Hundreds run Throo the Zoo

There is one morning every year when hundreds of people run through the Louisville Zoo and all but ignore the animals.

It’s the Throo the Zoo 5K Run/Walk, a family-friendly event that included participants as young as 3 and as old as 80 in its 14th annual edition today.

Nearly 700 people completed the five-kilometer race, which started on Trevillian Way and finished in the zoo. Joseph Lynn and Deborah Fletcher were the overall men’s and women’s winners, respectively, and earned the Ostrich Egg Award.

Lynn won with a time of 16:10.11. Alan Tobin was second in 16:22.67, and Benjamin Draper was third in 16:40.85.

Fletcher led the women with a time of 19:29.35. Erika Fairweather was second in 19:50.50, and Amy Doolittle-Crider was third in 20:30:45.

The full results for the race, which was presented by Norton Audubon Hospital and the Friends of the Zoo, can be found here.