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In This Issue
September / October 2007 Vol. 29, No. 4
Calendar
Calendar September to December 2007 p. 29
Features & Departments
Editor’s Notes: Caboose Club By Scott Sullivan p. 4
Dexter Boys: Michigan High School Runners of the Year By Jeff Hollobaugh p. 6
Marissa Treece: Michigan High School Runner of the Year By Jeff Hollobaugh p.10
On Choosing Prep Runners of the Year By Scott Sullivan p.11
Running Shorts By Scott Hubbard p.12
The Free Press Marathon – The Beginning By Dr. Edward H. Kozloff p.14
Michigan Juniors Compete with the Best
Photos by Carter Sherline/ Frog Prince Studios p.17
Notes on the Run: Doping Doubts By Daniel Kelsey p.19
Demand Certified Courses By Doug Kurtis p.20
Scenes from USA Track and Field Championships
Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios and Victah Sailer / photorun.net p. 22
Michigan Runner Race Series 2007 p. 28
Running with Tom Henderson p. 38
GLSP Television Network Schedule p. 40
At the Races
Walczak Again Dominates Keweenaw Trail Fest By Ryan Towles p. 9
Rain Spawns Fast Times in Frankenmuth By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 18
State’s Toughest Road Half-Marathon Tests Soles, Hearts By Ryan Towles p. 20
Hot First Charlevoix Marathon Comes Off Without a Hitch By Don Kern p. 21
Apple Grow, Runners Flow in Sparta Rain By Daniel G. Kelsey p. 23
Foursome Leads Charge at Waterloo By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 24
Steve’s Run: Where States, States-of-Mind Connect By Daniel G. Kelsey p. 25
Mom’s Prosper at Father’s Day Run By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 26
Howell Aquathlon: Water, Graves and Fun By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 26
Wheeler Dashes Downhill to Solstice Win By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 27
Record Field Rips It Up at Torn Shirt By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 28
Cover: Marissa Treece sets new meet record, 16:36.34 in the 5,000 meter run, Nike
Outdoor Nationals, June 14, 2007, Greensboro, North Carolina. Photo by Victah Sailer,
photorun.net.
Dexter Dreadnaughts cross-country team finishes 1-2-5-8-12-(41)-(74) at the MHSAA
LP Cross Country Finals, Division 2, November 4, 2006, Brooklyn, Michigan. Photo by
Scott Sullivan. 1-Bobby Aprill, 2-Dan Jackson, 5-Jason Bishop, 8-Ryan Neely, 12-Ben
Steavenson, 41-Andrew Martin, 74-Alex Hess. (Martin’s 41 would have scored for second
place team and Hess’s 74 would have scored for third place team.)
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Editor’s Notes
By Scott Sullivan
“The first
shall be
last,” said
Jesus. That’s what I
thought — “Jesus” —
when my daughter
Flannery said she was
going to run a 3.1-mile
foot race.
“You’ve never even
run a mile,” I said.
“Carly’s going to run. She’s seven and
I’m seven,” Flannery said.
Yes, I thought. Carly’s also a half-year
older, five inches taller and has finished 10
runs this distance. I’m the same age as 1983
Boston Marathon winner Greg Meyer.
I noted Carly, who’d planned to do this,
was wearing sneakers; Flannery had on flipflops
with plastic flowers.
“Let’s go!” she said.
This was eighth of a nine-race series in
which I was vying for a top-10 finish. Should
I let her fend for herself? “It’ll make her
tough. She will thank me someday ...” I
couldn’t.
So I set out with Flannery, Carly and
Carly’s mom, Francine, behind 85 runners in
my daughter’s Quixotic first crack at a 5K
race.
Luckily for me, Francine had been
through this. “Slow down,” she told the girls
when they tried to take off with the hard
bodies. She’d brought high-tech running fuel,
i.e. gummi bears, to re-ignite flagging energies,
and showed Carly stretches to cope with
side stitches.
“What’s a side stitch?” asked Flannery.
“A sudden, sharp pain in the intercostal
muscles.”
“I think I have one.”
“Which side?”
“I’m not sure. Maybe both,” she said.
Other runners disappeared ahead. The
Caboose Club
girls plugged on — skinny, freckled limbs
flailing — to the mile mark where leaders,
then everyone else, dashed back at us.
Rain fell. “It washes the sweat away,”
Francine said.
Flannery gave me her flip-flops and
ran/walked barefoot. Every time Carly
would pull away, she would get a side
stitch and walk, prompting Flannery to
crinkle her nose in determination and run
to catch her. Then they’d walk together;
passing would be rude.
Their hair grew plastered with rain and
sweat. “My neck bone hurts,” Flannery said.
When she’d see a marking cone tipped over,
she’d stop to right it. Leave the course tidier
than you found it. How come she’s not that
way with her bedroom?
Many are called names — “slowpoke,”
“caboose club” — that we’ve not chosen. As
we neared two miles, we saw other runners
— having finished, cooled down and had
time to read all the Harry Potter books —
driving home.
“Are you proud?” asked Flannery.
“Of a kid who’s nuts?”
“You are proud.”
It didn’t matter if she was fast, slow or
even finished. If other parents had kids who
were champions, scholars, beauty queens. I
loved her so much my heart hurt.
Finish-line officials cheered when the
girls at last came in view. Carly took off; we
didn’t chase her. My wife jogged out to join
our jog in, encouraging.
“You’ll never beat me!” I told Flannery,
speeding up with 20 yards left. That spurred
her to sprint and beat me, to cheers from a
handful of people left.
We had ice cream in lieu of a laurel
wreath. Went out afterward catching fireflies
instead of glory.
It was the first race I’d finished last in —
and slowest but best time I’ve ever had. MR
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Dexter Boys: Michigan High
School Runners of the Year
Photo courtesy of Ryan Neely
Dexter Dreadnaughts celebrate 2006 MHSAA Cross Country Championship: front row l to r: Jason Bishop, Ben
Steavenson, Andrew Martin, back row l to r: Ryan Neely, Bobby Aprill, Alex Hess, Dan Jackson, Coach Ross Martin,
Greg Meyer. Coach Jaime Dudash is not pictured.
By Jeff Hollobaugh
“The thing is, they think it’s normal,”
says Greg Meyer of the boys at Dexter High
School and their remarkable success in distance
running.
mess around before a workout. We do our
workouts hard, and afterwards we hang out
and mess around some more. They’ve made
running fun for us.”
Dexter’s success didn’t happen in just one
year. The school’s run to the top began years
Says Dudash, “I really set out to transplant
from Kingsley and Hillsdale. I stole
ideas for motivating, for training.”
The momentum grew as Dudash taught
his athletes there were no magic formulas.
Running well means hard work, and it means
“They’ve made running fun for us.”
“They have high expectations and come
in expecting to perform at a high level. They
have a real willingness to work,” Meyer said.
That paid off in the Dreadnaughts sharing
the title of 2006-07 Michigan High School
Runners of the Year, and being ranked one of
the top cross country teams in the Midwest.
Bobby Aprill, who won the Division 2
individual cross country title last fall, adds,
“There’s no secret of running at Dexter. We
ago, under the guidance of an ensemble team
of coaches and community supporters.
In 1998 Jaime Dudash, a Dexter teacher,
took over the reins of the boys cross program.
Dudash had run on Rob Glover’s
teams at Kingsley High School, then at
Hillsdale College where he was a teammate
of Tom Carney, who coaches the two-time
D1 cross country champions in neighboring
Pinckney.
teaching high schoolers that they really can
succeed.
“The kids were getting the sense of what
was possible,” he says.
Dudash recounts the day in 2000 that he
got an excited call from the mother of one of
his star athletes that a new family had moved
in on her street, the Meyers. Greg Meyer and
his family had relocated, and he had boys
who would run cross country.
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Meyer’s credentials as a Michigan runner
and professional were already well known to
Dudash — he was the first sub-four-minute
miler from Michigan and winner of the 1983
Boston Marathon.
“I started chatting with Greg,” says
Dudash. “His encouragement was important.
He started doing stuff with the guys in the
winter. He said he would do it as long as it
was fun. And he says he’s still having fun.”
It’s always impossible on a team to name
all the people who played key roles, but
Dudash tabs Chris Burke, Lex Williams and
Dan Meyer as three who helped others realize
that they could make a run for the top.
“They had never won anything, but they
found out that they could,” he says.
“And there was Andrew Porinski. Before
Lex got a stress fracture in 2001, some of
kids probably had the attitude that they
could sit back and the stars would do it all.
But Lex got hurt and Andrew made the decision
to step up. He helped the team put it all
together.”
Concludes Dudash, “The bottom line is
that all the things aligned. Every school in the
state has a state championship team. The
question is can the coach get the kids out,
and can the kids get the work done.”
Dexter has benefited from its unique
coaching situation. Dudash heads cross country.
His assistant, Ross Martin, is in charge of
distance runners during the track season.
Katie Jazwinski, former University of
Michigan star, has handled the middle school
program in past years with help from her
husband, Bob. This season they are taking on
the high school girls program.
Meyer handles the crew during the offseason,
but his efforts aren’t confined to
Dexter kids. Recent workouts have seen runners
from Whitmore Lake, Chelsea and
Pinckney joining in.
Of the coaches, Meyer says, “We get
along. We talk all the time. That’s the reason
the kids don’t get hurt. The transitions
between the seasons are seamless.”
Dudash says, “The boys hear the same
message from all of us. There’s no magical
system. It’s hard and easy days, tear and
repair.”
Aprill echoes that. “We are so lucky to
have the coaching staff that we have.
Coaches Dudash and Martin get us ready to
race. Mr. Meyer basically kicks our butts in
the off-season. The Jazwinskis help us so
much. They got me into running.”
The formula showed amazing results this
year. In cross country, the Dreadnaughts captured
their fifth-straight D-2 title at Michigan
International Speedway in November, scoring
28 points by having five runners in the top
12 (out of 246 runners).
The boys, ranked No. 2 in the Midwest,
were forced by the MHSAA to turn down an
invitation to the Nike Team Nationals.
In June, they won the D-2 track finals,
scoring all their points in the distances with
an amazing 30 of 48 coming from their 1-2-
3-5-7 finish in the 3200 meters.
Photo by Scott Sullivan
Photo courtesy of Keith Bishop
Dan Jackson
Jason Bishop
Photo courtesy of Sandy Hess
Bobby Aprill
Alex Hess
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Senior Dan Jackson clocked an 8:55.6 for a
full two miles at the Nike Outdoor Nationals.
Not bad for someone who nearly went out for
golf as a freshman. “He can shoot a 70,” says
Dudash. “Lex and Tony Nalli did a great job
recruiting him for cross country.”
Of Jackson, Meyer says, “He’s a terrific,
polite, soft-spoken person. But there’s a fire
inside him when he wants something. He’s
solid.”
Jackson, second to Aprill in the D-2 cross
meet and track state champ in the 1600 and
3200 meters, will attend Notre Dame this
fall, as will Marissa Treece.
Meyer reveals that at the Detroit Athletic
Club function where both received athlete of
the year honors, he prodded Treece to tease
the shy Jackson. When she was asked by
reporters why she chose Notre Dame, she
quipped, “Because Dan Jackson is going
there.”
“He turned about six shades of red,”
says Meyer.
Lest anyone think that Dexter is a onestar
program, they need to consider the rest
of the roster. Ryan Neely had a great freshman
year, two down seasons, and came
through with all-state performances as a senior.
He’s Harvard-bound.
Aprill won the D-2 cross title last fall
with the fastest time of any of the divisions.
He’s back for another year. Disappointed by
his track season and by missing the Foot
Photo courtesy of Ross Martin
Andrew Martin
Locker nationals by 11 seconds, he says, “I
want to let my training show.”
Aprill is also the team’s comic relief.
“Different people have different ways of
relaxing. My best races have come when I’ve
been relaxed and joking around. I think it
helps the team stay a little less tense.”
Sophomore Jason Bishop placed third in
the 3200 (9:24.79) at the D-2 track meet in
June, and the next day at the Dexter-Ann
Arbor Run set a pending American record for
age 15 in the half-marathon, clocking
1:10:15.
Ben Steavenson will miss a few weeks at
the start of the 2007 cross season because he
has qualified for the Junior Elite World
Championships in the triathlon in Hamburg,
Germany.
And so on. We don’t have the space to
name all the young men the Dexter coaches
are excited about. That’s the beauty of a program
like this. It’s about quality people.
Dudash can go on forever about the
team’s other talents in academics, music and
more. He says, “I don’t care if they’re fast or
not. I would love to coach quality people like
this for the rest of my life.”
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Keweenaw Trail Festival, Copper Harbor
Walczak Again Dominates
Keweenaw Trail Fest
By Ryan Towles
COPPER HARBOR (7/7-8/07) —- Trail running
may have a “home field” advantage. With the
greater variances in terrain —- especially with
extreme trails in extreme northern Michigan —
familiarity breeds success.This year’s Keweenaw
Trail Running Festival was an example. Local
runners were dominant ... again.The festival pits
runners against each other and the elements in
three trail races: a 10K, a 5.8K hill climb and
25K, contested within about 24 hours.
Karl Walczak, 27, of nearby Houghton,
again topped the men’s podium with a three-race
sweep. He now owns four-straight KTRF
crowns and has a nine-race winning streak still
alive.
Walczak, primarily a cross country skier,
rarely runs races outside of the western Upper
Peninsula, hence his relative anonymity on the
greater Michigan running scene. But with personal
records of 31:48 on the track for 10K and
52:10 for 10 miles on the road, the former
Michigan Tech Husky stacks up nicely with the
current crop of state racers despite lack of competition
and training partners.Copper Country
runners have won the last four women’s titles
too. This year’s queen was again Amy
Hauswirth, who also swept all three races.
Hauswirth, 37, of Hancock, made it three
out of the last four with her 2007 championship.
Joan Rundman, also of Hancock, won
the 2005 KTRF title with Hauswirth sidelined
by injury. Hauswirth also has a five-race win
streak since placing fifth in the 10K in 2006.
For the first time in its history, the KTRF
maintained all three courses for two straight years.
The 10K again started at Fort Wilkins State
Park Saturday morning, winding and climbing
to the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge finish in
warm, dry conditions. After signage issues last
year allowed the whole field to go off course,
this year’s first race went off without a hitch.
Walczak’s winning time of 38:11 outpaced
multiple-festival runner-up Rick Cahoon by 33
seconds. Hauswirth led the women with a
45:35, followed by Lindsay Dehlin of Marquette
in 45:55.
Saturday night brought fierce heat and
droves of biting flies for the typically-brutal hill
climb, starting on the Eagle Harbor beach. In
what is normally his strongest event, Walczak
buried the filed in 23:06, more than a minute in
front of Cahoon (24:15). Hauswirth and Dehlin
had a closer duel, with Hauswirth prevailing by
10 seconds in 28:39.
After hiking back down the hill for a dip in
the harbor — Lake Superior is the ultimate ice
bath, even in summer —- runners retired to the
Mountain Lodge for food and much-needed rest.
Early Sunday morning brought severe thunderstorms.
But instead of the clouds bursting midway
through the 25K as they had last year, they
came and went in the wee hours.
The overnight soaking had a big affect on
the course and 113 finishers. The rugged terrain
turned to mud with slick rocks and downed
wood to deal with.
Despite a fall on the trails that led to an
ankle injury, Walczak outdistanced the field in
1:40:32. Next came Dan Dehlin, 26, of
Marquette (1:42:07) and Cahoon (1:42:49).
In the women’s 25K, Hauswirth (2:04:14)
showed an ability to get stronger throughout the
weekend. Marta Fisher, 32 of Helena, Mont.,
toured the multi-loop path next in 2:07:16. MR
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Marissa Treece: Michigan High
School Runner of the Year
By Jeff Hollobaugh
Nate and Trina Treece saw it
come, long before any of us.
Years ago, they ran a day
care in their home. As the children
arrived, their second-grade daughter
Marissa would be there at the end of
the driveway to greet them — and to
race them to the house.
“She was competitive,” says her
father. “She was the type of kid who
would play half a soccer game, come
in at halftime, throw up, and want to
go back out and play. She’s always
been competitive. She hates to lose.”
Marissa Treece had wanted to
compete in a lot of sports before she
finally settled on running. In fact, the
Michigan High School Runner of the
Year will readily admit, “I hated running
at first.” Her initial race came in
seventh grade. She didn’t mind volunteering
for the distances, and she ran
3200 meters in 14:05. Not bad, but it
wasn’t love at first sight.
She would rather have been a
basketball star. That’s what she
played the fall of her first year in high
school, instead of cross country. She
could have been a gymnast — a sport
both her parents were involved in. In
fact, as an incoming frosh at Maple
City’s Glen Lake High School, she
had the goal of putting the names of as many
sports as possible on the back of her letter
jacket. Then came the spring, and her hoped
for soccer-track double didn’t work out. She
became a track runner.
Her father remembers coach Paul
Christiansen saying of Marissa, “She’s going
to have to learn to love to run.”
“And she did. She’s always been willing
to do what it takes. As parents, we’ve never
had to push her.”
Once she committed, the accolades came
fast. In ninth grade, she won the distance
double at the Division 4 state meet, sweeping
the 1600 in 5:00.56 and 3200 in 11:11.91.
The next fall, in her first season of running
cross country, she won the state title in
18:21. The next year in track, she successfully
defended in 4:56.15 and 11:07.84.
Treece flourished under a fairly light
training load. As a junior, she won another
cross country title in 17:58. Her track coach
was Christiansen, who now doubles as the
school’s athletic director. “Less is more,” was
the guiding philosophy. It was a plan that
worked to keep Treece healthy and fast, and
Photo by Victah Sailer / photorun.net
Marissa Treece
in effect helped build the mechanics she needed
for her big senior year.
A turning point for Treece came at the
Division 4 state track championships in
2006. She clocked a PR 4:55.94 in the 1600
and lost by 0.37 seconds. In the 3200 she
clocked a PR 10:56.72 and lost by only 0.24
— to the same runner. Afterwards, she ran
into Central Lake coach Joe Shay, father to a
family of distinguished runners headlined by
Olympic Trials marathon qualifier Ryan
Shea.
“He wanted to make sure I wasn’t going
to give up. He said he could see talent —
raw talent.”
Shay offered to guide her summer training.
She got her first exposure to big-time
competition at the Nike Outdoor Nationals
in Greensboro, S.C., and the USA Junior
Nationals in Indianapolis.
At Nike she ran 14th in the mile in
4:59.72. In the 1500 at Indy, she didn’t
even make the final. Says her father, “It’s
one thing to be a big fish in a little pond.
Learning to face kids at a national level has
been good for her.”
Treece’s training loads got bigger,
and she started doing strength work.
Usually she ran alone, often on sandy
trails in the area. For tempo work
and occasional long runs with
Central Lake’s Kari Johnson, she
would hit the roads.
In cross country, the transformation
was convincing. At the state
finals at Michigan International
Speedway, Treece ran with amazing
confidence to win her third title in
17:55.
At Kenosha, Treece finished ninth
in the Foot Locker Midwest
Regional. That qualified her for the
national meet in San Diego’s Balboa
Park, where she finished 29th in
18:52.
