PIU’s 2nd Annual 5K Run, Walk, Wheel

Yesterday we all got up very early in the morning to participate in the 2nd Annual PIU 5K. This year I ran with Mike, Titus, and Courage. By the way, we are very thankful that Mike is up and running again as it was May of 2011 when he had his extensive knee surgery. It was a beautiful day for the run, cool but without rain. We had a good turnout from the Guam and PIU communities and good support from many businesses and friends of PIU to make it a successful event. I took a few pictures as I ran. (This would explain why some are a bit blurry!

Workers were there before sunrise to make sure everyone was properly registered. Samantha was the overall coordinator for the event and did a great job.

The runners did a little warm up and then we were off.

Most of the route involved a lane on Route 15. We really appreciate Mangilao mayor Nito Blas and the Guam Running Club working with us to make sure the race went smoothly and all the runners were safe

The Owen Team all finished the race. Courage and Titus both sprinted across the finish line although Titus was often distracted by flat frogs and other road-kill along the route

Samantha presented the certificate awards after the race with the “help” of Titus and Courage

Steve Miller became our first ever Wheel-chair participant.Our overall winner was Mike Bageant, a PIU seminary student.

Certificate Winners VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

We awarded certificates for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in several divisions. Here is a slideshow of many of our certificate winners. Thanks to everyone who came out to support PIU!