Paul Szmal: This weekend is Celebrate Commemorate in the village of Waterloo Rain or shine. I want to emphasize that because there are activities that are taking place Some may be weather dependent others not so much now One of the events that is not weather dependent because it'll happen rain or shine is the 5k and Don is here to talk about That morning Don.
Guest: Hey, good morning folks So we celebrate the freedoms we have and we commemorate the fallen and that's our 5k the tribute to the fallen we call it our fast fun fairly flat family friendly course and it's a US track Association is certified for you if you need that and We always have fun at that race and it's the time to kick off the summer with a great 5k. That's meaningful to us And meaningful to the veterans and being family-friendly That's kind of an important thing for the casual person that doesn't normally compete it There's still the challenge for the runner that wants to get their times and keeps track of that sort of thing But for somebody that's new to it, it's not like you're running heartbreak Hill at the Boston Marathon. No, it's great We have families that walk pushing strollers moms dads bringing the little kids even five six eight year olds We have age groups and one unique thing about our race in this area is that we give out Winner shirts age group champion age group second place age group third place We also have $100 for the first female $100 for the first male or runners
Paul Szmal: How many people usually participate
Guest: we on a good week will get about a hundred So we have shirts for that people that show up the race shirts and then of course the age group winner shirts now Registration still open or registration is on run sign up and then we start registration 7 o'clock Saturday morning race kicks off at 830
Paul Szmal: Okay, and the race usually takes what about an hour?
Guest: The walkers are an hour Our record right now is 15 minutes for the the person that wanted it was about five years ago I don't think I could even walk a mile in 15 minutes much less run 5k. So more power to a man
Paul Szmal: Great a Mike is here as well now Mike you're involved with the car show. This is gonna happen on Sunday
Guest: absolutely, Sunday from 9 to 3 registration starts at 7 and Unlike, you know a certified 5k deal the car show here. This is just all about showing up and showing out. That's right This is a free event. You just show up with your ride and enjoy the whole day
Paul Szmal: And you said on a good weather weekend You usually can average what about 300
Guest: 300 300 to 350 cars we line up on Main Street We go in both directions East and West we can take up about a mile with two lanes filled on each side of the street
Paul Szmal: That's a lot of vehicles. I imagine it kind of runs a gamut to
Guest: oh, there's something for everybody there It's it's American-made. It's foreign. It's 100 year old antiques right up to modern muscle Somebody was just pointing out on Facebook to yesterday I think there was like an old Model T or something cruising around, Geneva that may very well Show up on hopefully they will be there.
Paul Szmal: Yeah Yeah, you get a little bit of everything when you have a hometown car show like this That's the that's the cool thing about it everything from the classic to the modern So that but I should stress now if the weather's bad on Sunday We're looking to still be there right lightning can be a fatal event for us right
Guest: right the show is on
Paul Szmal: Okay, so so rain or shine absolutely beautiful beautiful so bring your rain gear if you're gonna run on Saturday, that's for sure or if you're gonna walk and Well, you know have it handy on Sunday because Sunday looks a little bit better than Saturday right keeping our fingers crossed.
Guest: Yeah Sunday Yeah, but the important thing to remember is that the entire weekend You know there like I said there are some activities You don't like the parade if there's lightning or something like that the parade doesn't happen on Saturday But for the most part the events the activities and everything they're happening anyway So if it's gonna be a you know the soaker that they're forecasting on Saturday who cares bring an umbrella bring your raincoat Come have some fun. Where are your boots?
Paul Szmal: So again registration is that run sign up calm run sign up calm and then Seven o'clock on Saturday morning, we'll be there for that okay, and then there's no registration required for the car show You just show up with your vehicle. What time do you start?
Guest: We'll be there at 7 a.m.. So they can show up early
Paul Szmal: Okay, and well how long does that usually run on Sunday?
Guest: Well, you know we stay there till 3 o'clock in the afternoon. There's a parade at 6 So we're asking for everybody to either clear out or understand that there's gonna be a parade happening with your car there
Paul Szmal: There you go there you go Well, you know when you want to leave your car there and everybody walks by in the parade And you get to show it off some more right
Guest: absolutely
Paul Szmal: all right beautiful Thank you so much for coming in guys greatly appreciate it, and if you go to the website waterloo and why? calm or water loony as Oh my god. What's her name? Oh? God it escapes me, but there was somebody I remember used to be in the commercials was always a water loony calm Can't think of it right now
Guest: Doris.
Paul Szmal: That's it. Yeah, Doris wolf there you go Doris if you're if you're listening hello We certainly remember that
