Kids & Family
Run-A-Latke: Light, Fun and Family
The celebration started with a 5k race and ended with latkes.
The Chanukah party started with a race and ended with a latke. Maybe a donut. Or both.
Along the way families and friends took to the road and the shul at the annual Run-A-Latke celebration Sunday in Swampscott.
On the road, 49 runners legged the 5k (3.1 miles) from the Chabad Community Shul on Burrill Street to Fisherman's Beach and beyond — and back.
The runners ranged from 10 to 71 years old, and included the running rabbi, Rabbi Yossi Lipsker. One runner, a dad, wheeled his baby in a carriage.
Mike Page of the North Shore Timing Co. in Beverly was the official timekeeper. He clocks about 100 races a year.
He said the Run-A-Latke was well organized and family centered.
"Very family oriented," he said. "In the awards, five of the top six (finishers) were all family members — so very family oriented."
Inside the shul, families gathered on the hardwood floor and under hanging lights. They chatted. They ate latkes and apple sauce, and powdered donuts filled with jelly.
The shul pulsed with talk and danced in light.
Parents held babies aloft. Children made a bouncy house jump and snapped Lego pieces in place.
The pieces soon built a menorah.
The rabbi led the shul in singing prayer. He lit candles atop the menorah, singing and swaying as he lit the wicks.
Among the families at the party were the Pasters of Swampscott.
Glenn Paster said the celebration brings neighbors and friends together for a fun race and to enjoy the shul.
This year it was a good way to wind up the Thanksgiving holiday, he said.
Run-A-Latke Results
Place No. Name Time Pace Div/Tot Div Ag S City St
1 139 Martin Tighe 18:17 5:54 1/7 M5059 55 M Providence RI
2 151 Sean Kay 19:35 6:18 1/12 M0119 11 M Melrose MA
3 153 Sean Kay 21:03 6:47 1/4 M3039 38 M Melrose MA
4 150 Paul Croft 22:07 7:08 2/7 M5059 52 M Swampscott MA
5 152 Alexandra Kay 22:26 7:14 2/12 M0119 15 F Melrose MA
6 144 Nadav Zafrani 22:35 7:17 1/3 M2029 21 M Swampscott MA
7 154 Aidan Kay 22:37 7:17 3/12 M0119 13 M Melrose MA
8 155 Julia Moceri 22:40 7:18 4/12 M0119 11 F Rockport MA
9 170 Kc Hubeny 22:48 7:21 1/5 F3039 38 F Swampscott MA
10 174 Shalom Kugel 23:17 7:30 5/12 M0119 9 M Brooklyn NY
11 175 Mendel Kugel 23:18 7:30 6/12 M0119 18 M Brooklyn NY
12 11 Neil Bernstein 23:50 7:41 1/2 M6069 61 M Swampscott MA
13 148 Michelle Simons 24:00 7:44 1/6 F4049 41 F Lynn MA
14 171 Mark Mercer 24:23 7:51 1/3 M4049 48 M Swampscott MA
15 140 Tracy Wallace 24:32 7:54 2/5 F3039 33 F New Bedford MA
16 169 Brad Hubeny 24:34 7:55 2/4 M3039 38 M Swampscott MA
17 160 John Ellis 25:08 8:06 3/7 M5059 50 M Peabody MA
18 164 Nechemia Schuskman 26:35 8:34 3/4 M3039 37 M Peabody MA
19 7 Holly Allison 26:55 8:40 2/6 F4049 43 F Salem MA
20 80 Michael Pelletier 27:02 8:42 1/2 M7099 71 M Salem MA
21 81 Amy Rosenberg 27:19 8:48 1/2 F2029 29 F Beverly MA
22 82 Jeff Rosenberg 27:20 8:48 2/3 M2029 29 M Beverly MA
23 26 Jeffrey Frankel 27:24 8:49 4/7 M5059 59 M Marblehead MA
24 29 Rachel Goodenough 27:26 8:50 2/2 F2029 27 F Arlington MA
25 30 Reeve Goodenough 27:28 8:51 3/3 M2029 28 M Arlington MA
26 172 Rosie Kyes 27:29 8:51 3/6 F4049 42 F Peabody MA
27 47 Stephanie Kaplan 29:27 9:29 3/5 F3039 37 F Sharon MA
28 157 Debbie Shahidi 29:53 9:38 1/3 F5059 52 F Beverly MA
29 156 Donna Greenberg 30:11 9:43 2/3 F5059 56 F Beverly MA
30 173 Eli Heerter 30:31 9:50 7/12 M0119 13 M
31 166 Steven Klein 31:16 10:04 5/7 M5059 51 M
32 149 Caron Weiner 31:34 10:10 3/3 F5059 58 F Marblehead MA
33 158 Yossi Lipsker 31:39 10:12 2/3 M4049 45 M
34 92 Roert Schrater 31:53 10:16 2/2 M6069 65 M Salem MA
35 176 Alex Tagolieri 32:22 10:25 8/12 M0119 17 M Beverly MA
36 14 Sara Ewing 33:25 10:46 4/5 F3039 38 F Swampscott MA
37 161 Rachel Ellis 35:11 11:20 9/12 M0119 15 F Peabody MA
38 141 Bill Wilard 36:49 11:51 6/7 M5059 58 M Beverly MA
39 146 Hannah Zafrani 38:11 12:18 10/12 M0119 12 F Swampscott MA
40 143 Max Zafrani 38:13 12:18 7/7 M5059 51 M Swampscott MA
41 28 Joel Friedman 38:30 12:24 3/3 M4049 49 M Framingham MA
42 165 Mene Cham Mendel 39:25 12:41 11/12 M0119 12 M
43 168 Robyn Kirrane 39:41 12:47 5/5 F3039 39 F Chestnut Hil MA
44 167 Madison Kirrane 39:42 12:47 12/12 M0119 10 F Chestnut Hil MA
45 99 Richard Snyder 39:59 12:52 2/2 M7099 77 M Tewksbury MA
46 145 Janice Zafrani 43:31 14:01 4/6 F4049 49 F Swampscott MA
47 78 Pam Milman 44:52 14:27 5/6 F4049 45 F Peabody MA
48 138 Richard Stein 44:53 14:27 4/4 M3039 37 M Peabody MA
49 137 Karin Statkum 48:47 15:42 6/6 F4049 47 F Lynn MA
Run-A-Latke Awards
********** FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
1 Alexandra Kay 15 Melrose MA 22:26
2 Julia Moceri 11 Rockport MA 22:40
3 Kc Hubeny 38 Swampscott MA 22:48
********** MALE OVERALL RESULTS ***********
1 Martin Tighe 55 Providence RI 18:17
2 Sean Kay 11 Melrose MA 19:35
3 Sean Kay 38 Melrose MA 21:03
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