Warm St. Patrick’s Day in Calgary [Video]

A warm and sunny Sunday brought out the crowds to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day, whether they were Irish or not.

About 600 people came out to Central Memorial High School for the annual St. Patrick’s Road Race. The 5 and 10 kilometre runs have been going strong in Calgary for 37 years, and organizers say attendance is back up to what it was before the pandemic.

“It supports both Calgary Roadrunners and Team Diabetes, and we’ve got some great sponsors out there, Village Brewery, Strides Running Store, New Balance is offering a lot of prizes,” said Jeremy Deere, race co-director. “The fact that it lands this year on St. Patrick’s Day is pretty awesome.”

“It’s early season, so it’s really nice to get in a 5K this time of year, usually this race is still minus 20,” said participant Ryan Russell.

“Really cool how many people showed up,” said participant …