It’s a marathon, not a sprint

Bille Whitacre, center, said the Snowdown Water-Slide-Athon was fun and games at first, but quickly became exhausting as participants climbed the steps to slide down as as many times as they could in four hours. Devon Parson, left, Whitacre, center, and Tiffany Bergman, right, take one of their numerous plunges Thursday at the Durango Community Recreation Center. The event was sponsored by the Durango Metropolitan Society.