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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. Runners wait for the go at the starting line.
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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. 20,000 runners await the start of the race at Aloha Tower.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. These runners tried to stay dry prior to the start of the race. Skies cleared just as the starting gun fired.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. Here, Shannice Leigh gets a stand up ride with refreshment on a carriage pushed by mom, Carla Kahala.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. Kristin Slay, left, Landy Miyake, Christie Ross, and Tracy Harris take a group shot before the start of the run.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. Here, cell-toting Alaina Davis pushes a carriage with son, Jesse.

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Photos from the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006. Runners paused for refreshment on Nimitz Hwy. underneath the H-1 viaduct.

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A military contingent heads for the finish line of the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006.

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Runners cross the finish line of the 2006 Great Aloha Run from Downtown Honolulu to Aloha Stadium on Feb. 26, 2006.