BMO Vancouver tugs the heartstrings with touching, triumphant stories

Every finisher in Sunday’s BMO Vancouver Marathon had a personal story of triumph.
And when you consider there were 17,000-plus who laced up for this annual attraction, representing 65 countries and countless languages and backgrounds, that’s a lot of special stories for race director Eric Chene of RUNVAN to share if ever asked why this May weekend is so popular around the world.
The easiest — and most deserving/obvious — race story is to focus on the elites whose star po