After continuing to build her base
in the winter, she unleashed an amazing
performance at the National
Scholastic Indoor track meet in New
York, clocking a state-record
17:04.32 to win the national 5000-
meter title. She came back with a
runner-up performance in the twomile,
hitting 10:22.96, another state
record.
Treece also had to deal with college
choices, and more and more schools
began taking note of her. After a visit
to Notre Dame, she knew where her
future lay. She says, “I liked the
school, I liked the coaching, I liked
my teammates. We got along really well. I
stopped doing college visits.”
Track meets during her final outdoor season
usually saw her racing four events. She
understandably used many of them as speedwork
sessions, keeping her eye on the big
end-of-season meets.
“I wanted to win the big three (1600,
800 and 3200 meters) at State.” That she did,
clocking 4:51.73, 2:13.96 and 10:57.57. She
won the 1600 at the Midwest Meet of
Champions in 4:51.25.
Then she traveled to Greensboro again
for another shot at a national title. Treece
chose the 5000 and hammered the field with
her state-record 16:36.34. She came back two
days later in the mile, finishing fourth in
4:50.12. That nicked Bethany Brewster’s state
record, but still is short of the 4:39.4 state
mark in the slightly-shorter 1600.
A return to Indianapolis saw her run the
only race she says she has regrets about. In
the 5000 she took the pace out hard, passing
800 meters in 2:28. She continued to lead
most of the way, but was unable to shake her
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On Choosing
Prep Runners
of the Year
By Scott Sullivan
Photo by Scott Sullivan
Marissa Treece wins her third LP
Cross Country Championship in 2006
pursuers. On the last lap, she reached down
and found she had no kick, right when her
opponents were turning theirs on. She finished
third in 17:01.76.
“I kind of regretted going out so fast. If I
had sat back, I probably would have had a
kick at the end. On the other hand, I put out
there what I had.”
Now Treece looks ahead to college,
where she hopes her continual improvement
— and the lessons she has learned along the
way — will make an equally big impact.
Says her father, “Listening to her, she’s
ready. She won’t tell anyone else this, but
she’s stepping up to huge competition. She
wants to be an All-American.”
“I’ve always been hyper-competitive,”
says Treece. “I was raised to do my best and
not settle for anything less.” MR
Choosing a Michigan High School
Runner of the Year always is a challenge.
Our state never lacks prep talent. How
do you compare, say, a girl who dominates
Division 4 sprints to a boy who rules D-2 distances
to a team that reigns over all in D3
cross country?
The 2006 cross and ‘07 track seasons
saw great performances by Pinckney (D-1
cross champs scoring a state-meet record-low
27 team points), Ovid Elsie junior Maverick
Darling (D3 individual boys cross champ,
plus 1600- and 3200-meter track king),
Detroit Mumford senior Shayla Mahan (D1
100- and 200-meter track champ, second at
USATF Juniors) and many others.
Our “selection team” — Associate
Publisher Jennie McCafferty and myself, in
consultation with many others — found one
team and one individual stood above others
this year.
Dexter High School’s distance crew won
titles and smashed records everywhere it
went. So did Maple City Glen Lake senior
Marissa Treece. Not to honor either would
be an oversight.
So, equivocating decisively, we chose
both.
Michigan running has another
“champion” — as in one who celebrates
our favorite sport — in Jeff
Hollobaugh. Jeff (check his Web site, michtrack.org)
has been kind enough to write
High School Runner of the Year stories —
including both this year — for MR with love
and detail.
Hats off to Dexter, Marissa and Jeff.
You’re the best! -MR
Photo by Victah Sailer / photorun.net
Detroit Mumford’s Shayla Mahan
sprinted to a second place in the 100
meter dash (11:38) at the USATF
Junior Outdoor Track & Field
Championships in June.
Michigan Runner TV
See Dexter (Division 1 Boys)
and Marissa (Division 4 Girls
run at the 2006 Portage Invitational
http://michiganrunner.tv/2006portage/
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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard
Trivia: What
was the original
distance of
the Dexter-Ann
Arbor Run in
1974?
DRIVE
INTERRUPT-
ED. This is
going to drift
from the normal
running theme. It's about a good way to
have a bad experience, a story that should
restore any wavering faith you may have in
your fellow man or woman.
The tale begins with a trip to Marquette
and to compete in the Superior Bikefest June
23. My 57-mile race in the 45-plus age class
mirrored my previous Bikefest appearances,
with a pack of 12 sticking together (except for
one guy who broke away, then stayed away
from 15 miles to the end), with places and prize
money being decided in a field sprint.
I was reasonably pleased with the outcome,
missing out on a little money by less
than a second. I lack the nerve and legs to
contend in the mad cranking of pedals to the
finish.
After chatting with fellow racers, I drove
to Presque Isle Park and relaxed a couple
hours. Then I drove 45 miles east to
Munising, checked into Scotty's Motel, showered
and had dinner at Sydney's across the
street.
I retired to watch the USA Track & Field
championships on TV, followed by a large
malt from Dairy Queen. While nursing the
latter, I talked with a fellow a couple doors
down who was going to run the Pictured
Rocks half-marathon the next day.
I hadn't decided to stay in Munising at
random; Pictured Rocks is one of my top-five
favorite races in the state. Near the first day
of summer, it stays light in the Upper
Peninsula until about 11 p.m., so I didn't get
to sleep until about midnight.
I was out the door early the next morn
for an easy ride and coasted into town as the
half-marathoners were ascending the first
long hill. I showered and headed to the
Munising High School track, where I jeered,
cheered and socialized with friends.
My motel mate, Fred Jacobs of Iron
River, finished third in 45-49 age group,
while Milford's Doug Goodhue, 65, raced to
a superb 1:30 over the demanding, engaging
route.
I left as finishers were still dribbling in to
head for the northern Lower Peninsula.
Thirty minutes down the road, the dashboard
battery light came on. Another warning
light came on five minutes later. These
were not good signs.
Not knowing what to do in the middle of
nowhere, I drove into Manistique before
peeking under the hood. Steam rose from the
radiator, but I didn't notice the cause. I
closed the hood, gassed up the car, hoped for
the best and headed east.
This is a good time to confess being blind
to what was an obvious problem; one that
ended up costing me a nice sum that could
have been much less.
I headed east on U.S. 2, past the turns for
Blaney Park, Curtis and Engadine, passed
through Naubinway and was a couple miles
from Epoufette when the dash lights went
out and the engine started knocking. I swung
into a semi-circle driveway to return to a scenic
turnout when the engine died. Swell.
I had less than two minutes to think
about my predicament when a small truck
drove up behind me. The driver swiftly
swung into action. He said he lived there,
was volunteer fire chief and got a fire extinguisher
before popping my hood.
“I see your problem,” he said 15 seconds
later. “Your cooling belt is gone.” Great.
“How long did you drive with those indicator
lights on?” I told him and he said, “That
doesn't sound good,” which sounded bad.
He said he'd call around and see if he
could find a parts store still open at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
As he disappeared into his home, I
thought about how lucky I was and wondered
what his name was. It was on his mail
box: Alf Dyer. Alf returned, said the parts
store was closed but he had a call into someone
he thought could help.
About 10 minutes later, Alf's wife yelled
from the house that his contact wasn't home.
Alf said he'd call someone else and was gone
about 15 minutes. He reappeared to tell me
he'd called a tow truck.
As Alf and I yakked to pass time, my
thoughts were never far from what a mess I
was in. I learned about the area, a few local
people and an invention he was working on:
a length of specially-prepared fire hose rigged
to use as an extension to pull folks from
hard-to-reach spots. He had high hopes for it.
Finally, the tow truck arrived and the
driver and Alf conferred, both agreeing my
engine was in a bad way. My car was loaded
up, I thanked Alf and climbed into the truck
cab with the driver and an old dog.
Bill introduced himself and explained the
dog became his after its owner, a man with
Alzheimer's Bill was caring for, passed away.
We headed west on U.S. 2 past Naubinway to
Middleton's Towing & Garage near
Engadine. En route Bill called a mechanic,
who agreed to meet us at Bill's garage.
I met Bill's nephew, Joey, working on a
car at his garage. “He's not Mr Personality,”
Bill laughed. While waiting for the mechanic,
Bill told me about himself and showed me a
bloody picture of an accident he'd been
involved in that spring - chasing thieves on
an ATV. He mentioned he'd been a police
chief in Chesterfield Township (with his flattop,
he looked the part) until physical ailments
had limited his mobility.
The mechanic arrived, delivering a car he
had fixed after hitting a deer two days earlier.
They listened to my engine and concluded,
“You need a new one.” Now what?
Bill, the mechanic, dog and I got back in
the tow truck and drove to the mechanic's
garage in Curtis, about 15 miles away. Just as
we were about to go, a woman pulled up, got
out and approached the truck. Bill recognized
her before she could ask, “Remember me?”
She had hit a bear last year and Bill had
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gone to great lengths to help out, including
towing the dinged car to the owner's choice
of garages in the Lower Peninsula. She was
stopping to say thanks again and as she left I
said, “Boy, that was nice of her.” Bill said
she'd sent a stuffed bear that he'd posted
above his desk.
Bill said he had confidence in the
mechanic, who was a nice guy. We dropped
off my car at the mechanic's garage and
headed back to the tow garage.
The plan and hope was to find another
engine Monday and I'd be on my way home
late Tuesday. That meant I had to stay somewhere.
Bill mentioned two places in
Naubinway, a town at the northernmost
point of Lake Michigan.
While deciding where I'd stay, Bill let me
use his phone. I called my friend, Michelle, to
explain my situation and ask her to feed my
cat. Bill said he had two old cats next door in
his home's garage and took me to meet them.
Then we drove the five miles to Naubinway,
where he'd made arrangements for me to stay
at the Country Girl Diner, which had rooms
for rent upstairs.
On the way to town, Bill said he was
going to eat dinner at a place near my destination
and I was welcome to join him. Not
able to turn down the most-accommodating
person I'd met in years, I checked into the
diner and headed over for some buffet. Bill
introduced me to the two guys sitting with
him, one of whom owned the local golf
course, and I loaded up a plate with food.
They talked mostly about local people and
doings.
Bill grabbed my check before I could
protest. I wandered back to the diner and
spent a few minutes talking with the owners,
Judy and Larry. Later I went upstairs to my
deluxe room; I had four beds to pick from, a
full kitchen and a TV with cable, on which I
watched the Tigers beat the Braves. It was a
neat end to an eventful day.
Following a two-hour easy out/back bike
ride Monday morning, I called Bill. “I called
all over the U.P. and couldn't find you an
engine,” he said. “But I did find one in
Saginaw. We'd have to go down to get it and
it'd add to your bill.” I gave him the OK,
showered and came downstairs for lunch.
About 15 minutes after I'd sat down, Bill
came in. Since I'd seen a car well off the road
in a low, boggy area a few miles from town
on my ride, I asked, “Did you just tow a car
out not far from here?” He nodded yes. I
asked if the driver had swerved to miss a
deer. He said no and pinched his eyes. “He
fell asleep at the wheel. Wow, was he lucky!“
Bill said and sat down to eat.
Following lunch, I spent an hour talking
with Judy and Larry. They had worked for
GM in Pontiac and returned to Naubinway,
where they'd owned their place 21 years.
They did a thriving business in snowmobile
season and had a snowmobile-service building
next door. I remarked how nice Bill had
been and they agreed, citing all the work he
does and told me his age: 79! Their “For
Sale” sign indicated they were ready to move
on, slow down and spend more time with
their kids downstate.
I took a walking tour of the village
before dinner. To the south were three streets
of homes with a marina to the far south and
a large, busy fish-processing plant to the east.
On U.S. 2, with a tended flower bed along
the south curb, were a gas station, four
restaurants, two motels, a realty office, bank
and post office. Next to my lodging was a
full-service store, think mini-Meijers, built in
the '20s with well-worn wooden floors. They
had everything in that place.
After a dinner of whitefish, I watched the
Tigers lose, read and went to bed. Tuesday
morn, I went for another two-hour easy ride
with a deer crossing my path halfway. Bill
called after I returned and said they were
working on my car. Following a breakfast of
pancakes, I asked Larry when checkout time
was and he said not to worry, as he knew I'd
be there until late afternoon. Dang, yet
another gesture of U.P. hospitality!
Around 3 p.m. I heard the rumbling of
an engine outside. A huge Middleton tow
truck had pulled in. I came downstairs and
Bill told me, “Your car should be ready by 5
or 6 but I won't be here. I have to go pick up
a semi in Toledo.”
I thanked him profusely for all his time,
trouble and generosity and off he went - to
pass within one mile of my home on his way
to Ohio. I was told later he'd try to hook up
the semi and return home right away. That
meant a return early the next morn. I could
picture Bill doing that.
At 5:30, Joey, Bill's nephew, called to say
my car was at the tow garage and he'd be
down to get me soon. I settled my room and
meal tab at the diner, packed my bags and
waited.
I thought about the unlikely series of
lucky and unselfish events of the past couple
days. The odds things would've worked out
similarly if I'd broken down elsewhere in the
U.P. made me think some since people and
towns are a substantial distance apart.
Friends, if you're going to have a bad
experience, I hope yours turns out as well as
mine did.
Back at the garage, I settled the repair
tab, thanked them and headed for the
Mackinac Bridge. I arrived home Tuesday at
11:30 p.m. A further upside to my adventure
is the newer engine only has 40,000 miles on
it, saving me from me from buying another
car to replace mine with 197,500 miles.
POSTSCRIPT. Nearly from the outset, I was
unraveling in the Black Bear 100-mile bike
race from Grayling to Oscoda July 29. A
combination of factors — chiefly a hot day,
dehydration and leg cramps — turned an
anticipated good ride into a disappointing
DNF at 86.5 miles.
As I pulled over at a park entrance, so
did a van. Several riders had crews following
them, handing off needed nourishment, and I
figured that’s why the van had pulled over.
A woman emerged, looked down the
road and asked if I needed anything. I knew I
needed help, but didn’t want to come right
out and ask for a ride to the finish, so I
agreed to a water bottle.
A minute later she asked if I’d be able to
make it to the finish. I seized the opportunity
to tell her I was cooked and, yes, could use a
ride, thanks.
We loaded my bike on the top of her van
and I hopped in. She told me her name was
Tina, introduced her four kids in back and
told me her husband was in the race. As I
watched the miles tick off — each one seeming
more like five miles — I became happier
with my DNF.
At the finish Tina told me she was
Christian and always looking for ways to
help others. As I thanked her, I flashed back
to my car troubles five weeks earlier, the
lucky timing of encounters and helpful people
of northern Michigan, and I counted my
blessings again.
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The Free Press Marathon –
The Beginning
Photo by John Collier / Detroit Free Press, courtesy of Ed Kozloff
The first Detroit Free Press International Marathon starts in Windsor, 1978
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By Dr. Edward H. Kozloff
Frank Shorter’s marathon
victory at the 1972
Olympic Games began an
increased interest in marathoning
throughout the United States.
The 1976 Olympic Marathon
caused even more enthusiasm
and by 1977 over one hundred
recognized marathons were held
in the United States.
That year, Detroit Free Press
Sports Editor Joe Falls wrote
what was perhaps at that time
the most comprehensive and
interesting book on the Boston
Marathon. Two Motor City
Strider members, Jerry Coyle and
Bob Kiess, had each run over
twenty marathons and were
friends of Falls. They were
instrumental in his becoming
interested in the sport and are
featured in one of the chapters of
the book.
At about this time, Neal
Photo courtesy of Ed Kozloff
Shine, Managing Editor of the
Free Press, was visiting his
brother in Cape Cod. During
the visit, they watched the
Falmouth Road Race and Shine
returned home inspired with the
idea that Detroit could host and
support such an event.
Early in 1978, Joe Falls was lured away
to the Detroit News. Shine and Ladd
Neumann, new sports editor, decided that
Detroit was ready for a major marathon race.
They were also aware that the city already
held a marathon which was nationally
respected by the running community and
enjoyed a long history of success. The Motor
City Marathon, first held in 1963, was the
nation’s tenth oldest. In the 1966 race, Mike
Hazilla, a student at Western Michigan
University, became only the third American
to break 2:20 when he set a course record of
2:18:47. Three years later, in 1969, Jerome
Drayton, of Toronto, set a North American
record of 2:12:00 on the Belle Isle course. In
1975, Ella Willis, a senior at Detroit’s
Pershing High School, won the women’s race
in 3:13:15 – one of the fastest times ever for
a high school female. One year later, the race
was awarded the Road Runner Club of
America North Region Championship.
In its fifteenth year, in 1977, the field
nearly doubled to 428 entrants, making it
one of the ten largest in the country. On a
windy day with steady, mid-40°temperatures,
Bob McOmber, of Bowling Green, Ohio, ran
his first marathon and was first to the tape in
2:23:37. Ann Forshee, of Wyandotte, set a
women’s state record with a time of 2:55:59,
placing her in the all-time top twenty-five
performances for women in the country.
There had never been a sponsor for the
Motor City Marathon. All contacts, work,
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him - Ann Forshee, 21,Wyandott, 2:55:59, 1st women, women's race & state record.
and expenses had been handled by the
Striders. The closest the club had ever come
to receiving outside support was in the first
years of the race, in 1963 and 1964 when
club officials made contact with Marathon
Oil of Ohio. However, after initial promises
and several positive letters of correspondence,
the deal fell through . . . All for a $50
sponsorship! The leaders of the club at that
time were quite disappointed and resented
the oil company for several years thereafter.
Early in 1978, the Striders were contacted
by the Free Press and a meeting was held
with Neal Shine, Ladd Neumann, and
Strider club president Ed Kozloff. The Free
Press representatives stated that they wanted
to put a marathon race on the streets of
Detroit and wanted it to be international in
scope. The reputation of the Motor City
Striders as well as that of the club’s Motor
City Marathon assured them that the
Striders would be the perfect partners for
this venture. Kozloff would remain the race
director (which would be his fourth year in
that position) and Molly Anderson of the
Free Press would be the race coordinator.
The original plan was to start the race
on Belle Isle, run to downtown Detroit, and
then through the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel.
The race would continue in Windsor to the
Ambassador Bridge, which would be about
seventeen miles into the race and would be
Detroit’s version of “Heartbreak Hill.” The
route would then return to the finish on
Belle Isle.
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idge reluctantly
agreed to partner with
this venture as long as
the other party would
as well. A preliminary
measurement of the
course was made.
However, a labor dispute
at the bridge was
followed by a Bridge
Authority statement
that the person who
had given approval to
use the bridge did not
have the power to do
so. This ended the
Ambassador Bridge’s
involvement with the
race. When this information
reached the
tunnel officials, they,
too, attempted to pull
out. However, during
a tense meeting, Neal
Shine successfully convinced
them to give the
race a chance for one
year.
With the loss of
the bridge, a completely
new route was
charted. The
marathon would now
start in Windsor on
Riverside Drive in the
shadow of the
Ambassador Bridge,
proceed to the tunnel
and into Detroit. The
route would head east
Photo by Detroit Free Press, courtesy of Ed Kozloff
on Jefferson Avenue
into the Grosse
Pointes, turn at Kerby,
and return to the finish
on Belle Isle.
