2013 Cupcake Challenge

May 5, 2013

The 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Adam Vogler

Rachel Theall, left, wipes frosting onto Jessica Rosati's face during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Race coordinator Marcy Ambler rides a mountin bike to another location on the course after the start 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Competitors hurriedly eat a cupcakes during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

A race worker holds out cupcakes for the runners during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Race coordinator Marcy Ambler works on the last minute details of the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Runners race through the puddles at the start of the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Runners wait at the starting line of the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Katie Hogan hurridley eats a cupcake during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Tiffany Koch, of Thebe, Ill., eats a cupcake during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Brandi Kusawa, of Cape Girardeau, before the start of the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Matt Ewaske hurridley eats a cupcake during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Courtney Elizalde hurridley eats a cupcake during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Paul Caruso, right, talks to participants about founding Hope Children's Home with his wife Dawn, left, before the start of the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

Kids take off at the start of the 1-mile race during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau.

Karrie Purcell, of Kevil, Ky., hurridley eats a cupcake during the 2013 Cupcake Challenge Sunday, May 5, at Arena Park in Cape Girardeau. Runners could have time deducted from their finish time for every cupcake they ate during the the 5k race, there was also a 1-mile kids race, which is a fundraiser for Hope Children's Home.

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