A Conversation for Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Peer Review: A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 1

Jimi X

Entry: Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA - A757253
Author: Jimi X - U53353

This entry is a quick look at an annual event in a southcentral Pennsylvania community.

It covers all the bases and doesn't leave out anything I can think of.

smiley - cheers

- Jimi X


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 2

Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent)

Hi Jimi,

A well written entry - as usual.

But this happens every week (in Buffalo, several times a week smiley - winkeye) all over the continent. There are races for all kinds of causes. Volunteers marshal the intersections and a police cruiser leads the way. Free T-shirts and a post race party with free food.

Is there anything you could say about it to differentiate it? Who exactly founded it? How much money do they raise?

Awu


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 3

Jimi X

'Is there anything you could say about it to differentiate it?'

How about that it happens in Hummelstown, PA?
That's about it. It's the only event of its kind in this small community.

Though it's not a fundraiser, just a community get-together...

smiley - cheers

- X


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 4

Ashley



Hey Jimi,

This is a great entry and just makes me want to move to the Keystone State even more. It's this kind of commuunity activity that is lacking in this Sceptred Isle. smiley - sadface

Thanks for an inspiring entry, my friend. smiley - cheers


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 5

Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent)

Hi JimiX,

I wasn't putting your entry down smiley - smiley

And it sounds like it's not something that readers in the UK would be familiar with.

It's just that I'm a distance runner and my calendar revolves around these local races. There are small towns here, like yours, that organize just one such event per year. There's one called Shore to Shore from Huron to Georgian Bay, across the Bruce Peninsula. It's for Adult Literacy and is run the same day as the frog jumping contest. My club runs one where we honour a local running legend and the money goes to Alzheimers. And then there's places like Buffalo where there's a race down town a couple of nights per week through the summer. Usually to promote a bar or restaurant, with a street party after (and before and during) the race.

And not all are fund raisers. I know some like yours that are just get-togethers for runners and walkers.


Awu


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 6

Jimi X

Or in this case, mainly walkers. smiley - winkeye

No offense taken btw.
I was more amused by your asking for something distinctive about the Run of the Ribbon - it's about as vanilla as they come. smiley - laugh


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Post 7

Ashley


This is a great entry Jimi - why is it still here... I'll just give a homecoming call to the Scouts... smiley - winkeye

smiley - whistle

Who's going to be first past the post...


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 8

Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent)

Me!!! Do I get victor's ribbon? Oh no, that's right, there aren't any.
Awu.


A757253 - Run for the Ribbon, Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, USA

Post 9

Jimi X

smiley - laugh

I'm patient...


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Post 11

Jimi X

smiley - cheers

Is it just me, or has the amount of comment in PR decreased a bit lately?


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Post 12

Whisky

smiley - erm Certainly my contribution to PR has diminished lately Jimi....
RL is a pain in the neck at times

Congratulations anyway
smiley - cheers


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Post 13

Ausnahmsweise, wie üblich (Consistently inconsistent)

This entry was so perfect, there was nothing to say smiley - winkeye
But generally, I've noticed that trend too.

Congrats.
Awu


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