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KAR Discount Sponsors runners will hit the streets through camps like the Kalamazoo Area Runners Beyond Training Program, Borgess Run Camp, and the Kalamazoo SHufflers. There are approximately three times as many runners participating in organized running camps during the winter months, then we experience during the summer months in our community. With the popularity of winter training programs, organizing a major running event during the season is a natural fit for greater Kalamazoo. In the six years Kalamazoo Area Runners has been organizing the Beyond Training Program, we have only had one cancellation due to extreme winter weather conditions. Our 20 person planning committee held its kick-0ff meeting in August and many of the details are in the initial stages of planning. The majority of the questions received to date surround the course and for purposes of this article, we will shift our focus to this aspect of the event. The Winter Blast half marathon & 5k courses are a combination of paved bike trail and roads highlighting the park system throughout the City of Portage. Both events start in front of the brand new Portage Central High School building. The course map for the half marathon is now posted to the event website, and can be found at Portage Winter Blast Half Marathon Course. Below is a turn by turn description of the half marathon course, with reference to the 5k turn offs. The Portage Winter Blast Half Marathon starts in the parking lot of Portage Central High School and exits south on Westnedge Avenue. Runners will stay on Westnedge for approximately 1 mile through a mostly residential section of Portage. This section of the course features the slightest downhill grade. The 5k will turn right into South Westnedge Park, entering the Portage Trail System. After proceeding south on Westnedge, half marathoners will turn left onto South Shore Drive and loop through the quiet, West Lake neighborhood. Here runners will follow South Shore to Organdy, turn left on Calico, right on Cordoroy, right on Gabardine, right on Chambray and left again onto Calico before turning right back onto Westnedge Avenue. Unless otherwise indicated, effective March 1, 2011 please use the KAR discount code when purchasing merchandise or services from discount sponsors. Gazelle Sports 10% off non-sale shoes. Please supply sales person with KAR membership number prior to check out. Healing Moments Massage Massage bodywork with Joyce Hare located in KVO’s building on Turwill Lane. Discounts apply per session or multiple sessions. KAR Member price for one hour is $50.00. Phone: 269-327-5824 or 269-217-7563) Prater Chiropractic Chiropractic Sports Physician, Daryl Prater, D.C., CCSP, is offering KAR members a $30 discount on custom foot orthotics: eSoles www.esoles.com which uses a laser to scan the contour of the foot and an air pillow to mobilize the foot into the ideal neutral position. For more information contact Daryl Prater at praterd@aol.com Half marathoners will follow Westnedge North to South Westnedge Park and will enter the Portage Trail Way, coming from the opposite direction of the 5k. In order to avoid the presentation of opposing runners, the 5k event will start 15 minutes before the half marathon, allowing 5k participants to 2 | P a g e
continued... DRINK 2 YOUR HEALTH turn into the park, and clear before the first half marathoners arrive. The Portage Trail Way winds through a wooded section, before climbing a gradual uphill to the trail along Industrial Drive. In line with its name, Industrial Drive is a commercial area approximately of approximately 1 ½ miles. The trail runs along Industrial Drive and Shaver Road, until Centre Ave. Runners will turn right onto Centre. 5k runners will enter Portage Central High School, and proceed to the finish line, while half marathoners cross over Centre, turning left at Currier road, and entering the Bicentennial Trail. For the next 3 ½ miles, runners will follow Bicentennial Trail, with a long gradual downhill early on as it enters The Celery Flats Historical Area (south of Garden Lane) and The Celery Flats Interpretive Center (north of Garden Lane). The trail is flat for the next 1 ½ miles until it crosses the bridge over Milham Road. This overpass lies just north of the main entrance of Portage Creek Bicentennial Park. Deer sightings are possible at any time of the year during this stretch of the course. The trail winds through a wooded section trail (more deer sightings are possible) and passes under I-94 at a point almost exactly half way between Chicago and Detroit. At the Kilgore Road Entrance of Bicentennial Trail (Mile 9), the course turns right onto Lover’s Lane, and is flat with the exception of the I-94 overpass. This section of the course continues for about 2 ½ miles, through a straight, mostly commercial section of the City of Portage. The course turns right on Garden Lane, where it once again intersects Bicentennial Trail and the Celery Flats Historical Area and Interpretive Center. Runners will turn left onto the Bicentennial Trail for the final mile, climb the hill leading out of Celery Flats and following the trail to Currier, across Centre and back to the finish line at Portage Central High School. We encourage you to save the date on your calendar and join us for this extraordinary event. Registration for the Half Marathon and 5k will open in early October. During the inaugural year, the half marathon will close after attaining a cap of 500 participants (there will be no cap applied to the 5k). Capacity will be reevaluated after the first year. KAR members will receive a $10 discount off registration for the Half Marathon, and $5 off the 5k event. Click here for more information on the Portage Winter Blast Half Marathon 3 | P a g e If you’re interested in maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle with a nutritious fruit juice blend, check out MonaVie Active. Used by top professional athletes, Monavie combines 19-body beneficial fruits, including the Acai berry superfood, with plant-derived glucosomine that promotes healthy joints. Two ounces in the morning and two ounces at night provide the antioxidant capacity of 13 servings of fruits and vegetables. Visit http://drink2yourhealth.net and click on “19 Fruits” then “MonaVie Orginal and Active” for more information. Choose the “Preferred Customer” page to place an online order and receive distributor pricing (up to a 34% discount). For more information, contact Madhu or Amisha Mahadevan (734-740-2840). BRONSON ATHLETIC CLUB During the months of October and November, KAR members may join Bronson Athletic Club for a $99 initiation fee, $296 off the regular initiation fee of $395. December 2011 through December 2012, members will receive a discounted initiation fee of $225. For more information on joining, contact membership at 544-3200 or stop by and mention KAR. BORGESS HEALTH AND FITNESS CENTER The Borgess Health and Fitness Center is offering KAR members their corporate discount rate of $99 initiation fees (50% off ) for new members ($50 each additional associate). Monthly membership dues are $53 for the primary member, $26 for the first associate, and $20 for each additional associate. Monthly dues rates are valid as of October 2011. Subject to change with future facility rate increases. For more information, call 552.2348.
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