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Beat the Odds Women's Race Against Cancer
| Mendenhall River School | Distance: 5 kilometers, with a one mile walk
Location: Mendenhall River School, the covered area behind the school
Start Time: 9:00 AM
Race Director: Margaret Feige and Craig Farrington
Registration Fee: 10 dollars preregistered and 13 on race day for ages 14 and up, 5 and 7 for 13 and under
Contact: Foggy Mountain Shop or the Juneau Racquet Club
The second Beat the Odds, an all-women's awareness run in the fight against breast cancer, founded the year before by Cathy Bressette. It moved from 14 August to 4 September to avoid a clash with the Golden North Salmon Derby.
Merry Ellefson won the run in 18:30, nearly two minutes clear of Joann Quigg in 20:19, with Cecile Elliott third in 21:13. Cathy Bressette finished 45th in 25:16. Monika Bethers and Lena Darnall shared the fastest walk at 10:11. 124 ran and 270 walked - a bigger field than the almost 300 runners and walkers of the first year.
Sponsored by the Alaska Health Fair, Forget-Me-Not Floral of Petersburg, the Inlandboatmen's Union Alaska Region, the Juneau Empire, KINY and KSUP, Southeast Roadrunners, Temsco and the U.S. Coast Guard Women's Club. The first 300 to register got a long-sleeve shirt, and free mammograms were offered to a limited number at the Women's Wellness Event that October. | Margaret Feige | 1993-09-04 09:00:00 | no | yes | yes | Registration Form |