From the archives: 1979 Manitoba Marathon

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Runners can still smile at the start of the race.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press Runners can still smile at the start of the race.
Paul Deleske/Winnipeg Free Press
Pounding the pavement on the Trans-Canada highway.
Paul Deleske/Winnipeg Free Press Pounding the pavement on the Trans-Canada highway.
The route as of 1979.
The route as of 1979.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press 
Fashionable runners never go out of style.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press Fashionable runners never go out of style.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press 
Front runners in Headingley.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press Front runners in Headingley.
Hosing off.
Hosing off.
Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press 
An exhausted runner is helped to the sidelines.
Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press An exhausted runner is helped to the sidelines.
Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press
Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press 
Joint finish.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press Joint finish.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press 
Gail Volk of Seattle was the first female to finish.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press Gail Volk of Seattle was the first female to finish.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press 
A marathon for all ages.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press A marathon for all ages.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press
The cool down.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press The cool down.
Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press 
Runner who collapsed at finish line is wheeled away.
Wayne Glowacki/Winnipeg Free Press Runner who collapsed at finish line is wheeled away.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press "Retcher's Row." Runners collapse after finishing.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press
Pat Vogt watches and waits for husband Duke at the finish line area.
James Haggarty/Winnipeg Free Press Pat Vogt watches and waits for husband Duke at the finish line area.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press 
Finished at the finish line.
Ken Gigliotti/Winnipeg Free Press Finished at the finish line.
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