FOOTPRINT March - April 2011
Lake Grapevine Runners & Walkers
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Bold in the Cold – a New Year, Same Great Race By Jeff “Barney” Barnhart Thank You to All of the 2011 BITC Sponsors Rainforest Café® BNSF® Railway Boopa’s Bagel Deli Foot and Ankle Associates of North Texas The Grapevine Texas Blog Spot Laney Chiropractic and Sports Therapy
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fter getting off to a slow start, this year’s Bold in the Cold (BITC) 5K and 15K races ended up being the hottest races of the weekend with near-perfect weather and a near-record breaking race crowd of 825. Mother Nature was very kind to our racers and volunteers on Saturday by providing us with sunny, chilly conditions. With the next day’s weather of rain, sleet and snow it gave the LGRAW race crew a sigh of relief for having had the race the day before.
Koby Styles led the way in the 15K.
Koby Styles and Laura Nelson led the way in the 15K while Kolin Styles and Allison Naval took the top honors in the 5K. It is believed this is the first time a set of brothers have won both races on the same day. The four winners lead the second largest field in LGRAW race history with 825 total registered participants from 80 different cities across the Metroplex. LGRAW races continue to extend their reach beyond the Grapevine area and are becoming premier races. The race had a record number of last-minute entries with over 500 runners registering during the five days leading up to the race day and on race day. This only affected the number of race shirts. The race crew had to put in two additional orders during the last days before the race and still ran out during packet pickup. This year’s race got many good reviews from the participants, such as runner Stephen
Hamilton, “For my second consecutive year running the 5K, the race was again a very well-organized event with plenty of volunteers, water and,
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Laura Nelson “boldly” won the women’s 15K
at the finish, hot coffee, bagels and fruit. The course is surprisingly hilly as it takes you around parts of Lake Grapevine with a final hill at the last tenth of a mile that really tests your will. This race is an excellent reason to get outside and stretch your legs the first part of January.”
There were several other positive comments on the race crew and this year’s race shirt was a hit with the runners. In addition, for the third year, BITC asked race participants to bring their old shoes to be recycled through the Nike ReUSE –A-SHOE program and they answered by providing over 300 pairs of old shoes to help build new running trails and tracks. The 13th annual Bold in the Cold race is in the books and once again the LGRAW race crew showed why they are some of the best in the area. See member’s BITC race results on pg. 14.