WAYNE (10/4) -- The number 13 scares some people, especially when it shows up a few weeks before Halloween. But the 500 participants in the 13th annual Red October Run found nothing to shoo them off.

Plus a few won shoes.

Both the 5K and 10K, which started at Oakwood Annapolis Hospital, headed off into a chilly wind. For the last mile, runners had the wind at their backs. That and a pancake course made conditions ripe for a PR day.

Brandie Fitzsimmons, 23, who runs for Washtenaw Community College, went home with a personal record and new Mizuno shoes. (Overall champs in both races won the latter.)

"I kind of expected a PR," Fitzsmmons said. "I didn't expect the shoes."

She clocked 20:16 in the 5K. Masters queen Connie Scaparo, 40, of Canton, finished second overall in 23:09. Mary Estes-Dotani, 18, of Allen Park, was right behind (23:11).

In the men's 5K, Doug Ogden, 40, of Chelsea, triumphed in 17:07. Kurt Bartel, 32, of Northville, and Doug Goodhue, 61, of Milford, finished second and third in 17:23 and 18:02.

"I'm disappointed I didn't break 18 minutes," Goodhue said.

Craig McCardell, 34, of Canton, claimed the men's 10K shoes in 36:26. Then came Andrew Schillaci, 25, of Lansing (37:38) and top master Mike Sellon, 49, of Sarnia, Ont. (38:37).

In the women's 10K, Donna Olson 53, of Bloomfield Hills (46:21) topped Elizabeth Person, 23, of Bloomfield (46:29) and Julie Frasier, 46, of Allen Park (47:03).

For complete results, visit www.gaultracemanagement.com. MR