Not much of anything gets done before 9 a.m. on Saturday. Just don't tell that to the 42 participants in the third annual Fulton Triathlon. The first two crossed the finish line right around that time with what would be a pretty full day of exercise for most people.
Those who put their names in swam 200 meters (eight lengths of a 50-meter pool), biked 10 kilometers and topped it all off with a two-mile run ending in the parking lot at Fulton High School.
"It's a good way to jump start the day and get your blood flowing," Tony Rigdon, an avid triathlete and IT Specialist at Phoenix Programs in Columbia, said.
To help the tornado-stricken people of Dumas and surroundings, donations can be made to the Delta Area Disaster Relief Fund, care of the Delta Area Community Foundation, P.O. Box 894, Dumas, AR, 71639, or through the Arkansas Community Foundation, 700 S. Rock St., Little Rock, AR, 72202.