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Families flock downtown for fitness, fun at city’s 49th annual Ford River Race – mySanAntonio.com

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By Forrest Milburn, Staff Writer

Photo: Robin Jerstad /For The San Antonio Express-News

Scouts and their leaders paddle canoes along the San Antonio River during the Ford River Race.

Scouts and their leaders paddle canoes along the San Antonio River during the Ford River Race.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts and theri canoes converge in the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts and theri canoes converge in the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Svitlana Kroll and E. Robert Frank paddle their canoe along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Svitlana Kroll and E. Robert Frank paddle their canoe along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Svitlana Kroll paddles her canoe along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Svitlana Kroll paddles her canoe along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts Conner Schoenfield and Kennedy Engle paddle their canoe along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts Conner Schoenfield and Kennedy Engle paddle their canoe along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Scouts paddle their canoes along the San Antonio River during the Alamo Area Council of Boy Scouts of America and Paseo del Rio Association Ford River Race Saturday morning.

Families flock downtown for fitness, fun at citys 49th annual Ford River Race

San Antonio resident Leanna Moreno and her family strive to stay active; theyre often found running in marathons, kayaking or even just going for a swim at the local pool.

So when they had the opportunity to canoe on the San Antonio river the one time a year its allowed, they jumped at the chance.

Especially nowadays, kids are always on their phone, Moreno, 33, said. For my kids, to get them out the door, its easy for me. But everybody else, you see them struggle. Theyre stuck on their iPads and phones, so to come out and actually get them in the water its worth it.

On Saturday morning, Moreno brought her kids and extended family to compete in the 49th annual Ford River Race, a competition hosted by the Paseo del Rio Association and the Alamo Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America that couples fun and physical activity. She and her husband were one of 128 teams to compete in the challenge, a small dip in number from last year, race officials said.

Its the only time anyone gets to race in a canoe or kayak on the main part of the San Antonio river, said race coordinator Kevin Jetton, 57, who has helped organized the event for the past 41 years. In that time, he has seen three generations of teams within families paddle on the river, he said.

The competition is separated by several categories, based on the type of watercraft canoe, single-person kayak and two-person kayak and whether the team is part of the general public or from the Boy Scouts. The categories are then broken down further by gender and age groups for the Boy Scout teams to even out the playing field: ages 11-13, 14-17 and adult scout leaders.

While there were 20 canoes provided for teams to borrow, the race was BYOK bring your own kayak along with paddles and life jackets for those in the one-person and two-person kayak contests.

The race, sponsored by Ford and Red Bull, begins and finishes at the same spot on the River Walk near the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce offices. Once a team begins paddling, race administrators log the elapsed time from start to finish to calculate how well they did compared to others in their category. Those who place first, second and third in each category receive awards for their speedy finish.

Its all against the clock, Jetton said.

The teams included more than three dozen Boy Scouts and more than 50 from the general public.

Eric Robinson, 28, is a San Antonio resident who raced with his brother as a team for the first time on Saturday.

I think its a great way for people to get out and kayak, get some physical fitness without actually having to go to the gym and get a traditional workout, Robinson said.

FMilburn@express-news.net

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