Father’s Day Races Return and HRW Excels June 16, 2024
HRW participated in the Annual Village Shalom Father’s Day races from 2010 through 2017 when it was canceled due to construction and later COVID. During some of these races, we were one of the sponsors. 2024 saw the return of the races (5K and 10K) and featured a racewalking division (thanks to our partial sponsorship). We entered all of the divisions except the Kid’s Fun Run. (see Results link).
11 of our members entered the racewalking division and showed grit and stamina in the hilly 5K course. We coopted Pat’s brother Joe to walk the course with us. Janice Kelble entered the regular 5K division and took second overall while competing against runners. Husband Joe came along while recuperating from a medical problem and managed to finish the 5K in his own wheelchair division with some family help.
A third race was the 10K (no racewalking division), and Alan did double duty by completing the 10K after finishing the 5K racewalk. He took first in his division (the only one in the 80-89) and had the advantage of walking on his home course since he lives in Village Shalom and frequently walks in this area. For all results, see https://heartlandracewalkers.com/results
In this first year back for the Father’s Day Run, Village Shalom did a great job on a slightly altered course, and next year, they plan to have more than this year’s 326 entrants-and they will with help from Heartland Racewalkers.