PHOTOS: Shamrock Run 5K participants show up despite weather
CRANBERRY TWP—Liam Shilk of Clarion didn’t seem too excited to be running in Saturday’s Shamrock Run 5K at Graham Park. His eyes were half-closed and he was flat on his back.
Of course, Liam was only six months old and mostly uninterested as his mother, Heidi Shilk, was bundling him up before the race. She would be pushing Liam and his two-year-old sister Maura in a double stroller during the race.
“We’re going to give it a go, and she’ll still win,” said Liam’s father Kyle Shilk as they prepared before the start of the run at the park’s back shelter under a gray sky, sprinkles of rain and temperatures in the mid-30s.
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Jayce Smith, 8, from McCandless, Pa., is all smiles as he waits at the starting line in his first 5K run and walk as he takes part in the 5th annual Shamrock Run 5K at Graham Park on Saturday morning, March 4, 2023. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
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Matt Imhof gathers all of the runners at the start line for this years 5th annual Shamrock Run 5k held at Graham Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/4/23
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The starting line is filled at this years 5th annual Shamrock Run 5k held at Graham Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/4/23
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Jayce Smith,8, from McCandless, Pa runs in his very first 5k run and walk as he starts his run in the 5th annual Shamrock Run 5k held at Graham Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/4/23
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Miguel Encinas, of Bridgeport, Ohio, a 22-year Army veteran, runs in the 5th Annual Shamrock Run 5K at Graham Park on Saturday morning, March 4, 2023. He runs with a flag with the names of the last 13 American soldiers that were killed in Afghanistan written on it. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle
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Over 250 people were registered for the this years 5th annual Shamrock Run 5k held at Graham Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/4/23
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Robin Gulley on the left walks with Barb Palmer walk in the 5th annual Shamrock Run 5k held at Graham Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/4/23
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Zander Stivason, 16 left and his mother Amy from Murrysville, Pa walk in their 1st 5k run and walk as they take part in the 5th annual Shamrock Run 5k held at Graham Park on Saturday morning. Shane Potter/Butler Eagle 3/4/23
“We try to get together every two to three weeks to run a 5K. We’re going to meet up with my brother and his wife. They came up from Uniontown,” he said.
“We’ve got 275 participants, not bad for this crappy weather,” said Matt Imhof, the race director. “People travel for this.”
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