Thousands of runners lace up for 59th annual Calgary Marathon

Thousands of runners laced up their shoes and toed the line for the 59th annual Calgary Marathon Calgary Marathon on Sunday, including a 92-year-old rookie, a pair of world record setting runners handcuffed to each other, and a Ukrainian runner who paid tribute to her homeland. The event welcomed more than 9,200 participants, who competed in the five-kilometre, 10-kilometre, half-marathon, full marathon and 50-kilometre ultra-marathon distances. Interim executive director John Bird said his team