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The 6th Annual Run With The Son for Haiti 5K held on the roads in and around the Running Man subdivision in Tabb, VA on Saturday morning, December 1, 2012. The race was organized by the St. Kateri Tekakwitha Catholic Church. The course is accuratelymeasured, but is not USATF certified.This race was also the 12th and final event in the 2012 PTC Grand Prix race series. The awards for the PTC Grand Prix will be presented at the Annual PTC Awards Banquet tentatively scheduled for on January 19, 2012.The conditions were perfect for running. Temperatures in the upper 40s with bright sunshine and little wind. 215 runners entered the 5K (up from 194 in 2011) with 202 completing the race (up from 187 in 2011).
The same two runners who were first and second overall in 2011 were also first and second overall in 2012 except they reversed positions.
First overall was Todd Kessler, 30 of Newport News finishing with a time of 17:18. The second finisher overall was the first woman, Karen Terry, 23 of Newport News with an impressive time of 17:30, beating her 2011 time of 17:53 and for the third year in a row setting a new course record for women.