By Ryan Dahnert
The Run of the Mill 5K race celebrated its 40th year Saturday morning as part of Jordan’s Heimatfest weekend activities. A total of 89 runners completed this year’s race. The fastest overall time belonged to Adam Hennen at 18 minutes, 23 seconds. The top women’s finisher once again was Laura Theis at 21:20.
This year marked the 40th annual Run of the Mill, and the original organizers Bob Wittman, Paula Nowariak, Anne Seifert, Doug Krohn and Pete Buesgens were on hand to mark the milestone. According to Jordan’s director of community education, Cullen Bahn, the original race began as a 10K but was switched to a 5K after participants were forced to wait for a train during the event. The anniversary run highlighted both the race’s history and its continued importance to the Heimatfest tradition.
Full race results can be found here.