Starting in Canada
presented an added concern – transporting
runners to the Windsor starting point.
Eventually, two dozen city buses took on the
job. An additional issue, faced by only one
other race in the country, concerned the
crossing of international borders. Excellent
cooperation between United States and
Canadian Immigration and Customs officials,
along with the government officials of both
Detroit and Windsor, made for many lengthy
but productive meetings.
Marathon Day was October 22, 1978.
The day before, a pre-race clinic was held at
the Radisson Cadillac Hotel on Washington
Boulevard from 6:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. A
spaghetti dinner for $3.00 was offered and
the evening included running films, exhibits,
a medical clinic, merchandise for sale, and
Dick Purtan who was the featured Master of
Ceremonies. Furthermore, the announcement
was to be made that the race had received
certification approval just the day before.
Despite the meticulous planning, however,
coordinators were met with two problems as
At the first Detroit Free Press Marathon in 1978 race winner Robert
McOmber is first through the Tunnel.
the doors were about to open. The hotel had
neglected to set up tables and chairs for the
spaghetti dinner! Everyone had assumed that
if a dinner was being served there would be a
place to sit and eat. A bad assumption!
Nevertheless, there were few complaints as
the crowd sat on the floor to dine. As the
multitudes packed the room, it became
warmer and warmer and more and more
uncomfortable. To get some fresh air, an
official began to open a six-foot window. As
he pushed on it, it broke free from its support
and crashed two floors down to the street!
(The Radisson was in its last days at the time
and was about to close its doors.) Nothing
ruined the evening, however, and the band
played on as everyone enjoyed the premarathon
evening.
On race day, the temperature was 57
degrees for the 9:00 a.m. start. The
marathon runners were lined up in Windsor,
but that was not the only event that day. On
Belle Isle, a thousand runners were entered in
a 10k and a mile which were to start at the
same time. The entry
fee for the marathon as
well as the 10k was
$5.00. There was no
charge for the mile.
The marathon
field – at 1,942 starters
– was over four times
larger than the previous
year, making it the
fifth largest in the
nation for that year.
At the starting line was
Bob McOmber, winner
of the last Motor City
Marathon. This was
now his fourth race at
this distance. In April,
he had finished 17th at
Boston. Was he still
fit? You bet he was!
He took the lead at a
quarter mile into the
race and never relinquished
it. His
2:17:37 at the finish
was over four minutes
ahead of Mike Heath,
who finished in
2:21:50. Mike’s father,
Larry, finished 20th
overall in 2:35:38.
Their combined time of
4:57:28 set a national
record for a father-son
combination in the
same race.
Erma Tranter,
of Chicago, was equally
impressive with a
women’s victory by
nearly five minutes in
2:55:51. Both winners
took a prize of an allexpense
trip to either
Boston or the
Marathon de Montreal.
The top youngest finisher was Keith
Hanson, 13, an eighth grader at Davis Junior
High in Sterling Heights. After sending a
detailed letter of his training, he had received
special permission to run. He finished in
3:20:0l.
As the runners crossed the finish line,
they were greeted by The University of
Michigan Marching Band. Their times and
places were recorded and this information
was fed into Burroughs Corporation computers,
which were considered to be the most
sophisticated means of scoring a race up to
that time. After this input, each runner’s
name, age, city, overall place, and category
place were printed out and posted.
Joe Falls, now with the rival Detroit
News, wrote a glowing report on the race –
often an unusual practice in the newspaper
business. The Detroit Free Press
International Marathon had arrived and
would be a distinguished event for years to
come. MR
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Finish Line USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships, June 20-24, Indianapolis, IN
Michigan Juniors Compete with the Best
Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Ramzee Fondren
Erin Humphrey
Shayla Mahan
Ramzee Fondren, Detroit
Cheetahs, finished 7th in the 800
meter run, 2:08.64.
Erin Humphrey, Maximum
Output Track Club, competes in
the 400 meter dash.
Shayla Mahan, Detroit Mumford/ Motor City
Track Club, placed second in the 100 meter
dash, 11:38.
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Marissa Treece
Frank Shotwell
Alexis Brown
Marissa Treece, Maple
City/Glen Lake, placed 3rd
in the 5000 meter run.
Frank Shotwell, University of Michigan,
placed 5th in the decathlon with 7080
points.
Alexis Brown,Western Michigan
University, competed in both the 400
meter run and the heptathlon.
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Volkslaufe, Frankenmuth
Rain Spawns Fast Times in Frankenmuth
By Charles Douglas McEwen
FRANKENMUTH (7/4/07) — Plenty of people
entered the 32nd annual Volkslaufe (German for
“People’s Race”). No fewer than 2,375 runners
and walkers filled Frankenmuth’s streets on a
rainy, mid-summer morning.
Tommy Greenless and Marybeth Reader led
the way in the Thrivent Financial for Lutherans
20K, which was part of the 2007 Michigan
Runner Race Series.
Greenless, 25, a Milford native and ex-
University of Michigan star who now lives in
California, romped home in 1:04:04, one of the
fastest clockings in the race history. Greenless
didn’t really threaten Mike McGuire’s 1982
course-record 1:02:28, but he came as close as
anyone else has in the last two decades.
“I haven’t raced in the rain for a while. It
was nice,” said Greenless. “It was coming down
pretty hard at the start, then it stopped and
turned into mist.
“I’m preparing for the Olympics Trials
Marathon, so this was a good 20K race to get in
as training,” the winner said.
Greenless dominated the race from the start,
said runner-up Tim Ross, 23, of Alto.
“He took (the lead) in the first mile and
kept pulling away,” said Ross, a multiple state
champion at Caledonia High School who later
ran for the University
of Missouri. “I couldn’t
keep up with
him,” he said.
Ross checked in
at 1:05:35, just ahead
of Matt Bartlebaugh,
23, of Lansing
(1:05:41). The top
masters finisher was
Kraig Schmottlach,
40, of Warren
(1:12:55).
Reader, 38, of
Bloomfield Township,
won the women’s
20K for the second
straight year. Last
year she finished in
1:21:55; she established
a PR this year
with a 1:19:28.
“I tried to run
each 5K under 20
minutes,” Reader
said.
Her closest rivals
were Ashley
Anderson, 22, of
Rochester Hills
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Tommy Greenless won the 20K in 1:04:04, one of the
fastest clockings in race history, but no threat to Mike
McGuire’s 1982 course record 1:02:28.
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Riley McLincha drubbles his way through the Volkslaufe
5K run.
(1:23:39) andwomen’s
masters champ Krys
Brish, 43, of Milford
(1:24:29).
Frankenmuth’s
own Graham Wellman,
24, captured the
Bronners CHRISTmas
Wonderland 10K in
32:39, edging Matthew
Fecht, 23, of Warren
(32:59) and Cortland
Seaver, 19, of Freeland
(33:01).
Wellman ran
with a pack of four
that included masters
champ Mike Scannell,
45 (33:13), at about
three miles.
“At that point I
was feeling good,”
Wellman said. “I put in
a move and no one went
with me. I didn’t throw
down a super-fast mile
or anything. It felt easy
and relaxed.
“I always
thought it would be
cool to win this race. And here I go!”
Wellman said.
Amy Baker, 23, of Ann Arbor, won the
women’s 10K in 38:32, with Becca Rudey, 21, of
Wixom, second (39:04) and Kailee Whitaker, 19,
of Findlay, third (41:34). The top master was
Kathy Snyder, 43, of Flushing (42:08).
In the Bavarian Inn Restaurant 5K, Kyle
Baker, 31, of Grand Rapids, ended Adam
Roach’s three-year winning streak and came
within 10 seconds of Mark Smith’s 14:42 course
record set 15 years ago.
“I’m happy with it,” said Baker, who won this
5K in 2000 and the 20K in 2002. “This course is
actually kind of tough. It has a lot of little hills and
curves that make it hard to run fast.”
Baker (14:52) was followed by Nick Allen,
25, of Plymouth (15:10) and Shane Knoll, 20, of
Warren (15:47). Roach, 23, of Port Huron,
claimed fifth in 16:00. David Sievert, 43, of
Frankenmuth, topped the masters (17:40).
The women’s 5K went to Natasha Luppov,
20, of Ann Arbor (18:38), followed by Gabrielle
Anzalalone of Grand Blanc (19:10) and masters
champ Laurie Decker, 47, of Cadillac (19:29).
In the 5K walk, Rod Craig, 49, of Bad Axe
(27:14) and Debbie Topham, 54, of Mayville
(29:02) reigned.
For more information, go
www.volkslaufe.org. MR
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Notes on the Run: Doping Doubts
By Daniel G. Kelsey
The 15K race over hills in chilly weather
had been gruelling. The socializing
during a buffet and awards afterward
had been a strain too. When a friend and I
headed for the parking lot, I was ready to
take a nap, preferably on the way home.
Since I'd never ridden with her I had no
idea her car was a rolling pharmacy. Before
she got behind the wheel she offered to fill
any prescription for the race-weary from an
assortment of painkillers, supplements, vitamins,
salves and creams.
Since I declined, I didn't get a look at the
extent of her stash. I didn't speak the thought
that came to mind.
“You're quite the child of the drug culture.
You'd better watch yourself, girl, or
pretty soon you'll be taking steroids and
human-growth hormones.”
My attitude is casual about pharmacology.
While I choose to pop pills or take injections
only as a last recourse, it's neither here
nor there to me if others treat themselves
with medicines and analgesics.
No one would fault the diabetic his
insulin or the asthmatic her inhaler. It's neither
here nor there to me if others fiddle with
Jennifer Hughes, in the article “The Wiki
Defense” in the Columbia Journalism Review
for May/June 2007, noted the science of testing
for doping is inexact at best.
According to Hughes, the first of two
tests of a urine sample from Landis during his
stage for the ages gave a result for his ratio of
testosterone to epitestosterone outside a 4:1
limit set by the World Anti-Doping Agency.
“It later emerged that Landis's testosterone
levels were well within normal ranges
but that low epitestosterone levels had
skewed the ratio,” Hughes wrote.
Her thesis was that early reports of the
case in the media, mirror of public opinion,
compounded an injustice.
“Landis's results were released prematurely,
which only added to the confusion.
Samples are divided into A and B units, and
only if an A sample shows something suspicious
will the B sample be tested. The rules
state that an adverse finding is announced
only after the results of the B sample are
known, but Landis's test was made public
after just the A sample had been tested.”
His “Wiki” defense, a posting online of
his test documents in an attempt to attract
experts to bolster his case, piqued the interest
of scientists but remained undefinitive, or so
the Hughes report reflects.
“The nature of the science makes it
impossible to arrive at a definitive
finding of innocence or culpability.”
Doubts about fair play and level playing
fields creep into every corner of the sports
world. If Justin Gatlin could use a little help
from his friends to get stronger in sprinting,
then maybe Raphael Nadal could do the
same to get more muscle, or Roger Federer to
get more stamina, in whacking tennis balls.
If Barry Bonds, breathing down the neck
of Henry Aaron (at this writing) for most
Major League home runs, could use help
from his friends in whacking baseballs, then
maybe Omar Infante could do the same to
get quicker fielding a grounder, or Macay
McBride to get sharper breaking off a slider.
It makes me cringe to think one day the
latter two and other Detroit Tigers could be
implicated in cheating to bring about my
favorite club's resurgence these past two seasons.
It makes me cringe to think that one day
I could grow cynical enough to look around
at the starting line and wonder if Bob or
Dennis or Loren or Dave or Morris or Scott
had a little help from their friends.
Maybe everyone who beat me in a race
travels in a rolling pharmacy. MR
St. Johns Lions & Lioness Clubs
present the 9th annual
Pumpkin Trot
10K Run - 5K Run/Walk
Inline Skates
special races: kids 11 & under
1
interdicted substances, if they don't become a
danger to or a burden on society.
Nevertheless my friend's pharmacy got
me thinking of a point where the drug culture
crosses a line for me. It would piss me off to
find out an age mate had deprived me of a
medal in a race by taking performanceenhancing
drugs to get faster.
There's hardly a big-time, professional
sport that isn't tarnished in the modern world
by the shadow of interdicted substances.
Cycling, Siamese twin of running, suffers
from guilt by association of its heroes with
doping.
The assumption has gotten so bad that
Floyd Landis, winner of the 2006 Tour de
France when he turned in a stage for the ages
a day after cracking on a mountain climb,
has been judged guilty by public opinion until
he proves himself innocent.
He faces a tough jury. And offers nebulous
evidence.
Landis's revelations about the different
criteria of different labs for deciding whether
a test was abnormal carried more weight
than his explanations that cortisone, beer and
whiskey might have tainted his urinalysis.
The nature of the science makes it impossible
to arrive at a definitive finding of innocence
or culpability. Which leaves the layman
to opine for himself.
At this writing the 2007 Tour de France
has just begun (in England, oddly enough).
It's a marathon, like baseball, with a rebirth
of drama each day, keeping me riveted to the
television.
Yet from one year to the next my pleasure
with the spectacle succumbs to voices at
the back of my head. Which of the heroes
sprinting at finishes, or powering ahead over
mountains, are juiced? Which of the riders
straggling behind the peloton on flats, or
flaking off the back on climbs, are turning
down injections?
Sunday, October 14, 2007
1:30 pm
registration - 12 noon
St. Johns City Park
for info contact George Campbell
(989) 224-6464 • FAX (989) 224-5080
geokathc@charter.net
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By Doug Kurtis
Runners who compete in races
should have a right to expect an
accurately-measured course. Race
directors who plan to keep their courses in
existence more than one year should plan
to have them certified for accuracy by the
sport's governing body, USA Track and
Field.
After completing a race, runners want
to know their time to compare it with others
in their age group, with their previous
best time or against their time from past
years on the same course. Without an
accurately-measured course it's difficult to
make a comparison.
Every year Michigan Runner magazine
publishes a Best of Times list for state runners
(Note: A practice suspended for 2007-
08 for the very reasons of course-uncertainty
here mentioned). The only way they
can fairly compare times is by using certified
courses.
Runners may complain that some of
their times haven't been included from
races that have been in existence for years.
I would suggest that runners demand that
those courses be certified.
Runners should understand the difference
between races that advertise their
event as USATF-sanctioned and one that
has a certified course. Races are often
sanctioned for liability and medical insurance
purposes. It's also a promise to follow
national and international rules and
regulations. A certified course is one that
has been measured according to USATF
regulations.
Demand
Certified Courses
There are currently 261 Michigan
courses that are certified. Half are 5K
courses. Some of these are no longer used.
Certifications expire automatically after
ten years. You can go to
www.usatf.org/events/courses/search to
find any certified course and print a map.
Anyone can certify a course. USATF
provides a free download of information
required to certify. It takes a fair amount
of work to calibrate the measuring tool,
measure the course and provide the proper
documentation. It's a lot easier to hire
someone who has experience in measuring.
Most course measurers use a Jones
counter on a bike to provide an accurate
measurement. This must be calibrated
each time a measurement is taken.
Courses need to be measured more than
once for accuracy.
There are currently eight course certifiers
listed on the USATF Web site. I've
been most impressed with Mark Neal's use
of the latest software and also his digital
work to determine the exact location of
mile and kilometer markers.
Scott Hubbard is the official road
course certifier for Michigan and in
charge of the certification program.
He can provide guidance for any measurer
by contacting him at
runningshorts@aol.com.
Here's what he said about certifying
courses:
“I can think of a handful of fundamental
things each race should have and
an accurate course is right near the top of
the list,” Scott said.
“There are only a couple ways I know
of to ensure a course is as accurate as
advertised, and they involve measurement
with a calibrated bike or wheel. The calibrated
bike is faster, safer and more accurate
than the wheel.
“Domestic certified course guidelines
adopted by USATF have been improved
upon and streamlined for about 40 years.
“In my experience, every course I've
been asked to measure has been previously
laid out short. This is not a good thing
regarding previously-run races.
“It should make runners wonder what
their PRs are worth if run on an uncertified
course.” MR
Pictured Rocks Run for Shelter, Munising
State’s
Toughest Road
Half-Marathon
Tests Soles,
Hearts
By Ryan Towles
MUNISING (6/24/07) - The 32nd annual Pictured
Rocks Run for Shelter - one of the most-storied
races in Upper Peninsula history - again featured
a half-marathon in place of the traditional 11-
mile race.
As always, it attracted a great field of competitors
from across the state, with the core traditional
figure-8 road and trail course intact -
including both 300-foot-plus climbs.
Extending the distance only extends the challenge.
The infamous Stink Hill - a half-mile of
steep, deep sand - now comes about 10 miles into
the half-marathon, instead of eight miles into the
former 19.76K course.
Nathan Martin, 17, of Three Rivers, was
the first to circle the Munising High School
track at the finish of this year's long run, bringing
home the overall title in 1:18:42, 90 seconds
shy of Tracy Lokken's year-old course
record.
Martin improved from last year's 1:22:43
fourth-place showing. Liz Hendershott, 41, of
Ortonville, was the top open woman in 1:45:13
(25th overall).
Kevin Deyo, 48, of Traverse City, collected
the men's masters title, placing fourth overall in
1:25:55.
Doug Goodhue of Milford, one of Michigan's
most-enduring competitive runners at age 65,
made the trip north and finished eighth overall in
1:30:20. That's a sub-seven-minute-mile pace over
unbelievable terrain.
At the younger end of the spectrum, Nebel
Chase, 10, of neighboring
Christmas, traversed the 13.1-mile route in
2:48:15, good for 96th out of 96 runners.
In the flat 5K - the “easy” option for those not
up to the state's hardest road half-marathon - youth
prevailed with two 15-year-olds taking top spots.
Jake Bennett of Berbeau was the first to complete
the short circuit of Munising proper in
17:44. Abbey Kelto of Munising defended her
backyard as the first female in 21:41.
The top 5K masters were Yoopers Rob Fox,
44, of Negaunee (18:45, second overall) and Barb
Cole, 49, of Au Train (24:56, 21st overall).
For complete results, visit
http://www.prrfs.com. MR
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Run Charlevoix
Hot First Charlevoix Marathon
Comes Off Without a Hitch
By Don Kern
Heather Dyc of Redford (3:47:37).
While the course was relatively flat, both
winners noticed the hills. “I’m not used to hills;
they were a little rough,” Snellgroves said. “The
heat’s OK for me, being from Florida.”
The race was organized by Red Rock Co., a
Tempe, Ariz. firm founded by former
Michigander Jeff Suffolk. While most of its races
are in the Southwest, Red Rock also put on the
Ann Arbor Turkey Trot here in Michigan.
Suffolk was happy with the Charlevoix
race’s outcome. “It was fantastic: great weather,
great volunteers, excellent staff. We’re looking
forward to the next ten years,” he said.
While the race had a couple small first-year
glitches, the day went on with no major problems.
An interesting addition was the Michigan
debut of a new timing system from Australia.
Ryan Linden blew away the field
to win the inaugural Run
Charlevoix marathon in 2:35:54
CHARLEVOIX (6/16/07) — Forty-one entrants
enjoyed the very warm inaugural Run
Charlevoix Marathon on a beautiful Saturday
morning.
