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May / June 2013 Vol. 35, No. 2

May / June 2013 Event Calendar p. 26

Featured Future Events p. 34

Editor’s Notes: Map of Bones By Scott Sullivan p. 7

Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard p. 10

Welcome to the IAAF News Page p. 15

Houseman Field: Then and Now By Rachael Steil p. 16

Catching up with Meb p. 17

Races That No Longer Exist - For Good Reason By Dean Johnson p. 19

Rules to Run by (Heh, Heh) By Bob Schwartz p. 20

Michigan Runner Race Series, 2013 p. 21

Book Review: Hansons Marathon Method By Ron Marinucci p. 22

Helping Kids Go the Distance By Dave Foley p. 23

Running with Tom Henderson p. 37

Marathon Aspirants Claim Year-Starting Corktown Crowns By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 8

Hot Times at Winter Blast Series Opener By Scott Sullivan p. 12

Wintry St. Patty’s Day Doesn’t Deter ShamRockers By Anthony Targan p. 14

St. Patrick’s Day Races, Bay City Video screen shots by Art McCafferty p. 18

Weather No Joke at April Fools’ Twinkie Run By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 24

Shamrocks & Shenanigans: Great Cause, Course, Times By Tracey Cohen p. 25

Pot O’ Gold 4 Mile Run and Walk Photos by Ryan Litwiller p. 36

Shillelagh Four Mile Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios p. 38

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Cover: Tim Grenanco (bib no. 9392) and Bryan Burkey (bib no. 8359) sport outfits worthy of the St.Patrick's Parade Corktown Race costume contest. Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

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The geometry of innocentflesh on the boneCauses Galileo’s math bookto get thrownAt Delilah who’s sittingworthlessly aloneBut the tears on her cheeksare from laughter.– from “Tombstone Blues,”by Bob Dylan

X-rays are previewsof when we turninto ghosts. I have

had my share lately: of my left wrist after breaking it play-ing basketball, now of my right ankle after decades of dis-tance running.

The image is breathtaking: knobby talus bones,fit precisely to hinge and rotate, flaring down intometatarsals of the upper foot and phalanges. “If youcan call something in me religious,” said Albert Ein-stein, “it is the unbounded admiration for the struc-ture of the world so far as science can reveal it.”

The glowing negative shows a marvelous mecha-nism that — compared to my left foot, next to it —seems comically misaligned.

Givens are two flat feet and a right-foot bunion.Add God knows how many miles of running, basket-ball, walking and restless pacing between every sen-tence. Write sitting down? Not me.

I first noticed arthritis years ago. So what? Lotsof runners have it. When my race times grew slowerfaster than other runners my age, I trained harder, ranmore miles and tried lighter shoes ... every sidestep Icould think of.

For every action there is an equal and oppositereaction. My right heel landed farther outside wheremy weight came down, shifting lower-leg shock frommy tibia to the slender, more-fragile fibula. Whenyour right foot lands caddywhompus, your left foot

compensates. Degeneration is exponential.

Then there’s the mental part. “I am not Type A,”I told myself, quitting racing and teasing friends whokept on that now I get paid to cover events as a jour-nalist, saving entry fees, pain and striving. Somethingliving had been cut out of me.

Compensatory happiness came from putzingaround the neighborhood with my dog. I’d jog hardenough to breathe deeply and feel my heart pound,then stop to let him drink out of streams and passing-by children pet him. He’s dumb as a rock, but his joyin each moment makes him a Buddha.

At last the pain hit a tipping point. Time tomove inside to a Nordic machine, see a specialist. Heconfirmed what I’d long suspected and proposedmeans we might address it.

Shy of radical foot reconstruction, and maybenot running again, we’ll try customized inserts inmore-stable shoes, plus an ankle brace to forestall self-inflicted damage. Less pain would be a bonus — aswould a skinnier dog and me.

Now I wish I could write you a melody so plainThat could hold you dear lady from going insaneThat could ease you and cool you and cease the painOf your useless and pointless knowledge. - Ibid

There’s no use thinking I’d trade the dumbthings I’ve done. For what? Something dumber? I hada blast doing them — and I still am.

What’s left of my ghost body can be salvaged. Ican type letters other than “A” — an alphabet waits ofdiscovery, and, when that’s finished, numbers, colors…

The dog wags his tail as if thinking each momentpromises miracles and the best way to bless our mem-ories is to not look back, but ahead.

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DETROIT (3/10/13) — Repeat champ Mike An-derson and first-year entrant Dayna Pidhoreskycruised to titles at the 31st annual St. Patrick’s Pa-rade Corktown 5K.

The event, presented by the Fraternal Order ofUnited Irishman and sponsored by AmbassadorBridge, looked like a river of green to viewers. Arecord field of close to 10,000 participants, mostwearing bright Corktown shirts or green costumes,streamed up and down Michigan Avenue.

“The crowds were amazing,” said Pidhoresky,26, of Tecumseh, Ontario. “I’ve never seen anythinglike this before.”

Pidhoresky, the 2010 and 2011 Detroit FreePress/Talmer Bank Half Marathon women’s champ,hoped to get in a speed workout at Corktown beforetackling longer distances this season.

“It was good,” she said of the 5K. “It was windyout there, but I ran about what I thought I wouldbased on my training, which isn’t really geared to-ward that distance.”

Pidhoresky finished in 16:35, well ahead of An-drea Karl, 28, of East China (17:57) and SusanSavasky, 24, of Berkley (19:11). Janet Harden, 40, ofLake Orion won the masters title in 20:55, while EllaWillis, 58, of Detroit led the grand masters in 22:07.

“It was hard to run that fast,” said Pidhoresky,whose 5K PR is 16:12. “My next race is a 30K(Around the Bay in Hamilton, Ontario) and this is amental tune-up. I’ve never done a marathon, but Ihope to do one this fall.”

Andersen, 26, of Milford also used the race as atune-up. “I’m training for the Boston Marathon, sothis was just for fun,” he said.

Andersen’s 15:13 was 10 seconds slower thanhis winning time last year. “The wind on the wayback was brutal,” he said.

Next came Jeff Gardner, 52, of Troy in 15:25 andJohn Trojansek, 42, of Windsor, Ontario, in 15:28.

“It was windy, with people to chase and all overthe place,” Trojansek said.

With Gardner and Trojansek taking second andthird overall, Paul Aufdemberge, 48, of Redford wasawarded top masters honors in 16:37. Tom Yates,51, of New Boston captured the grand masters titlein 17:38.

Race director Doug Kurtis said everything wentsmoothly, despite the turnout.

“We’ve added locations for pre-race packet pick-ups,” he said. “Eighty-five percent of our people pickedup their stuff (bib numbers and t-shirts) ahead of time,which made things a lot easier on race day.”

The Corktown Parade, which took place afterthe race, celebrated its 55th year and honored thelife of West Bloomfield police officer PatrickO’Rourke, who was killed last year.

Complete race results can be found at www.everal-racemgt.com. For more information on Corktown fes-tivities, go to http://www.corktownrace.com.

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St. Patrick’s Parade Corktown Race, Detroit

Marathon Aspirants Claim Year-Starting Corktown Crowns

By Charles Douglas McEwen

Mike Andersen repeated as championin 15:13.

First-year entrant Dayna Pidhoresky finished in 16:35 for the 5K title.

