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June 24, 2006 - Heath White, of the Florence store, wins the Helen Keller 5 Mile in Tuscumbia, AL for the 4th year in a row.  Heath’s winning time is 27:30.  Graham Paxton, of the Huntsville store, runs a 31:49.  Paul Williams, of the Florence store, runs a 32:49.

July 1, 2006 - Heath White wins the Spirit of America 5 Mile in Decatur, AL.  Heath’s winning time is 26:57.  Graham Paxton runs a 30:34.  Linda Scavarda, of the Huntsville store, runs a 33:54.

July 7, 2006 - Heath White wins the St. Jude 5K in Florence, AL.  Heath’s winning time is 16:27.  Dennis Eaton, Graham Paxton, Paul Williams, and Josh Reding all finish in the top 12!

July 22, 2006 - Heath White wins the Watermelon Run 6 Mile in Hamilton, AL.  Heath’s winning time is 31:30. 

October 7, 2006 - Justin Pruitt, part-time employee at the Huntsville location, wins the 1st ever Hospice of Marshall County Race to Remember in Boaz, AL.  Justin’s winning time is 16:28.  Graham Paxton runs an 18:24.

October 14, 2006 - James Terwilliger, manager of the Huntsville store, wins the Monte Sano 15K in Huntsville, AL.  James’ winning time is 51:01.  Dennis Eaton runs a 55:08.

September 23, 2006 - Dennis Eaton, now of the Florence location, finishes third at the Knology Big Spring Jam 5K in Huntsville, AL.  Dennis’ time is 16:51.  Graham Paxton runs an 18:57.  Brooke Pruitt, part-time employee at the Huntsville location, runs a 19:05.

August 19, 2006 - Owner Mike Allen literally runs for an entire day as he completes the Leadville Trail 100 mile race in Colorado.  Mike’s finishing time is 22:36:13.  OK, so not quite an entire day.  Close enough.

September 30, 2006 - Dennis Eaton finishes third at the Elkmont Lions Club Rails to Trails 10K in Elkmont, AL.  Dennis’ time is 36:50. Graham Paxton runs a 39:15.

October 21, 2006 - Dennis Eaton finishes second at the 1 mile Riverbottom Burnout in Florence, AL.  Dennis’ time is 4:46.  Heath White finishes third with a time of 4:49.  Andy Davidson, official loiterer of First Place Athletics - Huntsville, runs a 5:06.  DeWayne Miner, of Vestavia Hills, wins the race and sets the overall state record in the process (4:17).

October 21, 2006 - Brooke Pruitt finishes second at the Liz Hurley Ribbon Run 5K (women’s race) in Huntsville, AL.  Brooke’s time is 19:04.

October 21, 2006 - James Terwilliger wins the Liz Hurley Ribbon Run 5K (men’s race) in Huntsville, AL.  James’ winning time is 15:51.  Justin Pruitt finishes second with a

time of 16:08. 

October 28, 2006 - James Terwilliger wins the Boeing Spirit of Halloween 5K in Huntsville, AL.  James’ winning time is 15:20.  Justin Pruitt finishes third with a time of 16:11.  Graham Paxton runs an 18:17.  Mike Allen runs a 19:17.  Brooke Pruitt runs a 19:18.  Stephen Baker, of the Huntsville store, runs a 20:38.  Linda Scavarda runs a 20:52.

October 28, 2006 - Heath White wins the Brush Creek Pumpkin Run 6 mile in Killen, AL.  Heath’s winning time on the challenging course is 34:44. 

October 14, 2006 - Heath White finishes second at the Tennessee River Run 10K in Florence, AL.  Heath’s time is 34:28.

November 11, 2006 - Mark Temple, part-time employee at the Huntsville location, wins the Huntsville Half-Marathon.  Mark’s winning time is 1:13:40.  Dennis Eaton finishes second with a time of 1:15:31.  Graham Paxton finishes second in the 5K race with a time of 18:34.