Graduate student Spencer Johnson
continued his excellent road racing as he prepares for indoor and outdoor track
season. On Sunday, he won his hometown Mum-A-Thon 8-kilometer race in Bristol,
CT, in 25:56, outdistancing the second-place finisher by 1 minute, 28 seconds.
This was the 48th annual race. Here is Spencer’s brief race report: The race was called the Mum-A-Thon for two
reasons. 1. Bristol used to be one of the highest exporters of the mum
flower (chrysanthemum) producing up to 80,000 mums, which is why we are called
the Mum City. 2. It’s around Halloween time so they made it Halloween theme where
kids could trick or treat, paint pumpkins, and awards went out for the best
costume. The course had rolling hills and was an open road race so there were
lots of cars so we had to be careful. Overall, I was happy with the race!
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