Bluebird Run for Brookie B 5K & 1 Mile

Herb Wills, September 2, 2019

From Herb Wills

In Tallahassee there isn’t a race on every holiday, but since 2015 (with a year off for hurricanes) the Bluebird Run For Brookie B has had Labor Day covered. Here is what happened at the 2019 edition of that Labor Day cross-country spectacular:

“Gary Droze and Morgan Wilson soar at the Bluebird 5K”
https://troubleafoot.blogspot.com/2019/09/bluebird-2019.html

And here are some photos of the races:

2019 Bluebird Run For Brookie B, 2 September 2019
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