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A little Rain and Overcast Skies Can’t Stop the 41st Annual Fred D’Elia Ridgewood Run

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photo by Melanie McWilliams
A little Rain and Overcast Skies Can’t Stop the 41st Annual Fred D’Elia Ridgewood Run
May 30th 2016
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, the rain holds , it was wet but the 41st Annual Fred D’Elia Ridgewood Run .The first race of the day starts at 8:15 with the wheelchair racers and the 10k at 8:20 am.

The top finishers for the 10k were : First place finisher of the 10k was Tadesse Yae Dabi at an unofficial time of 29:49. And at 34:58 our first women finishes the race, Bose Gemeda Asseta.

The top Garden State finisher was Rob Albano.

The rain continued to hold and at 10:15 am the 5k got under weigh.

This years the Run also Honored  Toshiko “Toshi” d’Elia (1/2/30 – 2/19/14 )the Co-founder of The Ridgewood Run, and legend in the running community, as well as an inspiration to all.

All the volunteers did a great organizing and hosting the event.