STORY BY BENJAMIN LERNER • PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY RUNVERMONT
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Community Movement
Top Left: RunVermont’ s Executive Director, Anthea Dexter-Cooper, running the Leggs Mini Marathon as a young child. Bottom Left: Dexter-Cooper at Vermont City Marathon. Right: Young Vermont runners race towards the finish at a RunVermont Halloween Youth Event
RunVermont bolsters Vermont’ s running and fitness community with a series of events and initiatives
MAX BARON
Every Memorial Day Weekend, the city of Burlington transforms into a living, breathing celebration of a true community movement. With over 5,000 runners, 20,000 spectators, and 800 volunteers descending upon the waterfront for the M & T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay, it’ s Vermont’ s largest single-day sporting event. But for RunVermont, the organization behind the event, the mission extends far beyond the marathon, relay, cheers, and finish-line celebrations.
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