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Vernon Students Hit The Path For A Backyard Marathon
Students from Vernon staged their own version of a marathon Saturday.
VERNON, CT — Vernon students from Skinner Road School and Maple Street School participated in a "Backyard Marathon" on Saturday.
It coincided with the Hartford Marathon.
Both schools had running clubs in which students stayed after school to practice running. They worked to accumulate 12 or 25 miles since the beginning of school.
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On Saturday, students ran their last mile to finish their own personal marathon or half-marathon.
The teams also worked as a relay to complete a marathon on Saturday. Each team ran 91 laps — or 26 miles — around Skinner's Unicorn Trail.
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More than 75 students and teachers participated.
Here are a few scenes from the event, courtesy of Skinner Road School:
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