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Thousands Run The Flower City Half-Marathon

Randy Gorbman
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WXXI News

More than 3,000 runners enjoyed sunny cool weather on Sunday for the Rochester Regional Health Flower City Challenge.

About 2,000 ran the half-marathon, which began in downtown Rochester and wound its way through a number of streets and avenues, and others took part in the Wegmans Family 5k. There were also river challenge races and a paddle triathlon.

The winner of the half-marathon was well-known local runner Kip Tisia, who finished in 1:07:25. The top women’s finisher was Julianne Quinn of Ithaca, who had a time of  1:18:01.

Randy Gorbman is WXXI's director of news and public affairs. Randy manages the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.