Team Finn, Rye Runners Complete Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon

Tim and Ellie Kelly ran 11 miles and then met up with their eight-year-old son Finn to carry him throught the last miles and then across the finish line of the Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon on Saturday, March 23. 

The Rye Kelly family organized a team of 15 to run in the marathon in honor of Finn, who is diagnosed with ceberal palsy. The team raised more than $38,000 to donate to the Cerebral Palsy International Research Foundation (CPIRF). Time and Ellie finished the race in 2:12:56. Their older son Dillon, a junior at Rye High School, finished in 1:53:36. Most of the Rye runners in the race were running for the Kelly's cause. Read more here. 

Here's video of the start of the race on Beekman Avenue with all runners.

The overall winner of Saturday's half marathon was Fikadu Lemma, 29, from the Bronx with a time of 1:12:00. 

The first woman to finish was Kate Pallardy, coming in 12th overall. The 27-year-old from NYC had a time of 1:22:12. 

First of Rye's 16 runners represented were:

• Noga Ruttenburg, of Rye, 39, coming in 29th with a time of 1:32:26
• Paul Turcotte, of Rye, 53, coming in 80th, with a time of 1:37:06
• Eric Mann, 52, coming in 96th, with a time of 1:39:16

Congrats to all 885 participants from the region who finished this challenging race.

"This has to be the hardest half marathon ever," wrote David Raguso on Facebook.

Tarrytown's Karen Kuhn shared her finish photo on Facebook as proof that she completed this feat. The former roller derby competitor said, "That was rough! And I had to use some jammer skills to get through packs on the trails."

Full race results here.

 Complete photo galleries here.