The 2007 edition of the Hobble Then Gobble 5 Mile Run and Walk took place in Lake Serene this morning. One hundred runners, including lots of Pine Belt Pacers, and 12 walkers completed the 5M hilly course under cold and windy conditions. A group of enthusiastic kids and their parents ran the 1-mile fun race later. Hattiesburg's new resident, Leo Cappabianca, was the overall winner with a time of 29:29 closely followed by Jeff the Rock Hathorn who finished in 30:12. Bob Press was third in 31:52. Sheryl won the women's category in 33:05. Second place went to JCJC's young teacher Margaret Ann Moore who finished in 36:03 and third to Anna Griffith (37:12). Glyn Trigg from the Jackson area won the walking division in 1:08:14. Khalid and Mustafa Khannouchi took advantage of the nice course and did a slow fun training run. However, they managed to stay ahead of most of the group of runners. Since it was the first time I literally ran ALL THE TIME in a 5m run, I got a PR for the distance (36:38).

It was a great event! Race director Dawn the Cute Smith and her team of volunteers (Sheila, Deborah, Keith, Terry, Kelly, Mark, and some other nice people whose names I am missing) did an excellent job!

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Pic0: Race director, volunteers, the Knannouchi's brothers, and Blues Marathon organizers smile for the picture
Pic1: Overall Winner Leo Cappabianca and Khalid Khannouchi
Pic2: Female Winner, Sheryl Chatfield
Pic3: 5M Walk Winner Glynn Trigg
Pic4: Masters Winner Jeff Hathorn
Pic5: grand Masters Bob Press
Pic6: Masters Female  Teresa Segraves
Pic7: Race Director, DawnHillary Smith, call the winners names
Pic8: Pine Belt Pacers banner
Pic9: John Caleb Grenn, winner in the 0-19 age group
Pic10: Winners 0-19 age group
Pic11-13: Waiting for the results in a cold day!
Pic14: Winners 0-19 age group
Pic15-16: Winners 20-29 age group
Pic17: Kelly and Dawn did a great job!
Pic18-20: Winners 30-39 age group
Pic21-23: Winners 40-48 age bracket
Pic24: 50-59 age group winner
Pic25: Twon legends in a picture: Dr John The Legend Pendergrass with Khalid the Legend Khannouchi
Pic26: 60+ winner Donna Blair and Khalid
Pic28: Someone with a funny name won a door prize!
Pic29: People waiting for the nice door prizes
Pic30: Similar than pic00 but without Raul
Pic31: The official photographer and Khalid
Pic32:  Sheila, Deborah and the twins (I am not sure which one is Rebecca or Cheryl)