P....bulletin....Moe's Race....3/2/15

Well it was a wet, dreary, cold morning of yesterday, Sunday March 1, 2015. The sun wasn't shining, the temperature was in the 30's and everyone was wondering about Moe's Better Half Marathon Race - was it going to come off, or was it going to be canceled. Well you can bet your bottom dollar, they weren't going to cancel, because one by one, people began to show up down at Tanger Mall, with their slickers, and gloves and hats pulled down over their ears. The water containers were filled with water and some with GatorAde, loaded on pickups and run down the route to the roadside stations. One by one, the runners began to arrive, walkin

ng down the long walk to get registered, and then jumping up and down to keep warm,just waiting until 7am,when Moe would send them off for over an hour and half

of running - 13.1 miles. There was coffee, goodies, music, and

lots of willing people helping to make sure this race

came off

. And it did. Of 259 runners signed up, 240 ran the course. It was magnificent to see them start off and even more exhilerating to see the first runner come over the finish line at about 8:15am. Beside the runners, we had lots of volunteers from TX State, from the running clubs, from the Medical Explorers, and other groups plus 14 Kiwanians from our local club, many stayed until the very end, but some left early to go to church. Those Kiwanians that were there were Charles Johnson, Beverly Crumley, Kelli Whigham, Steve Whigham, Pam Cook, Randy Cook, Gary Nelson, Del Brown, Sam Brannon, Frederick Case, Glen Rydl, Moe Johnson, John Polk and Francis Mendez. Great job guys and gals. Another year, another sucessful run. Good going, Moe and all those others who helped put this race together.