Midnight Sun Run draws crowds to UAF campus

June 20, 2010

Marmian Grimes

Megan Otts
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6/20/10


Each year, the University of Alaska Fairbanks plays host to thousands of runners, walkers and bystanders at the starting line for the annual 10K Midnight Sun Run. The annual solstice celebration event draws both serious runners and less-than-serious costumed characters. You never who you’ll run into at the festivities. Among the thousands of participants gathered on June 19 were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Michael Jackson, Rainbow Brite and even a human compost bin. A sea of runners formed in front of the Patty Center for stretching and Jazzercise before the start of the race at 10 p.m. With the boom of a howitzer canon, they were off, winding their way through various neighborhood streets on their way to the finish line at Pioneer Park. UAF photographers Todd Paris and Megan Otts were on hand to capture images at the starting line.




For more information and coverage of the Midnight Sun Run, along with other solstice activities, visit the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner online at www.newsminer.com.