Monday, July 23, 2007

Rainday 5k

Got the big Waynesburg Rainday 5k on Saturday. Longest continuous Race in Southwestern Pa (whatever that means and what defines southwestern PA is questionable, we will take them at their word). This was my first 5k race back in 2005. I hope to bring my time down again this year like I did last. This has a bad hill in it about the one mile mark. Yikes! It burns.

The kid's are signed up for the 1 mile fun run. Eleanor is the defending 5 & Under champion with a blistering 14:26 mile with her closet competition being over two minutes behind. Levi was 12:30, & Maddy was 11:13 last year, but they did not place in their divisions. We only hope they are happy when they finish.

The race is actual the day before the festival. Here is a little history of the festival:

A most notable small fest, Waynesburg's Annual Rain Day Celebration, is also held in PA. It all began in the Daly and Spraggs Drug Store in Waynesburg when a farmer walked into the store and mentioned to the owner that it would rain the next day, July 29. The owner of the store asked the farmer how he knew and he replied, "It's always rains on my birthday." The next day it rained just as the farmer said it would. Out of curiosity, the owner of the drug store kept a July 29 Rain Day Journal for many years. It's been documented that it's rained on July 29th 109 times in the last 131 years!

The only festival in the world that hopes for rain to make the festival happen.

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