Freezing 5K/10K not freezing, but wet and cold
Diana Storch
Issue date: 2/18/08 Section: News
It started to rain lightly as the runners lined up at the start line to begin the race. At 9:00 a.m., the pack took off up the Razorback Road hill toward Maple Street.
The hill from The Gardens to the Law School is a mile long, Williams said.
By the time they reached Maple Street, the runners had thinned out into a stream. They continued down Maple Street to California Street, then up Dickson Street - the second hill. At the halfway point for the 5K, halfway up the Dickson Street hill, course marshals handed the runners paper cups filled with blue PowerAde.
Runners cut behind the residence halls, crossed the mud-slick roads and back to The Gardens to reach the finish line, which was decorated with colored flags.
Those who signed up for the 10K ran around the loop a second time before crossing the finish line.
The second time around was "about the same," said Kevin Griffith, a law student who placed third out of the men in the 10K.
"It was good. It was challenging," Krista Knouff said. Knouff moved to Bentonville from Ohio last week. She said running the 5K got her familiar with the campus area. She was especially excited about passing the Starbucks in Brough Commons and said she planned to go there later.
"The best thing about it was the companionship," said Steve Cooper, a 56-year-old music professor at Northwest Arkansas Community College. He ran the 5K with his friend Erin Hawks, a psychology major at UA. They said they did not notice the hills, because they talked the whole time.
Beta Alpha Psi members Danielle Williams, Chandler Barron, Yerim Kim and Lanae Clark were another group of friends running together, in this case for their accounting fraternity.
"It was very hard at the beginning," Danielle Williams, Beta Alpha Si member said. "But not as cold as it could have been," Yerims Kim, Beta Alpha Si member said.
The first place finisher in the women's 5K was Julia Johannesen, with a time of 21:21. Anne Killion placed second at 23:23 and Lynne Williams was third at 24:36.
The hill from The Gardens to the Law School is a mile long, Williams said.
By the time they reached Maple Street, the runners had thinned out into a stream. They continued down Maple Street to California Street, then up Dickson Street - the second hill. At the halfway point for the 5K, halfway up the Dickson Street hill, course marshals handed the runners paper cups filled with blue PowerAde.
Runners cut behind the residence halls, crossed the mud-slick roads and back to The Gardens to reach the finish line, which was decorated with colored flags.
Those who signed up for the 10K ran around the loop a second time before crossing the finish line.
The second time around was "about the same," said Kevin Griffith, a law student who placed third out of the men in the 10K.
"It was good. It was challenging," Krista Knouff said. Knouff moved to Bentonville from Ohio last week. She said running the 5K got her familiar with the campus area. She was especially excited about passing the Starbucks in Brough Commons and said she planned to go there later.
"The best thing about it was the companionship," said Steve Cooper, a 56-year-old music professor at Northwest Arkansas Community College. He ran the 5K with his friend Erin Hawks, a psychology major at UA. They said they did not notice the hills, because they talked the whole time.
Beta Alpha Psi members Danielle Williams, Chandler Barron, Yerim Kim and Lanae Clark were another group of friends running together, in this case for their accounting fraternity.
"It was very hard at the beginning," Danielle Williams, Beta Alpha Si member said. "But not as cold as it could have been," Yerims Kim, Beta Alpha Si member said.
The first place finisher in the women's 5K was Julia Johannesen, with a time of 21:21. Anne Killion placed second at 23:23 and Lynne Williams was third at 24:36.
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