“Get a shot of the young guy in the Brooks
outfit,” a man about my age told me at the
starting line.
“Is he going to win it?” I asked him.
Sure enough. For the next two-and-a-half
hours the man’s son, Ryan Linden of Rochester
Hills, blew away the field, finishing nearly an
hour ahead of his nearest competitor in 2:35:54.
Doug Fry of Grosse Pointe (3:34:19) and
William Ouchark of Bradenton, Fla. (3:35:25)
rounding out the top three spots.
Linden was trying for an Olympic qualifier,
but the heat slowed him down. “Having competition
would have helped me today,” he said.
“But the temperature and humidity would have
made it difficult to run a fast time regardless.”
Would he try again?
“I am registered for Twin Cities Marathon
in the fall,” Linden said. “I hope to qualify
there, then come back three weeks later to run
the trials.”
In the women’s race, Christy Snellgroves of
Bradenton, Fla., led the field with a 3:28:29 while
running her second marathon of the month. Next
came Jane Jarcho of Chicago (3:41:43) and
The heat didn’t bother
Floridian Cristy Snellgroves,
marathon winner in 3:28:39
Red Rock times races using IPICO Sports
“chips,” a credit-card-like piece of plastic slightly
smaller than a business card with holes to ziptie
it to your shoe.
The new piece of technology coupled with
an inaugural event had a few people curious
how things might turn out, but there were no
real timing problems.
In other races, the half-marathon winners
were Dave Henderson (1:14:09) and Tina
Wilder of Petoskey (1:44:31), the 10K champs
Ryan Bissell of Vassar (35:32) and Mary Miller-
Acko (41:40), and 5K winners were Eric Buddy
(17:50) and Brittany Ockenfels of Sault Ste
Marie (23:59).
And the adventure continues ...
“Marathon” Don Kern, Grand Rapids
Marathon founder and race director, ran
marathons on all seven continents within 35
days Feb. 11 through March 18. MR
M I C H I G A N R U N N E R
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AT&T USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, June 20-24, Indianapolis, IN
Scenes from USA Track & Field Championships
Paul Terek
Jeffrey Porter
Jamie Nieto
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Paul Terek, Michigan State/ Asics, finished
2nd in the decathlon with 8134
points.
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Jeffrey Porter, Michigan, competed
in the 110 meter hurdles.
Photo by Victah Sailer / photorun.net
Jamie Nieto, Eastern Michigan/ Nike, won a
jump-off to finish 2nd in the high jump.
Kenneth Ferguson
Becky Horn & Geena Gall
Lela Nelson
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Kenneth Ferguson, Detroit
Mumford / adidas, competes
in the 400 meter hurdles.
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Becky Horn,Western Michigan, and
Geena Gall, Michigan, compete in the 800
meter run. Gall finished 6th in the finals.
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Lela Nelson, Detroit Mumford/ Eastern
Michigan/ Nike, finished 10th in the heptathlon.
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Michigan Flavorbest Apple Run 5K, Sparta
Apples Grow, Runners Flow in Sparta Rain
Photo by Scott Sullivan
Soaking rain meant cool temperatures and slippery streets at the start of the Michigan Flavorbest Apple Run.
By Daniel G. Kelsey
SPARTA (7/14/07) - Anybody who showed up
for the 17th annual Michigan Flavorbest Apple
Run 5K, from race director to scribbler, took the
good with the bad.
Kris Koster, 25, of Grand Rapids, still short
of breath moments after the finish, took the cool
temperatures with the slippery streets and sharp
corners.
“I thought the sun always shone on
Sparta,” Koster said. “But I guess not.”
A soaking rain moved in over town prior to
the 8 a.m. start. The mercury plunged to 57°, a
blessing to racers accustomed to July swelter.
During registration, runners, walkers and watchers
moved about under umbrellas, while others
sought shelter in the lee of buildings or under
canopies.
Due to renovations, the high school was not
open, unlike past seasons, for peripheral race
events.
Rain pelted the uncovered as Jessica Rasch,
2006 Michigan Apple Queen First Runnerup,
fired a pistol to send runners and walkers out on
a twisty course, somewhat altered from prior
runnings. Rain lessened to drizzle as the field
wound around to finish where it started.
Koster returned ahead of all rivals, posting
a 15:18 chip time. He beat his nearest follower,
Jerome Recker, 24, of Lansing, by eight seconds.
It was the first Flavorbest championship after
two consecutive seconds for Koster, a Calvin
College alumnus.
“I guess I had something to prove to
myself,” he said. “But you never know who's
going to show up.”
If all his rivals wanted the points in the
Michigan Runner race series, and liked the
event's fun and food as much as he did, it could
have been anybody.
“I really enjoy this race,” Koster said.
Kristen Brown, 35, of Muskegon, enjoyed
the race to the tune of 18:24, winning the
women's open title. Brown outran her nearest
rival, Katie Haines, 17, of Rockford, by 23 seconds.
Dennis West, 46, of Mount Gilead, Ohio,
enjoyed the race to the tune of 17:17, claiming
the men's masters crown. West nipped Kevin
Deyo, 48, of Traverse City, by three seconds at
the line and two seconds on the chip.
Laurie Decker, 47, of Cadillac, came to
Sparta hoping to set an age-group record. Her
19:21 shattered a Flavorbest mark that had
stood since 1991. But it missed Decker's own
masters record by some 35 seconds. And it left
her an eyelash short of the masters championship.
Krys Brish, 43, of Milford, held off Decker
at the finish by six seconds on the chip. Brish
said she looked over her shoulder just in time to
spot Decker's charge.
“I couldn't believe you were sprinting,”
Brish said to Decker.
The runners and walkers finished just in
time to beat a downturn in the weather. The sky
opened and the rain poured down just in time to
soak, if not to dampen the spirits of, kids running
races on the track.
One gagster among the adults, in a parting
shot, pronounced the event not so much a flavorbest
as a cloudburst.
He and others without umbrellas may be
pardoned for bailing out before each winner
received his or her prize of an apple tree, a tradition
at Flavorbest. Turns out it didn't matter
because race director Dawn Geers, lacking
enough tents, canceled the awards ceremony,
asking winners who hadn't bailed out yet to
pick up their prizes. Geers canceled another tradition
at Flavorbest, a pie-eating contest, too.
She was disappointed that a record registration
of 996 adults might have been a great registration
of 1,200 on a sunny day. She was most
disappointed for the kids, 300 of whom signed
up for the races, as compared to 125 a year
before, only to endure a downpour.
“It was a crazy day,” Geers said. MR
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Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen
Waterloo Triathlon & Duathlon, Grass Lake
Foursome Leads Charge at Waterloo
By Charles
Douglas
McEwen
GRASS LAKE
(7/15/07) —
Though Napoleon
suffered his final
defeat at Waterloo,
Joe Deighan,
Rebecca Walter, Jd
Pepper and Lisa
Taylor triumphed at
Waterloo, Mich.
Waterloo
Recreation Area,
the largest state
park in the Lower
Peninsula, offers
more than 20,000
acres. Elite
Endeavors needed
just a few for its
Waterloo
Triathlon/Duathlon,
but it made the
most of them.
“It was an awesome
course!” said
Deighan, 36, of
Beverly Hills. “A lot
of fun, hills and
Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen
Matt West of Ypsilanti (BIB 322, on his helmet), second overall in the men's tri;
Stephen Fetyko of Chelsea (BIB 102), fifth overall; and BIB #113 James
Anuszkiewicz, 62 of Jackson (BIB 113), who finished second in the 60-64 age
category.
Men's tri winner Joe Deighan.
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beauty. Jim (Jim and Joyce
Donaldson organize triathlons
and duathlons for EE) always
picks great courses.”
Deighan, who finished in
1:20:51, won the men’s
triathlon, which consisted of a
half-mile swim in Big Portage
Lake, 16-mile bike and fivemile
run.
He beat out Matt West,
32, of Ypsilanti (1:22:52), and
Richard Swor, 24, of
Dearborn, and Matthew
Wehrman, 29, of Royal Oak,
who shared third place
(1:23:23).
“I took the lead coming
out of the water,” Deighan
said, “and kept it. The only
downside is that I lost my chip,
so I’m not going to know what
my split times were.”
Meanwhile, Walter, 23,
of Beverly Hills (1:33:48)
edged Kate Winkelhaus, 25, of
Ann Arbor (1:34:03) to win
the women’s tri. Rebecca
Kurtz, 21, of Northville, took
third (1:37:05).
The men’s duathlon
went to Pepper, 44, of Leslie,
who just started competing in
duathlons.
“I came in
seventh in the first one
I did,” said Pepper.
“At the next one, the
Ann Arbor Duathlon, I
came in second to Jeff
Haney.”
Pepper fought
off Haney, 43, of
Rockford, to win the
Waterloo Du, which
consisted of a two-mile
run, 16-mile bike and
five-mile run.
“I led through
the run, then Jeff
passed me on the
bike,” he recalled. “I
got him back running
through the woods
with a mile to go. I
was feeling good when
I caught him and just
kept pushing.”
Pepper
(1:20:14) was followed
by Haney (1:20:31)
and Guy Petruzzelli,
34, of Westmont
(1:25:40).
Lisa Taylor,
33, of Laingsburg,
won the women’s du
in 1:35:56, followed by Panoula Harpst, 48,
of Blissfield (1:37:55) and Valerie Fontan, 39,
of Flushing (1:38:24).
“It was tough,” said Taylor, who led
from the start. “I wasn’t expecting that last
run to be so hilly.”
For complete results, go to www.eliteendeavors.com.
Michigan Runner TV
http://michiganrunner.tv/
2007waterlootri/

Steve’s Run, Dowagiac
Steve’s Run: Where States, States-of-Mind Connect
By Daniel G. Kelsey
Photo by Gregg Rizzo
DOWAGIAC (7/28/07) -- But for a stride or
two, it might've been an out-of-state sweep of
the open divisions in the 5K and 10K races at
the 33rd Steve's Run.
Justin Kowalski, 21, of Mishawaka, Ind.,
sprinted down the final slope in the 5K to post a
chip time of 15:57. But the senior-to-be at Tri-
State University in Angola, Ind. was a tad too
late in his charge to catch the man in front.
“He had a nice lead on me at the first mile,”
Kowalski said. “I couldn't quite run him down.”
So Paul Barrons, 27, of Kalamazoo, secured
his third Steve's Run title, posting a time of
15:54. The official three seconds of chip time
between him and his pursuer wasn't reflected in
real time. Barrons, a former conference champ
at Aquinas College in the indoor and outdoor
5K, had no idea as he came down the last slope
he was headed for a photo finish.
“I thought I had it all to myself,” he said. “I
had no idea he was back there.”
He appreciated the mild weather, mid-70s
and cloudy. “It was a lot better than last year,”
Barrons said. “Last year it must have been 90
and sunny.”
He appreciated the setting as well.
Dowagiac, a college town in a region of
gentle hills, farmlands and woodlands, is small
enough to start a 10K course among shops,
wind it through a golf course, cemetery, wildlife
refuge, trails and part of the campus of
Southwesern Michigan College, and finish it
almost back among the shops.
The town's close enough to a string of cities
in northern Indiana, from Elkhart to Chesterton,
to attract a host of Hoosiers to the race.
Valerie Burns, 15, of Granger, Ind., won the
women's 5K with an 18:18, almost two minutes
ahead of her nearest rival. The sophomore-to-be
at Penn High School in Mishawaka said she had
Jenny Every, Ferris State All-
American, won the Steve’s Run 10K.
Photo by Gregg Rizzo
Paul Barrons wins the Steve’s Run 5K in a photo-finish over Justin Kowalski.
fun in spite of the hills and weather.
“It was humid,” Burns said. “I had trouble
breathing.”
She had no trouble telling her wish for a
future in South Bend. “I want to go to Notre
Dame to run,” she said.
Mike Fout, 17, of LaPorte, Ind., won the
men's 10K in 32:16. The LaPorte High School
senior-to-be, winner of the 3200 at state this
year, felt he had a good day on a tough course.
“It was a pretty good race for me,” Fout
said. “Steve's Run is a challenge. They've got
hills and everything out there.”
Not just titlists crossed state lines. Many of
the 1,251 finishers in the run and walk, and
some of hundreds of spectators, came from
Indiana, Ohio or Illinois.
Spectator Amy Doenges, of Granger, waited
for her husband and neighbors, employees of
SMC, at the finish line. Doenges said her husband
had run the race before.
“He claimed he'd be happy with 22 minutes,”
she said.
As the clock ticked toward 25 minutes,
Doenges looked concerned. Then the red jersey
she'd been watching for rounded the last turn of
the 5K.
In the finishing chute, her husband, David,
48, said he'd burnt his foot while walking his
dog barefoot on pavement a few days earlier.
“So I wasn't really running,” he said. “But I
had fun and it's a good cause.”
Named in honor of Steven Briegel, the race
raises money for Mayo Clinic cancer research
and for the Steven Briegel Scholarship Fund.
Briegel, son of a former SMC president, died of
lymphoma while a student at Grand Valley State
University in 1990.
Even if Kowalski had nipped Barrons, it
wouldn't have counted as a total out-of-state
sweep.
Jenny Every, 23, of Peoria, Ill., won the
women's 10K in 39:19. Every, nee Irwin, a 2006
graduate of and six-time All-American at Ferris
State University, calls Ludington her hometown.
She said she wasn't at peak fitness for Steve's
Run, but looked fresh enough afterward to take
off on foot for Big Rapids.
“It was a good race for me,” she said. “It
was challenging. And I like challenging.” MR
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YMCA Father’s Day Run, Plymouth
Moms Prosper at Father’s Day Run
By Charles Douglas McEwen
PLYMOUTH (6/17/07) — Father’s Day may
belong to daddy, but moms ruled the roads at
the 28th annual Plymouth YMCA Father’s Day
Run.
Lisa Veneziano, 42, a mother of two from
Fenton, won the mile and 5K runs and finished
third in the 10K. Marybeth Reader, 38, of
Bloomfield, also mom of two, won the 10K,
part of the Michigan Runner Race Series.
A third mother, Krys Brish, 43, of Milford,
took second in the 10K, while her daughter,
Samantha, 15, was runner-up in the Morse
Dental Group Triple Race behind Veneziano.
Samantha Brish said she receives inspiration
from Veneziano, Reader and her mother, not
necessarily in that order.
“Those women are my idols,” said the
Brighton High School sophomore. “They’re phenomenal
runners. My mom is a great training
partner too. She got me started by pushing me
in a baby jogger. I’ve loved running ever since.”
Veneziano started the day by winning the
women’s mile in 5:41, topping runner-up Kelly
Harris (5:50). She next claimed the 5K in 19:00,
50 seconds faster than Canton’s Rebecca and
Sarah McCormack, ages 18 and 20, who tied
for second.
“The mile wasn’t bad,” said Veneziano after
the 5K. “The 5K was tougher. I’m sure I’ll be
dead at the end the 10K, but this is too neat an
event to miss.”
Reader’s 39:07 10K bested Krys Brish
(40:03) and Veneziano (40:49). The latter’s
times in the three races totaled 1:05:30, which
gave her the MDG Triple Race triumph.
Samantha Brish (6:08 in the mile, 20:17 in the
5K and 43:27 in the 10K, for a combined
1:09:52) came next.
Jerome Recker, 24, of Lansing, claimed the
men’s mile in 4:43, beating Matt Lewandowski,
16, of Canton and Shane Logan, 29, of Pontiac,
who tied at 4:48.
Howell Aquathlon
Howell Aquathlon:
Water, Graves
and Fun
By Charles Douglas McEwen
HOWELL (7/1/07) — What starts and ends
with 2K runs, sandwiching a 750-meter swim?
In Howell, they call it an aquathlon. “It’s
something different,” race director Peter Bowen
said.
The fifth annual Howell Independence
Aquathlon, presented by the Howell Area Parks
& Recreation Department, attracted 60 entrants
to the city park beside Thompson Lake.
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios
Lisa Veneziano, mother of 2, finished
first in the mile and the 5K and took
third in the 10K.
Jerome Recker ran all three races,
winning both the mile and the 5K.
Recker then won the 5K (16:34), topping
John Seppala, 38, of Pontiac (16:52) and Shane
Logan (17:21).
Aaron Metler, 23, of West Bloomfield,
bagged the 10K in 33:27. Next came Kevin
Pine, 26, of Plymouth (34:22) and Recker
(34:55).
“This course is great for fast times,” said
Metler. “The only obstacle was humidity. The
first 5K (of the 10K) was easy, but the last half
was pretty tough.”
Recker was Triple Race male champ with a
combined time of 56:12. Logan was second in
58:29.
For complete results, go to www.gaultracemanagement.com.
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Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen
Kelsey Calhoun was runner-up in the
Howell Independence Aquathlon.
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Foresters Solstice Run, Northville
Wheeler Dashes Downhill
to Solstice Win
By Charles Douglas McEwen
NORTHVILLE (6/23/07) — Adam
Wheeler showed off his wheels in
winning the Foresters Solstice Run
5K, presented by Comcast.
Speeding stride-for-stride with
John Reich on the final downhill,
Wheeler hit the accelerator and
rocketed to victory in 16:23.
“The cool weather was great for
racing,” said Wheeler, 30, of
Westland. “I ran here a few years
ago, did the first mile hard and paid
for it. I was a little more cautious
this year and it worked out.”
Reich, 38, led for most of the
first two miles.
“He really went for it in the
hills, so I let him go there,” Wheeler
said. “I made it closer (after two
miles), then gave it a good old sprint
down the last hill.”
Reich finished four seconds
back in 16:27, well ahead of thirdplace
David Homann, 39, of South
Lyon (17:04).
Reich came to town from
Scottsdale, Ariz., for a wedding.
“This is first time I’ve been to
Michigan,” he said. “I was surprised
at how cool it was here. The course
was hilly, but not too bad.”
The Solstice 5K and 10K courses
had lots of hills, with the big
reward at the end of both.
“I loved the finish,” said
Suzanne Larsen, 29, of Fenton. “It’s
straight downhill to the park.” Both
runs start and finish at Northville’s
Ford Field.
Larsen won the women’s 5K in
17:42. Next came Alissa Hall, 22, of
Carleton (18:26) and Danielle
Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen
Denisa Costescu, bib no. 1, finished just 4 seconds ahead of
Erin Webster and set a course record of 36:12.
Hobbs, 25, of Shelby Township
(18:44).
Aaron Metler, 23, of
West Bloomfield, and Denisa
Costescu, 31, of Novi, both running
the 10K for the first time,
won.
“I was shocked to be in
the lead at the start of the race,”
Metler said. “I expected someone
else to do it. I started blasting
on the third mile to see if
anyone would go with me, and
no one did.”
Metler’s 33:09 was a personal
record for the distance.
Next came Jason Young, 21
(33:36) and Timothy Howse, 20,
of Livonia (34:02).
Costescu’s winning time
of 36:12 broke Dot McMahan’s
36:16 women’s course record, set
last year. Though the native
Romanian led start to finish, she
had to hold off Erin Webster, 21,
of Dearborn, at the end.
“She was really strong,
especially the last mile” Costescu
said.
“I had her in my vision
the whole way, but it was quite a
stretch at times,” Webster said.