Kids ran a quarter mile race before the 5K.More Photos in Photo Gallery:http://issuu.com/michiganrunner.docs/mr0513

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Trivia: Who were thewomen’s and men’s 2012

London Olympicsmarathon gold medal

winners?

My path to therace announc-ing I’ve done

for the past 30-plus yearswas preceded by experi-ences as a high school,college and open runner,high school and collegecoach and director for alarge race.

I started running in the late 1960s before it be-came “cool” in the mid -’70s and tracked its explo-sion in popularity at local events and throughpublications into the early ‘80s.

As with many, I got caught up in developmentsthat piggybacked on the growing numbers, such as(much) better equipment, dissemination of trainingadvice and specialty running stores. Also by the early’80s, the modest number of races a decade earlierhad grown as new runners saw races less as an event“for the fast” and more as a personal challenge.

The best thing to happen to running was whenopportunities to compete became open to highschool girls in the mid-’70s. It’s mind-bending nowto consider the reasons why girls were long treated assecond-class citizens!

I watched, participated in and abetted many of thecool things happening in the day. Looking back, I can seehow each thing I did was influenced by a prior encounteror experience. One thing led to another and I was luckyto be in the right place at the right time.

For the first 18 years, my announcing was all atroad races. Over the past dozen years I’ve added highschool and college cross-country and track meets. I’dlike to share some of my top memories.

First gig: the day before the ’82 Crim 10-mile, Iwas asked if I might like to help Bobby Crim spotrunners for announcing purposes at the finish, sinceI wasn’t running. I agreed and on race day climbed aladder to sit on a mid-block store awning to joinBobby near the finish line. He chattered as runnersfinished and I supplied him with names. After 10minutes of this set-up, Bobby handed me the micand said, “You know all the runners, you announce.”I was invited back and this August will be my 32ndyear commenting on the thousands finishing on theSaginaw Street bricks.

My favorite is emceeing the Lower Peninsulahigh school cross country finals at Michigan Inter-national Speedway every fall. My son Jeff and hisAnn Arbor Pioneer team qualified in 2001 and heran about as well as a first-year sophomore could beexpected. By his senior year Jeff was in terrific shape,as was the Pioneer team.

Spectating at MIS is difficult, so I chose towatch him during the first two miles of the 5K raceand track his progress around the north end of thefinishing infield grass at a distance.

He was in 18th place (top 30 make all-state)when he went past me at two-plus miles. I watchedas he picked off runners one by one around the longbend and slowly walked back toward the announc-ing area. About 20 minutes later I saw the resultsand he had moved up to 11th place. Later Jeff toldme he wanted the top 10, but got out-kicked. Theawards ceremonies for the four-race afternoon ses-sion took place two hours later.

I introduce the top-30 runners in reverse orderand my heart was pounding as I neared 11th place, notsure what to say. I mentioned the next boy was my son— and after Jeff walked up the stairs and got his medal,I gave him a hug. I learned later that spectators voicedapproval. That’s as cool as it gets for me.

Late-Breaking News. The latest in “BadThings that Happen to Scott” occurred March 5while I was cycling in a bike lane next to GrangeHall Road between Fenton and Holly. I was on astraight stretch, thinking about heading into nearby

Seven Lakes State Park, when ...

Next I remember, I was looking up at the sky,wondering why I was on the ground. An ambulancecrew explained I’d been hit by the side-view mirrorof a mini van.

Since I was on a blood thinner for a blood clot, Iwas taken to Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc. Onlythe back of my left arm, where I was hit, was sore. Thetrauma area staff quickly learned what I knew: I wasOK. I was given a CAT scan to check for head damageand kept overnight for observation. The scan only re-vealed only how badly my collar bone, hurt in a May2011 bike race crash, had been broken. The Genesysstaff was terrific; the food was bad.

I picked up my helmet and bike March 7 froma local fire station. One of the responders who’dhelped me was there. An eyewitness had told her I’dlanded near the middle of the road on my back, satup and scooted off to the roadside.

“I don’t recall any of that,” I told her. “How didyou know my name and where I lived?”

“You answered our questions at the time,” shesaid.

“I don’t remember that either.”

“It looks like you’re getting a part of your life back,”she said.

Banging my helmet against the pavement haderased my memory for eight to 10 minutes. Yes, thedriver who’d hit me stopped. When quizzed by po-lice on the scene, he lied about how it all happened,saying I was in the roadway.

I’ve been up and down that busy road hundredsof times and have no “death wish” to mingle withtraffic going 50 mph. I like bike lanes and that’swhere I was when hit. I was wearing a loud yellowjacket, doing all I could to be safe.

I share this to once again emphasize if you ridea bike, please wear a helmet — if not for yourself,for others who care about you. Plus ride far rightand follow all traffic laws. Bikes have as much rightto the road as cars, which too many drivers seem toignore and/or be oblivious to.

Insurance is taking care of my costs (crackedhelmet, medical, etc.) and I’m still wondering how Idodged worse damage. The back of my left arm hasa lovely purple/black bruise. The left side of myhead where my helmet met pavement was tender forfive days. Otherwise, I’m physically OK and back inthe saddle, a bit self-concious of traffic behind me.Great to (still) be here!

Answer: Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia won for the women inan Olympic record 2:23:07 and Stephen Kiprotich of

Uganda claimed the men’s gold in 2:08:01.

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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard

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GRANDVILLE (2/16/13) — Former MichiganRunners of the Year Nick Stanko and Kris Kosterdidn’t fear getting lost at the fore of the Winter Blast5K field.

The course — on flat, residential streets behindrace sponsor Calvin Christian High School — was soassaulted with salt beforehand that falling snow had nochance of sticking. Plows had also scraped side roads,but not made them sodium-bare and black.

Stanko, MR’s 2005 and 2010 Runner of theYear, and Koster, 2011 Men’s Co-Runner of the Year,spread heat from the start in this first event ofMichigan Runner magazine’s 2013 Race Series. Thetwo former college stars — Stanko at the Universityof Michigan, Koster at Calvin College — sizzledthrough the snow to a photo finish. Asked whiledoing a cool-down together afterward who had won,neither knew.

“We ran through a door inside to a dark gym-nasium, then, boom, we were done,” said Stanko.

“Nick closed stronger. I think he got me,”Koster said.

The clock showed Koster, winner in each of theWinter Blast’s first three runnings, was accurate.Stanko, 32, crossed in 15:40.0; Koster, 31, in 15:40.7.

Calvin Christian, whose boys cross countryteam finished third in the Division 3 state meet lastfall, was well represented behind the leaders. All-state seniors Zac Nowicki (15:59.7) and Andrew Ry-laarsdam (16:25.1) placed third and fourth. Nextcame junior Logan Jurgens (16:50.7).

Calvin’s girls, sec-ond in the state just fourpoints behind JacksonLumen Christi, faredeven better, with seniorAshley Jourdan(20:00.0) nipping soph-omore Emma Doorn(20:07.0) for thewomen’s title.

“I’m pleased withthe way our teammembers ran,” saidrace director and CCcoach LaurensTenKate. “I can seewho’s been training inthe off-season. We’llhave most of our topgirls back next fall,while some of ouryounger guys will havenew opportunities.”

