Weather not lucky for Shamrock Shuffle
Caleb Ritenour, right, passes race leprechaun Charlie Deer in the final stretch of the Shamrock Shuffle half-marathon Saturday, March 25, in Harmony. Eddie Trizzino/Butler Eagle
Runners still take on half-marathon
HARMONY — Textor Hill Road near Harmony has become infamous for runners of the Shamrock Shuffle half-marathon, but the race’s organizers give those who can summit the incline an immediate reward.
“The jello shots,” said Caleb Ritenour, who traveled from Grove City to run the half-marathon. “That’s always a plus.
“It’s so steep and it just goes on forever. You think you’re done because you can see the crest, and then you go around the bend and then there is another solid 200 yards of uphill," Ritenour added.
Ritenour was just one of about 50 runners who ran the half-marathon Saturday, March 25, and said the hill — and the jello shots at its peak — are the most memorable parts of the annual event.
