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Find your pace in
OLIVER
OSOYOOS
I HEAR HER COMING UP
BEHIND ME.
By Rebecca Field Jager
T
he sound of running shoes padding
along a dirt trail winding through
the vineyards of British Columbia's
Oliver Osoyoos Wine Country has become
familiar to me as I run the Half Corked
Marathon. This unlikely annual event sees
participants wearing elaborate costumes
trot along an 18-kilometre route through the
vineyards, stopping every kilometre for a
wine tasting.
Already, I've been overtaken by folks
dressed as a synchronized swim team; the
rock band, Kiss; a fruit salad; and a pair of
runaway brides, so I don't mind Barbie-in-
a-box leaving me in the dust. After all, as the
organizers will tell you, winning the Half
Corked Marathon is not the objective. In
fact, if you cross the finish line first, you've
missed the point.
What began a decade ago as a fun marketing
WINE COUNTRY
ABOVE: Kismet Estate Winery is one of the
premier award-winning grape growers in the
Okanagan Valley. Nora Hamade
