Surf City Marathon and Half Marathon draw a crowd in Huntington Beach

An estimated 15,000 people from all 50 states and 17 countries got their Super Bowl day started early by running in the Surf City Marathon and Half Marathon in Huntington Beach on Sunday.

The event started at 6:30 a.m. at the Huntington Beach Pier and wound through Central Park and Bolsa Chica State Beach.

In the 26.2-mile marathon, Broderick Gann of New York took first place in two hours, 34 minutes, 58 seconds. Lauren Reasoner of Arizona was the top finisher among females, in 3:02:47.

The half-marathon winner was Joshua Sherfey of Santa Clarita in 1:08:25. The top female finisher was Caroline Boller of Solvang in 1:19:23.

Among those in the half-marathon was Adam Gorlitsky, 30, of South Carolina, who at age 19 had been told he would never walk again after being paralyzed from the waist down in a car accident. But using a robotic exoskeleton, he completed five miles in Sunday’s event, according to a news release.