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165 runners shake off the cobwebs in Cabin Fever Reliever 5K in Anchorage

Aaron Fletcher kicked off his 100 Miles in May challenge in impressive fashion Saturday.

He knocked out a swift 3.1 miles to win the inaugural Cabin Fever Reliever 5K, finishing 50 seconds ahead of a stride-for-stride duel for runner-up honors at the Chuck Albrecht Fields.

The race, which replaced the Superhero Showdown on this summer’s race calendar, was organized by Skinny Raven in partnership with Healthy Futures.

It helped launch the annual 100 Miles in May challenge, a primary fundraiser for the Healthy Futures nonprofit, whose goal is to teach kids how to live a healthy, active life.

People can still sign up individually or as part of teams for the pledge drive; Fletcher is a member of Dowl Engineering’s team.

The goal is to log 100 or more miles of activity during the month of May — and if you aren’t a runner, there’s a conversion chart for activities like gardening, clam digging and hula hooping. As of Friday, about 2,000 people had signed up.

Saturday’s race drew a field of 165 runners and walkers.

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Fletcher, a qualifier for last year’s U.S. Olympic marathon trials, finished well ahead of Brady Burrough and Jerry Ross, who trailed by nearly a minute as they battled for second place.

Both were awarded chip-times of 16:40, with Burrough prevailing by an eyelash.

Women’s winner Michelle Baxter placed seventh overall in 18:47. She was 23 seconds ahead of second-place Ava Earl, whose time of 19:10 was good for 11th overall.

Women’s 5K

1. Michelle Baxter, 18:47; 2. Ava Earl, 19:10; 3. Krista Inscho, 19:50; 4. Lucy Young, 19:52; 5. Carrie Setian, 21:28; 6. Courtney Spann, 22:43; 7. Lorien Kauffman, 22:52; 8. Denali Kemppel, 23:14; 9. Serita Unin, 24:28; 10. Marie Meihls, 25:11; 11. August Hearney, 25:36; 12. Ashley Shaw, 26:23; 13. Deann Denter, 26:29; 14. Roberta Graham, 27:05; 15. Charissa Habeger, 27:07; 16. Julie Johnson, 27:07; 17. Catherine Chambers, 27:09; 18. Shelby Wagoner, 27:19; 19. Rita McKenzie, 27:20; 20. Jen Novobilski, 27:26; 21. Luigia Goodman, 27:44; 22. Melanie Dickson, 27:53; 23. Jacqueline Romanick, 27:53; 24. Katherine Dillistone, 27:55; 25. Jenni Dobson, 27:57; 26. Sarah Stanley, 27:59; 27. Emilie Loran, 28:05; 28. Emily Royer, 28:15; 29. Lauren Hundrup, 28:20; 30. Katia Lundell, 28:29; 31. Emily Draayer, 28:32; 32. Natalie Bickers, Palmer 28:42; 33. Deena Mitchell, 29:18; 34. Addy Wright, 29:18; 35. Margaret Mitchell, 29:19; 36. Stephanie Massie, 29:33; 37. Alyssa Morrison, 29:35; 38. Sachiko Kwon, 29:37; 39. Laura Haitz, 29:53; 40. Alayne Rosenstein, 30:02; 41. Jennifer Gates, 30:12; 42. Courtney Maillet, 30:22; 43. Sherri Decoursey, 31:07; 44. Savannah Afoa, 31:43; 45. Shanylle Palermo, 32:15; 46. Kaylee Merrill, 32:18; 47. Karen Loeffler, 32:22; 48. Mahala Coker, 32:26; 49. Rachel Henderson, 32:28; 50. Erin Steckler, 32:28; 51. Arielle Keel, Fort Sill 32:30; 52. Mary Cox, 32:47; 53. Lori Moyer, 33:00; 54. Kathleen Grimes, 33:04; 55. Christina Hoy, 33:05; 56. Amy Slinker, 33:23; 57. Konnar Teeling, 33:28; 58. Maureen Van Wagner, 34:00; 59. Denise Wright, 34:34; 60. Wendy Clark, 34:38; 61. Leila Mazaheri, 34:46; 62. Frances Haering, 35:28; 63. Neelou Tabatabai, 35:41; 64. Rhoda Baines, 35:43; 65. Amy Young, 36:07; 66. Erish Durano, 36:10; 67. Louanne Lum, 36:23; 68. Terri Agee, 36:24; 69. Amanda Sparks, 36:34; 70. Emily Rosser, 36:34; 71. Kayla Franklin, 36:43; 72. Amie Condon, 36:45; 73. Linda Occhipinti, 37:08; 74. Althea Phillips, 37:30; 75. Christine Hippler, 38:15; 76. Rachel Thompson, 38:23; 77. Betsy McKitrick, 38:27; 78. Amy Mackey-Hornak, 38:28; 79. Trudi Livermont, 38:47; 80. Deantha Skibinski, 39:31; 81. Renee Reeve, 39:31; 82. April Cooley, 39:32; 83. Cheryl Hannon, 42:27; 84. Allorie Caldwell, 43:52; 85. Shannon Hilton, 43:52; 86. Judy Krier, 44:03; 87. Lovely Joy Palermo, 45:01; 88. Tonya Hannah, 45:17; 89. Kelly Lawson, 46:40; 90. Jenna Miller, 48:07; 91. Kellie Merrill, 48:22; 92. Andrea Abarca, 52:48; 93. Robelyn Pounds, 52:54; 94. Susannah Scholl, 53:33; 95. Anne Stanislowski, 53:49; 96. Ariella Abarca-Nix, 54:10; 97. Denise Demetree-Trombley, 55:01; 98. Denise Baldwin, 55:45; 99. Kiley Dwyer, 56:53; 100. Lauren Whiteside, 56:53; 101. Jean Johnston, 1:00:07.

