Sixth Annual Restoration Run

Last year it was Glenn and I who took the bright red WVFD pumper to slow down traffic for the Fifth Annual Restoration Run in Crawford. This year's Sixth Annual Run, for the restoration of the Railroad Depot in Crawford, it was Fire Chief Ed and I who moved the pumper around. We spent the morning driving first to Smokey Road for the 5K run, and then for the 15K run to Crawford-Smithonia Road at Hargrove Lake Road, as we did last year. This year we stayed the full time at the Hargrove Lake Road, and Crawford VFD, probably, took care of the Old Mill Road placement.

It was 35 degF when we left the station at 6:45am - last year it was 39 deg, and the previous year it was apparently 28 deg. Historically it's never rained the day of the race, although the day after, last year, we did get 1.24".

Since last year's posts covered everything in detail, I'll just present a few of the highlights. Here's one non-negotiable:



And a little bit of local color, discovered impaled on the yard sale sign at Hargrove Lake Road, where all today's photos were taken.



We had a little bit of drama when Bad Dogs erupted out of a yard at the bottom of the hill. First they attacked the lead car, and then they went after the first two runners. State patrol was there within a couple of minutes, a very pleasant fellow, and safety was restored.

This gentleman, a distant third at the 7.5-mile mark where we sat, won first last year, when his shorts were blue (same shirt though!). I seem to have failed to get the number one and two runners at this point, but they were the ones attacked by the dogs in the previous photos.