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JTRR 55 Minute Challenge Acknowledgements

Event Name	Location	Description	Race Director	Date and Time	Relay/Team Events?	Empire Cup	JTRR Event	Registration Form
55 Minute Challenge	Juneau	Distance: your own, between 1 and 11 miles Location: the UAJ Auke Lake campus parking lot, out and back along the Back Loop Road Start Time: 2:00 PM, registration from 1:00 PM Registration Fee: 7 dollars, with a T-shirt for the first 200 Contact: Juneau Parks and Recreation A race against the clock rather than against each other, put on by the Alaska State Troopers to raise money for Special Olympics - a warm-up for the troopers' annual SOME Run, the cross-country relay that benefits the same cause. Entrants picked a distance between one mile and eleven and had to be back inside 55 minutes; anyone who was went into a hopper, and the prizes were drawn at random at the end. Water and split times were laid on at marked turn-around points along the Back Loop Road. Serious runners could turn at the Mendenhall Glacier visitor center, which needed a five minute mile; weekend joggers could turn at one, two or three. "It is a personal challenge," said Sgt. Bill Farber. "We just want you to be back in 55 minutes. You do not have to run. You can skip, pogo stick or push a baby carriage. Whatever. I think this could turn into a lot of fun, and we would like to make it an annual event."	Juneau Parks and Rec	1986-06-08 14:00:00	no	yes	yes	Registration Form

JTRR and the participants and organizers of 55 Minute Challenge would like to acknowledge and thank the following sponsors and volunteers for this event.

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Juneau Parks and Rec	Race Director