Old-timers hadtheir day in the sun ...OK, snow, as well. BrianFahey, 44, nipped JDPepper, 49, for the men’smasters crown, 18:00.4to 18:01.1. Steve Hulst,56, (19:12.7) toppedDan Kersjes, 51,(20:19.7) for grand mas-ters honors.

Gayle Kuipers, 47, (21:01.3) bested DarlaBrown, 49, (24:24.4) among masters women.Wanda Hanlin, 56, (22:30.9) paced the grandmasters, followed by Nancy Curry, 51, (24:42.7).Valentine’s roses were handed to each woman finisher.

Harold Plasier and Rob Smith faced a thornierdilemma as the only two in the oldest race group.

“Rod and I have strategy,” said Plaisier, 79.

“We outlive our competitors,” Smith, 76,chipped in.

A 1K Winter Flurry children’s fun reddenedcheeks and warmed hearts as well.

For complete results and more information,visithttp://sites.google.com/site/calvinchristianxc/home/winter-blast-5k.

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Nick Stanko (bib no. 3) edged Kris Koster (bib no. 2) for the5K win.

Winter Blast, Grandville

Hot Times at Winter Blast Series OpenerBy Scott Sullivan

Ashley Jourdan (20:00.0) nippedEmma Doorn (20:07.0) for the win.

A 1K children’s fun run reddenedcheeks and warmed hearts.

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PLYMOUTH (3/17/13) — Despite a windsweptday with temperatures in the 20s and fresh snow onthe ground, St. Patrick’s Day brought runners out indroves to the ShamRock ‘n’ Roll Run. Race directorAlan Whitehead of Kona Running Co. reported arecord 4,200 runners (up from 3,100 last year) forall three races. The festive holiday saw many tutu-at-tired runners — and even a few dogs — serenadedby an Irish band at the finish line.

In the 10K, veteran Clint Verran of Lake Orion(31:51) held off a challenge from Jeff Bord, 19, ofPlymouth (31:56) in his debut 10K.

Verran said Bord was “5:00 flat at the mile andby two miles he had about 30 seconds on this pack.I was in with about five or six other guys. It didn’t

look like we were going to catch him, so I took offon my own and ran a 4:56 third mile.

“I finally caught him with about 2-1/2 miles togo,” Verran continued. “Then I used him and some ofthe wind to give me a kick with 500 meters to go.”

Since this was his first 10K, “I wasn’t sure how Iwas going to go out,” Bord said. “Clint really helpedme keep the pace in the second half.”

Jenni Culbertson of Northville (41:22) was thewomen’s 10K winner, but admitted, “I didn’t knowI was in first. I thought I was in second the entiretime. I kept trying to find the next girl, but neverfound her. “

In a hotly-contested5K, Josh Partridge ofBrighton edged MattFecht of Warren. Bothfinished with times of16:32 and six secondsseparated the first fourrunners.

The finish was “inter-esting, to say the least,”said Partridge. “Mattand I and a couple otherguys had run the entirerace together until thelast half-mile.

“As we were ap-proaching the finish, itwas very congested with10K finishers,” he con-tinued. “A race volunteerwas in the middle of theroad trying to direct10K and 5K finishers toalternate sides.

“Matt and I wereright next to each otheras we turned the cornerto the finish, about 50meters away, and I ranright into the volunteerwhile Matt went on tofinish. Fortunately I hadstarted a couple secondsback at the start of therace, and while Matt fin-ished ahead of me, I hada faster chip time.”

Fecht also took third in the 10K. Also pullingdouble duty was Jay Steele of Plymouth, who wasthe male masters winner in both the 5K (17:54) and10K (35:54).

Due to the crowded course, women’s 5K andmasters winner Kathleen McGowan of Fenton(22:00) had no idea she had barely beaten ErinDesmond of Huntington Woods (22:02), but tookit in stride. “It’s kind of neat running with the 10Kpeople,” McGowan said. “I didn’t know I was lead-ing so, it’s kind of nice not knowing.”

Shamik Ganguly of Plymouth won the 1-milein 5:59 with little competition. Jessica Hughes ofCanton, 12, was the first female and third overall in7:36.

Anthony Targan is a regular contributor to Michigan Runner magazine.

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ShamRock ‘n’ Roll Run, Plymouth

Wintry St. Patty’s Day Doesn’t Deter ShamRockersBy Anthony Targan

Michigan Runner TVhttp://michiganrunner.tv/2013shamrock_roll

Blake and Annie Kolb make the 5K afamily affair.

Taylor Woloszyk, Jessica Wolf, and Darcy Martyn ran the 5Kand were among the costume winners with these cheerfuloutfits.

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Iremember coveringmy stomach withmy arms, embar-

rassed to be the only girlat Houseman Field inGrand Rapids wearing asports bra. I don’t thinkthey even had sports brasthis small then, but mymom’s had shrunk in thewash.

What had given mejoy and a sense of matu-

rity days before now made me uneasy as I felt staresfrom the other kids around me. I hugged my thinbody, feeling as if my stomach was the center of at-tention thanks to this purple-, blue- and white-striped bikini top.

But the moment I toed the line and saw thestretch of a red, rubber track before me, my arms fellto my sides, tense and poised. When I dashed fromthe start the arms that protected my stomach coulddance in the wind, break out in rhythm to my run-ning song. I could pull my body out of the turtleshell, allow myself to breathe and flow with the soft,gentle curve of the Houseman track.

I could run.

My mom’s words flowed through my mind as Ifocused on the competitors ahead: “Hold back atfirst. Pace yourself. Be patient until you are ready tosprint into the finish.” I started slowly, as she hadtold me, staying well behind my competitors, all ofwhom raced to the front to win in the first 100 me-ters. I knew an entire lap of a 400-meter track was alot to cover.

About 30 seconds after the race began I slowlymoved up among a pack of kids who swung theirarms wildly, their legs straining with fatigue. With-

out changing speed I passed the young boysa foot shorter than me and the tall girls ayear or two older. That silly girl with thesports bra passed them with ease andmounting excitement.

I rounded the final curve on thatwarm summer evening and could almosthear my mom urge, “Now you can go!” asI dashed toward the finish with 100 me-ters left.

My arms swung back, hooking the airin large sweeps. My long, spindly legswidened with every stride and my faceheld onto its calmness. My thoughts fo-cused on the finish ahead where my momstood, holding a stopwatch in her righthand, screaming “Go Rachael!” The big,clunky shoes I wore were heavy, but mybody was light, my loose hair free in thewind I created for myself.

I would become the greatest runner inthe world. I knew it in my heart and mysoul.

That seven-year-old who rounded theHouseman Field track in the early ‘90swould find herself there again more than adecade later. That little girl would raceagain as a college athlete who never losther love for a sport; a sport that could lether unravel the arms that held onto herself-conscious body, that could let her hairripple in the wind, that could release asmile no matter what place she came in.

She would go on to race with a furyand passion at Houseman field — nowher home track as college athlete 12 yearslater.

Writer Rachael Steil is a track and cross-country student-athlete

at Aquinas College.

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Entry Fee: $20 Pre-Registration - re-ceived by August 4, 2013. $30.00 LateRegistration. Pre-Registration FeeWaived for all Runners 70 years of age orolder - Excludes On Line Sign-up.

Location: Hell Creek Ranch on CedarLake Road at Patterson Lake Rd.Camping Available (734) 878-3632.(This phone number for camping only.)

