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Independence Day gets off to running start before parade
by Outspoken on Sat Jul 05, 2008 6:02 am
Independence Day gets off to running start before parade
By MEGHAN V. MALLOY
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
Hundreds of runners and walkers kicked off the birthday of our nation in a slightly unusual, but healthy, way.
Participants — some bedecked in red, white and blue, from elementary school age to retirees — gathered on Memorial Drive in Winthrop for the sixth annual Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed “Friends on the Fourth” 5K Road Race.
“It’s something different to do to support the Fourth (of July),” said Amy Smith, of Belgrade. “Also, I am training for a marathon next year, and this is a good way to get ready for it.”
Some runners took off with a bolt at the crack of the starting gun, while others were content to leisurely stroll and take in the Independence Day morning.
From the sidelines, Darryl Stewart, of Augusta cheered on his wife along with the couple’s 20-month-old daughter, Addison.
“It’s different,” Stewart said of the Fourth of July race. “I think it’s great, though.”
After the vigorous morning run, the Stewarts had plans to spend the rest of the day in Bath with family.
Cony High School track star Luke Fontaine, 16, finished first overall with a time of 16 minutes, 16 seconds. He finished neck-and-neck with recent Winthrop graduate Dan Soltan, 18.
Lauren LaRoche, of Farmington, was the first woman overall to complete the 5K, with a time of 18 minutes, 13 seconds.
Later in the morning, the lower half of Western Avenue and all of Water Street were packed 45 minutes before the Augusta parade commenced. The parade started on Western Avenue, rounded Memorial Circle then continued down into historic downtown before crossing the river to Fort Western.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/735794545.html
Staff photos by Joe Phelan
By MEGHAN V. MALLOY
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
Hundreds of runners and walkers kicked off the birthday of our nation in a slightly unusual, but healthy, way.
Participants — some bedecked in red, white and blue, from elementary school age to retirees — gathered on Memorial Drive in Winthrop for the sixth annual Friends of the Cobbossee Watershed “Friends on the Fourth” 5K Road Race.
“It’s something different to do to support the Fourth (of July),” said Amy Smith, of Belgrade. “Also, I am training for a marathon next year, and this is a good way to get ready for it.”
Some runners took off with a bolt at the crack of the starting gun, while others were content to leisurely stroll and take in the Independence Day morning.
From the sidelines, Darryl Stewart, of Augusta cheered on his wife along with the couple’s 20-month-old daughter, Addison.
“It’s different,” Stewart said of the Fourth of July race. “I think it’s great, though.”
After the vigorous morning run, the Stewarts had plans to spend the rest of the day in Bath with family.
Cony High School track star Luke Fontaine, 16, finished first overall with a time of 16 minutes, 16 seconds. He finished neck-and-neck with recent Winthrop graduate Dan Soltan, 18.
Lauren LaRoche, of Farmington, was the first woman overall to complete the 5K, with a time of 18 minutes, 13 seconds.
Later in the morning, the lower half of Western Avenue and all of Water Street were packed 45 minutes before the Augusta parade commenced. The parade started on Western Avenue, rounded Memorial Circle then continued down into historic downtown before crossing the river to Fort Western.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/735794545.html
Staff photos by Joe Phelan
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