Two years ago fitness guru Don Ardell finished out of the money behind Pam Iorio, Frank Sanchez, Bob Buckhorn and Charlie Miranda in Tampa’s mayoral race. Two Saturdays ago Ardell, 66, finished first in his age group (65-69) at the Bank of America Gasparilla Distance Classic 15k race.
In fact, his time (59:08) was good enough to have won the 50-54 age group as well. Overall, Ardell’s time was 95th best among the more than 4,000 entrants.