Celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a run, beer
Local 4's Will Jones catches up with some runners who are in the St. Patrick's Day spirit.
IT'S A TRICKY ONE I HAVE IT COMING UP. THANKS SO MUCH. WE BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH THE WEARING, EATING AND DRINKING OF THE GROWN. IT IS ST. PATRICK'S DAY SOME BUSINESSES OPENED AN HOUR AGO EXPECTING BIG CROWDS. WE ARE LIVE AT SEVERAL OF THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE FIND WILL JONES. WHAT IS HAPPENING OUT THERE. HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY LAUREN. WE ARE AT PAT O'BRIEN'S TAVERN. THEY HAVE BREAKFAST BEING SERVED AS WE SPEAK. WE SHOT VIDEO 15 MINUTES AGO. YOU SEE PEOPLE DECKED OUT IN THEIR GREEN. WE ARE TOLD THIS IS ONE OF THEIR BUSIEST DAYS OF THE YEAR. THEY WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 2:00. WE ALSO TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING SOME UNCONVENTIONAL THINGS FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY WE ARE OUT RUNNING INSTEAD OF RUNNING TO A PUB. GOOD TO SEE OLD FACES, NEW FACES AND JUST A LOT OF FUN FOR EVERYBODY. I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE GOING OUT DRINKING. I DON'T. WE ARE ALL TRAINING FOR A MARATHON IN GLASS CITY ON APRIL 28. WE NEEDED A LONG RUN TODAY SO IT IS A PERFECT DAY TO GO OUT THEN WE CAN EAT PANCAKES. THEY STARTED RUNNING AROUND 5:00 THIS MORNING. THEY ARE FROM A GROUP CALLED GP RUNNERS. THEY MEET FAIRLY OFTEN. THEY ARE TRAINING FOR A MARATHON. WE WISH THEM AT THE BEST OF LUCK. THEY WILL NOT BE COMING TO A WAR THIS MORNING. WE ARE LIVE AT ST. CLAIR SHORES WILL JONES, LOCAL 144. LIKE 4. THEY MEET AT DIFFERENT TIMES THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. SOME START AROUND 5:15. SOME START AT 5:30. THEY EACH COME BACK FOR MORE AND MORE PEOPLE. AS THE MORNING GOES ON YOU SEE THE GROUP GET LARGER AND LARGER. 25 PEOPLE IN ALL RUNNING. THEY ARE NOW EATING PANCAKES HAVING A GOOD TIME RELAXING AFTER RUNNING A LOT OF MILES TO
