CAMDEN — The runners and walkers showed up at the Smokestack Grill for the Set the Pace 5K Road Race to help support the Go! Malawi Mission in the late morning hours of the New Year. 

While the sun was shining bright and it was about 25 degrees at the 11 a.m. start time, the wind blew at about eight miles per hour and had the windmill down to a freezing cold temperature that made just breathing a difficult thing for some of the runners, while others loved the cold and flew through the 3.1-mile course.

Of course, they might have been the ones that were just trying to get back to the Smokestack for drinks and free pizza!

The Set the Pace 5K is the first race of the season each year that is organized to support Go! Malawi, an organization started by Janet Littlefield years ago and wholeheartedly supported by Reade Brower and a group of local runners.

Here are the individual results from the race with place, bib number, name, town if available, age, gender, and time.
1, 179, Tyler Lupien, 39, M, 17:43.6; 2, 104, Keith Drago, Camden, 27, M, 18:25.9; 3, 177, David Root, 45, M, 18:35.2; 4, 159, Patrick Odonnell, Warren, 33, M, 18:57.7; 5, 197, Mike Pierce, 45, M, 19:42.1; 6, 161, Cassandra Howard, Searsmont, 18, F, 19:52.0; 7, 135, Grant Sorterup, Waldoboro, 50, M, 19:54.5; 8, 134, Ronald Stevenson, Knox, 43, M, 20:08.4; 9, 101, Matthew Eaton, Linconville, 19, M, 20:48.8; 10, 121, Will Daggett, Washington, 20, M, 21:01.8; 11, 184, Ross Moseley, 16, M, 21:10.3; 12, 174, John Priestly, 57, M, 21:13.7; 13, 172, Amy Root, 43, F, 21:27.0; 14, 188, Andrew Stewart, 39, M, 21:47.0; 15, 123, Kyle Mitchell, Frankfort, 31, M, 21:48.7; 16, 146, Joshua Moore, Camden, 43, M, 21:55.8; 17, 175, Adam Bishop, 37, M, 21:57.1; 18, 108, Scott Kessel, Rockport, 47, M, 22:40.9; 19, 176, Phoebe Sage Root, 11, F, 22:53.9; 20, 198, Steve Cartwright, 63, M, 22:57.4; 21, 118, Monica Minson, Campbell Ca, 25, F, 23:43.1; 22, 183, Lori Richter, 47, F, 23:44.7; 23, 129, Kyle Weaver, Camden, 25, M, 23:53.3; 24, 105, James Tolles, Hope, 70, M, 24:01.5; 25, 192, Jala Tooley, 35, F, 24:11.7; 26, 141, Levi Soper, Trenton, 20, M, 24:15.7; 27, 116, Vickie Lailer, Bath, 48, F, 24:25.3; 28, 138, Shawn Richards, Corinna, 44, M, 24:45.3; 29, 162, Noah Howard, Searsmont, 16, M, 24:47.1; 30, 126, Hannah Raymond, Belfast, 30, F, 24:50.1; 31, 120, Kathryn Daggett, Washington, 46, F, 24:53.6; 32, 189, Lindsey O'Hara, 31, F, 25:11.2; 33, 171, Lucas Brower, 26, M, 25:33.2; 34, 190, Reade Brower, 58, M, 25:55.4; 35, 153, Don Andrus, Rockport, 66, M, 25:55.8; 36, 152, Sarah Andrus, Rockport, 60, F, 25:58.4; 37, 195, Rebecca B, 36, F, 26:02.3; 38, 199, Jodi Wiley, 31, F, 26:09.2; 39, 111, Dale Clay, Bath, 51, F, 26:17.5; 40, 130, Laura Clapp, Blue Hill, 25, F, 26:21.4; 41, 131, Mark Clapp, Blue Hill, 29, M, 26:21.7; 42, 106, Shawn Fournier, Bangor, 30, M, 26:34.4; 43, 140, Amy Mitchell, Rockland, 50, F, 26:37.7; 44, 115, Kelly Kimble, Northport, 46, F, 26:44.4; 45, 107, Ryan Harmon, Palermo, 40, M, 27:00.6; 46, 124, Stephen Peats, Camden, 63, M, 27:04.2; 47, 