Fraidycat 5K, Ghost Run, Meow Mile
10 years later, still going strong
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his was the 10th year of the The new route worked well, and we Healthy Driven Fraidycat learned some things that we will be Races. This year featured tweaking for next year. Thank you a new route starting at to everyone who came out to run, Prairie Point School off of Grove volunteer and our sponsors. Thank Road and features running on the you to Edward Elmhurst Healthcare trails and beautiful scenery. Also this for being a 10-year naming sponsor year the Ghost of the race. Thank Run was switched you to Impact 2020 Race from a 10K to an Sports Rehab At a Glance 8K race. & Chiropractic and Precision Things looked th Complete Auto different this Repair for being year runners sponsors year, and to our sleeve social distance groups of sponsor. Thank we did doing virtual for socially distanced you to our runners rolling starts of 50 participants other sponsors runners each. The including vendor booths Business were spaced Knowledge Systems, Old Second more than 10 feet apart and all Bank, Rose Pest Control, Metronet, vendors wore masks. We did not do an official awards ceremony, but the Earthmover Credit Union, Physicians Immediate Care, Sheriff Dwight times/awards were posted and the Baird, Freddie’s Off the Chain runners can come get their place Catering, The Emperor’s Medicine, medals at the chamber office. We Rondi’s Self Fitness, Truth Training are still waiting for a new order of Systems, Hard Knox Fitness, finisher medals and hope to have Urbane Hemp, Law Office of Aaron those soon. Vanagaitis, Waubonsee Community College, Bling by LC and Jessica We had 297 total runners with 40 Taylor with john greene Realtor. of them doing the race virtually.
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Oswego Area Chamber Newsletter | Winter 2020 9
