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Southern Footprints race returns for 2022 By Mark Ribble LEAMINGTON — The Southern Footprints community run will return to the friendly confines of Point Pelee National Park April 21, with races planned for runners of all ages. The 13th annual event should have been the 15th, but the COVID-19 pandemic put a stop to the 2020 and 2021 events. As before, the event will benefit Crime Stoppers Windsor-Essex and organizers hope for a great turnout. Race director Dave Campbell is happy for the race to be back. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s a fun lot of work,” he said. “It’s a chance for me to give back to the running community.” Campbell, who’s been
running for about 45 “I called Point Pelee years, gives credit to the and as soon as they said rest of the organizing yes, I knew we were on,” committee, comprised he said. of Denise Gaffan, Jenn Coincidentally, Crime Johns, Liz Campbell and Stoppers called shortly Peter Wiebe. thereafter and he knew it “The crew is ready to had to be organized. go,” he said. “They’ve “We’ve had a lot of calls done a lot of work over from runners saying they the years.” need to race,” said CampThe morning will start bell. with the annual Mascot Besides the mascot race, Race as Southpoint Sunny there will be a kids 1K will take on all mascots event, as well as 5K, 10K who wish to challenge and 15K races for all ages, him. Sunny has won the as runners can traverse race before, but Snoil the trails and roadways of from Leamington District Canada’s most southern Secondary School took national park. The 2019 event raised the honours in 2019. Campbell says they about $3,000 for Crime usually start planning in Stoppers. For more information November, but a recent meeting he was at trig- on Southern Footprints gered the desire to make or to register to race, visit the event happen again raceroster.com and search Wednesday, May 1, 2019 for Southern Footprints. this year.
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Bomber and Snoil lead the pack at the 2019 Southern Footprints mascot race. file photo The annual Southern Footprints held at Point PeleeSUN National
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