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Snowshoe race turns 20 on Sunday |
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Thursday, December 08, 2011 06:24 |
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By Jeff Caspersen, Glenwood Post Independent
Ann Hopkinson never imagined the tiny snowshoe race she and Fletcher Anderson founded in 1991 would still be around in 2011.
But the Day of Infamy Snowshoe Race is still around, and it's thriving.
Year after year, endurance athletes flock to the December race, which is staged on the Babbish Gulch cross country trails at Sunlight Mountain Resort. The 8K race turns 20 with Sunday's 10 a.m. running.
"We started it when snowshoe racing was just beginning," said Hopkinson, who managed the trails at the time. "We just thought it'd be a great place for the course. It was a good time of year. It was just a nice way to start out the season and get more exposure for the trails up there, which are really neat trails."
Hopkinson and Anderson gave it the Day of Infamy name because the race's date fell near Pearl Harbor Day.
"The date just happened to be right around Pearl Harbor Day," Hopkinson said, "so we decided to name it that. ... Fletcher was really interested in war history."
The race draws upwards of 150 racers and benefits area animal shelters.
Read more about the race at the Post Independent.
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