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By mid-morning they were exhausted,:most of them
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blistered and vowing to avoid any form o£ physical activity
for a long, long While. i3ut they, still.managed to smile, if only
out of gratitude that the long haul was over, as they reached
the final checkpoint in the 10 milejogaWthon.sponsored by
GDCI Saturday.
Close to 200 joggers from the Thigh. school set Out by 9:30
Saturday morning on a 10-mile'.trek to raise money for an
exercise machine. The joggers`" started two mileseast
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Auburn on a course that followed }.Iron ,County Road 5
through Carlow to the j'unctionatlHighwaY 21.
There were checkpoints at each mile along the route
where the runners would have th r pledge initialed and stop
for a moment's rest and a we1e, .lt a drink. Qne runner may
have trouble collecting
his p1e s' as he missed at least
three checkpoints.
Jim Nivens disregarded the s eed limits and completed
the course in one hour and eight.
It's not that the people manning the checkpoints simply
couldn't see 71m whizzing. by then) but no one anticipated
any joggers passing through miles seven to ten in that short
a time. The majority of the runn.rs completed the course in
approximately two hours with the, final, group struggling in
close to 1 p.m.
Physical education instructor Lynn Meyers estimates that
once the pledges have been collected the jog-a-thon will net
between $2,000 and $3;000. The. pledges varied with the
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joggers and ranged, from a fe*Y pllars a mile upwards to'
almost $11 per mile. t
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The 200 that took part in Satury's jpg-a-thon were weary
and blistered but managed to smile through their aches and
pains as they undoubtedly achieved their goal.
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It sure is good to be done! A GDCI student takes a well deserved rest at the last checkpoint and
those who flopped in the grass found it extremely difficult to get up. (Staff photo)
Debbie Hamilton initials Cheryl Hoy's pledge sheet at the' final checkpoint. Cheryl `and two
friends were.the final groupJto,cormplete the 10 mite course. (Staff photo)
Jim Nivensi turns on the burners as he reaches the end of the l0
mile course in Saturday's jog-a-thon. Jim completed the run in
one hour and eight minutes. (Staff photo)
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One of the favorite stops along the course was a water pump in front of the Colborne Township
Hall in Carlow. Anita Robinson obligingly pumps some water for a friend. (Staff photo )
Jini Nivens couldn't be bothered abouu'social ,graces after completing the course in just over
one hour, but attacks the available water supply with gusto. (Staff photo) • ''
These two GDCI teachers obviously mistook the jog-a-thon for
a walk-a,thon. Although the legs may have given out, the spirit
was there. (Staff photo)
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Sunny skies greeted 220 GDdI as they, set out'on a 10 mile trek but by mid.niol4 ning things were
getting pretty hot and1, there Was only one way td clot off but, oh, was it cold. (Staff photo) ,
Mary Willis shows a lot of spirit at the beginning of Saturday's
'jog-n-thon but that spirit soon wilted, as did Mary, by the time
she conipieted the course a few hnurs.iater. Abandoned by her
Friends miles earlier she sfruggled=in alone without her shoes.
(Staff photo
Oh my aching feet! A common site, at the conclusion Of the jog was the ire'inova1 of socks and
shoes and the subsequent soothingof tired, hot and blistered feet. (Staff pliaio)