Patriots Run-Sept. 11, 2010
HRW once again fielded two teams in this annual event that goes for nine hours and 11 minutes. In addition, two of our team members (Martha and Matt McCarter) did full marathons which included 3 miles on our teams. Team Captains Alan Poisner (Perpetual Pedestrians) and BJ Thornburg (Patriotic Pedestrians) were the lead-off and final walkers of the day. This year the event was held at the Great Mall of the Great Plains in Olathe and was a festive and patriotic event with over 500 runners and walkers. Also, as usual, BJ the DJ served as the announcer and gave his usual strong support to racewalking. The Patriotic Pedestrians took home the first place racewalking award (by one mile) and Martha McCarter achieved the most mileage by a racewalker (26.2 miles). It turned out to be a beautiful day and we may have even more walkers next year (22 in 2009 and 24 in 2010). Pictures from the event are found in the sets on our homepage.