European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 28, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Fancy footwork the stars and stripes stories and photos by Thea Abbot staff writer Heidelberg is _ of you walk from Here to Colorado y marched the past two years. Wright native of Bridgeport Ohio has Wal Kph More than 10.000 Kilometres we Row since he started Volk Marchine in Isth i was talked into going on my fir Volte Marsch by a person i wow with to walk a Day be said. Wright plans to walk in the Denmark 22r?Ore he be gets Back to the Stales he Hopes to of ? by official Vota Narcho the . Held every june in Fredericks Burg Tex. i Don t think Volks a sgt Ned e. Wright and Hii Wall to Wall collection of awards. Officers is. Enlisted personnel this year s race is one of firsts Heidelberg Sis the Woods were quiet. Suddenly the soft thump thump of the runners footsteps could be heard. Thump thump thump wheel gasp wheel. It was the annual 43rd signal in race from Campbell Barracks to radio station. A 5.3-mile race through town through Woods up stairs and up up up. Up an increase in Altitude of about a 000 fee three years ago this race started As a contest Between the enlisted personnel and officers of the battalion. Maj. Robert a. Fazio jr., organizer of the race was com Pany commander at the time and a Long distance runner. Fazio was a very Good runner so Good that he won the first two races. The Competition however is based on More than one Good runner. The Fust five officers and first five enlisted finishers in the race received Points calculated by Fin Ishing time and age of runner. The group with the most Points wins. The last two years the officers won. This year s race however was a year it was the first year Fazio did t run. It was the first year the enlisted personnel won 258 Points to 249. It also waste first year the race was open to people outside of the 43rd. Runners attracted by the Challenge entered. People from other units entered. Members of the Mountain climbing club of the 649th engineers entered. Dod civilians entered. Germans entered. The youngest participant was 10. The oldest 51. Eighty four people took off at the Camp Bell Parade ground. Some were panting bythe time they got off Post. That was just the beginning the race continued through a Section of town then up a flight of and Over several switchbacks that was the hardest pan of the said second place Winner Klaus Praesent. Everyone As running when we go there. Halfway up 1 looked Back and it seemed that just about everyone was walk ing checkpoints were scattered throughout the course to insure that no one took Short cuts communication Between Points an emergency help was provided by the Hei Delberg International cd club despite maps exhaustion and confusion struck some runners and several were seen coming from different pans other than the pre arranged path u the Wood near the f Imsho line the Wixner re card Bennett however did it right and managed to run a record tune of 40 a minutes. 1 second Bennett an Praesent Are Bolh memo Era Ai the tic 71 Heidelberg German Ric team i an t sure was in first said Bennett who sprinted the last 100 Ards Musi runner managed of c..e re orge you can d it. Or. Come on. Sir. Motivated Many panting Aiken into a slow jog across the Firusa line. Cake. Liquid refreshments and pro mugs awaited us runners at the fun. Eight j four enthusiastic runners targe Forward at