“I gave it a run at the end, but it
was too little, too late. Denisa
ran a great race, very even
pace.”
Webster finished a scant
four seconds behind in 36:16.
Marybeth Reader, 38, of
Bloomfield was third in 38:57.
The Solstice Run had 971
entrants this year. For more
information, go to www.solsticerun.org.
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“We get about that many people each
year,” Bowen said. “Everyone enjoys it, so
we keep doing it. A lot the same people come
back year after year.”
Count David Peterson of Farmington and
two-time winner Matt Perry of Howell among
them. “It’s a great race!” Peterson said.
He took first this year in 22:04, with
Perry runner-up in 22:37. Roman
Krzyzanowski of Plymouth claimed third
(23:16). Ronald Marvin, 11th overall, paced
the masters in 25:40.
Peterson led at the end of first 2K run.
Perry took over midway through the swim.
“I tried to build a good lead in the water,
but I didn’t get far enough ahead,” Perry said.
Peterson passed Perry on a cemetery hill
during the final run. “Matt’s a great swimmer.
I knew he’d get me there,” Peterson
said. “He was maybe 30 seconds ahead
coming out of the water, so I figured I had
a chance.
“I caught him 800 meters into the run,”
he said.
Recent Goodrich High School graduate
Kaitlin O’Mara (24:30) edged Kelsey
Calhoun, 15, of Bedford (24:37) to win the
women’s race. Laurie Zack (24:51) was third.
Krys Brish of Milford was the first women’s
master (28:39).
“I loved the swim. I want to go back in
the lake and do more of it,” O’Mara said.
Calhoun found the cemetery difficult. “It
was creepy in there,” she said. MR
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XTERRA Torn Shirt Trail Off-Road Triathlon/Duathlon, Brighton
Record Field Rips It Up at Torn Shirt
Michigan
Runner
Race Series
2007
• St. Patrick’s Day Races 8K,
Bay City - March 18
• Road Ends 5 Mile Trail,
Pinckney - April 28
• Fifth Third River Bank
Run 25K, Grand Rapids -
May 12
• Great Race 10K Beyond
Michigan, Elkhart,
Indiana - May 28
• Plymouth Fathers’ Day
10K, Plymouth - June 17
• Pictured Rocks Half
Marathon, Munising -
June 24
• Volkslaufe 20K,
Frankenmuth - July 4
• Apple Run 5K, Sparta -
July 14
• The Crim Festival of Races
10 Mile, Flint -
August 25
• John Rogucki Kensington
Challenge 15K, Milford -
September 22
• Detroit Free Press /
Flagstar Marathon,
Detroit, October 21
• Great Turtle Half
Marathon Wild Card,
Mackinac Island,
October 27
By Charles Douglas McEwen
BRIGHTON (6/24/07) - They tore their shirts,
skinned their elbows and punctured their tires.
And when they finished, they vowed to do it
again next year.
A record 215 participants tackled the
XTERRA Torn Shirt Trail Off-Road
Triathlon/Duathlon at Brighton Recreation Area.
“This is one of the best XTERRA races,”
said Jim James. “It's one of biggest too.”
James, 46, and Marne Smiley, 25, ripped up
the triathlon course, which included a half-mile
swim, 15-mile mountain bike on the Murray Lake
Trail and six-mile run on the Torn Shirt Trail.
James won the men's tri in 2:02:48, with
Brandon Jessop second (2:06:09) and Yaro
Middaugh third (2:08:14).
Smiley was top woman with a 2:32:22
clocking. Next came Lori Whitmore (2:41:11)
and Lisa Chaps (2:41:44).
James, eighth coming out of the water, transitioned
quickly into his specialty, mountain biking.
He took the lead two miles into the bike,
then held it with a strong run.
Smiley also took charge on the bike leg,
then extended her margin on the run. It marked
her first-ever triathlon win.
“I loved it!” she said afterward. “The run,
with its ups and downs, was especially challenging.
But as far as I'm concerned, the harder, the better.”
In the duathlon - a two-mile trail run, 15-
Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen
Jim James won the men's
triathlon in 2:02:48.
Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen
Christina Noble won her
third-straight duathlon.
mile mountain bike and six-mile trail run -
Justin Schumacher, 26, of Berkley, led the men in
2:16:19, topping runner-up Ed Broadbear
(2:30:07).
Schumacher, who pared four minutes off his
runner-up time from last year, was not surprised
by his triumph this year. “I got into great shape
and knew I was going to do well,” he said.
Christina Noble, 33, of Brighton, captured
her third-straight women's du in 2:22:09. Krys
Brish, 44, of Milford, was a distant second in
2:50:13.
“Having a winning streak is a lot of pressure,
because you want to do better every year,”
Noble said.
“Running on the Torn Shirt Trail challenges
your quads, hamstrings, calves ... everything,”
she added. “On some of the downhills, you pray
you make it to the end without wiping out. And
you constantly try to use your momentum,
because you know that what comes down, must
go up."
Jim and Joyce Donaldson organized the
growing event. “We couldn't have asked for
more perfect weather,” Joyce said. “Everything
went great.”
John Stover, 66, who has run more than
100 triathlons, said XTERRA races are a blast.
“They're a lot of fun,” he said. “They are
low-key and have lots of variables. They're
never monotonous.”
For complete results, go to www.eliteendeavors.com.
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September - December 2007 Event Calendar
September
Saturday, September 1
Baystrider 5 Mile
Suttons Bay 9:00 am
South Shore Park
5MR/W, 2 MFR
Kevin Pryor
(231) 271-2210
hawkeyemgmt@charter.net
Boyne Mountain Triathlon
Boyne City 8:00 am
Deer Lake, Boyne
Mountain
1KS/ 30KB/ 4MR, 2MR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
road bike tri/du Saturday;
mtn bike tri/du Sunday
Cedar River Classic
Banat 9:00 am
Dale Fountain Cross
Country Course
13.1MR, 5KR/W - C.D.T.
(906) 753-6405
wcoleman@dreamscp.com
Celebrate Westlake
Westlake 8:30 am
St. John West Shore
Hospital
5MR, 3.4 MW, 1MFR, 1/2
MFR, Kids FR
(440) 808-5700
celebratewestlake.com
Fleet Feet 5K
Walker 8:00 am
Jonson Park 5KR/W
Josh K.
(616) 889-6249
fleet.feet@hotmail.com
Grand Marais 5K
Grand Marais 9:00 am
Bayshore Park 5KR
(906) 494-2700
ebowen@jamadots.com
grandmaraismichigan.com
Grand Marais Junior
Triathlon
Grand Marais 11:00 am
Beach, downtown
wade/swim, run, bike/trike
(906) 494-2700
ebowen@jamadots.com
grandmaraismichigan.com
Harrison Community Days
5K Run/Walk
Harrison 9:00 am
Harrison City Park 5KR/W
Tod Reeve
(989) 539-1872
todreeve@hotmail.com
Labor Day 30K Run &
10K Walk/Run
Milford 8:00 am
2025 Milford Rd. (Baker’s
Restaurant)
30KR and relay, 10KR/W,
1/2 MFR
Doug Klingensmith
(248) 685-7580
racedirector@laborday30k.
com
www.laborday30k.com
Leadership Mecosta 5K
Riverdays Run/Walk
Big Rapids 9:00 am
500 N. Warren
5KR/W Melanie Henry
(231) 796-4522
jmossel@hotmail.com
Marshall Run
Newaygo 9:00 am
Riverfront Park
5KR/W, kids fun run
(517) 336-6429
sweeneyk@michigan.gov
www.msp.gov
Mercantile Bank Holland
Rotary 5K
Holland 8:30 am
Municipal Stadium 5KR/W
(616) 482-0062
lvarner@suburbaninns.tv
hollandrotary.org
Niles Triathlon
Niles 8:30 am
Barron Lake, Howard Twp
Fire Department
Tri: .5 MS/ 20.9 MB/ 5
MR; Du: 5KR/ 20.9 MB/
5MR; 5KR
(269) 684-5140
csb@datacruz.com
nilesoptimist.org
Prairie View Triathlon,
Duathlon
Vicksburg 8:00 am
Prairie View Park
1KS/ 40KB/ 10KR
(810) 714-5784
info@3disciplines.com
3disciplines.com
Run Like The Wind
Westland 9:30 am
Hines Park, Nankin Mills
Picnic Area 10KR, 5KR
Chuck Block
(517) 702-0226
cblock@lcc.edu
runningfoundation.com
Witchy Wolf Run
Omer 7:30 pm
Russell Canoe Livery
15MR, X-C, 2 person relay
Chuck Hilyards
(989) 846-6018
hilyards@m33access.com
witchywolfrun.com
Sunday, September 2
Grand Marais Triathlon
Grand Marais 1:30 pm
Bayshore Park
Tri: 1/4MS/ 18MB/ 3.1MR,
10KR, 5KR
(906) 494-2700
ebowen@jamadots.com
grandmaraismichigan.com/
Hansons 16 Mile
Marathon Training Run
Lake Orion 8:00 am
Hansons Running Shop, 3
South Broadway
4-16 MR
(248) 475-9944
hansonsrun@aol.com
hansons-running.com
Lake Country Half
Marathon & 5K
Oconomowoc, WI 8:00 am
YMCA at Pabst Farms
13.1MR, 5KR
Dawn Ver Haagh
(800) 429-8044
midwestsportsevents.com
Lawrence Ox Roast Run
Lawrence 9:00 am
15KR, 5KR/W
Cindy Nower / Mary Utter
(269) 674-8547
lawrenceoxroast@hotmail.
com
R. E. Olds Memorial Cross
Country Trail 5K
Lake 1:00 pm
Mystic Lake YMCA Camp
5KR/W Ricky Wright
(989) 544- 2844
rwright@mysticlakecamp.com
mysticlakecamp.com
Running Waters 5K
Gaylord 8:30 am
5KR/W Ann Wagar
(989) 732-4038
downingam@yahoo.com
Tortoise and Hare Training
Run
Ann Arbor 8:00 am
Tortoise and Hare,
Plymouth Road
20MR, 10MR, 5MR training
10M loop
(734) 623-9640
events@tortoiseandhare.com
tortoiseandhare.com
Walking Thru the Shores
St. Clair Shores 9:00 am
Edsel & Eleanor Ford
Estate, Court House
5.5MW, 2.2MW
(586) 771-2587
TravisKaJa@aol.com
www.scsfunrun.org
X-Tri Championship
Boyne City 8:00 am
Boyne Mountain 1KS/
30KB/ 4MR/ 2MR
(810) 714-5784
info@3disciplines.com
3disciplines.com
Monday, September 3
4Sight 4 Miler
Norton Shores 8:00 am
Mona Shores HS
4MR Don Correll
(231) 578-7300
doncor49@yahoo.com
lakeshorerunners.org
Belding Lions Labor Day
Run
Belding 8:30 am
Belding High School
5KR/W, 1MFR/W
(616) 794-0384
wyoungs@yahoo.com
Blueberry Stomp
Plymouth, IN 9:00 am
Centennial Park 15KR, 5KR
(574) 952-8443
mpglaub@yahoo.com
blueberryfestival.org
Cadillac Festival of Races
Cadillac 9:00 am
Cadillac Memorial Stadium
10KR, 5KR, Kid’s Run, Tri:
5KR/ 12MB/ 2M Kayak
Rich Langton
(231) 920-1732
info@workplacechaplains.us
workplacechaplains.us
Cornerstones Labor Day
Fun Walk and Run
Roseville 9:05 am
6KR, 3KW Jim Alvaro
(586) 294-3114
jalvaro@abs.misd.net
www.cbcroseville.org
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CrossRoads Labor Day 5K
& Fun Run - CANCELLED
(734) 847-4635
Governor’s Labor Day
Bridge Run
Mackinaw City 5MFR
Michigan Fitness
Foundation
(517) 347-7891
mlieber@michiganfitness.org
.michiganfitness.org/bridger
un.html
Labor Day Run & Potluck
Midland 10:00 am
Chippewa Nature Center
10KR, 5KR/W, fun runs
Gary Scott
(989) 835-8216
gsracer@sbcglobal.net
www.barc-mi.com
Mackinac Bridge Walk
St. Ignace 7:00 am
St. Ignace to Mackinaw
City 5MW
Mackinac Bridge Authority
(906) 643-7600
mackinacbridge.org
New Haven Road Race
New Haven, CT 20KR
newhavenroadrace.org
USA 20K Championship
Oakville Half Marathon &
10K
Oakville, ON 7:30 am
Coronation Park
13.1MR/W, 10KR/W
Joe Hewitt
(905) 949-1910, ext. 234
oakvillehalfmarathon.com
Park Forest Scenic 10 Mile
and 5K
Park Forest, IL 8:00 am
30 miles South of Chicago
10MR, 5KR/W, kids races
(708) 748-2005
www.scenic10.com
Tuesday, September 4
Johnson Park Cross
Country 5K
Grand Rapids 7:00 pm
Johnson Park 5KR
(616) 723-5638
aheathcoterunner@yahoo.com
Wednesday, September 5
Hansons Youth Camp
2nd-8th grade
Rochester 4:30 pm
Bloomer Park & Dodge
Park Sonja Hanson
(586) 822-8606
sshoudy@hotmail.com
On the Right Path
Clio 6:30 pm
SS Charles & Helena
Church
5KR/W, 2MFW
Mike Manor
(810) 686-1875
www.racesservices.com
Friday, September 7
Historic Walk
Kalamazoo 8:00 am
Gazelle Sports, 214 S.
Kalamazoo Mall
walk Barb Bratherton
(269) 342-5996
bbratherton@gazellesports.com
www.gazellesports.com
Saturday, September 8
1st National Bank of
Wakefield Marathon
Wakefield 8:00 am
Southwest Park, Sunday
Lake
26.2MR - CDT
James Engel
(906) 224-9011
Allen Park Harrier 5K
Classic
Allen Park 9:00 am
Champaign Park/ Allen
Park High School 5KR
(313) 629-6449
aphsxc@yahoo.com
www.freewebs.com/aphsxc
Cleveland Clinic Sports
Health River Run 5K
Berea 8:30 am
Wallace Lake
5KR, Kids’ races
Cleveland Clinic Sports
Health
(216) 623-9933
info2@hermescleveland.com
www.hermescleveland.com
2 day event, Sunday:
13.1MR, 2 person relay,
13.1MR InLine Skate
Dances with Dirt
Pickney/Hell 7:30 am
Pickney Recreation Area
50MR, 50KR, 100 K Relay
(734) 929-9027
events@runningfit.com
danceswithdirt.com
Fit Novi - Triathlon
Novi 8:00 am
Lakeshore Park
Tri or Du: 800 meter S /
15MB / 5KR /2MR
(810) 714-5784
info@3disciplines.com
3disciplines.com
Foote Hospital Run
Jackson 8:00 am
5 MR, 5KW, Kid’s Run
(517) 788-4970
www.fitnesscouncil.org/runj
ackson/
Frontier Days 5K
Charlotte 9:00 am
Hayes Green Beach
Hospital 5KR
(517) 543-9575
Drodman@hgbhealth.com
www.hgbhealth.com
Grape Lake 5K Run/Walk
Paw Paw 8:00 am
Lake View Community
Hospital, 408 Hazen St.
