While apologizing for making the decision at the last minute, Run Camp organizers felt justified Saturday, March 3, when they officially moved the weekly run to Hilton Head, South Carolina. "I mean, 40 degrees warmer and the beach conditions were ideal," said Blaine Lam, who led the expedition, "how is that not better than the Portage YMCA?" Lam said a number of first-time run campers were hard to convince that this was an especially brutal winter, so organizers had to do something to spare them.
A limited amount of time to announce the switch after the decision was made Friday at 11 p.m., along with certain travel restrictions, proved to be a challenge attendance-wise in Hilton Head, but camp photographer Bobbie Lam did manage to get a few good shots of those who did attend. Some campers failed to get the word and showed up at the Portage Y.
"We were there. We needed the workout. We ran," said Phyllis Florian. "But we wished we had gotten the memo."
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Well...those Hilton Head folks probably had to pay tourist prices for a refreshing after run slushy; Portage Y folks had the pleasure of running through a giant slushy for no additional charge.
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