Road Races

Johnson wins 'Turkey Trot'

By Rick Henly on Thursday, November 26th, 2009

The fifth annual Turkey Trot 5K run and Family Fun Walk took place today (Thanksgiving) at McDonald's in Huntington.  The event had over 334 running participants in the run and 53 participated in the fun walk, and they raised over $5,500 for the Pathfinder Kids Kampus Scholarship Fund.

Ronald McDonald was on hand to start the runners out a little past 8 a... Read More...

Huntington natives excel in Chicago

By Nick Johnson on Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Eight Huntington natives competed along with 45,000 other runners in the Bank of Chicago Marathon this morning.  The runners battled sub-freezing temperatures at the race start, and a fairly strong breeze to finish one of the largest marathons in the United States.  The race was won by 2008 Olympic Marathon Champion Sammy Wanjiru in a course record time of 2:05:41 (which is a record for the fastest marathon ever run on US soil)... Read More...

Njeri wins Heritage Days 5K

By Jeff Hoover on Sunday, June 28th, 2009

The third annual Heritage Days 5K was held on Saturday and started ten minutes before the parade, giving the crowd an opportutnity to cheer on the runners.  The runners burst from the gate at the intersection of Home and Jefferson Street. They raced downhill through downtown on Jefferson Street and turned onto a side street to make the journey back up the hill to finish at Kriegbaum field... Read More...

Victory Noll Center 5K

By Jeff Hoover on Saturday, June 20th, 2009

Submitted by Victory Noll Center:

HUNTINGTON, IN — Brian Fairchild and Heidi Blocker were the top finishers in the Victory Noll Center 5K run Saturday through the campus of Victory Noll. Fairchild was the overall winner in 22 minutes, 3 seconds on the course that included both a road section and trail run... Read More...