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Show cs a a __ TheSalt Lake Tribune SPORTS Thursday, June3, 1999 90,2 (0k walk)the Soll Loke City Clos. sic, sign up the Gallivan Center ($48 Yat Pasta, Then Run It Off BY SKIP KNOWLES THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE The biggest eat-and-run oppor- tunity of the year hits the Wa satch Front on Friday, with the start of events surrounding the the thing. I’ve got an ego about as big as this to keep in shape and for the hell ofit.” 1 the Gallivan Utah Center, and ining or walking it off in Satur s races is optional. The pasta cod started as a typical, pre-race rho load for charity but has age divisions for the 5K which start at 7:30 am. and 8:10. a.m. Sot urday moming. The 40K wheelchair ever starts at 8:10 0. Tale antvalsGan sign Solurday, storing of 6.15 am. for $20{adults} and $44 (kids). The Sati Lake City Classic Doubles Volloyal Tournament willhave more then {00 teams at Ubenty Fs eae with men's and (open), A. and Novice divisions. Colleon Beaara oF look up more raceinformation, building. I really retired last June; nowI just run \nyonecanpig out at Pasta on Plazaon Friday night (5 p.m.) netic gift for running until he started jogging with his wife. “Youcan't look back, but I do Stephen Lester Onhis running the Salt Lake Classic's 5K and 10K races the same day wonder what I would have done against them. You wonder,” he said, ned into a broader community c lobration that drew about 3,000 people last year infused it with entertain. nientand marketing dollars.” said y Reid, event manaj Now. patrons can eat some of a dishes in town from cal restaurants before signing up for the Classic 10 K combiton run/walk or the 1-mile id's run A balloon drop and prizes are scheduledfor Pasta on the Plaza. and a Beatles spinoff Land will perform. \yorldclass runners don’t flock uapete in the Classic because winners vie for medal creat athletes are included inthe ampual mix of about 5,000 runLersand walkers. Paul Pilkington 1 nationally recognized Utah runner, and former Olympians ’aull Cummings and Ed Eyestone have won past Classics But nobody has wonas much as Siephen Lester. The 56-year-old Magnaresident jumpsuf Compiled by: Megan Crotty adults$$42 isa) ‘on Friday from 5-9:30 “That was just a macho alt Lake City Classic 5K and 10K SCOREBOARD RACE INFO It's Classic Combination: For now, he’s through with running 100-mile weeks, content instead with having been No. 1 in ‘That was just a machothing. I've got an ego about as big asthis building. I really retired last June; now I just run to keep in shape and forthe hell of it,” Les- the world in the 45-49 division, as well as No.1 in the 55-59 class. The Classic is a class act, he ter said. said: “It’s always a good course. It's always fun to run in a city This year, he declared his retirement, after logging some when they close the roads down and make peopleincars wait. It's a class race, with enough volun- 80,000 miles on his soles and years of running 10 to 15 national races annually. Lester wasa late-life champion. He didn’t start running until he teers and good waterstops. The Classic Kids Run starts at 7:15 a.m., followed by the the 5K walkers, who will start with the was 35. “WhenI turned 45, I was beat- runners this year for the first time. Olympic-style pins will be ing Olympians,” he said. The parking enforcer for Salt Lake Community College beat Frank Shorter, an Olympic gold and silver medalist marathoner, in 1988, when he Shorter turned 40 and Lester was45. So whydidn’t he start sooner? He wasa recreational basketball player and didn't discoverhis ge- available for the first time, as well Eating a lot of pasta may sound like an odd waytostart getting in shape,butit’s popular. “It's one of the first races of the year,so lot of people participate anduseit to launch their summer fitness plan,” Reid said BASEBALL. 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