We are looking forward to seeing and hearing your "Finishing Thoughts" in person on May 29.

And the winner is....Adam Fitzgerald.

He has won a new pair of Hoka ONE ONE Running Shoes!

Topic for this week: Time to Haiku - What Does Running Mean to You? Answer this question in the Haiku format.

haiku [( heye -kooh)]
A form of Japanese poetry. A haiku expresses a single feeling or impression and contains three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, respectively.
An example would be:

Three weeks to race day Vermont City Marathon Time to get running

We will have two winners! One will receive a $25 Leonardo's Pizza Gift Card and the other will receive a $50 Hannaford Gift Card.

These are the people that feed us on Race weekend!

To Enter:

Share your Haiku on the Vermont City Marathon Facebook Page in this post.

The GIVEAWAY closes at 11:59pm Wednesday, May 11 and we’ll announce the winner on Thursday, May 12.

The rules/fine print:
* Share the giveaway by clicking the “share” button just below the GIVEAWAY post on our Facebook page and get an extra GIVEAWAY entry.
* We select the winners at random, from all the comments posted.
* We ask that if you’re local, you pick up your prize.  If not, we’ll mail it (US and Canada only.)
* We contact all winners via Facebook Message each Thursday; you have one week to reply to arrange pick-up/mailing of your prize.  If we haven’t heard from you within one week, we reserve the right to re-list the prize or choose another winner.