Runner In Red 5K Run/Walk

Celebrate St. Paddy’s with “RUNNER IN RED” (Race Supports a Cure for Lung Cancer). Rain or Shine.SPECIAL: A FREE Barb’s Beer for all runners (Ages 21+). All runners (21 and over) will get a FREE Barb’s Beer. The beer, along with the race and the “Runner in Red” novel, raise funds to support a cure for lung cancer. See RunnerinRed.com for full details. FREE KIDS FUN RUN! The Runner in Red 5K draws its name from the “Runner in Red,” a novel by Tom Murphy based on a real-life Boston Marathon legend about a search for the first woman to run a marathon in America. In 1951, a group of Canadian runners insisted they saw a woman slip into the Boston Marathon before women were allowed to run. She “wore red,” according to the Canadians, but their contention was never proven and thus the controversy moved into legend. Tom Murphy’s novel is also a love story and Irish family drama. The story offers a search for the mysterious runner “in red” as it explores the history of women’s running. The book combines with “Barb’s Beer,” named for Barb Murphy, the author’s wife and runner who passed away from non-smoker’s lung cancer in 2013. The book and the beer raise funds to cure lung cancer which takes the lives of more women than any other cancer. Runner in Red/barbsbeer.org. Contributions go to curing lung cancer, which takes the lives of more women than any other cancer.