5K R/W Mike Matthews
(269) 657-1559
mmatthews@lakeviewcares.com
Haliburton Forest Trail
Runs
West Guilford, ON 6am
100 MR, 50 MR, 50KR,
25KR
(416) 422-5130
ouser.org
Ontario Ultra Series
Kazoo Area Foot Chase
Portage 9:00 am
Millennium Park
3.5 MR David Ostrem
(269) 321-9264
www.kazoofootchase.com
Ken Willard River Trail
Half Marathon
Lupton 10:00 am
Rifle River Recreation Area
13.1MR Vicki Willard
(989) 883-9593
iwillrun@sbcglobal.net
Livestrong 5K Trail
Run/Walk
Portage 9:00 am
West Middle School XC
Course 5KR/W
(269) 324-1135
www.eteamz.active.com/liv
estrongrun/
Mackinac Island 8 Mile
Road Race
Mackinac Island 9:30 am
Mission Point Resort
8 MR/W, kids run
John Gault
(810) 487-0954
runmackinac@aol.com
www.runmackinac.com
Michigan CardioVascular
Institute 5K
Saginaw 8:00 am
5KR/W
(989) 754-3222
bfelker@mcvi.com
Mid-Mountain Marathon
Park City 8:00 am
Silver Lake Village, Deer
Valley Resort
26.2MR Mountain Trails
Foundation (435) 649-683
carol@mountaintrails.org
mountaintrails.org
Miles for Mentoring 5K
Zeeland 8:30 am
Lawrence Park
5KR/W, kids run
(616) 396-7811, ext. 202
jenniferbaiervista@gmail.com
Motion is Life 5K and
Families in Motion
Wellness Walk
Oxford 9:00 am
Centennial Park
5KR/W, 1KW
(248) 628-4886
powerzon@sbcglobal.neet
Mud Creek Crawl
Midland 9:30 am
Pine Haven Recreation
Area 10KR, 5KR
(989) 205-2969
jdmcpeak@modernmetalcraft.com
NSO Detroit 5K RiverRun
& Walk
Detroit 9:00 am
Detroit Riverfront
Conservance RiverWalk
5KR/W, kids race
Joseph Howse
(313) 961-4890, ext. 1023
jhowse@nso.mi.org
www.nso-mi.org
Rhoades McKee Reeds
Lake Triathlon
East Grand Rapids 7:30 am
John Collins Park
1/2MS, 18MB, 5MR
(616) 949-1750
sperry@eastgr.org
signmeup.com/56726
Run Drugs Out of Town
Howell 8:00 am
Howell City Park
5KR/W, kids run
(517) 545-5944
rundrugsoutoftownrun.org
Run for Ryan
Flat Rock 5:30 pm
Flat Rock Community HS
8KR, 1 MR/W
(734) 676-4296
heritage.com/ryansfriends/r
yansrun.htm
Run for the Prize
Rockford 8:30 am
4610 Belding
5KR/W Michelle Burdsal
(616) 866-8110
rungirlrun92@yahoo.com
cosrock.org
Running Fit Detroit Titan
Invitational
Northville 9:45 am
Cass Benton Park 5KR
Guy Murray
(313) 993-1724
murraygr@udmercy.edu
www.DetroitTitans.com
Splash & Dash 5K
Rockford 9:00 am
Blythefield Christian
Reformed Church 5KR/W
Bette O’Connor-Rogers
(616) 866-2657
rogersclan4@msn.com
Tortoise & Hare Cross
Country Classic
Dexter 8:45 am
Hudson Mills Metro Park
5KR, 2MR
Stefan Kiesbye
(734) 623.9640
events@tortoiseandhare.com
Witch’s Hat Run
South Lyon 8:30 am
South Lyon HS
10KR, 5KR/W, 1 MFR
Greg Sadler
(248) 437-6254
greg@slxc.com
www.slxc.com
Sunday, September 9
Cleveland Clinic Sports
Health River Run Half
Marathon
Cleveland 8:00 am
Wallace Lake / Rocky River
High School
13.1 MR, Relay, Inline
Skate
Cleveland Clinic Sports
Health (216) 623-9933
info2@hermescleveland.com
www.hermescleveland.com
Feet & Fleet 5K
Oregon, OH 9:00 am
Bay Park Hosp., Brown
Rd. 5K
Becky Mincheff
(419) 691-0912
lov2run13rn@aol.com
Fit Novi - 15K,
10K, 5K, Money Mile
Novi 8:00 am
Civic Center Park
15KR, 10KR, 5KR, 1MR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Kellie Sebrell DeWitt 5K
Trail Run
DeWitt 9:00 am
DeWitt High School 5KR
Rita Wieber
(517) 669.8102
rmwieber@attbi.com
Playmakers Race Series
MMCC Timber Trail Trot
Harrison 10:00 am
Mid Michigan Community
College, Harrison Campus
5KR/W Cindy Mussell
(989) 386-6622
timbertrailtrot@midmich.edu
www.midmich.edu
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September - December 2007 Event Calendar
Montreal International
Marathon
Montreal
26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR
(517) 879-1027
info@festivaldelasante.com
marathondemontreal.com
Plymouth Fall Festival 5K
Fun Run
Plymouth 8:00 am
Plymouth Cultural Center
5KR, 1MR/W
(734) 453-5274
plymouthfallfestival.net/eve
nts/fun_run/fun_run1.htm
Race for Reason 5K -
CANCELLED
(734) 662-1000
Sparrow Women Working
Wonders 5K
Lansing 10:30 am
Hawk Island Park
5MR, 5KR
(517) 333-0858
Alex@Wiesner.com
Springbank Half-Marathon
and 5K
London 8:00 am
Stone Cottage, Springbank
Park
13.1 MR, 5KR, kids run
(519) 672.5928
runners@runnerschoice.on.ca
runnerschoice.on.ca
Vineyard Classic
Paw Paw 8:00 am
Van Buren Mental Health
60MB, 39MB, 22MB tours
(269) 657-6309
dnroas@mac.com
www.wineandharvestfestival.com/tour.htm
Windmill Pointe Triathlon
Grosse Pointe Park 8:30 am
Windmill Pointe
Tri: 4M Inline Skate/ 9MB/
2MR
(313) 885-1300
bikesbladesandboards.com
Tuesday, September 11
Swim Run Training Series -
CANCELLED
(810) 714-5784
Wed., September 12
Ed Hansen Memorial
Run/Walk
Ontonagon 10:00 am
Fire Hall on River Street
10KR, 5KR
James Waters
(906) 884-4158
jlwaters@chartermi.net
Hansons Marathon
Training Clinic #3
Utica 7:00 pm
Hansons Running Shop
Training Clinic
Luke Humphrey
(586) 323-9683
humphrey.luke@yahoo.com
hansons-running.com
Hash Run
Toledo, OH
Bob Ampthor
(419) 882-1711
www.mudhenhhh.com
Thursday, September 13
Porcupine Mountains
Backpacking
Ontonagon
backpacking, camping, 4
days; 3 nights
Northwest Passage
(847) 256-4409
www.nwpassage.com
Friday, September 14
Spartan Invitational
East Lansing
Michigan State University
XC meet
Walt Drenth
(517) 355-1640
drenthw@msu.edu
Saturday, September 15
Big Mac Shoreline Scenic
Bike Tour
Mackinaw City 9:00 am
Mackinaw City HS
25MB, 50MB, 75MB,
100MB Mackinaw Area
Chamber of Commerce
(888) 455-8100
info@mackinawchamber.com
www.mackinawchamber.com
Escape 10K
Northville 9:00 am
Maybury State Park
10KR, 5KR
(248) 865-7259
carolhilf@yahoo.com
Footrace 5K
Mt. Pleasant 9:00 am
Horizon Park 5KR
(989) 772-0323
hplouff@yahoo.com
Gazelle Sports Bridge Run
Grand Rapids 8:00 am
Rosa Parks Circle
10MR, 5KR
(616) 890-5978
dbostian@rungazelle.com
thebridgerun.com
Grosse Pointe Sunrise
Rotary Run
Grosse Pointe 8:30 am
GP Farms Pier Park
10KR, 5KR/W/Wheel,
1MFR
Philip Gaglio
(248) 213-4219
pgaglio@usa.net
KeyBank Salmon Chase
Fall Classic
South Bend, IN 8:00 am
College Football Hall of
Fame
10KR, 5KR/W, kids run
(574) 283-1115
salmonchase.org
Lake City Marathone
Winona Lake, IN
7:00 am EDT
Winona Lake Park
26.2MR, 13.1MR, 50KR
(574) 267-3306
lakecitymarathon.com
Mt. Baldhead Challenge
Saugatuck 8:30 am
Downtown Saugatuck
15KR, 5KR/W, kids run
(616) 990-2371
gingbrower@hotmail.com
www.mtbaldhead.com
Nike-Holly Cross Country
Invitational
Davisburg 7:45 am
Springfield Oaks Cty Park
X-C meet, 5KR, 2MR
(248) 328-3242
hollyareaschools.com/hhs/activ
ities/site/xxcountry/home.html
North Country Trail Run
Manistee 7:30 am
Big M Trails, Manistee
National Forest
50MR, 26.2 MR
Steve Webster
(616) 261-9706
www.stridersrun.com
North Oakland Family
YMCA ‘Y-MONGO’
Auburn Hills 9:00 am
3378 East Walton Blvd.
5KR/W, kids run
tmeriwether@ymcametrode
troit.org
(248) 370-9101, ext. 206
Out of the Darkness Walk
Lansing 10:00 am
Potter’s Park 5KW
Marcie Montgomery
mmontgomery@eatonfed.com
www.outofthedarkness.org
Paws in the Park
Riverview 10:00 am
Young Patriot Park 1MW
Eve Howell
(313) 336-1083
emhowell@aaamichigan.com
www.wag.petfinder.com
Rambler Run/Walk 5K
Perry 8:30 am
Perry Middle School
5KR/W, 1/4 MFR
(517) 230-3759
ramblerrun@hotmail.com
Run for the Health of It
Marquette 9:00 am
Presque Isle Pavillion
10KR, 5KR
John Wells
(906) 226-9608
Run for the Kids
Bay City 8:30 am
300 W. Lafayette
5KR/W Boys & Girls
Clubs of Bay County
(989) 892-6723
Second Chance for
Greyhounds “Run for the
Hounds”
Augusta 9:00 am
Fort Custer Recreation
Area 10KR, 5KR
(269) 968-5072
www.scfg.org
St. John Applefest
Fenton 9:00 am
10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR, 1/4
MR
(810) 735.9193
gaultracemanagement.com
St. Mary Mercy Hospital
5K Run for Cancer
Livonia 9:00 am
St. Mary Mercy Hospital,
36475 Five Mile Rd.
5KR Carlos Junca
(734) 655-1402
juncac@trinity-health.org
Trails for Tales
Ionia 9:00 am
Bertha Brock Park 5KR
David Hoort
(517) 647-7873
portlandrunningclub.homestead.com
United States Air Force
Marathon
Dayton, OH 7:00 am
26.2 MR/W, Wheel,
13.1MR/W, relay, 5KR
(800) 467-1823
www.usafmarathon.com/
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Holland 10:00 am
Holland State Park 8KW
(616) 957-1838
mgray@jdrf.org
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Jackson 10:00 am
Ella Sharp Park 5KW
(616) 957-1838
westmichigan@jdrf.org
Sunday, September 16
Big Mac Shoreline Scenic
Bike Tour
Mackinaw City 7:00 am
Mackinaw City HS
Mackinaw Area C of C
(888) 455-8100
info@mackinawchamber.com
www.mackinawchamber.com
Must ride in September 15
Tour to ride the bridge
Crazy Run
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
South Parks 5-8 MR
(734) 995-0961
aatrackclub.org
CVS/Pharmacy Downtown
5K
Providence, RI
www.cvsdowntown5k.com
USA 5K Championship
Emily’s Fun Run
Bloomfield Hills 9:00 am
Andover High School
5KFR/W, kids run
(248) 302-2696
emilysfunrun@aol.com
Gianni Ferrarotti Lung
Cancer Foundation 5K Run
& Fun Walk
Milford 8:30 am
Kensington Metro Park,
Martindale Beach
5KR/W, teams
(313) 532-0983
www.gianniscause.org
Greenville Area Great
Strides Walk for Cystic
Fibrosis
Battle Creek 12:00 pm
Greenville Community
Center 5MW
(616) 241-2100
jmckay@cff.org
Hansons 16 Mile
Marathon Training Run
Royal Oak 8:00 am
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4-16 MR
(248) 616-9665
hansonsrun@aol.com
hansons-running.com
LaSalle Bank Run Wild for
the Detroit Zoo
Royal Oak 8:00 am
Detroit Zoo
10KR, 5KR, 1 MW
Julie Wiemels
(248) 541-5717
jwiemels@dzs.org
runwilddetroitzoo.com
Michigan’s Triathlon &
Duathlon Championship -
LOCATION CHANGE
Waterford 9:00 am
tri: 1.5KS / 40KB / 10KR;
du: 5KR/ 40KB/ 10KR;
sprint tri: 500mS/ 20KB/
5KR
Pontiac Lake Rec. Area
(810) 714-5768
www.3dsiciplines.com
Out of the Darkness Walk
Ann Arbor 12:00 pm
Pioneer HS 5KW
(248) 669-1898
tlanddry@afsp.org
www.outofthedarkness.org
Playmakers Autumn Classic
8K
Haslett 9:00 am
Haslett Michigan, Lake
Lansing Park, North
8KR/W, 1MFR, 1/2 M FR
Curt Munson
(517) 349.3803
playmakers@playmakers.com
www.playmakers.com
Playmakers Race Series
Rushford Rustic Rhodes
Race & Family Day
Rhodes 3:00 pm
Rushford Farm, Schaard Rd.
5K Steeplechase R/W
Tom Rushford
(989) 684-9299
Runwild1128@yahoo.com
Ryan Serber 8K Classic -
DATE CHANGE
Toledo, OH 9:00 am
University of Toledo Glass
Bowl 8KR
(419) 224-2484
ryanserber.com
Steppin’ Out/AIDS Walk
Detroit
Royal Oak 9:00 am
Farmers Market, Downtown
Royal Oak 5KW
(248) 399-9255
aidswalkdetroit.org
Stony Creek Triathlon
Championship
Shelby Township 9:00 am
Stony Creek Metropark
1MS / 40KB / 10KR, or
500mS / 20KB / 5KR or
5KR / 40KB / 10KR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Tower Run for Education
Michigan City, IN 8:30 am
Washington Park
8KR, 5KW
(219) 874-8927
www.toweronline.org/run/
Tuesday, September 18
Fallasburg Park Trail 5
Mile Fun Run
Grand Rapids 7:00 pm
Fallasburg Park 5MR
(616) 987-9097
grandrapidsrunningclub.org
Run For the Hills
Grand Rapids 6:30 pm
Forest Hills Aquatic Center
5K R/W, children’s FR
(616) 493-8500
www.fhef.org
Wed., September 19
Hansons Marathon
Training Clinic #3
Royal Oak 6:30 pm
Hansons Running Shop
Training Clinic
Luke Humphrey
(248) 616-9665
humphrey.luke@yahoo.com
hansons-running.com
Friday, September 21
Bulldog Invitational
Big Rapids 4:00 pm
Ferris State University,
Katke Golf Course
8KR, 5KR, college, HS, MS
X-C meet
(231) 591-2876
kavalunj@ferris.edu
Historic Walk
Kalamazoo 8:00 am
S. Westnedge and Inkster
walk Barb Bratherton
(269) 342-5996
www.gazellesports.com
Saturday, September 22
Al Kayner/ Delta
Invitational
Essexville 9:30 am
Delta College
2MR - open & HS X-C
Linda VanTol
(989) 893-7077
kvantol@aol.com
Bay Autumn Classic
Petoskey 9:00 am
Petoskey Waterfront
10KR, 5KR/W
(231) 347-6450
petoskeyrotarysunrise.org/b
ay10k.htm
Detroit Catholic Central
Cross Country Invitational
Northville 10:00 am
Cass Benton Park
HS X-C, Open races
(248) 596-3830
tonymagni@catholiccentral.net
Harvest Stompede
Suttons Bay 9:30 am
Ciccone Vinyards, Leelanau
Peninsula
7MR, 5KR, 3MW
Nate Rousse
(231) 357-3222
nath49684@yahoo.com
signmeup.com/56931
John Rogucki Memorial
Kensington Challenge
Milford 8:30 pm
Kensington Metropark,
Martindale Beach
15KR, 5KR, 1/2 MR
Jo Darlington
(734) 769-1925
jorunner1966@yahoo.com
www.aatrackclub.org
Michigan Runner Race
Series
Kids Against Hunger 5K
Grandville
Johnson Park 5KR/W
(616) 399-9190
kidsagainsthungerwmi@gm
ail.com
Lake Superior Shoreline
Trail Half Marathon Race
Against Tobacco
Marquette 10:00 am EDT
Little Presque Isle
13.1 MR, 5KR, Kids Run
Jim Harrington
(906) 315-2614
jharrington@hline.org
www.smokefreeup.org
Michigan State Police Fall
Color 5K
Northville 10:00 am
Maybury State Park
5KR/W
Brenda Hoffmann
(800) 462-9956, x7760
www.tblofmi.com
Miller Boat Line 5K at Put-
In-Bay
Put-In_Bay Island, OH
9:15 am
Boathouse Bar and Grill
5KR, 1MR
Susan Byrnes
(419) 285-2306
byrnespib@thirdplanet.net
www.hermescleveland.com
Oakland Township
Curamus Terram 5K &
Half Marathon
Oakland Twp 9:00 am
Paint Creek Cider Mill
13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR
(248) 935-9004
marc3815@aol.com
Old Boys Oktoberfest 1/2
Marathon and 5K Run
Spring Lake 9:30 am
Old Boys Brewhouse, 971
W. Savidge
13.1MR, 5KR
(231) 744-9138
endurancesports.biz
Peacock Strut
Portage 8:00 am
Celery Flats
10KR, 5KR/W, kids’ run
(269) 323-1942, ext. 13
kthhowell@charter.net
www.iserv.net/~pcoc
Phil Loomis Invitational/
Cit Pat Awards Ceremony
Jackson 8:00 am
4 MR, 5KW
(517) 782-2071
rtgilmore@cmsenergy.com
Romeo Cross-Country
Invitational
Romeo 9:00 am
Wolcott Mill XC
(586) 822-8606
hansonsrun@aol.com
hansons-running.com
Run the Ridge
Holland 9:00 am
Ridge Point Community
Church 5KR, 1.5MFW
lsmithruns@gmail.com
(616) 437-2587
Running Fit Cross Country
Meet
Detroit 8:00 am
Oakland Community
College
(734) 929-9027
events@runningfit.com
runningfit.com
Toledo Roadrunners 15
Mile Trail Run
Toledo 9:00 am
White Oaks Area, Oak
Openings Metro Park
15MR
Gil Gilmore
(419) 874-8951
Vasa Trail Run
Traverse City 9:00 am
Vasa XC Ski Trail Head
25KR, 11KR, 5KR
George Kuhn
(231) 941-8118
tctc@chartermi.net
www.tctrackclub.com
Women Only Road Race
Flint 10:00 am
UM Flint Pavillion, -
Downtown Flint 5KR/W
(810) 235-4907
GRaceMgt@aol.com
gaultracemanagement.com
YMCA Duathlon
Jackson
Jackson YMCA
5KR, 30KB, 5KR
(517) 782-0537
jacksonymca.org
Sunday, September 23
Addison Oaks Fall Classic -
MMBA
Romeo bike tour
(810) 487-0954
GRaceMgt@aol.com
gaultracemanagement.com
Autumn Colors Triathlon
and Duathlon
Holly 9:00 am
Holly Recreation Area
1000 meter S/ 30KB/ 5MR
or 2MR/ 18MB/ 5MR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Birmingham Lions Run for
the Blind
Birmingham 9:00 am
Downtown Birmingham
10KR, 5KR, 1 MW
(248) 435-1100
gaultracemanagement.com
Fox Cities Marathon
Neenah, WI
Riverside Park
26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, relay
(920) 727.1726
www.foxcitiesmarathon.org
Get to the Point Road
Races
Point Pelee, ON 9:00 am
Point Pelee National Park
13.1 MR, 5KR/W
(519) 945.3786
squick@leamington.ca
Lighthouse 2 Lighthouse
Half Marathon & 5K
Lorain, OH 9:00 am
Lakeview Park
13.1 MR, 5KR/W
(440) 967-4208
rick@ncnracing.com
Michigan Big 10 Run -
CANCELLED
(734) 369-2492
Neal V. Singles Memorial
Run
Morenci 8:30 am
Morenci HS
5KR, 1MW
(517) 458-1703
zoesmind@yahoo.com
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September - December 2007 Event Calendar
Quad Cities Marathon
Moline, IL 7:30 am
26.2MR, 13.1MR, relay,
5K, kids’ run
(309) 751-9800
www.qcmarathon.org
River Road Run
St. Marys, ON 11:00 am
St. Mary’s Quarry
14 KR, 3 KR
(519) 248-1675
runners@runnerschoice.on.ca
Tortoise and Hare Training
Run
Ann Arbor 8:00 am
Tortoise and Hare,
Plymouth Road
training run - 10M loop
(734) 623-9640
tortoiseandhareevents@hotmail.com
Trish Donnelly-Runnion
Memorial Road Race
Plymouth 8:30 am
Plymouth Cultural Center
5KR, 1 MFR/W
(734) 495-9512
Patrick@farmingtoninsagency.com
/
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Ann Arbor 9:30 am
Gallup Park 3MW
(248) 355-1133
rcombest@jdrf.org
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Warren 9:30 am
GM Tech Center 1MW
(248) 355-1133
rcombest@jdrf.org
Wed., September 26
Hansons Marathon
Training Clinic #3
Grosse Pointe 7:00 pm
Hansons Running Shop,
Training Clinic
Luke Humphrey
(313) 882-1325
humphrey.luke@yahoo.com
hansons-running.com
Hash Run
Toledo, OH
Bob Ampthor
(419) 882-1711
www.mudhenhhh.com
Saturday, September 29
Clarence Catallo
Octoberfest 5K Run for
SCAMP
Clarkston 8:30 am
Clarkston HS 5KR, 2MW
(248) 620-1882
www.clarkstonscamp.com
CMU Homecoming Road
Race
Mt. Pleasant 8:00 am
Indoor Athletic Complex
5KR Dave Alsager
(989) 773-2595
hplouff@edzone.net
Diehl’s Ciderfest Run
Holly 8:30 am
Diehl’s Cider Mill
4 MR, 1MFR
(248) 634-8981
Chris@DiehlsOrchard.com
www.diehlsorchard.com
Don Eising Memorial Park
Lake 5K
Marion 9:00 am
Elsing Homestead between
Marion & McBain
5KR Cindy England
(231) 743-6817
www.parklake5k.org
Dunes Duathlon
Saugatuck 9:30 am
Saugatuck Dunes State Pk
5MR, 17.8 MB
(616) 566-2085
www.dunesdu.com
Falcon Cross Country
Invitational
Dearborn 9:00 am
Dearborn HS 5KR, 2MR
(313) 389-2333
tonymifsud150@aol.com
Fall Frolic
Mishawaka, IN 9:00 am
530 East Day Road
10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Run
(574) 256-5313
dgvoor@comcast.net
Genesys 5K Run/Walk
Flint 10:00 am
5KR/W
(810) 606-7909
gaultracemanagement.com
Hansons High School
Cross-Country Invitational
Sterling Heights 9:00 am
Delia Park XC
(586) 822-8606
hansonsrun@aol.com
hansons-running.com
Jaunt For Your Joints
Waterford 9:00 am
5210 Highland Road
5KR/W
Mary Ehardt
(248) 674-8855
Komen Grand Rapids Race
for the Cure
Grandville 8:30 am
Rivertown Crossings Mall
5KR, 1MW
(616) 752-8262
komengr.org
Lindbom Elementary
School 5K
Brighton 9:00 am
5KR/W, 1MFR, 1/2MFR,
1/4MFR
(810) 299-4400
reneeobert@yahoo.com
Michigan College of
Optometry Eye 5K
Run/Walk
Big Rapids 9:00 am
Ferris State University
Campus Quad 5KR/W
(248) 425-6060
Peterson_25@hotmail.com
Over the River & Through
the Woods 5K & Once
Around the Lake 3K Run
Clarkston 9:00 am
Independence Oaks Park
5KR, 3KR
(248) 618-9050
campfireusanoc.com
Park 2 Park Half Marathon
and 5K
Holland 8:30 am
1627 W. Lakewood Blvd.
13.1MR, 5KR, kids’ run
(616) 399-9190, x 103
sherriek@harderwyk.com
Parma Day Harvest Festival
Parma 8:30 am
5KR/W, 1/2 MFR
(517) 392-7468
shellzcamp96@yahoo.com
Red Flannel Festival 5K
Run/Walk
Cedar Springs 9:00 am
Cedar View Elementary
School 5KR/W
(616) 696-2662
www.redflannelday.com
Road Runner Akron
Marathon
Akron 8:00 am
Lockheed Martin Airdock
26.2 MR, relays
(330) 375-2RUN
akronmarathon.org
Run for the Son
Portage 5KR/W
(269) 720-0567
sgarlick@mallcitycontainers.com
www.kazoodc.org
Run for the Toad
Cambridge, ON 9:30 am
Pinehurst Lake
50KR, 25KR/W
George & Peggy Sarson
(519) 884-5361
runforthetoad.com
Running Fit 20 Mile
Training Run
Westland 8:00 am
Nankin Mills on Hines Dr.