Awards: Trophy to overall Male and Fe-male, overall Master Male and Female,overall Grandmaster Male and Female,overall Senior Male and Female, andfirst 7 places in each age group.Awards will not be mailed or delivered.

Age Groups: (male & female) 14 &under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64,65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-89, 90-over.

CAUTION: Be aware there will bevehicle traffic on the roads at all times.

ATTENTION RUNNERS: Please do not park on Patterson LakeRoad. Come early and use the parkinglots (3).

Please use the Porta Johns; do notuse the race course or the neighbor-hood. Please be considerate of theneighbors.

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Runners start the 40th anniversary race in bright sunshine in downtown Bay City

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It’s fun to reminisce about races you ran that nolonger exist. Some ceased for good reasons, likethe race director moved away or the course is no

longer available or a sponsor went out of business.Then there are those that ceased to exist because offatal flaws in concept or commission.

In my hometown of Lapeer, near Flint, 1986saw the inaugural “Run Through the Lapeer StateHome.” But when they lost a runner that first yearand three more the next, it doomed the race. Theydid eventually find them — seems no one had in-formed the security guards of the race, and theythought residents were “escaping” and ushered themback to their dorms. The food was so good and thestaff was so encouraging, the lost runners never ob-jected until the FBI got involved. But it’s hard toconduct a race with federal oversight, and that onefittingly died out.

A similar, though opposite, problem occurredin Bad Axe when someone hatched the creative ideato run a 5K through the Thumb Regional Correc-tional Facility. How they got a permit for this I don’tknow, but just after the mile mark runners passedthrough the barbed-wire gates. Prisoners whoopedand high-fived the runners, but race directors foundthey had 12 more finishers than entrants, and all

seemed to be men wearing bright orange full-bodyoutfits — unusual gear for a mid-July race, which,not surprisingly, was only run that one year.

Some races will bill themselves as a “tune ups”for some other big upcoming race. In Grand Rapidsthere’s a fairly popular 25K the end of each May, sosomeone created a tune-up the week before.

Tune-up races are always shorter than the bigrace, so this one was only 24K (14.9 miles, a fairlyuncommon race distance). They wanted it to startand finish at the same downtown plaza as the bigrace, so the course was just 32 laps around the sameconcrete city block, which required 128 right turnsby runners. This race needed to die and it did.

A similar attempt was made with the Crim inFlint, though on the exact same Saturday in late Au-gust. Whereas the Crim takes you through some ofthe nicest neighborhoods in Flint, “The Grim,” as itwas called, took you through 10 miles of the worst,most-dilapidated neighborhoods. (The nameseemed to have been devised to deliberately deceivepeople, and quite a few did mistakenly sign up forthe race, not discovering their mistake until theyshowed up on race day morning at the abandonedwarehouse where the race began. The course did

offer an education, running down alleys andthrough not one but two abandoned houses.

The event was cancelled after only three years, butdirectors never told anyone, so I and quite a few othersshowed up and ran a fourth year, not noticing any dif-ference. It never was a very well-organized race.

You’ve probably heard of the race in Cadillacthat died not for lack of quality but simply an un-fortunate race name. The fundraiser for the CadillacRace for Alzheimer’s Project was called the “Run forC.R.A.P.” I know, right? As I exited my car on racemorning I heard a large woman exclaim, “I’ve doneall the C.R.A.P. runs!”

It was a pretty enough course, except the partthat ran by the city sewage plant. And they neverseemed to have enough porta-johns at the start/fin-ish. The year after they served spoiled fruit at thepost-race spread and 122 runners were stricken withbotulism, the race met its unfortunate end.

So most great races continue, some good racesregretfully end, and then there are those few racesthat die just because they needed to.

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Races That No Longer Exist – For Good ReasonBy Dean Johnson


I’ve about had it up to my Cool Max hat. Every-where I turn there’s another training programdesigned to help one easily complete a

marathon. Standing. In one piece. Coherent.

It’s not fair to us veteran marathoners whoserunning history began with not only hitting the leg-endary wall but also becoming encased in it andstaggering to the finish with demented half-grins.

When we began running marathons, the con-cepts of lactate threshold training, VO2max, heart rate monitors etc. weren’taround. We were the naïve souls of the pre-energy gel era. The running relics. Weproudly wore the battle scars earned fromrunning the last 10 miles of the marathonwith mind-altering glycogen depletion pro-ducing a lovely hallucinogenic state. Thatwas a true runner’s high!

We over-trained, inadequately taperedand didn’t drink or eat properly. Throughsheer ignorance we carefully and confidentlyviolated every present-day cardinal rule ofproper race preparation and marathon run-ning. We went bonk big time but just as-sumed that was part of the process.Delirious was our middle name.

I’m tired of watching people cross thefinish line with a big smile - having doneeverything correctly from training to pacingto fueling. They don’t appropriately displaymy initial marathon look of having had atryst with a fast-moving steamroller whilepulling an enormous tank stuck in deepquicksand. No, they look tired but not ex-hausted, thirsty but not dehydrated, slightlysore but not slithering on spaghetti legs.

It’s just not fair! Where’s the delirium?The unfathomable fatigue? This isn’t right.

We more-seasoned runners need tostick together. We must generously give newmarathoners the opportunity to experiencethe lovely agony we encountered. The com-plete enervation, the nausea, the cramps, the crater-size blisters. We came, we ran, we withered!

Nietzsche wrote, “That which does not kill usmakes us stronger.” We’ll help them get strongerthan ever if they’ll follow our veteran words of ad-vice:

Taper Schmaper - Taper? You’ve got to be kid-ding. You want to lose that finely-tuned condition-ing you worked so hard for? That rapid leg turnover?You’re a virtual running machine. Cut back? Noway. Keep that consistent training going right upuntil a day before the race and to gain that psycho-logical edge that you can go the distance. It’s a greatidea to do your last long run a few days before themarathon. This just reinforces that you’ve got what

it takes. Don’t worry about “dead legs” come raceday, as adrenaline and fan support will overcomethat completely.

Speedy Start - The key to a successful start is toplace yourself as near to the front as possible. Youwant to get caught up in the faster pace of the eliterunners and make certain you eclipse your plannedpace per mile by a minute or so in those first fewmiles. This way you’ll already be well ahead of yourgoal target and the mental boost you’ll receive is im-

measurable. Don’t even think about negative splits.Just get as far ahead of your target time as quick asyou can and the stimulus of the race will keep yougoing the rest of they way. Take advantage of all thatpent-up energy in the first half of the race. Go! Go!Go!

Bathroom Discipline – Let’s talk anatomy.You drink fluids; you eventually have to expel. Doyou want to have to waste time stopping for a port-a-potty at mile 18? I think not. The best way toavoid this is to forego all fluid offered at the variousaid stations. Additionally, you won’t lose those valu-able seconds by slowing down to grab a drink. Rec-ognize that if you’re really thirsty they’ll be plenty offluids available at the finish line. That also works as

extra incentive to get going, as unquenched thirst isa great motivator.

Coffee Combustion - Give yourself a great bigkick-start. If you’re a regular coffee drinker. quintu-ple your normal intake. If you’re new to the caffeineconnection, then three cups will do you fine. Don’tworry about upsetting your stomach, or its diureticeffects as that’s a small trade off for a good openingmile time.

