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NATIVE SUN MANDARIN RUN RAISES OVER $570 FOR CHARITY

(Jacksonville, FL 11/15/06) Over 570 runners gathered in Mandarin Park Saturday, November 4 to participate in the 27th Annual Native Sun Mandarin Run 10K. This marked a record for attendance, increasing nearly 30% from last year. This was Native Sun Natural Food Market's fourth year as presenting sponsor. A donation of $1 per race entry was donated to The Seaside Playgarden, a Waldorf-inspired school in Jacksonville Beach.

Listed first to third, top finishers in the open categories were Aaron Lanzel of Jacksonville, Ryan Woods of Daytona Beach and Paul McRae of Jacksonville for the men and Tatiana Titova of Gainesville, Kim Pawelek of Jacksonville, and Lisa Vaill of Gainesville for the women. Master category winners were Orange Park residents John Metzger and Patti Stewart-Garbrecht.