Runners trot to the beach
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Kelly Alexander of Fort Myers runs through the scenic course of Lovers Key’s beautiful trails.
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Candy Pemberton with the Fort Myers Track Club helps Fort Myers Beach resident Megan Zelenak register for the 5K.
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Runners get ready before the pop-gun start.
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Volunteers from both of the main organizations helped participants register: from left to right, Kim Southworth with the Fort Myers Track Club, Rosie Cordes with FOLKS, Mariann Griffin with the track club, and Suzan Eisenberg, a friend of the track club.
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Shelia Armstrong with Friends of Lovers Key State Park and Sue Pierce, a Lovers Key State Park volunteer, help direct runners to the registration table and start line.
There’s nothing better than a dip in the Gulf after a 3.1-mile race.
More than 300 runners tested their speed Saturday at the 12th Annual Turtle Trot, hosted by Friends of Lovers Key and the Fort Myers Track Club at Lovers Key State Park. The race began in the parking lot and the course wound through the park’s scenic trails before ending at the beach pavilion. Michael McHugh of Fort Myers was the overall male winner of the day, and Ali Gardino of Naples was the overall female winner.