Freedom 5K runs smoothly

Stafford, Smith earn top honors in inaugural race

10:39 PM, Jul. 4, 2011  |  

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Runners take off at the start of the Centurylink-Prism TV Freedom 5K Monday night. The runners crossed the Cape Coral Bridge to South Fort Myers and back at the Red White and Boom Fourth of July celebration. / BRIAN HIRTEN/THE NEWS-PRESS

The 197 runners in Monday night's Centurylink-Prism TV Freedom 5k hosted by Red, White and Boom raced across the Cape Coral Parkway Bridge, through the toll plaza, turned around and ran back to the finish line.

And when it was done, familiar faces were the first to cross.