11-kilometre event starts Saturday at 2 a.m. at Prince George Aquatic Centre
Years before he moved to Prince George to help establish the BC Cancer Centre for the North, Derk Grooten served two tours of Bosnia as part of the Dutch military’s peace enforcement effort.
At 2 a.m. Pacific Time Saturday, to mark the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in France when the end of the First World War was declared and the Treaty of Versailles signed in Paris came into effect in 1918, Grooten and group of runners will begin their 11 kilometre run at the Prince George Aquatic Centre.
“We are doing this to honour the brave men and woman who made the ultimate sacrifice so we are able to have this run in a free country. With the current state of where we find our world in, that’s not something we should take for granted.” “Overall, I came away pretty good, I didn’t run into too much trauma but it was tough at some points.”
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