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Think about one year ago.
On Feb. 2, the Super Bowl was played in front of more than 62,000 fans packed into Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium. A month later, 18,548 watched the Penguins play the Carolina Hurricanes on March 8 at PPG Paints Arena.
A few days after that, the NHL, NBA and NCAA basketball shut down completely.
Movie theaters, museums, live concert venues, schools, restaurants, bars just about any place where people gathered in public soon followed suit.
A deadly virus that took root in China in late 2019 swept the globe.
A ripple turned into a wave, sparing no one, sickening 114 million and killing more than 2.5 million worldwide, including 523,000 Americans and more than 24,000 Pennsylvanians.
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Cara Group has loved running for many years.
“I ran track in high school and that was when I decided I really enjoy running,” she said. “I played tennis in college, but running distance came later when I thought it was going to be an inexpensive sport to participate in and stay in shape.”
Group started running 5K events and gradually increased her distance. She has now run 20 half-marathons.
“This year, 2021, was going to be my 21
st half-marathon, but I decided that since the race went virtual, I’m going to give it a go at completing my first full marathon,” she said.
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Chief Scott Fanchalsky of the South Greensburg Police Department carries a box of food to a car with Mayor Kevin Fajt during a distribution event Tuesday in the borough.
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Chad Mathias, a South Greensburg public works employee, carries a food to a car during a distribution event Tuesday in the borough.
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Chad Mathias, a South Greensburg public works employee, opens a car door for Kathleen Hopkins during a food distribution event Tuesday in the borough.
Nate Smallwood | Tribune-Review
Chief Scott Fanchalsky of the South Greensburg Police Department carries a box of food to a car with Mayor Kevin Fajt during a distribution event Tuesday in the borough.