Top 10 Pig moments 
Over the last couple of months, we asked for your
on-line votes on what you thought were the top 10 moments in
the first 10 years of the Marathon. Here are your
picks:
10 -- Cincinnati runner T.J. Lentz wins his own
personal "Pig Triple Crown" with titles in the Marathon in
2004, the Half Marathon presented by National City in 2007 and
the Toyota 10K in 2006.
9 -- (tie) The Pig becomes
a 'Million Dollar Marathon' for the first time in 2004, with
more than $1 million going to charity that year, and the first
Flying Pig Marathon in 1999, which drew more than 6,100
participants
7 -- The Flying Pig Marathon offers the
National City Half Marathon for the first time in
2005
6 -- The "Parochial Pep Squad" in front of St.
Margaret's always gives divine inspiration as runners enter
O'Bryonville
5 -- Each year the Delta Kings
barbershop group reward runners and walkers who make it to the
Eden Park Overlook on Marathon morning
4 -- The name
Gary Franke may not mean much to you, but if you say "The guy
who runs the Marathon in the Shark Suit," everybody knows who
you mean
3 -- Greg Osterman, a heart transplant
patient, runs his 6th marathon at the 4th annual Flying Pig
Marathon, breaking his own world record for organ transplant
runners
2 -- The heavenly sounds of the Crossroads
choir from Evansville echo along Eastern Avenue to lift
runners' spirits on their straightaway to the finish line
And the number one top moment in Flying Pig Marathon
history is...
The Flying Pig Marathon is named one of the "10 Most Fun
Marathons" in the world in 2006 by Runner's World
magazine!
Thanks to everyone who voted!
Greetings!