4th Annual Trinity River Levee Run Synopsis
by DRC member Fiona Green

Although the temperature hovered around zero [Celsius] at the start of Saturday's 10k Levee Run the sun was shining and participants had little to no wind to contend with. The course, which was mainly on loosely packed gravel, had a certain cross country feel to it (only without the hills) and was somewhat more challenging to runners used to pounding the hard pavement. One of the event highlights was the friendly competition between the Dallas Fire Department and the Dallas Police Department. This year the DFD won the challenge as their top finishers ran an average time of 41:09 while the top police officers averaged 41:53.

Overall race winner was 44 year old Ken Hall of Colleyville who completed the course in 37:24, a minute ahead of 2nd place finisher and Masters winner, Dave Groombridge who clocked 38:50. Ken was pleased with his time as he is still feeling the effects of the Austin marathon where his 2:48:37 finish earned him a spot among the top 50 finishers.

Overall female winner in the Levee run was DRC member Fiona Green of Keller with a time of 42:55, closely followed by 20 year old triathlete Tatiana Vertiz of Dallas. Female Masters winner was local favorite, DRC member, and last year's race winner, Frances McKissick.

Last revised March 9, 2008