More than 1,000 people signed up for Sunday morning’s 5K Bridge Run, the last in the Triple Crown Series road races whose goals are to create a better sense of community, promote healthy activities and raise support for and awareness of three partnering charitable organizations: the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA, the Fletcher Foundation and the Bridge Run Foundation. Some participants, like these participants who let the fast runners go first, enjoyed a slower pace as they crossed the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge, between Lewiston and Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

Ryan Smith (350) is in the lead pack Sunday morning as the runners cross the Bernard Lown Peace Bridge from Auburn into Lewiston, where Smith pulled away from the field and easily won the race. More than 1,000 people signed up for Sunday morning’s 5K Bridge Run, the last in the Triple Crown Series road races whose goals are to create a better sense of community, promote healthy activities and raise support for and awareness of three partnering charitable organizations: the Auburn-Lewiston YMCA, the Fletcher Foundation and the Bridge Run Foundation. Some participants, like these who let the faster runners go first, enjoyed a slower pace. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal)

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