La Crosse Fitness Festival

I want to extend my sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the La Crosse Fitness Festival, whether as a competitor, recreational runner, walker, sponsor, volunteer, or spectator. Whatever successes were achieved in our first year would not have been possible without all of you and your efforts. Whatever failures or glitches occurred are solely our responsibility--we’ll try to do better next year!

A special thanks goes to those many runners who came to Wisconsin from distant places to run the marathon or half marathon. It takes a leap of faith to incur a significant financial cost, not to mention the many hours of training, to enter a race that is being held for the first time. I hope that your commitment to the LFF resulted in an experience that exceeded your hopes and expectations. If you enjoyed the weekend in Wisconsin’s Parkland, we hope you’ll tell all your friends, and come back again next year.

Finally, I must express my thanks to the many area residents: some who ran, some who walked, some who worked as volunteers, some who cheered the runners, and some who quietly tolerated the disruptions we surely caused! I hope the success of this event gave everyone among you a sense of pride in our community and of what we can accomplish. If you did, please remember what the St. Clare Health Mission is trying to accomplish for our less fortunate neighbors, and consider making a donation to help in its work.

--Race Director