Men’s 5K

1. Aaron Fletcher, 15:50; 2. Brady Burrough, 16:40; 3. Jerome Ross, 16:40; 4. Jacob Young, 17:40; 5. Everett Cason, 18:09; 6. Joshua Taylor, 18:40; 7. Eric Roggow, 18:49; 8. Aaron Hippler, 18:54; 9. Gordon Piltz, 18:57; 10. Geremy Skeen, 19:43; 11. Jacob Buller, 21:00; 12. Justin Wesselhoft, 21:08; 13. Anthony Maghupoy, 21:14; 14. Elliott Beals, 21:25; 15. Jon Dykstra, 21:38; 16. Leif Albertson, Bethel 21:51; 17. Kevin Cuddy, 22:01; 18. Dean Denter, 22:41; 19. John Kauffman, 22:52; 20. Bradley Goodman, 22:58; 21. Liam Cuddy, 23:12; 22. Robert Burdick, 23:49; 23. Brayden Sparrs, 24:06; 24. Yohanan Harvey, 24:27; 25. Jon Phillips, 24:29; 26. Ryan Palermo, 25:48; 27. Michael Caulfield, 26:19; 28. Scott Morton, 27:10; 29. Oliver Dunlavey, 27:14; 30. Alec Richardson, 27:22; 31. Kristopher Wagoner, 27:26; 32. Zane Hopewell, 27:45; 33. Scott Hahn, 28:14; 34. Eric Backman, 29:06; 35. Tyler Coenen, 29:34; 36. Sean Maillet, 29:59; 37. Robert Sisson, 30:10; 38. Christian Diciero, 30:12; 39. Steven Bishop, 30:12; 40. Dustin Slinker, 30:23; 41. Allen Hippler, 30:42; 42. Gregory Jensen, 31:05; 43. William McKenzie, 31:17; 44. Philip Giorgione, 31:22; 45. Edward Hills, 31:22; 46. Richard Dunlavey, 31:58; 47. Peter Hannon, 32:58; 48. Jeffrey Van Wagner, 34:00; 49. Griffin Cain, 34:03; 50. David Montgomery, 34:46; 51. Steve Dwyer, 35:03; 52. Stephen Jensen, 35:57; 53. Bill Kane, 36:32; 54. Thomas Meacham, 39:30; 55. Ron Briggs, 39:55; 56. Josiah Thompson, 42:19; 57. Trevor Carbaugh, 42:21; 58. Taven Carbaugh, 42:23; 59. Michael Sisson, Wasilla 48:51; 60. Henry Scholl, 49:40; 61. Chris Scholl, 50:19; 62. Ronan Scholl, 53:36; 63. John Dwyer, 56:54; 64. Mark Johnston, 1:00:07.

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