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Blake Hundley, 11, wins Firefly 5K in 19:23

Benbow is 10K winner on double loop trail run
Runners and mosquitoes lift off for the Firefly 5K and 10K. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Dave Frederick
August 5, 2013
Blake Hundley, 11, wins the Firefly 5K. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Wendy Rodgers was the first woman in the 5K, but Brian Hankin just had to beat her across the finish line. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Alejandro Castillo beats Xavier Castillo to the finish in the 5K. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Enos Benbow doing what he does: win a race. BY DAVE FREDERICK
John Best, 12, runs 45:34, placing sixth in the 10K. BY DAVE FREDERICK
Claire Neilan, 39, wins the women's 10K in 49:14. BY DAVE FREDERICK

A person you couldn’t find at the Biden Center inside Cape Henlopen State Park for the Saturday, July 27, 7 p.m., Firefly low-light-to-no-light 5K and 10K races was Biden himself, who was in Bombay visiting the Indian Institute of Technology. Somewhere there’s an embedded high-speed Comcast joke.

One hundred and five runners toed the starting line for the one-loop version of two races. Blake Hundley, 11, won the 5K in 19:23 and when asked, “Have you ever been first overall before?” reflected on his long running life and said, “Yes, I think that was my third."

Wendy Rodgers, 53, was the first woman in a time of 22:41.

Enos Benbow won the 10K race in a time of 35:54. Claire Neilan, 39, was the first woman in 49:14.

Mosquitoes the size of C131 aircraft showed up on the trails close to sundown boring holes into the backs of spectators and slower runners. It is a pine forest jungle out there.

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