Sunday, February 14, 1999 -- Kanawha City
Valentines Day Race
[Coverage/Recap w/Pics] [Results] [Pics Set 1] [Pics Set 2]
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Tiana Sturgeon enjoys the final stretch of the afternoon's 5 miles |
The race consisted of a flat, straight, 5-mile, out-and-back course that ran
parallel to the Kanawha River. Once Pat Board gave the go ahead for the
start of the race, the gun sounded and it didn't take long for the leaders
to move out to the front. With the absence of Kevin Williams, the winner of
the first race in the series, it quickly became a race between Kevin
Batey and Michael Guinn. The previous race had Batey taking
second, just seven seconds ahead of Guinn who finished third.
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Aaron Kaylor goes shirtless while the snow still lingers |
A minute back of the leaders, and running most of the race alone in third place overall, was Larry Taylor with a time of 27:37.
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Mark Perry has the right attitude for a beautiful Valentines Day |
There were many more great victories taken home by all the participants. Proof of this came from all the happy faces that crossed the finish line knowing that they had taken full advantage of a beautiful day in the middle of February. We can only hope for more great weather for race number three, the Spring Fling 10K on March 14th. See you there!