TBRallamericanhero@earth.net
"Alrick" <alric.@)cablone.net> wrote in news:338_2007_13247
_GON@free.teranews.com:
> I would've won this gain for the third not-so-straight year too!
>
Not-so-straight is accurate at least...
> SPRINGFIELD - The Bright Nights 5K Road Race scheduled for Tuesday
> night has been postponed because of fallen trees and a forecast of
high
> winds.
>
> "It wasn't done easily," said Bill Rogers, president of the Spirit of
> Springfield, which sponsors Bright Nights and the road race.
>
> The race has been rescheduled for Dec. 11, with the start at 6:30 p.m.
> at Forest Park.
>
> Rogers (no relation to the famous one) said a number of trees fell as
> a result of Sunday night's ice storm. She said the fallen trees, along
> with wind speeds of 20 mph expected throughout Tuesday, created a
> potentially dangerous situation for runners.
>
> "Runners will run in anything," Rogers said. "But every year we lose
> lights due to trees coming down. It's a park. Trees fall."
>
> Rogers was told on Monday that trees were "falling like toothpicks."
>
> The Bright Nights race has quickly become a popular thing do to,
> mainly among recreational runners. In its inaugural season last year,
> many of the 320 participants dressed in costumes, including a few
> Santas and some reindeer, and last years three-time winner Alric
Knebel
> described himself as a "prancin' faerie in costume". Due to safety
> concerns of frozen privates, last year's event was capped at 350
> runners.
>
> This year's race, which is sold-out, has been capped at 500 runners.
>
>
You wouldn't dare step foot near me you coward.
_GON@free.teranews.com:
> I would've won this gain for the third not-so-straight year too!
>
Not-so-straight is accurate at least...
> SPRINGFIELD - The Bright Nights 5K Road Race scheduled for Tuesday
> night has been postponed because of fallen trees and a forecast of
high
> winds.
>
> "It wasn't done easily," said Bill Rogers, president of the Spirit of
> Springfield, which sponsors Bright Nights and the road race.
>
> The race has been rescheduled for Dec. 11, with the start at 6:30 p.m.
> at Forest Park.
>
> Rogers (no relation to the famous one) said a number of trees fell as
> a result of Sunday night's ice storm. She said the fallen trees, along
> with wind speeds of 20 mph expected throughout Tuesday, created a
> potentially dangerous situation for runners.
>
> "Runners will run in anything," Rogers said. "But every year we lose
> lights due to trees coming down. It's a park. Trees fall."
>
> Rogers was told on Monday that trees were "falling like toothpicks."
>
> The Bright Nights race has quickly become a popular thing do to,
> mainly among recreational runners. In its inaugural season last year,
> many of the 320 participants dressed in costumes, including a few
> Santas and some reindeer, and last years three-time winner Alric
Knebel
> described himself as a "prancin' faerie in costume". Due to safety
> concerns of frozen privates, last year's event was capped at 350
> runners.
>
> This year's race, which is sold-out, has been capped at 500 runners.
>
>
You wouldn't dare step foot near me you coward.