20 MR or training run of
any distance
(734) 929-9027
runningfit.com
Third Coast Metro Trek
Adventure Race
Kalamazoo 6:00 am
Downtown Kalamazoo
Run/ Bike/other adventure
race
(269) 342-5996
gazellesports.com
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Grand Rapids 10:00 am
Ah-Hab-Awen Park 5KW
(616) 957-1838
westmichigan@jdrf.org
Walk to Cure Diabetes
Traverse City 10:00 am
Sunset Park 5KW
(616) 957-1838
westmichigan@jdrf.org
Sunday, September 30
1 Hour State Racewalking
Championship
Royal Oak 10:00 am
Dondero HS 1 hour walk
Motor City Striders
(248) 544-9099
motorcitystriders.com
Apple Cider Century
Bicycle Tour
Three Oaks 7:00 am
Three Oaks Elem. School
25 MB, 50 MB, 75 MB,
100 MB
(888) 877-2068
applecidercentury.com
Big House / Big Heart 5K
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
University of Michigan
Stadium 5KR, 5KFR
(734) 929-9027
events@runningfit.com
runningfit.com
Boyne 2 Boyne Marathon
Harbor Springs 8:00 am
Boyne Highlands
26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR,
5KR, FR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Capital City Half
Marathon and 5K
Lansing 9:00 am
Impression 5 Science
Center
13.1MR, 5KR, 1MFR, 1/4
MFR
Dick Miles (517) 332.2681
rmileselan@comcast.net
www.ccriverrun.org
Playmakers Race Series
Hansons 16 Mile
Marathon Training Run
Grosse Pointe 8:00 am
Hansons Running Shop
4-16 MR
(248) 616-9665
hansonsrun@aol.com
hansons-running.com
Komen Northwest Ohio
Race for the Cure
Toledo, OH 9:00 am
Downtown Toledo 5KR/W
(419) 824-1789
www.nwohkomen.org
Scotiabank Toronto
Waterfront Marathon
Toronto, ON 7:00 am
Metro Hall, downtown
26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 5KR
Alan Brookes
(416) 944-2765, ext. 502
info@torontowaterfrontmarathon.com
torontowaterfrontmarathon.com
The Standard Run for the
Grapes Cogeco Half
Marathon / 5K
St. Catherines, ON 8 am
Market Square
13.1MR, 5KR
(905) 562-8669
instride@primus.ca
October
Thursday, October 4
White Pumpkin 5K
Caro 6:00 pm
Davenport University
5KR/W Vicki Willard
(989) 673-4241
whitechiro@centurytel.net
Friday, October 5
Historic Walk
Kalamazoo 8:00 am
Wheaton and Short Rd.
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bbratherton@gazellesports.com
Salomon/MooseJaw
Adventure Rage
Grayling 6:00 am
3 day event through
10/7/07, 30 hours, 2-4 person
team or solo; trekking,
biking, canoeing, ropes,
navigation, plotting
Zac Chisholm
(810) 239-00165
www.infiterrasports.com
Saturday, October 6
Communities Respond to
Overcome Poverty - CROP
Run
Macon 10:00 am
White Church 10KR, 5KR
Spencer Ruffner
(517) 605-5427
sruffn@cs.com
Duck Pond Run
Watersmeet 10:00am CDT
Aggie Lane 5KR
giiwe Martin
(906) 366-7040
giiwegiizhigookway@yahoo
.com
Gibraltar Fun Run
Gibraltar 10:00 am
Gibraltar Community
Center 4KR, 1MR
Gil Talbert
(734) 671-1466
gtalbert@cityofgibraltar.net
Greatest 5K Ever
Grand Rapids 10:00 am
Riverside Park 5KRR
(312) 208-2213
joe.brennan@gmail.com
helpfightscleroderma.com/r
un/
Hartwick Pines Challenge
Trail Run
Grayling 10:00 am
Hartwick Pines State Park
7MR, 5KR, 1MW
(989) 390-5530
grayling-area.com/pinerace/
Island Boodle 5K Run/Walk
Beaver Island 10:00 am
Gail/Mike Weede
(231) 448-2505
chamber@beaverisland.org
Out of the Darkness Walk
Grand Rapids 10:00 am
Millennium Park 5KW
afspwestmi@yahoo.com
www.outofthedarkness.org
Portage Invitational
Portage 8:30 am
x-c meet, open 5K
Dan Wytko
(269) 323-5233
dwytko@portageps.org
www.portageinvite.com
PumpkinFest Run
Zeeland 9:30 am
8KR, Kids Run
(616) 748-3121
nkamstra@zps.org
Red October Run
Wayne 9:50 am
Oakwood Annapolis
Hospital
10KR, 5KR/W, 1M kid’s
run
Cynthia Cook
(313) 586-5486
cynthia.cook@oakwood.org
www.oakwood.org/redoctoberrun/
Remembrance Run
Traverse City 10:00 am
Timber Ridge
5KR/W, 1MR/W
(231) 941-8118
www.tctrackclub.com
Run Like a Mother
Harrison Twp 9:30 am
St. Hubert’s Church
10KR, 5KR
Diana (586) 420-7670
dlc87@comcast.net
Running of the Emus 5K
Ypsilanti 10:00 am
Eastern Michigan
University Student Union
5KR
roadrunningemu@yahoo.com
Salmon Run
Baldwin 9:00 am
Wenger Pavilion
5KR, 1MW
(231) 845-8804
colecreek_llc@hotmail.com
Stop, Drop, & Roll
Bay City 9:00 am
Bay Country Cmty Center
5KR/W, kids 1/4MFR
Ann Gasta
(989) 415-5593
gastazoo@chartermi.net
barc-mi.net
Wayne County Cross
Country Championships
Detroit 10:00 am
Willow Metropark,
Chestnut Picnic Area 5KR
(734) 416-7774
Bake272@aol.com
www.salemcrosscountry.org
Sunday, October 7
Betsie Valley Run
Thompsonville 9:00 am
Crystal Mountain Resort
13.1MR, 10KR, kids run
(231) 378-4100
DFitzpatrick@acegroup.cc
betsievalleyrun.com
Farmington Fall Classic
Farmington 10:00 am
Heritage Park 5KR/W
(248) 473-1800
hsmith@ci.farmingtonhills.mi.us
runningfoundation.com
Great Pumpkin / Spooky
Sprint Duathlons
Shelby Township 10:00 am
Stony Creek Metropark
5KR, 40KB, 10KR or 5KR,
20KB, 5KR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Huron Township Applefest
New Boston 9:00 am
10KR, 5KR/W
Greg Everal
(734) 507-1789
cgregrun50@comcast.net
www.everalracemgt.com
MSU Federal Credit Union
Dinosaur Dash
East Lansing 10:00 am
MSU Museum
5KR/W, 1MR/W, kids run
(517) 355-2370
museum.msu.edu/Events/Di
nosaurDash/
Playmakers Race Series
Out of the Darkness Walk
Milford 11:00 am
Kensington Metro Park,
East Boat Launch 5KW
(248) 669-1898
tlanddry@afsp.org
www.outofthedarkness.org
Royal Victoria Marathon
Victoria, BC 7:30 am
26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 8KR,
kids run
(250) 658-4520
royalvictoriamarathon.com
Run at the Farm
Waterford 9:00 am
Hess-Hathaway Park
5KR, 1MR/W
Lori Soma
(248) 674-5441
awwanson@twp.waterford.mi.us
www.twp.waterford.mi.us/
parksandrec/
Tortoise and Hare Training
Run
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
Tortoise and Hare,
Plymouth Road
training run - 10M loop
(734) 623-9640
events@tortoiseandhare.com
tortoiseandhare.com
Towpath Marathon
Cleveland 8:00 am
Cuyahoga Valley Nat’l Park
26.2MR, 13.1MR, 5KR
(216) 520-1825
www.towpathmarathon.net
Wednesday, October 10
Hash Run
Toledo, OH
Bob Ampthor
(419) 882-1711
www.mudhenhhh.com
Saturday, October 13
5k Sneaker Run/Walk
Howard City Ensley Park
5KR/W, kids run
(313) 937-4391
www.tricountyschools.com
Dodge the Leaves Duathlon
Vicksburg 10:00 am
Prairie View County Park
5KR/ 20KB/ 5KR
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Fr. Gabriel Richard HS
Cross Country Invitational
Dexter 8:45 am
Hudson Mills Metropark
hs x-c meet
(734) 904-6431
jspencer_grcci@earthlink.net
www.rc.net/lansing/fgrhs
Greater Lansing Cross
Country Championships
Grand Ledge
cross country
playmakers.com
Hazel Park 5K Michigan
Cities Challenge
Hazel Park 9:45 am
Hazel Park High School
5KR, team challenge,
1MFR/W
Tom Pratt (248) 544-5210
hazelpark5k.org
Kalamazoo College
Homecoming 5K
Kalamazoo 9:15 am
Kalamazoo College 5KR/W
(269) 337-7289
www.kzoo.edu/aluminfo/5K07.html
Laps for Learning PAWS
Walk & 5K Run
Caledonia 9:30 am
Lakeside Park 5KR
(800) 253-7297
jwww.pawswithacause.org
Out of the Darkness Walk
Battle Creek 12:00 pm
Fell Park 5KW
(248) 669-1898
www.outofthedarkness.org
Plymouth Wildcat
Invitational
Plymouth 12:00
Plymouth HS
hs & ms x-c meet
Lee Shaw (734) 425-8564
www.crosscountry.plymouthwildcats.com
Reese Invitational
Reese 9:00 am
Reese HS 5KR - open
Dale Sage (989) 893-1093
barc-mi.com
Rescue Run
Holland 8:00 am
356 Fairbanks Avenue
5KR/W
(616) 396-2200
hollandrescue.org
Vulture Bait Trail Race
London 9:00 am
Fanshawe Conservation
Area
50KR, 25KR, 10KR
(519) 951-0119
vulturebaitrace.com
Whistlestop Marathon and
Half Marathon
Ashland, WI 9:00 am
Bay Area Civic Center
26.2 MR, 13.1 MR
(800) 284-9484
whistlestopmarathon.com
Wild Goose Chase
Fennville 10:00 am
Fennville Community
Athletic Center 5KR
(269) 561-2858
vickilhall@verizon.net
Sunday, October 14
Aspen Attack MTB
Duathlon and Race
Gaylord 9:30 am
Gaylord Middle School
Duathlon: 5KR/ 20KB
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Autism Society of West
Shore 5K Run / 2 Mile
Family Fun Walk
Allendale 10:00 am
Grand Valley State
University, Field House
5KR, 2MW
(616) 786-3754
hurlepa@chartermi.net
BMO Nesbitt Burns Prince
Edward Island Marathon
Charlottetown 9:00 am
26.2MR, 13.1MR/W,
10KR/W, kids run
princeedwardislandmarathon.com
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Duffey Adams Run Walk
for Autism
Milford 9:30 am
Kensington Metro Park -
East Boat Launch
5KR, 1MW
(248) 288-3711
duff514@wowway.com
East Lansing Pumpkin Trot
East Lansing 10:00 am
East Lansing Soccer
Complex 5KR/W
(517) 319-6897
runningfoundation.com
Fit 2007 Celebration
Kalamazoo 2:00 pm
Bronson Park
walk, geo-caching
Kalamazoo City Parks &
Rec. (269) 337-8191
www.fit2007.org
Hidden Forest Trail Run -
DATE CHANGED
Clarkston 9:30 am
Independence Oaks Park
8.5 MR, 5.5 MR, 2.5
MR/W
(810) 487-0954
gaultracemanagement.com
Portland St. Patrick Fall
Festival 5K
Portland 9:30 am
Grand River Avenue and
West Street 5KR
(517) 647-1709
PortlandRunningClub.hom
estead.com
Pumpkin Trot 5K R/W
St. Johns 1:30 pm
St. Johns City Park
10KR, 5KR/W, Kid’s Dash
George Campbell
(989) 224-6464
geokath@voyager.net
Toronto Marathon
Toronto, ON 9:00 am
Mel Lastman Square,
Yonge Street
26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 5KR,
relay (416) 972-1062
www.torontomarathon.com
Monday, October 15
Jr. Greater Lansing Cross
Country
DeWitt
cross country
playmakers.com
Tuesday, October 16
Hansons Youngsters Cross-
Country Invitational
(7-10 Grade)
Sterling Heights 4:00 pm
Delia Park X-C Meet
(586) 822-8606
hansons-running.com
HAWK Cross Country
Invitational
Saginaw 5:00 pm
White Pine Middle School
2MR - middle school
(989) 797-1814
dfbernar@stcs.org
Friday, October 19
Historic Walk
Kalamazoo 8:00 am
Former Oakwood
Elementary School
walk Barb Bratherton
(269) 342-5996
www.gazellesports.com
Saturday, October 20
Bailey’s Doggie Dash
Rockford 9:00 am
Wabasis Park 5KR/W
(517) 336-6429
sweeneyk@michigan.gov
Grubers Grinder
Holly 9:00 am
Holdbridge State Rec. Area
16MB
(810) 714-5784
3disciplines.com
Indianapolis Marathon and
Half Marathon
Indianapolis 8:30 am
Fort Harrison
26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 5KR,
4 person relay, kids run
(317) 826-1670
indianapolismarathon.com
Making Strides Against
Breast Cancer
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
Gallup Park 3MW
(734) 971-4300
cancer.org/stridesonline
Mercantile Bank Run Thru
the Rapids
Grand Rapids 9:00 am
New Downtown YMCA
10KR, 5KR/W
(888) 909.2267
aturpin@grymca.org
www.campmanitou-lin.org
Michigan High School
Cross Country U.P. State
Finals
Houghton 10:00 am
Michigan Tech University
Trails 5KR
(517) 332-5046
www.mhsaa.com/sports/bxc
Run on the Rez 5K
Mt. Pleasant 10:00 am
Saginaw Chippewa Tribal
Operations, Broadway &
Leaton
5KR Harry Plouff
(989) 772-0323
hplouff@yahoo.com
Scary Runner
Bay City 4:00 pm
Wild Woods of Terror
5KR/W
Bay City Runners Store
(989) 686-8846
barc-mi.com
WMU Homecoming
Campus Classic
Kalamazoo 8:00 am
Western Michigan
University Campus,
Bernhard Center
5KR/W, 1KFR
(269) 387-8402
www.wmich.edu/race
Sunday, October 21
Crazy Run
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
Barton Hills 5-8 MR
Ann Arbor Track Club
(734) 995-0961
events@aatrackclub.org
aatrackclub.org
Detroit Free Press/Flagstar
Marathon
Detroit 7:30 am
26.2MR, 13.1MR/W,
teams, 5KFR/W
Patricia Ball
(313) 222-6676
marathon@freepress.com
detroitfreepressmarathon.com
Michigan Runner Race
Series
Nationwide Better Health
Columbus Marathon
Columbus, OH 7:00 am
Broad and High Streets
26.2 MR/W, 13.1MR/W,
wheelchair, kids run
(614) 421-7866
columbusmarathon.com
Racing for Recovery Run
Sylvania, OH 9:00 am
Lourdes College
10KR, 5KR/W, 1/4 MFR
(810) 714-5784
racingforrecovery.com
Wednesday, October 24
Hash Run
Toledo, OH
Bob Ampthor
(419) 882-1711
www.mudhenhhh.com
Saturday, October 27
Great Turtle Half
Marathon
Mackinac Island 11:30 am
Mission Point Resort
13.1 MR, 5.7 MR/W
John Gault
(810) 487-0954
JohnCGault2@aol.com
gaultracemanagement.com
Michigan Runner Race
Series
KAR Halloween Hash &
Kids Trick or Treat Mini
Hash Run
Kalamazoo 10:00 am
KVCC Texas Corners
Campus, Texas Drive
Trailhead
3-7MR, 1/2MFR, kids’ run
(269) 276-0431
david.walch@pfizer.com
Muck Run 5K
Houghton 10:00 am
Michigan Tech campus
5KR
(313) 670-5841
ajspring@mtu.edu
Sunday, October 28
Halloween Haunting Run
London, ON 9:30 am
Springbank Park
10KR, 3KFR/W
(519) 672-5928
runnerschoice.on.ca
Hansons Group Run
Lake Orion 8:00 am
Hansons Running Shop
training
(248) 616-9665
hansonsrun@aol.com
hansons-running.com
Haunted Hustle Trail 5K
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
Pioneer High School
5KR, kids run
(734) 323-3572
girlsontherunsemi.org
Metro Health Grand
Rapids Marathon
Grand Rapids 8:00 am
Grand Rapids
26.2 MR, 13.1 MR
Don Kern
(616) 293-3145
cooladventures@aol.com
grandrapidsmarathon.com
Niagara Falls International
Marathon
Niagara Falls, ON 9:45 am
Albright-Knox Gallery.
