On the Run 8-3-17

Ashley Benes is all smiles after handing off the baton to Matt Gavett. (COURTESY PHOTO)

Where do you begin to write about 24 hours of running, cheering on runners, calculating mile times, counting laps, trying to sleep, trying to eat, staying warm, keeping hydrated, running to good and bad music and trying not to get too carried away with the giggles, all while raising money for a good cause?

The Bucks for Bernie’s Kids 24-Hour Relay took place on July 28 beginning at 6 p.m., and concluded on July 29, at 6 p.m. Thirty people circled the track for 24 hours with the “kids” team taking on 12 hours. The relay race is a fundraiser for Kennett High and Kennett Middle school cross-country and track team uniforms. It took place at the Livingston Oval at Kennett High School. This 24-hour span was the best, driest and coolest evening in the four-year history of the relay. Steve Dowling moved the race from August to July and couldn’t have picked a better weekend.

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