Many thanks to these friends and volunteers who made the Her Times 5K race possible:
Our sponsors: Wegmans & the Erie Runners Club
Erie Times-News volunteers:
* Tammi Brown (babysitting)
* Marnie Oberle Mead (food & water)
* Liz Swantek (registration, food & water)
* Holly Waychoff (food & water, all around race helper)
Erie Runners Club volunteers:
* Dan & Patricia Albaugh (timing, finish line, results)
* Fiona Branton (road marshal)
* Joe Bruce (lead vehicle and genera help -- also my dead dad)
* Dan Cass (course set-up and general help -- also my dear husband)
* Dave & Jan Comi (ERC pres. and his first lady -- general race help...answering endless questions from me)
* Easly Family (finish line, handing our ribbons)
* Greg Fitzgerald (road marshal, course set-up)
* Sue Fitzgerald (registration)
* Rick Godzwa (registration, timing)
* Joe Kisiel (road marshal -- also my dear big brother)
* Larry Kisielewski (DJ Kelly)
* Julie Lindvay (ERC treasurer)
* Frank & Joan Mainzer (registration & finish line)
* Clarence Mason (road marshal)
* Chuck Orton (course set-up -- also my secret race co-director, morning running buddy, therapist, marathon trainer, etc., etc., etc.)
* Mary & Amanda Orzechowski (registration)
* Joe & Sarah Rose (registration & packet-pickup)
* Bob Przybyszewski (road marshal)
* Tom & Ellie Shade (road marshal and road marshalette)
* Jeff Shaw (road marshal)
* Jean Stevens (registration/finish line)
* Mike Vieyra (course set-up, general race help -- also my weekend long-run running buddy who has more energy than that damn pink Energizer bunny)
* Mary Wolf (road marshal)
* Mark Zielewski (road marshal)
Special thanks also to:
* Cathi “GG” Mitchell and all the performers with Common Ground’s Diversity Talent Showcase and Grise Audio Visual for donating the use of a sound system.
* Sheila Coon who handled the babysitting area
* The massage therapy students from Great Lakes Institute
* Achilles Running Shop who donated doorprizes
* Vicki Hunt for race photos
* Dorothy Krupa and all the Presque Isle State Park rangers