'Superheroes' help others find their strength
Find Your Strength Family Fun Run volunteer Amelia Boyd reaches out to give a high five to a young run at the entrance to Sandpoint City Beach as he nears the finish line in the 1K iteration of the run.
Photo by CAROLINE LOBSINGER
Becky Haag of Sandpoint gives a leap of joy as she takes part in Saturday's Find Your Strength Family Fun Run.
Jake and Juliet Franklin are surrounded by the bubbles at the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run afterparty.
Clay Demastus runs along the Sand Creek Trail during the 5K race of Bonner General Health's Family Fun Run on Saturday.
Youngsters are surrounded by bubbles at the Find Your Strength after-party on Saturday, Sept. 14.
Theo Vanderbeek, left, and Kai Sinatra, right, race along Sand Creek in the 5K run during Saturday's Find Your Strength Family Fun Run. Sinatra would go on to edge Vanderbeek by two seconds in the 10-14 male division.
Jude Laughridge races along Sand Creek during the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run on Saturday.
Vivian Schuck, left, and Kendel Roos take part in the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run on Saturday.
Avalon Gillis takes part in the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run on Saturday.
Eli Boekenoogen charges ahead of his dad, Scott Boekenoogen, during Saturday's Find Your Strength Family Fun Run.
Gavin Schuck, who came dressed as an alien superhero, waits for the start of the 1K race during Saturday's Find Your Strength Family Fun Run.
Alesia Leblanc and Jeffrey Leblanc approach the finish line of the 5K race in the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run.
Steve and Richard Neuder take off from the starting line at the start of the 1K race as part of the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run on Saturday.
A group of runners race along Bridge Street as they approach the finish line during Saturrday's Find Your Strength Family Fun Run's 1K race.
Alesia Leblanc and Jeffrey Leblanc approach the finish line of the 5K race in the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run.
Find Your Strength Fun Run volunteers cheer on runners.
Find Your Strength Family Fun Run 1K racers wait for the start of the race.
Amelia Boyd gives Isabel Hollriegel a high five as she enter the home stretch of the Find Your Strength's Family Fun Run's 5K race.
Runners approach the finish line of the Find Your Strength Family Fun Run's 1K race.
While the crowd might have been a little smaller, the impact of the Find Your Strength Fun Run is immeasurable.
However, in addition to raising funds for Bonner General Health Hometown Health Grants, the event is just plain fun, according to several of the runners, most of whom came with friends or family.
And that's just how BGH officials want it. The annual run, now in its third year, is designed to be a fun and engaging event for participants of all ages, BGH officials said. With a superhero theme, many of the runners came dressed as their favorite superheroes or created one of their own, and families can come dressed as their favorite superheroes or design a costume for their own spin on a superhero like Gavin Schuck, who came dressed as an alien superhero.
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