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The 4th Annual Making a Difference 8K Run & 3K Run/Walk held at the Mariners’ Museum in Newport News, VA on Saturday morning, November 10, 2012 The race was sponsored by Our Lady of Mount Carmel school.Finish line and results services were provided by the Peninsula Track Club. .Both courses started and finished at the same location on Musum Drive near the Mariners’ Museum. The course ran towards Lion’s Bridge. 3K runners made a turnaround while the 8K ran a loop near Country Club Drive before returning to Lion’s Bridge and heading back to the Mariners’ Museum. Both races finished in the parking lot of the Mariners’ Museum. The 8K course is USATF Certified VA10069RT. Both courses were run correctly by the runners. Conditions at race time for both races were sunny with a slight breeze; temperatures in the 40s at race time.
A total of 194 runners entered the events (down from 215 in 2011); 112 in the 3K, 87 in the 8K. 190 runners completed either the 3K (110 finishers) or 8K (80 finishers) which were run and scored in tandem.
It should be noted that in the 3K there were age group awards only (14 and under and 15 and over).