After the Meeting: Results of the first annual Animal Behavior Society "fun run" 2008

The Animal Behavior Society Sponsored the first ever “fun run”, held on the last day of the meetings this year in Snowbird, Utah (that’s an elevation of 8,500 feet!). Thirty runners participated, ranging in age from 21 to 64, with some speedsters as well as walkers.

Organizers “High-Five” the success of the first ABS fun run. Organizers Dan Howard and Molly Morris

John Collins of Snowbird set the route which was a loop that went downhill on dirt roads and single track, and then back up hill to the finish. He warned us to avoid Moose if we encounter them at the start of the race, and while there were no Moose encounters, a bee sting left one participant with a lip that was confused for cosmetic surgery at the banquet later that evening. Spectators cheered on the runners at the finish line, from their rooms in the Cliff Lodge and from the Aerie Lounge on the top floor of the Lodge! The top three male runners were Rob Aldredge (first place), Olau Reuppell (second place) and Darryl Mayeaux (third place).

There was an exciting close finish between the top two female runners Laura Kintz (first place) and Emma Ware (second place, see photo below), and Pam Freeman was the third place female finisher. Times and places for all runners can be found below.

A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers as well as Dan Howard (Organized and provided the bibs) and Carrie Hall (kept track of all the times).

We would like to also thank Cambridge University Press, W.W. Norton and CO, and John Hopkins University Press for books donated as prizes.