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Airmen run 200-mile relay race

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  • By Senior Airman Tabatha McCarthy
  • 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
SHAW AIR FORCE BASE, S.C. --  Volunteers from Team Shaw participated in the 2012 Palmetto200 relay to raise money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation on April 13. The 200-mile relay race began in Cayce, S.C. ended in Folly Beach, S.C.

Around 60 teams competed in the annual Palmetto200 relay race. Teams were made up of four to 12 people who split 36 legs. For instance, each person of a 12-person team ran three legs over distances varying from four to 10 miles.

Each team provided support vans to drop-off and pick-up runners at designated exchange points along the 200-mile route.

Master Sgt. Micki Kistler, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron assistant first sergeant, organized a team called South Carolina's Road Warriors Running Club that raised funds for the Wounded Warrior Project.

Together the South Carolina's Road Warriors Running Club raised $700 for the Wounded Warrior Project and 80 percent of the funds went to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

The team finished the 200 miles with a time of 31 hours, 24.14 minutes. This averaged to a pace of 9 minutes and 19 seconds per mile.

"I felt proud to have raised that much money for both the Wounded Warrior Project and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation," said Staff Sgt. Perris Coleman, 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron unit fitness program manager. "I wanted to do more after crossing the finish line."