Every year the 5K Run and 2K Family Walk sees attendance from newcomers and familiar faces alike. But through all seventeen years of our hosting this event, three runners have made sure to show up. On this week’s blog, we’re going to share with you all a little bit about those three!
| Jerry Levasseur is always the first to register for our event every year, signing up by paper and mailing it in. An avid runner since the age of 30, he has placed first in age group competitions for over 1,000 events, and is most proud of being a “senior athlete.” |  |
In fact, he suggested that we turn our annual event into a Virtual 5K, having experience running them himself! With his friends Yuen Chun and Zeke Zucker in tow, he completed his run this year with a time of 49:28.
 | Paul Yates was the first of our participants to complete their run this year, with a time of 36:48. Opting to run the 5K run’s usual yearly course from the Swinging Bridge through the Androscoggin Riverwalk, he remembers how “in previous years, the Swinging Bridge really swayed with lots of runners on it,” and that this year it “got pretty lonely out there”. |
| Norman Morgan, who completed his run with a time of 26:45, sent along a personal anecdote with his photo and time: “My sister, Jonica, ran the race a couple of times. She passed away in February after struggling with cancer for 4 years. Since then I have taken her on all of my runs in the form of a photo button on my shirt. Dedicated this run to her. Thanks for making this year’s race happen.” |  |
Though this year’s 5K was unorthodox, that didn’t stop our runners with perfect attendance from chalking up another successful run and doing their part to keep the Swinging Bridge swinging. So to all three of our all-timers, thank you, and thank you to everyone else who took part this year!
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