Try Something Exciting –You’ve worked hard preparing for themarathon and should reward yourselfwith something new and special for therace. The best thing would be a brandnew pair of shoes, or try a differentmake of socks or even a new breakfastcereal. Maybe Fiber Flakes or BranBuds. Mix things up a little for the bigday.

Uphill, Downhill – Attack hillsvigorously. Get into oxygen debt. Try tolengthen that stride and sprint up themas fast as possible, then jog leisurely onthe downhill while putting on the breakpedals. This way you’ll get the hill outof the way faster and be able to enjoythe slow pace on the backside while ex-changing high fives with the spectators.

GU Riddance - Do you think FrankShorter won a gold medal downing en-ergy gels over the last 10 miles? Theonly goo Frank was familiar with in the1970s was Shoe Goo, which youwouldn’t want to ingest. Don’t rely on ashot of strawberry banana flavored pud-ding-like food to get you through thesudden lightheaded feeling at mile 20.Just close your eyes and plow ahead. Bea trooper.

Post-Run Recovery - Once youcross that finish line you deserve to laydown. Don’t expend any further energy

and stop the strain train right there. Just take a seatand let those lactic acid pools build right up in yourlegs where they belong. You may be more sore to-morrow but let’s just think about today.

If new marathoners would only adhere to theabove Rules to Run By, they’d bring a depraved littlesmile to the face of some old-time marathoners.Heh, heh, heh!

Michigan runner Bob Scwartz is the author of the best-selling humor book “I Run, Therefore I Am –

NUTS!” and the new sequel, “I Run, Therefore I AmStill – NUTS!” For more information, check out

@RunningLaughs.

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Rules to Run by (Heh, Heh)By Bob Schwartz

May / June 2013 Vol. 35, No. 2

Cover: Haley Meier leads the 4 x Mile relay at the New Balance Nationals Indoor at the New Balance Trackand Field Center - The Armory in New York City, March 9, 2013. The Grosse Pointe RC team finish justover the national record for the event. Photo by Victah Sailer / photorun.net

Rock CF Rivers Half Marathon, Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 4

Dexter F3.1 Tornado Run, Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 6

IAAF Word Cross Country Championships, Photos by Victah Sailer & Jiro Mochizuki / photorun.net - - -p. 7

Kermit Ambrose Huron Relays, Division II, Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios - - - - - - - - - -p. 8

Kermit Ambrose Huron Relays, Division I, Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios - - - - - - - - - -p. 9

Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios - -p. 10

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Michigan athletes Erin Finn and Neely Spence competed for the US at the IAAFWorld Cross Country Championships in Poland.

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Rock CF Rivers Half Marathon, Grosse Ile, March 24, 2013

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Kelly Valente,Dearborn, 5K win-ner, 19:54

Cheryl Parks, Wyandotte, celebrates fin-ishing the half marathon in 1:56:48.

Madison Wiseman (bib no. 2141), age 11, of Grosse Ile, finished the 5K in 33:56.

Sarah Gryniewicz,Grosse PointeWoods, half winner, 1:22:51

Michael Ander-sen, Milford, halfwinner, 1:09:56

Brian Walsh,Brighton, 5K win-ner, 17:46


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Dexter F3.1 Tornado Run, Dexter, March 15, 2013

Nathan Maki of Dexter, age 11, leads a pack on his way to a 20:54 finish.


David Hanley,West Bloomfield,1st, 16:50.

Annie-Norah Bev-eridge, Ann Arbor,1st, 18:08

Cassie Williams (bib 764) of Caro, Peter Ragnes (bib 793) ofDexter, and Kevin Dombkowski (bib 665) of Dexter, round acurve on the scenic course.

Kristina Haley of Dexter shows that having fun is what racingis all about.

Arman Fotouhi (bib 736), age 16, of Dexter and Alex Shehab(bib 777), age 12 are among many middle and high schoolrunners who participated.

On March 15, 2012 Dexter was hit by an F3 Tornado. Immediately after the tornado the community and sur-rounding communities came together to put the pieces back together. Katie and Bob Jazwinski lost their houseduring the tornado and founded this race to begin to pay back those organizations that supported the community.

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Neely Spence of Lake Orion, a member of the HansonsBrooks team, led the American women to a fourth place fin-ish in the senior women’s 8K with a time of 25:08

Erin Finn, of West Bloomfield, represents the US in thewomen’s junior race. She finished the muddy 6K in 20:03.

This view (left) of the men’s seniorrace shows off the course in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

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Kermit Ambrose Huron Relays, Division II, Ypsilanti, March 22-23, 2013Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

Lindsey Brewis, the anchorfor Divine Child’s relay team,knows her team has the win.The Divine Child girls teamwon all the relays and themeet with 108 points.

The St. Clair HS boys teamwon with 64 points.

It’s all about the hand off: Ottawa Hills was 1st, Waterford Kettering, 2nd, and Chelsea, 3rd inthe 4 x 200 relay.

Paige Patterson of Divine Child took the 60 meter dash, Arielle Borders of Gary Lew WallaceHS, Gary, Indiana, was second, 7.92 and Sinnamon Shelby of Benton Harbor took third, 8:12.

Terrance Spencer of Benton Harbor won the 60 meter hurdles in 8.83. His teammate TimothyDavis was third in 9:30.6. Mike Denny of St. Clair HS was runner up in 8.97.

Travis Weiss of Chelsea wonthe pole vault with 14-06.00.


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Solid exchanges contributed to the OakPark girls wins in both the 4 x 200meter relay, 1:45.41 and the 4 x 400meter relay, 4:00.23.

Dan Sims of Northville (hip no. 4) wonthe 1600 meter run in 4:23.95

Grosse Point South Girls ran the third best time for the high school distance medley relay in the United States. Their 11:35.98was less than a second short of the American high school record of 11:35.3. They are number one in the U.S. this year, hold theMichigan HIgh School record, and finished more than a minute ahead of the second place team.

Kermit Ambrose Huron Relays, Division I, Ypsilanti, March 22-23, 2013

Haley Meier, lead runner,3:30.3, 1200 meters.

Kelsie Schwartz, second leg,60.5, 400 meters.

Ersula Farrow, third leg,2:14.4, 800 meters.

Hannah Meier, anchor,4:50.8, 1600.

The Oak Park boys won both the 4 x200 meter relay (pictured here) in1:31.65 and the 4 x 400 meter relay,3:29.27.

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Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, Ypsilanti, February 22-23, 2013Start, Heptathlon, 1000 meter runPhoto by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

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Runners are from left: Alex McCune, Akron; Mike Morgan, Buffalo; Levi Selvig, East-ern Michigan; Bjorn Johansson, Akron; Bryan Jones, Akron; Kyle Tywon, Kent State,Dexter Shreve, Kent State; Tim Reynolds, Central Michigan; Craig Howard, Buffalo.Central Michigan’s Tim Reynolds finished first in the heptathlon’s last event. Buffalo’sKevin Enk had scored enough points through six events to win the hepthalon with-ough competing in the last event.

Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, Ypsilanti, February 22-23, 2013Start, Heptathlon, 1000 meter runPhoto by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

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Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, Ypsilanti, February 22-23, 2013

Eastern Michigan won the 4 x 400 meter relay.

Ian Hanke led off for the winning Dis-tance Medley team for Eastern Michi-gan.

Eastern Michigan’s Grzegorz Kalinowskiwon the mile in 4:10.65. Kalinowskialso anchored the winning DMR.


