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Last year s event was canceled as Ohioans remained under state mandated health orders restricting large gatherings. We re just glad they allowed us to do this in-person this year. we re glad COVID is allowing us to do this, Rachita said.
Participants started and finished at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, ran along Fulton Drive and throughout Canton s Ridgewood and Plain Township s Avondale neighborhoods.
Marathon and team relay races started at 7 a.m. and half-marathon runners were released in groups between 8 and 10 a.m.
The weather provided a cool early morning breeze with temps in the upper 60s., lower 70s, according to the National Weather Service.
She thought he was a salesman. I told him, You ll have to wait, she said, laughing at the memory.
That s because Beck probably is the most unlikely person to own The Beauty Spot, a downtown Canton hair, makeup, and fashion store at 132 Fifth St. NW.
Beck bought the business and building, formerly known as C&J Enterprises, from the late Jay Chon and his wife, Tony, in 2019.
Beck is big on downtown Canton. He has fond memories of a lively downtown, which included the Arcade, especially after he became old enough to read the sign at Beck s Fish. My mother told me she used to push me in my stroller past this building, he said.
NEW PHILADELPHIA Verrelle Wyatt passed through a lot in the year before he became the first man to cross the finish line at the 14th annual Cleveland Clinic Union Hospital Run for Home half marathon on Sunday.
In the past year, he caught COVID-19, had hernia surgery and became the father to a girl who is now 9 months old.
Since life settled down, Wyatt has been able to run two or three times a week. I m just grateful to finally try to get some peace into my life, a little bit better, and get back to running, he said.
The 34-year-old former collegiate runner from Akron last raced about two years ago.