Nearly 160 dedicated runners braved the cold and rain Sunday morning to participate in the Blossom 10 miler road race in Penticton.

Penticton’s own Andriy Yastrecov topped the field with a time of 0:57:11, narrowly defeating Ryan Cain of Cranbrook who came in at 0:57:42.

Kelowna’s Rory Switzer came in third place with a time of 0:58:11.

Kristina Rody of Whistler was the first female across the line with a time of 1:01:38, good for a 7th place overall finish.

The second and third females to cross the finish line were Yuliya Yastrecov at 1:06.52 and Kelowna’s Shannon Thompson at 1:07:26.

Next up in the Interior Road Race series is May 25th, with the Kamloops Ridge Runners hosting a 15 km race.