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Terefe Ejigu won the 3,000 in 8:24.43.He also captured the 5,000 title andplaced second in the Mile.

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On the second leg of the 4x400 relay,Lynnese Beyan, Morgan Yeadon, andLindsey Huflagle match steps. KentState prevailed: 3:44.35 over EasternMichigan’s 3:44.99.

Western Michigan’s Aisha Hodge winsthe 800 meter run title, 2:13.87.

Juli Accurso of Ohio (bib 377) won the3,000 meter title, 9:36.43 and EasternMichigan’s Victoria Voronko (bib 235)was runner-up in 9:44.22.

Buffalo’s Shant'e White had a weightthrow of 69-8 to win the title.

Vanessa Clerveaux of Eastern Michiganfinished first in the 60 m hurdles, 8.31.

Alysha Newman took first in the polevault for Eastern Michigan, 13-10.5.

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Mid-American Conference Indoor Championships, Ypsilanti, February 22-23, 2013Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

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New Balance Indoor Nationals, New York City, March 8-10, 2013Photos by Victah Sailor / photorun.net

Audrey Belf of Bloomfield Hills, finishedon the podium in the 2 mile run, thirdplace, 10:22.46.

Freddie Crittenden of Utica won the 60 meter hurdles in 7.72 seconds.

Hannah Meier leads in the 1 Mile, butfinished second (4:40.62) to EliseCranny’s 4:40.97.

Hannah Meier anchors the GrossePointe RC team in the 4x1 mile relay,the no. 1 time in the U.S. and their sec-ond national relay title.


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New York City Half Marathon, March 17, 2013Photos by Victah Sailor / photorun.net

Men leaders, including Ritzenhein and Hartmann, run through Times Square on their way from Central Park to South StreetSeaport. Wilson Kipsang won the half marathon in 1:01:02. Caroline Rotich was the women’s winner in 1:09:09.

Dathan Ritzenhein, now living in Beaverton, Oregon, leadseventual winner, Wilson Kipsang. Ritzenhein finished in thirdplace, 1:01:10

Ritzenhein’s Rockford teammate, Jason Hartmann, now aresident of Boulder, Colorado, ran 1:01:51, a personal recordby more than a minute.


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St. Patrick’s Parade Corktown Race, Detroit, March 10, 2013Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

Stephanie Smithof Detroit wonher age group.

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Adam Wheeler ofPlymouth wasfourth in 18:22.

Hannah Long (502) of Oxford and Cristiana Bruce (501) of Leonard, both age 14,were third and second in their age group.


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Katie Tillman (2631) of Royal Oak looks on as Michael Cushman (344) of Livoniahigh fives spectators.

Brittany Michels (3320) of Ferndale aneKelly McLaughlin (1939) of Troy make ashamrock statement.

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Winter Blast, 5K, Grandville - February 16St. Patrick’s Day Races, 5K, Bay City - March 17

Martian Invasion Meteor 10K, Dearborn - April 13

Fifth Third River Bank Run 25K, Grand Rapids - May 12Dexter Ann Arbor Half Marathon, Ann Arbor - June 2Brian Diemer Family of Races 5K, Cutlerville - June 8

Plymouth YMCA Father's Day 10K, Plymouth - June 16Volkslaufe 20K, Frankenmuth - July 4

Crim Festival of Races, 10 Mile, Flint - August 24

Cadillac Festival of Races, 10K, Cadillac - August 31Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon - October 20

Great Turtle Half Marathon, Mackinac Island - October 26

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“Hansons Marathon Method: A Renegade Path to YourFastest Marathon” by Luke Humphrey with Keith andKevin Hanson. 2012. 242 pp. $18.95 paper. Velopress.

This spring, with many runners, veterans andnovices alike set to begin marathon trainingfor a fall race, Luke Humphrey’s “Hansons

Marathon Method” is worth a long look.

Humphrey is the founder and head coach of theHansons Coaching Service. He holds degrees in ex-ercise science and has a marathon PR of 2:14:39 —

training with the Hansons Marathon Method. TheHansons, brothers Keith and Kevin, began the suc-cessful Hansons-Brooks Distance Project which hasproduced other elite marathoners such as DesireeDavila, Brian Sell and Clint Verran.

Don’t be fright-ened by the reference to elites. This “renegade path”also can be and has been used by runners tackling

their first marathons as well as mid-packers seekingto improve their times.

Central to any marathon plan is the long run.The Hansons Method’s longest training distance formost runners is 16 miles, unconventional inmarathon circles. But that doesn’t mean this is ashortcut to marathon success — hardly. AsHumphrey notes, this isn’t “training to run, walk ordrag yourself across the finish line. (It’s more than)just looking to finish.” Rather, it will prepare run-ners “to execute the marathon distance successfully.”

The Hansons Methodis “balanced training,”relying on a fairly-stan-dard regimen of longruns, tempo runs andruns designed forstrength and speed.These are called “SOS—Something of Sub-stance” workouts.Mixed in are easy runs,also key components ofthe program. Eachworkout has a specificpurpose. Crucial is run-ning these workouts atthe proper designatedpace and volume; run-ning at unintendedpaces and/or greaterdistances fouls up theplan.

That’s because themethod relies on whatHumphrey calls “cumu-lative fatigue,” the dif-ferentiating factor inthe Hansons Method.For instance, the typicallong run is not greaterthan 16 miles, whilemost other marathonprograms call for 20 ormore miles. The shorterdistance, though, comeswith “a hitch. (It)should simulate the last16 miles of themarathon, not the first16.” Humphrey goes onto add, “A training plan

should simulate the cumulative fatigue that’s experi-enced during a marathon, without completely zap-ping your legs.” That’s why runners must adhere toproper pace and distance for each workout, espe-cially the easy runs.

The book is well written, lively and easy to fol-low. Humphrey’s explanations of the science behind

the training is interesting — clear and concise, someof the best I have read on the subject. There aregood lessons on physiology, for instance, the benefitsof the easy runs.

He also covers the non-running aspects of suc-cessful training for and running the marathon. In-cluded are nutrition and what foods are important.

“Carbo loading doesn’t mean having four platesof spaghetti and three loaves of bread.” He discusseshydration and equipment, adding information andthoughts on the latest trends such as hyponatremia,compression-based socks and minimalist shoes.

The charts, graphs and checklists are easy toread. There are examples of “Elite Program Work-outs” and, recognizing that not every runner can fol-low the conventional schedule, a nine-day trainingcycle.

The Hansons Marathon Method has led to suc-cess for many runners of a wide variety of abilitiesand goals. In fact, I haven’t run a marathon in abouta dozen years. Yet, after reading this book, I foundmyself telling a running buddy, “You know, maybeit’s time ...”

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Luke Humphrey competes in the 2012U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’sMarathon in Houston.

Hansons Marathon MethodBy Ron Marinucci

Book Review

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10K & 30K

Saturday, August 31, 2013Milford, Michigan

13th AnnualLabor Day30K Race

30-30 Challenge30K Run30K Bike10K RunKids Run

Register Today atLaborDay30K.com(248) 685-7580

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Kids sprint. Theydon’t run. Theydash across the

street, chase after some-one, flee frantically froma pursuer or bolt acrossthe yard to kick a ball.

