Dashing Through the Snow

This last Saturday afternoon and evening was the "Christmas in the Ville" celebrations. Stores stayed open a little bit later, crowds gathered for the upcoming parade, Santa's arrival, and there was another successful "Dashing Through the Snow 5K Walk/Run." The fourth annual such run for Fowlerville - an effort spearheaded by the Fowlerville Rotary Club.

Over 70 participants gathered in the cold to run west from Ann Street out of town, past the fairgrounds and Gregory Road, to just past Potts Road. They then turned around and dashed east back to the finish line, with the last couple of blocks a gradual climb, from Veterans' Drive to Ann Street. Cheers and applause greeted the runners as they approached the finish line with the first runner arriving in just over 13 minutes.

Registration began at the Wedding Chapel on South Second Street, and that is where the runners and walkers headed back to for awards, snacks and water, and a round of congratulations for another successful event.