10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run

Jacob Wiegand

Saturday, March 16, 2019

Scenes from the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Race director Kim Kelpe of Cape Girardeau said the event, named for her late father, raises money for the Howard Aslinger Foundation which provides scholarships to people with disabilities. “I think he’d be really proud of all of us. It’s really a family event,” she said of her father. The 24-hour running portion of the event started at 7 p.m. Friday lasting until 7 p.m. Saturday.

Chris Freels of Paducah, Kentucky, makes his way along the course of the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Sarah Thompson of Jackson runs during the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Eric Strand of Wildwood, Missouri, runs past a mural of an American flag during the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Evy McKeever of Carterville, Illinois, runs along the course of the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. McKeever said she was running the one-hour run portion of the event. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Bob Somers of Bowling Green, Kentucky, hydrates next to Amanda Lowery of Carbondale, Illinois, during the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Eric Strand of Wildwood, Missouri, makes his way along the course of the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Layne Burner of Cape Girardeau makes her way along the course of the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Amanda Lowery of Carbondale, Illinois, runs during the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Mike Burnett of Cape Girardeau runs along the course of the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Athletes traverse the course of the 10th annual Howard Aslinger Endurance Run on Saturday, March 16, 2019, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)