That’s how it waswith me. As a kid I ranall the time and when Igot out of breath, Istopped. But since mostof my destinations werewithin 100 yards ofwhere I started, that wasno problem.

At Alger Elementary School, I was the second-fastest in the sixth grade. But in sixth grade the win-ner is the hero and second is just one of the rest. SoRichard Vail’s win got the girls’ attention and I wasjust another kid.

Three years later I joined the Burton JuniorHigh Track Team, where the longest race was the110-yard leg of the 440 relay. I ran my fastest in thetime trials and the next day I was the team manager.

In 1994 I became the coach of the CadillacMiddle School Track Team. When we had tracksignup, students flocked to my room. With visionsof blazing to victory down an eight-lane track, 120or so hopefuls showed up for the first day of prac-tice. We had them sprint, high jump, long jump,pole vault and put the shot. To them, track practiceseemed like recess for big kids.

Only the coaches and a few kids, most of whom hadolder siblings on the high school cross-country team,seemed excited about those events that involved runningmore than one lap around the track. About 95 percent ofthe kids saw themselves as natural-born speedsters. Welearned that the first year.

The next year at the first track practice, I gavethe participants a somewhat-impassioned speech,laced with a little hyperbole and lots of enthusiasm,about the joys of distance running. Yes, I explained,you would be in pain in practice and might feelworse in meets, but in distance running determina-tion and hard work trumped talent. The natural ath-lete wouldn’t automatically be the star. A group ofathletic unknowns, 40 percent of the track team,suddenly decided to become distance runners.

The first day we all run an out-and-back two-miler. This was a reality check. I counted down,yelled, “Let’s go!” and we broke from the startingline. Some raced out ahead while others trotted ten-tatively, not knowing if they could go the whole waywithout walking.

I saw some of the leaders struggling, wanting toslow to a jog yet determined to stay in front.

Gamely they pushed on, an especially-dauntingtask since this may have been the first time they’dgone this far. They hadn’t a clue how they’d feel fiveminutes from now or at the finish.

Would those aching legs feel even worse? Thedull ache in the head, the gasping for air and thatawful wet goo taste in the mouth — they felt horri-ble.

I watched some give in and slow down; otherslooked over their shoulders at those coming up tothem and continued to run, arms now flailing a bitand their torsos going go side to side.

As the first finished and grabbed his side, I gavehim a cheer and then turned back to find the others.Some were walking, the rest running at whateverlevel of fatigue they chose to tolerate.

After it was over we stretched and talked. Theywere amazed how well they felt. Sure their legs weretired, but they felt happy and proud.

The next night a few drifted over with thesprinters, but most were back for another run. Asthe season continued their bodies adapted. Soon theside stitches disappeared, as did that ache thatthrobbed over the collarbone. The cottonmouth wasgone and the heavy breathing only returned whenthey were running hard. The leg muscles stillburned, but now they went farther and faster beforethe real pain came.

Camaraderie developed. A tough workout washard on everyone — maybe more so on the last tofinish, since they spent the most time running.There were no prima donnas here. The first onesoften stayed to cheer the last ones in.

Self-esteem rose. When the distance teamshared the track with the sprinters, guess whichgroup quit after six 200s while the other did four400s and two 800s? Even though only a few mayhave collected blue ribbons by season’s end, mosthad run distances and race times that far surpassedanything in their past.

When we worry about the younger generation,accusing them of having no goals and avoiding chal-lenges, I think about the kids who ran distance.While life may be easier today, the pain and hardwork needed to be a runner hasn’t changed. As longas we can find people to coach, parents to encour-age, and provide opportunities for youth to run, Ithink the future looks good.

Writer Dave Foley may be retired as a Cadillac High School teacher and coach, and as 14-year editorof Michigan Runner magazine, but remains active in

all things engaging.

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Dave Foley

Helping Kids Go the DistanceBy Dave Foley


ANN ARBOR (4/1/13) — Runners ate a Twinkie atthe start of the April Fools’ Day Twinkie Run, stoppedto eat another midway through the 5K, then tried tosprint the final 1.5 miles to the finish line.

Entrants has a minute subtracted from theirtime for each Twinkie eaten.

“It was a lot of fun,” said men’s winner AustinHorn, 17. “I didn’t cramp up as much as I thought Iwould from eating the two Twinkies.”

The Chelsea High School senior did have trou-ble swallowing the snack cakes. “They’re so dry, it’shard to get them down,” he said.

Horn timed 17:35. Next came Kevin Salter, 17,of Macomb (18:21), Alex Williams, 28, of Caro(19:35) and Benjamin Koch, 17, of Chelsea (19:38).

“Those Twinkies kind of slow you down and messyou up,” said Koch, Horn’s Chelsea High teammate. “Itwas hard running and eating at the same time.”

The blustery weather also challenged the 200entrants at Gallup Park. “It was cold,” said Sarah Temby, 32, of Ann

Arbor. “My toes were numb the first lap, thenwarmed up on the second one.”

The beauty of the double-loop course morethan made up for the discomfort.

“It’s gorgeous,” Temby said. “Running on the

paved trail, then onto the wood-chip trail and overthe wooden bridges enabled me to get lost in therun, rather than worry about who was behind me.”

Temby was the first woman finisher in 22:35but didn’t eat any Twinkies, “because I cannot eatany dairy,” she said. As a result, Twinkie-eatersCassie Hoffman, 18, of Rochester (22:52), KelleyKozloff, 36, of Ann Arbor (23:21), Deb Godmer,49, of Pinckney (24:29) and Cassie Williams, 27, ofCaro (24:33) all moved ahead of Temby in the finalstandings. (That’s what you get for eating yourTwinkies.)

Hoffman, a Stony Creek High School senior,struggled eating them. “I was still chewing the firstone when the race started,” she recalled. “The sec-ond one was even harder to put down.”

Williams also found the wind a factor. “It waswhipping around pretty good,” she said.

Twinkie Run proceeds went to the battleagainst ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease).

“I was happy with the turnout,” said race direc-tor Jackie Dalton. “We had a lot of late registrantstoday, even though the weather was so cold.”

For complete results, go to http://runmichi-gan.com.

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Tyacie Corle munches her secondTwinkie on her way to a 26:13 finish.

Twinkie Run, Ann Arbor

Weather No Joke at April Fools’ Twinkie RunBy Charles Douglas McEwen

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Nelson Smith (bib no. 373), Timothy Williams (bib no 398, Kevin Salter (bib 424)ponder their Twinkies at the start.

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ANN ARBOR (3/10/13) — More than 2,000 run-ners and walkers enjoyed the Shamrocks andShenanigans 5K on its out-and-back course with aview of the giant block M on Michigan Stadium.The St. Patty’s-themed race took place under partly-sunny skies with temperatures in the 40s.

“The course has some hills,” said Ian Forsyth,who led the field by bike, “but it’s not super ardu-ous; you can get going pretty good.”

Winners Justin Heck (15:48) and Annie-NorahBeveridge (19:40) broke last year’s men’s andwomen’s course records set by Neil Atzinger (15:54)and Lauren Dennisuk (19:58).

“This is a great community event whether you’re ahard-core or fun runner,” said race director SteveAngerman. “We get lots of kids and families too.”

Ana Hotaling “liked doing the race with mykids,” Jaeson, 9, and Bryce, 6, both of whom ran theKids’ Kilometer and thought the race fun. Bryce es-pecially liked the vanilla ice cream.

