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Going the distance at 64 come an endurance athlete. On May 31, he will run his fourth consecutive year at Dam to Dam. Dam to Dam is dubbed “Iowa’s distance classic.” This year’s event will take Hayes and more than By SARAH BROWN 9,000 fellow runners on a 13.1 CNA staff reporter sbrown@crestonnews.com mile journey, which begins at Saylorville Dam, through a variety of Like the old saying goes, “If you Des Moines neighborhoods bedon’t use it, you lose it.” fore they finish at 13th and Grand To maintain his health, Mark Avenue in downtown Des Moines. Hayes, 64, of Creston decided at Please see age 61 to go the distance and beRUNNING, Page 2C
Endurance athlete Mark Hayes of Creston will run in Dam to Dam half marathon this spring. n