Sunday, June 30, 2013

Veteran's Home Run race for worthy vets cause of Crawford House

Veteran's Home Run race for worthy vets cause of Crawford House
The Gazette
By Brent Briggeman
Published: June 29, 2013

When it comes to reasons to take an early morning run, well, this one is tough to beat.

More than 280 runners took on a 5K course at Memorial Park at 7 a.m. Saturday for the Veteran's Home Run, a race in its eighth year that raises money for the Crawford House - a haven and treatment center for homeless veterans.

"I like racing for vets and the Crawford House," race winner Paul Mann said. "I know it's a good cause."

The entirely paved race produced quick times, with five course age-group records falling. Mann won in 17 minutes, 34 seconds, with runner-up Jay Meservy finishing 12 seconds later.

Mann, 35, is a Cheyenne Mountain graduate who ran track and cross country at Colorado State.

The finishers behind Mann included a U.S. Marine, a man carrying a POW/MIA flag, runners as young as 8 and as old as 76 and Ross Osborne, who navigated the course in a wheelchair.
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