Racing Through The Years: Local Runner Chases 35th Straight Cherry Festival Finish
By Craig Manning | July 11, 2026
“I need to do everything in my power to be able to run the Cherry Festival.”
That was the thought that went through Jami Hollandsworth’s head earlier this year after a misstep on the stairs left her with a minor process fracture to her heel bone.
She had good reason to be concerned. Hollandsworth ran her first-ever road race at the 1990 Cherry Festival, when she was just 11 years old. Since then, she’s never missed a Festival of Races – which, given the one-year hiatus the festival took in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, would make 2026 Hollandsworth’s 35th Cherry Festival race in a row.
The thought of …
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