each year on the third (sometimes the fourth) Sunday in April since 1985. It is one of the largest road races in North America. ==Attendance== The first Vancouver Sun Run in 1985 started with approximately 3,700 participants,〔''Vancouver Board of Trade'', (Sounding Board November 2003 Vol 43 # 6 )〕 and has grown significantly since: * With over 39,000 finishers in 2006, it ranked as the 9th largest race in the world〔Running USA () Accessed November 6, 2007〕 and the 3rd largest 10-km race, behind only the Peachtree Road Race in Atlanta and the Bolder Boulder in Boulder. * The 2006 event took place on April 23 and 50,746〔''Vancouver Sun Run on Canada.com'', http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/sunrun/index.html〕 participants registered for the 10-km Sun Run and the 2.5-km "mini Sun Run", which was run by 2,000 people, mostly children and their parents, with some school teams participating as well. * On April 15, 2007, the Sun Run had a record number of participants, with 54,317〔 people registered to participate in the 10-km and 2.5-km races, making it the largest road race in Canada, the second largest in North America and the third largest in the World.〔 * On April 20, 2008, the record was again broken, with 59,179〔 runners registered for the run making it the largest 10-kilometre race in the world. The temperature was a chilly 3 °C (37.4 °F). * On April 17, 2011, the record was again broken, with 60,000〔 runners registered for the run making it the largest 10-kilometre race in the world. * On April 12, 2012, the cool weather didn’t stop 48,904 from taking part.〔Vancouver Sun () Accessed April 26, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vancouver Sun Run」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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