200-mile relay race winds through Wareham

May 12, 2017
Paul Zeger slaps a bracelet on teammate Elizabeth Walker at a relay checkpoint at St. Patrick's on High Street. The New Jersey residents participated in the 200-mile, non-stop relay race called Ragnar that wound through Wareham on Friday. BY MATTHEW BERNAT
Rothsovan Young of Westford donned a Superman cape and shirt for the race. BY MATTHEW BERNAT
Teammates Amanda Dobbins, left, of Bourne and Tascha Gaspar of Somerset cheer as a member of their team arrives at the check point. BY MATTHEW BERNAT
Plymouth North High School student Josh Feingold waves in a runner on High Street. Feingold and other members of the school's track team volunteered for the race on Friday. BY MATTHEW BERNAT

Runners participating in a 200-mile, overnight relay race from Hull to Provincetown hit Wareham streets on Friday.

The event, known as Reebok Ragnar Cape Cod, features teams of 12 people who run for anywhere between 15 to 33 miles at a stretch. Each group is supported by two vans, which are driven by team members. The event is nonstop as teams race day and night, swapping out runners at different checkpoints.

In Wareham, the route took runners down High Street, across the Narrows to Minot Avenue and through downtown Onset before they hit Bourne.

St. Patrick's Church on High Street served as one of the checkpoints. Teams cheered on as runners arrived and tagged in others to complete the next leg of the race.

Josh Feingold and other members of the Plymouth North High School track team volunteered at the checkpoint, directing runners to St. Patrick's. He said it was his first time participating in a Ragnar event.

"This is just a great race," he said. "And we have a beautiful day for it."

For more information on Ragnar, click here.

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