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The Bank of Montreal Marathon is early May; the Scotiabank Half-Marathon and 5K are June; the popular Vancouver Sun Run (a 10K, with a minirun) is mid-April.
Polar Bear Swim: Every New Year's Day a phalanx of extremists plunge into the frigid waters at English Bay beach—often in costume.
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