Photos: 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Run & Walk
The heat couldn't keep several hundred runners, from the lightning fast to the casual strollers, from the evening's races, Tucson, Ariz.
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Two stilt "runners" from Team Cirque, from Cirque Roots, run through the spray provided by Richard Rosenberg and his garden hose outside his home along the 5K route on 6th Ave. during the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz. Several neighbors along 6th Ave. turned out and turned on the water to help cool the several hundred runners on a hot summer evening.
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The elite runners break out of the start of the one mile race, kicking off the day's race at the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Hot runners in the 5K race splash through the water being rained down on them by residents using garden hoses along 6th Ave. in the last stages of the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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The lead pack of the one mile competition cross 13th St. heading south on 6th Ave near the starting line during the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Mulcogi Seng and his Serapis Flag, a reproduction of a flag that John Paul Jones helped create from only a written description of a US flag, tour the goings on surrounding the Start/Finish line before the races being at the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Leah Rosenfeld motors her way to the finish, the first female runner to cross the line in the one mile competitive race during the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Tucson Fire Department's Mark Cromley, in full turn-out gear, sprints off the start line along with other first responders, emergency and government personnel, in the one mile Battle of the Badge race during the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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The 180 or so kids break out on the start of their one mile run during the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
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Sam Atkin takes a look for pursuit, just before breaking the tape as the first male to cross the line in the one mile competitive run during the 12th Meet Me Downtown 5K Runs & Walk, Saturday, June 2, 2018, Tucson, Ariz.
