It’s a bit late with the post, but this last weekend was the Hanging Rock Run 2005. It is held in the small town of Redfield, Iowa. There’s a story behind it. You see, KC’s brother Randy was diagnosed with leukemia 8 years ago. He went through a bone marrow transplant and seems to have recovered completely (more on that later). The Hanging Rock Run was organized by KC’s brother Doug (and others) to help raise money for Randy during his chemotherapy stay in Omaha. It is a 5K run or a 2 mile fun-run, depending upon which course you choose. Well, this year, KC and I entered. We also made sure that ZDog, J and Breezomatic were entered as well.
The run started at 6:30, but we usually get there early to visit and stretch. Randy, who has always been a classic “Type A” personality. Had driven his family van with a bike rack down to Redfield. It’s got a bike rack because he is in a cycling club in Ames. He proceeded to ride his bike back to Ames to hook up with some of his fellow cycling club members and then ride back to Redfield. Did I mention that Redfield and Ames are about 70 miles apart? So Randy got in at least 140 miles on the bike BEFORE running the 5k! Talk about complete recoveries?!?! The Hanging Rock Run goes by the Raccoon River; I had jokingly told Randy all he needed to do was jump in the river and do some swimming to get a Triathlon in. 
Well, when the dust cleared after the race it seemed that ZDog, J, Breezomatic and KC all won medals in their respective age groups as well as KC’s mom. Me - nothing…zip…nada. So here’s a few pics from the run.
