By Shane Frederick
Free Press Staff Writer
May 11, 2008 01:47 am
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Just 22 runners turned out for the inaugural 5 at 7 Trail Race at Seven Mile Creek County Park Saturday morning.
But for Mandy Sorenson, it didn’t matter of there were 22 or 2,200.
“This is my first race,” the 31-year-old Mankato woman said as she crossed the finish line.
Sorenson began running last November and made it through the 5.1-mile run through the park’s scenic woods and along its bluffs. She finished in 61 minutes, 46 seconds.
“I call myself a jogger, not a runner,” said Sorenson, who works with the race’s organizer, Scott Rassbach. “But I’m all right.”
Chaun Cox, 34, of North Mankato won the race, completing the course in 40:36. Mankato residents David Holland, 30, and Neil Paarmann, 43, were second and third at 41:15 and 41:45, respectively.
Heidi McCabe, 43, was the first female finisher, finishing in 51:07, good enough for seventh overall.
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Chaun Cox crosses the bridge just before the final sprint to the finish of Saturday’s 5 at 7 Trail Race. Cox won the 5.1-mile race with a time of 40 minutes, 36 seconds. The Free Press
Roland Thorstensson negotiates the deep sand at the bottom of a hill during Saturday morning’s 5 at 7 Trail Race at Seven Mile Creek County Park. The Free Press