As tempo rabbit Edward Ching was ushering his 3:50 marathon group towards the end line at Sunday’s 2025 BMO Vancouver Marathon, he observed a runner down on the course. A involved Ching ran over—solely to search out Richard Klares III, who appeared injured, being helped by his companion, Sabrina Begley. However Klares wasn’t harm in any respect. He reached into the pocket of his sweat-soaked shorts, pulled out a hoop and got here as much as one knee.
The shock proposal was caught on video and shortly shared throughout social media. Ching, who practically interrupted the second, later apologized on the posted video: “That was a bit embarrassing—I virtually ruined their proposal. His performing was actual sufficient to get each his girlfriend’s (and my) consideration.”
Regardless of the sudden cease simply shy of the end, Begley appeared to nod, sure, and the couple turned again towards the course to complete what they began. They crossed the road hand-in-hand in 3:54:14.
Klares and Begley, who had been visiting from Philadelphia, selected to run the BMO Vancouver Marathon as a part of a visit to go to buddies from Klares’ undergrad days at Montreal’s McGill College.
Vancouver’s Emma Skye, who captured the video, mentioned she initially began filming to point out Ching’s costume, contagious power and motivation as he pushed runners to the end. “I believed I used to be simply filming this unbelievable 3:50 pacer bringing his crew residence… after which unintentionally captured this!”
As race-day proposals all the time appear to convey criticism, the feedback on Skye’s video had been blended. Some applauded the creativity and emotion of the second, whereas others questioned the timing. “The truth that this dude didn’t wait until after they crossed the road is mind-boggling,” one commenter wrote. “You simply wasted valuable seconds of a PR.”
A report falls in Vancouver
The 2025 BMO Vancouver Marathon was gained by Dominic Arce of Portland, Ore., who ran a two-minute private finest to beat former champions Sergio Raez Villanueva and Japan’s Yuki Kawauchi for the title in a course report time of two:14:32. Within the ladies’s race, Vancouver’s very personal Dayna Pidhoresky returned to the highest of the rostrum, taking the win in 2:35:07.
Dominic Arce achieves a brand new course report in 2:14:32. Visiting from Oregon, USA, Arce ascended previous the outdated course report of two:15:01 held by Yuki Kawauchi of Japan, who was third this 12 months in 2:18:16 #bmovm #runvan pic.twitter.com/cMLo3NTCHU
— Vancouver Marathon (@BMOVanMarathon) Might 4, 2025
For full outcomes from the 2025 BMO Vancouver Marathon, see right here.