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Families Participate In W-B Duathlon This Father's Day
Families Participate In W-B Duathlon This Father's Day - Sunday, June 15, 2008 at 6:53PM EST
Reported by: Jill Konopka
Sunday, Jun 15, 2008 @ 06:53pm EST
(WILKES-BARRE, Luzerne County) - ATHLETES FROM NEAR AND FAR LACED UP THEIR SNEAKERS AND TUNED UP THEIR BIKES FOR THE FIFTH ANNUAL WILKES-BARRE DUATHLON IN DOWNTOWN CENTER CITY. THIS IS JEFF TIMM'S FOUR-HUNDRED-97TH DUATHLON SINCE 19-84. JEFFREY TIMM TOLD EYEWITNESS NEWS, "I LOVE IT, IT'S A GREAT RACE." THEY SET OFF ON A THREE MILE RUN, THEN TREKKED 16 MILES ON A BIKE, BEFORE WRAPPING UP THE RACE WITH 3-MORE MILES POUNDING THE PAVEMENT. ((MIKE DORBAD IS WITH TEAM SICKLER'S, "IT WAS GREAT, THE WEATHER CONDITION'S GOOD. IT HAD A LITTLE NICE BREEZE, SO IT WENT REALLY WELL." ((MARK FARRELL ALSO RODE WITH TEAM SICKLER'S, "IT WAS REALLY A HILLY RUN. IT HAD A COUPLE OF HILLS IN IT AND THE BIKE COURSE WAS NOTHING BUT HILLS GOING OUT." SIGNS FOR DAD SPANNED THE FINISH LINE THIS FATHER'S DAY. WILKES-BARRE MAYOR TOM LEIGHTON AND HIS SON DID IT AS A DUO. SO DID THE FATHER-DAUGHTER TEAM OF LOREN AND KELSEY GROSSMAN. ((LOREN GROSSMAN -"WHAT COULD BE A BETTER FATHER'S DAY PRESENT THAN DOING THE WILKES-BARRE DUATHLON WITH MY DAUGHTER KELSEY." KELSEY GROSSMAN "i I FINISHED, I'M ALIVE AND IT WORKED OUT." AFTER IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE, THEY FEASTED ON A HEARTY BREAKFAST BEFORE THE STATS WERE TALLIED AND THE WINNERS RECEIVED THEIR MEDALS. ANDY UNDERWOOD OF NEW JERSEY WAS A TOP FINISHER IN HIS AGE BRACKET. ANDY UNDERWOOD - "iIT'S A FUN RACE, IS A NICE DAY.?" HE AND HIS 17 YEAR-OLD SISTER KELLEY RAN THIS YEAR'S RACE FOR THEIR DAD WHO DIED IN 2006 OF CANCER. ((KELLEY UNDERWOOD - "HE ALWAYS LIKED TO RUN AND STUFF. IT'S SOMETHING GOOD TO DO FOR HIM. I THINK HE'D BE PROUD." A NEW FATHER'S DAY TRADITION IN THE MAKING. | | |
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