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Greater Danbury Road Race set for Sunday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]
Bethel resident will be among the volunteers to arrive early at the War Memorial in Danbury Sunday morning -- and he looks forward to it every year. Bruno, 50,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], is a member of the ,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which will be celebrating its ninth year this weekend with the annual half marathon,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 5k and half-mile kids run.
Bruno will be busy setting up traffic cones on the roads and helping to set up water stations,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
"I don't do that much,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Bruno,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], taking a break from doing some painting at his house on Friday. "There are a lot of people that do more to get this ready. I'm just glad to help out."
Bruno,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], however,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], will be far from done after the pre-race festivities. He will lace up his running sneakers and take part in the half marathon,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], something he said he has done five or six times.
"It's a great course with a couple of tough hills,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Bruno,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who estimates he has run in 15 half marathons and two marathons (Hartford and Cape Cod). "It's a well-organized race and it's a good community event."
More than 1,400 runners are expected Sunday with proceeds going to help the Danbury's War Memorial and the Newtown Police Union.
Many Newtown police officers have been unable to return to work due to the extreme mental and physical impact caused by witnessing the Dec. 14 attack at . During this time of extended leave,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], officers have used all their sick/personal time and are in danger of not receiving a full paycheck soon. Race participants have already contributed nearly $13,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],000 for the affected officers.
"We can't thank the Stratton Faxon Danbury Road Races enough for their support of the Newtown Police Union and exposure to our cause,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," said Newtown Police Union vice president, detective in a statement.
The Newtown Police Union is also inviting police,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], fire and medical personnel (past and present) from around the state to join the "" to run the half marathon or 5k.
The race is once again hosted by the , which promotes sporting events in the Danbury area.
The half marathon course remains the same and runs through Danbury, Bethel and Redding. The courses for the 5k and are run entirely within Danbury. All the events start and finish in Danbury's Rogers Park.
Derse Deniboba of Ethiopia won last year's half marathon with a time of 1:07:06,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but he is not registered for Sunday.
Ethiopia's , who finished second last year,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], will back to try and reclaim the overall title he took home in 2010 and 2011.
One of Tefera's biggest challenges will come from fellow countryman Fikadu Lemma,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych].
Tezate Dengerse of Turkey won the women's race last year with a time of 1:22:15,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but has not committed to this year's race.
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