While the 2020 It’s A Wonderful Life Festival and It’s A Wonderful Run 5K cannot be held due to the pandemic, we hope these memories of the past decade of events will raise your spirits in anticipation of being together again in Seneca Falls during Christmas season 2021.
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For the first time ever, heavy rain fell on the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls but did it dampen the Christmas Spirit? Check out the activities in Seneca Falls and watch thousands of runners pass over the bridge to start the 5K and watch them finish under heavy snow fall. Merry Christmas!
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Jeff Rook, one of the founding organizers of the popular It’s A Wonderful Run 5K, is in-studio with Sydney Rogers and Jim Sinicropi to talk about next week’s big race as part of the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls.
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The annual It’s A Wonderful Life weekend festival and 5k race return to Seneca Falls this weekend. Join Jessica Lahr, Sydney Rogers, Josh Durso and Jim Sinicropi to talk all about it and give you some important details, take a look at the weather outlook, and share some other events going on in the region if you can’t make it to Seneca Falls. Also, favorite Christmas songs and the best versions and artists.
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Over 5,000 runners & walkers entered this year’s It’s A Wonderful Run 5K and crossed the George Bailey Bridge on Saturday in Seneca Falls as part of the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival. The below video shows activities in downtown Seneca Falls in the afternoon and the popular 5K run/walk which begins at dusk when the actress who played Zu-Zu, Karolyn Grimes, says the famous words, “every time a bell rings, an angel gets their wings”. Drone footage by Zack Kelly. Get the official race results for all finishers and divisions here.
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Over 4,000 runners and thousands more holiday revelers congregated in Seneca Falls, NY on Saturday for the It’s A Wonderful Life Weekend and the 8th Annual It’s A Wonderful Run 5K. Seneca Falls is believed to be the town that inspired Bedford Falls in the Frank Capra holiday classic movie “It’s a Wonderful Life”. This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the film’s release. Check out the video below capturing Saturday in Seneca Falls…
Over 3,800 runners took part in the 2015 edition of the It’s A Wonderful Run 5K race in Seneca Falls, NY as part of the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival.
Omar Boulama of Walworth, NY
1st place – 15:00 (Course Record)
Laurel Leone of Minoa
First woman to finish
She was 11th overall with a time of 17:07
Did the CDC bungle the influenza vaccine? Kenny tackles this question, recaps It’s A Wonderful Life weekend in Seneca Falls, celebrates a huge win for the Buffalo Bills and talks Syracuse basketball.
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The 6th annual running of the It’s A Wonderful Run 5K held in Seneca Falls, NY on Saturday, December 13, 2014. Over 3,500 runners participated on a damp, chilly, cloudy evening during the 2014 It’s A Wonderful Life Festival. Merry Christmas!
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The 2014-15 Wayne-Finger Lakes high school basketball season is in full swing and FL1 Sports is featuring a special crosstown rivalry doubleheader from Arthur L. Baker Gymnasium in Seneca Falls as the Waterloo Indians face the Mynderse Blue Devils in a pair of varsity basketball games. Both games are expected to be highly competitive this year. Dave Barnick, Kevin Korzeniewski and Matt Verkey have the call.
Jeff Rook, founder and organizer of the It’s A Wonderful Run 5K in Seneca Falls talks about the upcoming event scheduled for Saturday, December 13th. 4,000 runners are expected to descend upon downtown Seneca Falls for the annual run which is part of the It’s A Wonderful Life Festival in the town that is thought to be the inspiration for Bedford Falls in the Frank Capra holiday classic movie.
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The 2013 edition of the It’s A Wonderful Run 5K in Seneca Falls happened on Saturday night as 2,800 runners braved a winter storm that made for the most unique event you’ll ever see during the Christmas season. Kevin Korzeniewski, one of the event organizers, joins us in studio for a recap.
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