Holding up the Finish in 2020 Fashion
There have been races in the past where I've been concerned about finishing before they start taking the Finish Line down. I never thought that I'd be holding the Finish Line up for other runners to pass under. But it IS 2020, so anything can happen... including the generator that keeps the finish line blown up running out of gas just as we went to take our finish line picture. So when we saw other runners coming in for their finish, we jumped into action. Luckily, none of the finishers were particularly tall! Obviously, we had the opportunity to run another ACTUAL race, with some additional precautions. I am so grateful that HMF has done what they can to offer some normalcy for runners in the era of Covid. In this case, because the entire course of the Riverfront Scramble 5k goes through a park, they were able to offer an actual start and finish line for runners to cross, with timing chips and everything. Runners signed up for waves, and we started within the hour whenever we...