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PICKERINGTON, Ohio Different paths lead us to different intersections.
This story took a turn at the intersection of “unexpected” and “you can’t be serious.
The person running that path was Adam Salberg. He’s a ninth-grade science teacher at Pickerington Central High School.
Last month he was in Chillicothe running a 150-mile relay race. One of his legs was all trails in the middle of nowhere blanketed by woods.
Halfway through, there they were.
“I looked up the hill and there were four puppies,” he said.
CHILLICOTHE Though they race in teams of 10, Buck Fifty runners complete their routes alone. That is, everyone except for a Pickerington teacher who crossed his finish line with a parade of four-legged friends in tow.
The April 16 race was Adam Salberg s second time competing in the 150-mile relay race, but his team Shenanigans in the VansAgain was determined to place competitively. He was running leg 24 of the race, one of the hilliest sections, and was focused on going as fast as possible. I crossed the road, and there was a volunteer who asked for my bib number. I looked up and there were four puppies at the top of the next hill, Salberg recalled. The volunteer yelled that the pups were friendly and there was no need to worry.
CHILLICOTHE Though they race in teams of 10, Buck Fifty runners complete their routes alone. That is, everyone except for a Pickerington teacher who crossed his finish line with a parade of four-legged friends in tow.
The April 16 race was Adam Salberg s second time competing in the 150-mile relay race, but his team Shenanigans in the VansAgain was determined to place competitively. He was running leg 24 of the race, one of the hilliest sections, and was focused on going as fast as possible. I crossed the road, and there was a volunteer who asked for my bib number. I looked up and there were four puppies at the top of the next hill, Salberg recalled. The volunteer yelled that the pups were friendly and there was no need to worry.