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August 4, 2007 |
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August 4, 2007 |
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The second annual
Slow Poke 5K in memory of Johnny Bradley was held on a very
hot Saturday, August 4, in Philadelphia, Mississippi. When I
drove up to the race site, Peggy said, "We must be 'real'
early because no one is here." But we were not early. This
was possibly the smallest crowd that I have ever seen at a
Mississippi Track Club event. The weather was extremely hot
and humid even though we started at 7:30 a.m. Jack Ward gave
us some instructions and told us that the course had been
changed since last year. Last year's course was mostly flat
and fast, but this year we had nothing but hills and more
hills. When we started, one young man quickly took the lead;
however, after about a quarter mile, he was bent over losing
his breakfast. At that point the race turned into a two-man
contest between Mike Thrailkill and Mark Elliot with
Thrailkill winning by a few seconds. Angel Overstreet is
continuing to get faster in her comeback, and she won the
female category. The Pine Belt Pacers were represented by
Larry Sykes, who won the walk; Dutch Van Fleet; and Phillip
Wedgeworth, who won his age group. After the race we had
good food and drink. Several people also won very nice door
prizes.
Picture 1 Dutch Van Fleet
stretching before the race
Picture 2 The MTC Van
Picture 3 The race site
Picture 4 Jack Ward giving
instrutions before the race
Picture 5 The runners start
the race
Picture 6 Doug Broome,
Phillip Wedgeworth and Mark Locke
Picture 7 The Race Walkers
start
Picture 8 Mike Thrailkill is
the first finisher.
Picture 9 Mark Elliot is
second and the Masters winner
Picture 10 Bryan Lagg
finishes
Picture 11 Mark Lipking races
to the finish.
Picture 12 Angel Overstreet
is the first female finisher.
Picture 13 Mark Locke
finishes.
Picture 14 Some old, slow man
finishes.
Picture 15 The Reverend Doug
Broome finishes
Picture 16 Dutch finishes
Picture 17 Jerry Parker
finishes strong.
Picture 18 Jerry and Phillip
enjoy some refreshment while making excuses about being
slow today.
Picture 19 Bill Corpus race
walks to the finish.
Picture 20 Another race
walker
PIcture 21 Three guys rest
after the race.
Picture 22 Mike Thrailkill
was the overall winner, but the female winner refused to
pose with him.
Picture 23 Vicki Alexander
and Mark Elliot were the Masters winners.
Picture 24 Linda Myrick and
Buddy Pierce won the Grand Masters
Picture 25 Three Meridian
guys were big winners.
Picture 26 Stephanie Maisel
and Larry Sykes were the winners in the walk.
Picture 27 Martha Smith and
Mike Nowicki were the masters walk winners.
Picture 28 Nancy Dykes and
Bill Corpus were the grand masters walk winners.
Picture 29 Winning team in
the run
Picture 30 Winning team in
the walk
PIcture 31 One-Mile winners
Picture 32 Doug Broome and
Phillip Wedgeworth won their age groups.
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