Police half-marathon draws nearly 3,000 joggers in Winnipeg

Droves of joggers laced up their runners Sunday to take part in the Winnipeg Police Service Half Marathon at Assiniboine Park.

The 12th annual event was projected to raise about $200,000 for brain cancer research.

Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman and his wife ran in the event, as did brain cancer patients such asJoanneSchieweand CatherineLedlow. Ledow is35 and has competed in five WPS marathons.

Dozens of otherparticipants ranin the two-person relay orfive-kilometre race.

Brain cancer is the secondmost common fatal cancer found in youth, according to the WPS. The survival rate for brain cancer patients is far lower than the average rate for all cancers.

Onequarter of brain cancer patients (25 per cent) survive, meanwhileover three out of five (63 per cent) of cancer patients overall manage to fight off the disease.

The runs started at8 a.m. Finishing ceremonies are expected to take place at 11 a.m.