Buffalo, NY
26.2 MR/W/Wheel, 13.1
MR/W/Wheel, 5KR/W
Jim Ralston
(800) 563-2557
nfcvcb@tourismniagara.com
niagarafallsmarathon.com
November
Friday, November 2
Night of the Day of the
Dead 5K - CANCELLED
(734) 369-2492
Saturday, November 3
Jingle Bell Run/Walk for
Arthritis
Kalamazoo 9:00 am
Kalamazoo Valley
Community College Acadia
Commons
5KR/W, Kids’ Run
(248) 649-2891
scleven@arthritis.org
Michigan High School
Cross Country L.P. State
Finals
Brooklyn 10:00 am
Michigan International
Speedway
(517) 332-5046
www.mhsaa.com/sports/bxc/
Randy’s Festival of Races
Monclova, ON 9:30 am
Monclova Primary School
10 MR, 5KR, 1M Kids
(419) 360-3709
wearinthgreen17@aol.com
U of M/MSU Tailgate
Challenge
Flint 9:00 am
Downtown Flint YMCA
5KR/W
(810) 487-0954
gaultracemanagement.com
US. Olympic Team Trials -
Men’s Marathon
New York 26.2MR
New York Road Runners
(212) 860-4455
webmaster@nyrr.org
nyrr.org
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Sunday, November 4
Angus Glen Half Marathon
Markham, ON 10:00 am
13.1MR/W, 10KR/W
(905) 887-0766
angusglenhalfmarathon.com
Grand Mere Grind
Stevensville 9:00 am
Grand Mere Stsate Park
10KR
(269) 983-2822
grandmeresports.com
Margaret Peruski Memorial
4 Mile Run
Dearborn 10:00 am
Ford Field, Cherry Hill
between Outer Drive and
Evergreen.
(248) 544-9099
www.motorcitystriders.com
Turkey Trot Cross
Country Run
Mt Pleasant 3:00 pm
Deerfield County Park
6KR X-C
(989) 772-0323
hplouff@yahoo.com
Saturday, November 10
ANG Road Hawg Classic
Battle Creek 9:00 am
Battle Creek Air National
Guard Base
10KR, 5KR/W
(269) 969-3441
road.classic@mibatt.ang.af.mil
Don Dansereau Memorial
Scholarship 5K Run/Walk
Bay City 10:00 am
Bay Arenac ISD Career
Center, 4155 Monitor
Road 5KR/W
(989) 832-2267
jmetevia@yahoo.com
Glen Lake Turkey Trot
Glen Lake 9:00 am
Glen Lake School
5KR/W
Running Fit
(231) 932-5401
Iceman Cometh Mountain
Bike Race
Kalkaska 8:00 am
27MB
(231) 922-5926
www.iceman.com
Muskegon Turkey Trot 5K
Muskegon 10:00 am
Orchard View MS
5K Trail R
(231) 828-5448
jdwolters6436@wmconnect.com
endurancesports.biz
Panther Fall Classic
Comstock Park 9:00 am
Comstock Park HS
5KR, 1K kids run
(616) 785-7880
svirkstis@cppschools.com
Scarecrow Sprint XC Race
Fremont 10:00 am
Walsh Park 5KR
(419) 334-5906
mdglotz@fremontohio.org
Tim Horton’s Casablanca
Classic 10 Miler / 1 Mile
Grimsby, ON 10:30 am
Casablanca Winery Inn
10MR, 1MR
(905) 562-8669
instride.ca
Sunday, November 11
Ann Arbor Turkey Trot
Dexter 8:00 am
Hudson Mills Metro Park
10KR/W, 5KR/W, 1MFR,
200mFR
(734) 623-9640
www.tortoiseandhare.com
The Burg Run
Laingsburg 1:00 pm
Laingsburg HS, 8008
Woodbury Road
10KR, 5KR/W, 1MW
(517) 420-4422
www.leaf4Kids.com
Roseville Big Bird Run
Roseville 10:00 am
10KR, 1MR/W, 4KR
Tony Lipinski
(586) 445-5480
alipinski@roseville-mi.com
Stay in the Shade’s
Highland Trail Run
Highland 10:00 am
Highland Recreation Area
4.8MR, 2MW
(248) 320-9102
www.stayintheshade.org
Turkey Trot Splash & Dash
Boyne Falls 10:00 am
Avalanche Bay, Boyne
Mountain
5KR/W, 1/2K kids run
Brenda Ann Walli
(269) 549-6838
bwalli@boyne.com
www.avalanchebay.com
Tuesday, November 13
Wayne County Lightfest 8K
Fun Run/Walk
Westland 7:00 pm
Merriman Hollow Park,
Hines Drive 8KR/W
(734) 261-1990
khealy@co.waayne.mi.us
www.waynecountyparks.org
Saturday, November 17
One Hill of a Run
Grand Rapids 9:00 am
1800 Tremont
10KR, 5KR
(616) 260-2669
onehillofarun.mysite.com
TRRC Turkey Trot
Toledo 9:00 am
Ottawa Park’s Open Air
Shelter House
10KR, 5KR, prediction runs
Chuck Hinde
(419) 841-2909
Sunday, November 18
Crazy Run
Ann Arbor 9:00 am
Ann Arbor Hills 5-8 MR
(734) 995-0961
aatrackclub.org
Run/Walk for Shelter 5K
Jackson 1:00 pm
Ella Sharp Park Museum
5KR/W, kid’s run
(517) 784-6620
jacksonhabitat@acd.net
www.fitnesscouncil.org/runj
ackson/
Monday, November 19
NCAA Division I Cross
Country Championships
Terre Haute 11:00 am
Wabash Family Sports
Center 10KR, 6KR
(812) 237-4040
ncaasports.com
Thursday, November 22
Ann Arbor Turkey Trot
Ann Arbor 8:00 am
University of Michigan
Sports Coliseum
3MFR/W
(248) 493-5911
redrockco.com
Fifth Third Bank
Thanksgiving Turkey Trot
Detroit 7:15 am
10KR, 5KR, 1MR
The Parade Company
(313) 923-7400
www.detroitturkeytrot.org
Galloping Gobbler 4 Miler
Fort Wayne 8:30 am
University of St. Francis,
Hutzell Athletic Center
4MR, 2MW
(260) 436-4824
FortWayneGobbler.com
Grand Rapids Turkey Trot
10K
Grand Rapids 8:00 am
East Grand Rapids Library
10KR
grturkeytrot@gmail.com
grturkeytrot.googlepages.co
m/home
KAR Thanksgiving Day
Turkey Trot Prediction Run
Kalamazoo 9:00 am
Kalamazoo Valley
Community College,Texas
Corners Campus
5KR Scott Taylor
(269) 679-2351
sctaylor75@verizon.net
Lansing Turkeyman Trot
Lansing 9:00 am
Lansing Community
College 5KR
Chuck Block
(517) 702-0226
cblock@lcc.edu
runningfoundation.com
Niles/Buchanan YMCA
Thanksgiving Day Run
Niles 9:00 am
Niles/Buchanan YMCA
10KR, 5KR, 1MFR
(269) 683-1552
bret.hendrie@nb-ymca.org
Smoke the Turkey 5K
Sylvania, OH 9:00 am
St. James Club 5KR
Elite Endeavors
(419) 841-5597
jdjp@sev.org
eliteendeavors.com
Friday, November 23
Fantasy 5K
Howell 6:00 pm
5KR
Sarah Johnson
(517) 546-3020
bpilot@cac.net
http://howell.org
Holiday Hustle
Maumee, OH 5:15 pm
Maumee Indoor Theater
5KR Edward O’Reilly
(419) 360-3709
wearinthegreen17@aol.com
Saturday, November 24
The Downtown Mile
Fremont, OH 9:00 am
Rodger Young Park 1 MR
(419) 334-5906
mdglotz@fremontohio.org
Friday, November 30
Fit Novi - Candy Cane 5K,
Santa Fun Run
Novi 6:00 pm
5KR Kenny Krell
(810) 714-5784
info@3disciplines.com
3disciplines.com
December
Saturday, December 1
Christmas Stocking Run
Flushing 10:00 am
4 MR/W
(810) 487-0954
gaultracemanagement.com
Dickens of a Run
Mt Pleasant 8:30 am
Max & Emily’s, downtown
5KR
(989) 772-0323
hplouff@yahoo.com
Jingle Bell 5K for Arthritis
Sylvania, OH 9:30 am
Lourdes College 5KR
(419) 537-0888
toledoroadrunners.org
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Jinglejog 5K Night Run /
Jinglefest Parade
Fenton 6:00 pm
Fenton Community Center
5KR Ron Stack
(810) 629-5447
marketing@fentonchamber.com
www.fentonchamber.com
Life Time Fitness Reindeer
Run
Troy
LifeTime Fitness of Troy,
4700 Investment Dr.
5KR/W, 1K kids run
(248) 267-6610
www.lifetimefitness.com
Reese Winter Road Race
Series
Reese 10:00 am
Reese High School
10KR, 5KR/W
(989) 693-6558
badefrain@hotmail.com
Run Like the Dickens 5K
Run and Walk
Tiffin, OH 9:00 am
Seneca County Commission
on Aging 5KR/W
(419) 448-5533
fabdcrehab@yahoo.com
December Chill Adventure
Race
Dexter 9 am
Hudson Mills Metro Park
8 hr sprint: canoeing/ MB/
orienteering/ trekkking/
fixed ropes
(810) 239-00165
infiterrasports.com/ar.htm
Sunday, December 2
Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis
- Northville
Northville 9:00 am
5KRW, 1/4 M Snowman
Shuffle
(800) 968-3030, ext. 233
mlanigan@arthritis-mi.org
Thursday, December 6
Run Through the Lights
Kalamazoo 6:30 pm
Gazelle Sports 5KR
(269) 342-5996
gazellesports.com
Saturday, December 8
Jingle Bell Run for Arthritis
Birmingham 9:00 am
Pierce Elem. School 5KR
(248) 649-2891
scleven@arthritis.org
Run Like The Dickens and
Tiny Tim Trot
Holly 9:00 am
Karl Richter Campus
5KR/W, Tiny Tim Trot
Rob Basydlo
(248) 328-3200
rob.basydlo@holly.k12.mi.us
runlikethedickens.com
TRRC Slip ‘n Slide 5K/10K
Prediction Runs
Toledo 9:00 am
Secor Park, the Nature
Center
10KR, 5KR- prediction run
Tim McGranahan
(419) 472-8435
Sunday, December 9
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New Baltimore 4:00 pm
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(586) 725-4726
www.jinglebellrun.com
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Bay City 10:00 am
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(989) 832-2267
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Grand Rapids 10:00 am
GR Home for Veterans
6MR, 3MR, 1.5 MR
(616) 891-9249
ellenwilcox@caledoniaaumc.org
grandrapidsrunningclub.org
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Lansing
5739 Old Lansing Road
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(517) 627-1251
littlepup52@yahoo.com
woldumar.org
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Ann Arbor 9:00 am
North Parks
5-8 MR
(734) 995-0961
aatrackclub.org
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Algoma’s Water Tower Inn
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saultstryders.com
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Hamilton, ON 11:00 am
YMCA 79 James Street
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James Van Dyke
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hamiltonharriers.com
Saturday, December 29
HUFF 50K Trail Run
Huntington, ON 8:00 am
Kekionga Trail, J. Edward
Roush Lake, Kil-So-Quah
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50 KR, 10 MFR
(260) 436-4824
www.huff50k.com
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Whitehouse, OH 11:45 pm
Fallen Timbers Middle
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(419) 360-3709
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martens@iserv.net
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Running with Tom Henderson
By Tom Henderson
Old age has its rewards. Fatter and
slower, sure; hard to see the reward
there. But also more likely to stop
and stretch during a run, to walk up a steep
hill, to stop and look at a
pretty view, even to take off
the shoes and shirt and hop
into a creek or lake, if one
comes along.
Running with my Lab,
Maddie, has taught me several
equivalents of stopping to
smell the roses. It's not roses
she stops to smell; it's other
fragrant things left behind by
other mammals, or occasional
dead things in the woods. But
the joy isn't just in the run
anymore; it's also in what
you find along the way.
And there's more to find
during summer, which seemed
to pass faster this year than
normal -- though maybe
that's always the case when
you turn 59, as I did.
We got Maddie three
summers ago, thanks to a
Web site for abandoned and
shelter dogs, petfinder.com.
Actually, we found her brother,
who looked nothing at all
like a Labrador retriever. He was listed as
part Australian, had one blue eye and longish
fur, and we thought we'd found the dog we'd
been looking for for months, still a puppy at
10 weeks old, a big, mixed breed with a reputation
for intelligence.
So we drove from Detroit to the Jackson
area farm of a woman who takes in abandoned
dogs, nurses them to health, gets rid of
their fleas and ticks and gives them away.
The dog was named Blue, for his eye. But
when we got to the farmhouse, Blue walked
out into the yard, sat and stared at the
ground. His sister, who hadn't been named,
yet, came flying out, raced around the yard,
chased a scrap of paper, spotted Kathleen sitting
under a tree, bounded over, gave her a
big kiss, then took off again after the paper.
“I think we found our dog,” I said.
Rather, she'd found us.
Turned out the dogs were part Lab, part
Aussie and Maddie got all the Lab genes,
except for one paw that was half white.
The next weekend, we went up to our
old schoolhouse in the woods not far from
Traverse City. The DNR had cut down a big
field of jack pines near it and a thicket of
raspberries had sprung up there. Most of the
berries were pink and hard, but a few were
dark red and ready to eat.
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Photo courtesy of Tom Henderson
To our surprise, the puppy knew instinctively
what to do. Gingerly, avoiding the
barbs, she nosed her way into the raspberries,
gently pulling the ripe ones off one by one
and eating them.
Maddie quickly became my running partner,
working her way up from a few minutes
Maddie,Tom Henderson’s frequent running partner
at a time to a mile, then two, then three as I
made sure not to overtax her young bones.
Soft surfaces only, trails through the forest.
And I'd look for berry patches on our runs,
giving us excuses to stop and stretch, take a
pee, chase a squirrel and scarf down fruit, all
the better if they were hot from the sun.
In June, it's mulberries we look for. Some
look like bushes, many are big trees,
branches hanging down, laden with purple,
dimpled berries. They last for weeks and
are incredibly abundant. The first mile or two
of a run, the dog's not interested, yet, in eating.
But get to the eighth or ninth mile, we'll
both be inhaling 'em. She can't pick her own
mulberries, so she waits for me to pick them
and hand them down by the palmful.
Also in June, red-wing blackbirds look
for me. June must be their nesting season
because these normally-friendly birds become
hostile and aggressive.
They attack less when I've got the dog. If
I don't have Maddie, for two weeks it's like
something out of Alfred Hitchcock's horror
film “The Birds.”
The scary thing is, a lot of times they
attack before they start screeching. I don't
know how many heart attacks I've had running
on the grass along Lake St. Clair in the
Grosse Pointes when I'm rudely reminded
that red-wing blackbird season has arrived by
one of them landing on my scalp, digging in
its talons and screeching. I should paint owl
eyes on my bald spot; that'd teach them.
They fly off, circling, diving and screeching
all the while, waiting for another chance
for a landing in my hair as I
wave my arms and yell back.
Early July, it's a berry
that looks like a raspberry
when it's not ripe, and like a
blackberry when it is. I don't
know its name and it lacks
the flavor of a mulberry or a
raspberry, but it hits the spot,
nonetheless, on hot mid-day
runs.
Later in July, raspberries.
August, blackberries.
My grandson's dog,
Jade, runs with us sometimes
too. She never used to eat
berries, but over the last couple
summers has watched
Maddie and me go at it. This
year, for the first time, Jade
started wading into the berry
bushes too, plucking her own
ripe berries and gobbling
them down.
The other thing Maddie
does, being a Lab, is joyfully
bound into any body of
water we come across. Which has taught me
to joyfully bound into some of them too. We
run a lot on the eastern end of Belle Isle,
where a bike path circles a large grassy pasture.
If you go around the lighthouse at the
far end of the island, where the Detroit River
opens up onto Lake St. Clair, a trail continues
on the far side of a lagoon and along a
creek.
There's a small patch of sand at the
creek's edge, the water flowing clear and
clean. She races in, I take off my shoes and
tip-toe in. She hunts harmless snakes that live
along the shore, or muskrats that fish in the
water, or swims next to me to make sure I'm
not about to drown in mid-creek. Then we
resume our run.
My job at Crain's Detroit Business takes
me to Ann Arbor frequently, to talk to hightech
entrepreneurs or venture capitalists, and
I usually try to bundle two or three interviews
on the same day. If the schedule has a
sizable break between meetings, the dog goes
with me and we run in Gallup Park or, more
often lately, in Barton Nature Reserve along
the Huron River, which links to Bird Hills
Park, a big, steeply-rolling woods.
We'll get done, I'll towel off, change back
into my work duds and show up for my
appointment. I felt the need recently to

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explain my wet hair. “I had time to go for a
run between meetings,” I said. “And I had to
take a dip in the river.”
“Which river?”
“The Huron.”
“Wasn't it dirty?” (Same response when I
tell people I was swimming in the Detroit
River.)
“No. It was great.”
“It looks dirty.”
“Nah, it's just tannin in the water. The
water's clear.”
The dog, beat from a run and swim, is
happy to get back to a Lab's second-favorite
activity after eating: curled up sleeping in a ball
on the front seat while I go to my meeting.
Days I can't take her, she's waiting for
me at the door when I get home, leash in
mouth, ready for her run. The leash is always
in one of three places in the front room. One
day, she went to the end table by the couch.
No leash. To the coffee table. No leash. To
the other end table. No leash. She looked at
me with a baffled look on her face. The mystery
of the missing leash.
Then I remembered. Occasionally I get
up early enough to take her for a walk before
I leave for work, and once in a while, hoping
against hope, she'll follow me around in the
morning while I get ready, leash in mouth.
That morning, she'd run upstairs and
jumped on the bed, looking at me, smiling
expectantly with the leash in her mouth. I'd
told her sorry, and she'd dropped the leash.
“Maddie, I think you left the leash on the
bed this morning.”
Being a Lab, she knew exactly what I
said. She got this, “Hey, you're right,
great!” look on her face, whipped around,
raced upstairs, jumped on the bed, grabbed
her leash, raced back down and watched
me eagerly while I changed into my shorts
and shoes.
Fall's here now, which means fresh
apples, remnants of abandoned farms dotting
the woods up north and apple trees everywhere.
This year, a late frost nailed some of
them, but others are loaded with fruit. Not as
good as a raspberry, but bite off a chunk at
the tail end of a long run and offer it to the
dog, she'll take it happily and give you a wag
of her tail while she chews it up.
Better yet, you never know when you're
going to come around a turn and there's a
deer or two under an apple tree, having
lunch. And if there's anything a Lab likes better
than taking a swim during a run, it's chasing
deer.
Life doesn't get any sweeter than that.
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