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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 2007
Page
12
Cedar Rapids resident Chris Wolfe wraps a 13 day 12 city odyssey in The Gazette reporting a $100 payday. The former Kennedy figure concludes a lengthy traveling stint highlighting personal achievement and local interest.
3¢ High School and Coe College runner ends a 13 day, 12 city running vacation with an 8K finish at Alliant Energy Fifth Season. He started at Sleeping Bear Dunes Michigan and visited Gettysburg Pennsylvania New Orleans Roswell Grand Canyon and Eugene Oregon before Cedar Rapids. He logged 8100 miles driving and placed 48th overall and third in his 35 to 39 age group earning a $100 check. He called the trip life changing and aimed to understand why people run.
Former Olympian Rod DeHaven placed 19th in 26 41 in the Fifth Season 8K. He topped the masters and earned 250 dollars, though a lingering calf issue slowed him after two miles. A record turnout followed with 1,342 in the 8K and 963 in the 5K, plus youth mile entries.
Kiprono and Reta broke away about 11/2 miles into the race to contest the win after Gabrielson described the early pace. Reta, who earned 2500 earlier, finished strong with Kiprono pushing through the halfway mark though he disliked the downhill back into town. Ames runners swept Iowa placings with Bolden 14th overall for 250, Neal 15th, Solverson 16th, while Canton led Linn County in 22nd with 250, DeHaven won masters in 25:41.
Atalelech Ketema ran 27 44 to win the race as Robyn Friedman led Americans and Iowans with sixth place in 27 59 and a 250 prize. Bethany Lewis was seventh, Casey Owens eighth, Erin Moeller tenth. Lewis and Owens finished in 28 04. Moeller top Linn County finisher.
A list of 5K finishers with times and placements including Tom Viner at 19:33 in first, Steven Woods 20:24 second, Dan Oglesby 20:58 third, and multiple Cedar Rapids runners through 25 minutes plus a few garbled names and misprinted times reflecting a partial race record.
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