Hartfield’s Jingle Bell 5K and Fun Run offers runners a Yule theme

Jalen Wynn, No. 228, pulls into the lead Saturday morning as scores of youngsters surge forward at the start of the children’s fun run, which immediately preceded the Middlesex Family YMCA-benefit Jingle Bell 5K. Watching in the far right background is Y Executive Director Dennis “Buzz” Lambert and Middlesex High School Algebra Teacher C. Clark Laster IV.

In true Grinch-like fashion, The Grinch (right) did his best to harass passing runners, repeatedly jumping out from behind a tree to try to scare them. Many though, like Ron Myers of Dutton, seemed to take the Grinch antics in stride.