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LONELY TIMES - Cooper Lilly (left) and Mason Mickelson take their turns at running in the socially distant New Year's Fun Run Friday.
The Fun Run was never done like this before, and probably never will be done like this again.
In the meantime however, a socially distant version of the New Year's Day Fun Run and Walk was still held, as it annually is, from the Elk's Club parking lot east of Thompson Falls Friday.
Although COVID-19 forced organizers to make this year's event a self-timed, run-at-your-own-time kind of race, organizer Sarah Naegeli reports that the event was still a success. She said the race was modeled after several other popular running events that were forced to become socially distant over the past several months.
Showing he was dead serious about it, no matter what the conditions, Justin Morgan destroyed the pre-laid out 5K course in just 17:39, earning a "Wow!" from Naegeli in the process, finishing far out front in first place.
Sarah Stover (24:36), Shana Neesvig (25:04), Sierra Lily (27:33), Haley Morgan (27:36), Karli and Sam Cavill (24:85), Ben Croft (28:49), Mariah Naegeli (28:51), Sarah Naegeli (31:54), Roni Hanks (32:11), Paula Hanks (33:01), Brittany Nichols (36:59), Ava Taylor (39:03), Jane Taylor and Julianne Fitchett (39:09), Leah Stover (39:38), Chris Kelly and Kim Pardee (40:14), Josey Neesvig and Floyd Searl (40:29), Carol Searl and Mayhem (46:07), Rebecca Sawyer (46:16), Lisa and Mason Mickelson, Sierra and Cooper Lily (56:14) and Jodi and Shawn Morgan all self-ran the 5K.
Gabby Taylor (14:45), Travis, Trevor and Lilly Fitchett (15:48) and Emmett, Marissa, Madison, Rachel and Jill Fairbank (28:30) competed in the 2K.
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