An annual race for a good cause took place in Kelowna on Saturday, May 31.
The 10th annual Hungry Hungry Half Marathon began at 7:15 a.m., with participants running in either half marathon (21km), 10 km, five km, or one km race.
Westwold's Martin Kratky took home gold in the half marathon, finishing with a time of 1:23:43.
Kelowna's Raphael Bouttelet Munari Medeir and Luke Melosso finished in second and third with a difference of one second between their times (1:31:09 - 1:31:10).
In total, 131 runners competed in the half marathon.
In the 10 km race, Alex Fedyk of Kelowna was first with a time of 39:56, followed by Calgary's Tom Jamieson (42:46) and East Kootenay's Sean Metcalfe (43:15).
Kelowna swept the podium in the five kilometre run with Jean Carlo Betancourt Reza (18:52), Dustin Quigley (19:10), and Artem Tsapov (19:40).
This year, the event had a new title sponsor - Valley First. Money raised from the race went Valley First's Feed the Valley initiative, which works closely with the Central Okanagan Food Bank.
