10th Annual Phil Soule Phlail

We hosted the 10th Annual Phil Soule Phlail 5k on Sunday.  The race honors the memory of Phil Soule, a longtime Bowdoin coach of many sports who passed away in 2006.  The ski team has been organizing the event since it's inception, and I always feel a strong obligation to run a good event that Phil and the Soule family would be proud of.  Happily, the event went well - a sunny fall day, a good turnout (80 finishers), and a great effort by all the racers.  As always, we had generous support from a pair of anonymous benefactors (old friends of Phil's) who helped fund some great racer gifts:  tech shirts from Atayne and also Nike gymsacks - not bad for a humble, inexpensive 5k race.  The skiers did great work keeping the event running smoothly, and a good time was had by all.  As we've done for the past 3 years, we also hosted a free kids fun run before the main event - several scrappy future 5k runners worked hard to earn their finish line lollipops.  Overall, a fine day and a quality event!