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Record crowd braves chilly temps for Run to Feed the Hungry

Race raises funds for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services

See photos from the 2015 Run to Feed the Hungry race. Click here to share your Run to Feed the Hungry photos with KCRA!
Deirdre Fitzpatrick/KCRA
See photos from the 2015 Run to Feed the Hungry race. Click here to share your Run to Feed the Hungry photos with KCRA!
SOURCE: Deirdre Fitzpatrick/KCRA
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Record crowd braves chilly temps for Run to Feed the Hungry
Race raises funds for Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services
A record number of runners braved chilly morning temperatures to partake in the 22nd annual Run to Feed the Hungry on Thanksgiving Day.More than 28,600 people came out for the Thanksgiving tradition and raised nearly $1 million for the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.View photos from the 2015 Run to Feed the HungryIt was the coldest start to the race since 2003, according to KCRA meteorologist Eileen Javora. When runners in the 10K took off at 8:15 a.m. the temperature was hovering around 36 degrees. The 5K run started at 9 a.m.Skies were clear and there was plenty of sunshine for the record number of runners and walkers.This year's course took runners from the start on J Street, just west of the entrance to the Sacramento State campus, through the tree-lined streets of East Sacramento.Malcolm Richards won the men's 10K race, finishing with a time of 30 minutes and 13 seconds. Allison Maxson, of Folsom, was the first woman to cross the finish line in the 10K with a time of 36:04.Riley Martin of Pollock Pines won the men's 5K race with a time of 14:50. Dominique Jackson of Fairfield won the female division with a time of 17:46.Proceeds from the race provide 20 percent of the annual operating budget for the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.The Run to Feed the Hungry is the largest Thanksgiving Day race in the country.You can share your photos of the Run to Feed the Hungry here, or use #RTFTH on Instagram.Watch a special edition of Common Ground on the history of Run to Feed the Hungry.17491250

A record number of runners braved chilly morning temperatures to partake in the 22nd annual Run to Feed the Hungry on Thanksgiving Day.

More than 28,600 people came out for the Thanksgiving tradition and raised nearly $1 million for the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.

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View photos from the 2015 Run to Feed the Hungry

It was the coldest start to the race since 2003, according to KCRA meteorologist Eileen Javora. When runners in the 10K took off at 8:15 a.m. the temperature was hovering around 36 degrees. The 5K run started at 9 a.m.

Skies were clear and there was plenty of sunshine for the record number of runners and walkers.

This year's course took runners from the start on J Street, just west of the entrance to the Sacramento State campus, through the tree-lined streets of East Sacramento.

Malcolm Richards won the men's 10K race, finishing with a time of 30 minutes and 13 seconds. Allison Maxson, of Folsom, was the first woman to cross the finish line in the 10K with a time of 36:04.

Riley Martin of Pollock Pines won the men's 5K race with a time of 14:50. Dominique Jackson of Fairfield won the female division with a time of 17:46.

Proceeds from the race provide 20 percent of the annual operating budget for the Sacramento Food Bank and Family Services.

The Run to Feed the Hungry is the largest Thanksgiving Day race in the country.

You can share your photos of the Run to Feed the Hungry here, or use #RTFTH on Instagram.

Watch a special edition of Common Ground on the history of Run to Feed the Hungry.