First, the Fallon Five is one of the great bargains in road racing. In a time when nondescript 5K's and 5M's routinely charge $15 to $20 (and sometimes more), the Fallon Five entry fee is $3. For the $3 investment, runners receive: (1) a goodly amount of post-race refreshments; (2) excellent prizes including $100 each to the first male and female finishers and gift certificates to the top three male and female finishers in six different divisions, and a random prize of an all-expenses paid trip for two to either the Bermuda Marathon/10K or the Disneyworld Marathon/5K; and (3) long-sleeve t-shirts to the first 600 entrants. Each year, approximately 100 individuals enter the race with no intention of running; they simply are purchasing a long-sleeve t-shirt for $3. (Incidentally, the random draw is a "you have to be present to win" one. The first three runners whose names were drawn had left, much to the delight of those who remained and whose hopes of winning were thereby kept alive.)

Secondly, with temperature being nearly 90 degrees and the humidity best described as being brutal, another 50 or so runners opted not to run.