156, Regina Harmon, Palermo, 14, F, 27:11.7; 48, 133, James Parent, Readfield, 51, M, 27:35.3; 49, 139, Julie Richards, Corinna, 43, F, 27:35.5; 50, 173, Hilda Livingstone, 60, F, 27:40.6; 51, 112, Joshua Cross, Searsport, 36, M, 27:42.0; 52, 119, Emily Stearns, Searsport, 33, F, 27:42.2; 53, 136, Brian Krick, Waldoboro, 44, M, 27:45.0; 54, 178, Chloe Root, 8, F, 27:46.0; 55, 102, Jen McDevitt, Rockland, 33, F, 27:50.3; 56, 109, Marianne Kessel, Rockport, 47, F, 27:56.2; 57, 117, Faith Mackey, Searsport, 20, F, 27:57.0; 58, 154, Trisha Cochran, Camden, 29, F, 28:07.7; 59, 160, Becky Lowe, Camden, Me 37, F, 28:42.5; 60, 170, Scott Davis, 44, M, 28:45.2; 61, 194, Bernadette O'Donnell, 34, F, 28:50.2; 62, 142, Jody Dinsmore, South Thomaston, 42, F, 28:51.0; 63, 187, Isabel Paine, 13, F, 28:57.4; 64, 110, Kaitlyn Kessel, Rockport, 14, F, 28:58.0; 65, 164, Kylea Odone, South Thomaston, 31, F, 29:05.5; 66, 168, Debra Lund, 23, F, 29:15.5; 67, 155, Isaiah Cochran, Union, 29, M, 30:05.3; 68, 166, Ricki Waltz, 50, F, 30:09.8; 69, 165, Art Warren, Camden, 79, M, 31:02.6; 70, 158, Ellen Spring, Thomaston, 62, F, 31:14.1; 71, 149, Kelly Zeiner, Marble Head MA, 56, F, 31:31.5; 72, 114, Anthony Kimble, Northport, 45, M, 31:36.2; 73, 196, Sarah Glenn, 32, F, 31:53.0; 74, 180, Kristen Brown, 54, F, 32:58.5; 75, 137, Ralph Walkling, Rockport, 65, M, 32:59.8; 76, 122, Becky Mitchell, Frankfort, 39, F, 34:02.3; 77, 127, Holly Harmon, Palermo, 36, F, 34:35.7; 78, 186, Parker Moseley, 12, M, 36:08.6; 79, 143, Trina Johnson, Thomaston, 38, F, 37:02.4; 80, 128, Heather Bickford, Corinna, 38, F, 37:04.0; 81, 169, Charlie Lorentsen, 23, F, 37:29.3; 82, 167, Toni Call, 44, F, 37:54.2; 83, 200, Jane Rasmussen, 78, F, 37:54.6; 84, 150, Joan Merriam, Rockland, 66, F, 42:33.1; 85, 145, Hector Pietra Sentra, 56, M, 45:49.3; 86, 132, Deborah Parent, Readfield, 50,vF, 46:16.2; 87, 144, Karen Martin, Camden, 56, F, 50:51.9; 88, 181, Dawn Wilson, 61, F, 1:07:52.6; and 89, 182, Jackie McLain, 83, F, 1:07:52.9.

Well over 50 participants took to the course, which ran up Mechanic to Free St, over to Pearl, down Mechanic, into Cobb Road around the development and back onto Mechanic down hill to the Smokestack Grill.

The mission of Go! Malawi is “to collaborate with rural Malawian communities to develop sustainable programs in education, healthcare, commerce and conservation.”

The Team Vision is that “the mission of the organization has remained steadfast to support orphans and vulnerable children in rural Malawi. The goals are to reduce the factors that lead to extreme poverty! We wish to send, as a team, 50+ children to school in impoverished Malawi.”

The next race for Go! Malawi will be Saturday, Feb. 14 at 10 a.m. for the Luv Me 5k, held this year at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. All participants are welcome — walkers, runners, joggers, strollers, chairs and friendly dogs. 

Click here for a photo gallery from this event.

Results should be sent to sports@penbaypilot.com.

Ron Hawkes can be reached at hawkesnews@gmail.com.