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Nov. 6, 2011. HRW provided racers in both the 5K, which had a racewalking division, and the 8K in this 26th edition of the race in an historic district of northeast Kansas City. Two personal bests were set in the 5K. Lakshmi Dandi made a PR and was the fastest overall racewalker in a time of 34:20.9. She also took 2nd overall of the girls in the 12-14 running division. Mitch Kranitz made his PR in the 80+ division in a good time of 42:22. Fred Adams was the first place male racewalker and bettered his 2010 time by 2 minutes in 36:58.1. Entering a race with very little recent training was Chuck Zarrelli who hopes to get in more racewalking activity now that his retirement is just a month away.

In the 8K, Alan Poisner took 1st (75-79). He used his frequent strategy of being the only one in his age division but bettered the time that he walked last year in a fast time of 55:28 (81% age-graded). We thank Raj Dandi for being our club volunteer and helping with the photos. Over 1000 racers and volunteers enjoyed the traditional pancake breakfast afterwards. A bonus was the door prize that Fred Adams won (gift certificate to Macaroni Grill). We express our thanks to Sue Robinette and the KC Track Club for once again sponsoring this excellent event. We also appreciate the photos that Dick Ross took of us at various times during the morning. See Results and Pictures.