20140504 - Blazier Run for Arts

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Runners cross the starting line at the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media William Ogonga 4, of Crystal Lake, wears his hero mask upside-down as he awaits the start of the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Nolan Carlson 10, of McHenry, is the first runner across the finish line of the 1-mile race during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Rosemary Blazier, of Crystal Lake, cheers as children cross the finish line of her namesake race, "Rosie's 1-mile", during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Chris Setzler of Wonder Lake finishes first in the 5K race during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media The youngest group of runners race in the 50-meter dash during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Dressed as Buddy the Elf from the movie, "Elf", Chris Christensen, of Cary, sprints to the finish line elbow-to-elbow with Michelle Stein, of Algonquin, during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Zachary Fischer 3, of Crystal Lake, takes his mark at the start of the 50-meter dash during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.

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Ruthie Hauge - For Shaw Media Bob Blazier, of Crystal Lake, keeps his hands warm in the pockets of the coat of his wife, Rosemary Blazier, during the super hero-themed Bob Blazier Run for the Arts outside of the Raue Center in Crystal Lake on Sunday, May 4, 2014. This is the seventeenth year for this fundraiser, which supports the Raue Center for the Arts, and it is the first time the race has had a theme.