There was plenty of beer on tap for thirstyadults as well.

Shamrocks is a fundraiser for Save A Heart,benefitting the University of Michigan CongenitalHeart Center at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.

“Last year we raised over $60,000,” said Anger-man.

For complete results, information on next year’srace and the Save A Heart program, visit http://run-shamrocks.com and http://givetomott.org.

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Eastpointe Lions Club

5K Run / 1 Mile Fun Run

Sunday, August 4, 2013

8:30 am

Location: Kennedy Park onStephens Rd. (9 1/2 Mile Rd.)

Entrance fee includes: T-shirts • Age Group Medals

Contact: Kim Lubinski(586) 899-4076

[email protected]

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Shamrocks & Shenanigans, Ann Arbor

Shamrocks & Shenanigans: Great Cause, Course, Times

By Tracey Cohen

Winner Annie-Norah Beveridge

(19:40)

Miles Caine (bib no 239), Emily Sterling (bib no. 1497), Dave Rumler (bib no. 1367)lead a pack up the hill by the University of Michigan stadium.

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Wed, 5/1/13 Run Fit 5K - CANCELLED Novi www.runfit5K.com5/13 Date TBD Spring Snowman 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run 10KR, 5KR/W Brighton (734) 780-5854 erichartwellfoundation.comThu, 5/2/13 501 Running Club Group Run 6MR, 5MR, 4MR, 3MR Ann Arbor (734) 657-0214 runningfit501.com

Thu, 5/2/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.comFri, 5/3/13 Mason State Bank 5K 5KR/W, kids run Mason (517) 676-0500 greatlakeschampionship.comFri, 5/3/13 Saline/ Golden Triangle Meet of Champions track & field Saline (734) 649-2091 a2racemanagement.com

Fri, 5/3/13 Superpower 5K 5KR Norton Shores [email protected] https://sites.google.com/site/fnfm5k/Sat, 5/4/13 501 Running Club Group Run 6MR, 5MR, 4MR, 3MR Ann Arbor (734) 657-0214 runningfit501.comSat, 5/4/13 Addison Athletic Boosters 5K Walk/Run 5KR/W Addison (517) 547-7509 addisonschools.org

Sat, 5/4/13 Bark for Life & FIDO 5K Fun Run and Walk Dexter (734) 834-3454 relayforlife.orgSat, 5/4/13 Berkshire Proud Dad’s 5K 5KR/W Beverly Hills (248) 855-9609 [email protected], 5/4/13 Blossomland Run for the Buds 5KR/W, kids run St. Joseph (269) 982-8016 blossomtimefestival.org

Sat, 5/4/13 Child Advocacy 5K Run 5KR, 1MR/W, kids run Alma (989) 463-1422 linkforfamilies.orSat, 5/4/13 Cinco De Mayo 10KR, 5KR/W Flint (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.comSat, 5/4/13 Cinco de Mayo Run Walk 5KR/W Saginaw (989) 992-9007 cincokrunsaginaw.com

Sat, 5/4/13 Families of SMA 5K Run, Walk and Roll 5KR/W, kids run Lansing (517) 668-1810 fsma.orgSat, 5/4/13 Family Services and Children’s Aid 5K 5KR/W Jackson (517) 787-7920 fscarunforfun.orgSat, 5/4/13 Fly Like An Eagle 5K 5MR/W, 1/2MFR Belmont (616) 887-7203 [email protected]

Sat, 5/4/13 Get Your Bearings 4 Hour Sprint 4 hour sprint adventure Brighton (231) 233-4736 infiterrasports.comSat, 5/4/13 Heart & Sole 10KR, 5KR/W, 2MR/W, 13.8MB Chelsea (734) 475-4157 chelseaheartandsole.comSat, 5/4/13 Hike for Hannah’s House 5K Run/Walk/Stroll 5KR/W Lansing (517) 482-5856 hannahshouselansing.org

Sat, 5/4/13 LCCA’s Run Against Drugs 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run Howell (517) 545-5944 runningfoundation.comSat, 5/4/13 Livonia Park Run 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.comSat, 5/4/13 Mark Carpenter Boys & Girls T&F Invitational Dearborn [email protected]

Sat, 5/4/13 MGA 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, 1MR Harrrison Township (248) 591-4419 mgadetroit-easternmi.orgSat, 5/4/13 MOM Charity 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Royal Oak (248) 376-4666 momrace.org Sat, 5/4/13 NEST Marathon 26.2MR, 13.1MR Alpena (989) 354-7314 thunderbaytrails.org

Sat, 5/4/13 Pigeon River Classic 13.1M, 5K, 1M, kids run Clintonville, WI (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.comSat, 5/4/13 PR Fitness Group Run 6-20MR Ann Arbor (313) 815-4513 prfitnessa2.comSat, 5/4/13 Race Against Bullying 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Hazel Park (248) 990-0108 runsignup.com

Sat, 5/4/13 Silver Trails Run Wild 5K / 10K 10KR, 5KR Jeddo (810) 982-9529 michiganscouting.orgSat, 5/4/13 St. Gerard 5K 5KR/W Lansing (517) 668-8219 stgerard.orgSat, 5/4/13 St. Joe Comet Crusade 5K 5KR/W, kids run St. Johns [email protected] runningfoundation.com

Sat, 5/4/13 TGIS Spring 5K Run 5KR Gaylord (989) 370-0934 gaylordxc.blogspot.comSat, 5/4/13 Tom Broughton Memorial 5K Fun Run / Walk 5KR/W, 1MR West Branch (989) 345-5363 www.westbranchvet.comSat, 5/4/13 Tulip Time Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1K kids run Holland (616) 396-4221 www.tuliptime.com /run

Sat, 5/4/13 Wildcat 5K 5KR/W, kids run Oxford (810) 955-4630 signmeup.com/89844Sun, 5/5/13 Burns Park Run 10KR, 5KR, 1MFR Ann Arbor (734) 945-8132 burnsparkrun.org

May - June 2013 Event Calendar

Sun, 5/5/13 Dash for Destiny 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, 1M kids run Birmingham (248) 203-9841 jlbham.orgSun, 5/5/13 Flintstone Challenge 5KR/W Flint (734) 945-1222 flintchallenge.orgSun, 5/5/13 Kalamazoo Marathon / Borgess Run 26.2 M, 13.1M, 5K, 5KRaceW, 1M, kids Kalamazoo (877) 255-2447 borgessrun.com

Sat, 5/5/12 Mental Health 5K 5KR Petoskey (231) 439-1271 www.norcocmh.orgSun, 5/5/13 Mississauga Marathon 26.2 M, Relay, 13.1 M, 5K, 1MR Mississauga, ON (905) 949-2931 mississaugamarathon.comSun, 5/5/13 Pink and Blue United for a Cure 5K Walk / Run 5KR/W Washington (586) 382-5919 [email protected]

Sun, 5/5/13 SMOC Orienteering Meet orienteering Pinckney (734) 662-1000 michigano.orgTue, 5/7/13 Hanson Speed Session training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comWed, 5/8/13 Doozie’s Ice Cream Fun Run/Walk Series 5MR, 3MR, 1MR Mt. Pleasant (989) 772-0323 mtpleasantstriders.com

Thu, 5/9/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.comThu, 5/9/13 MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships track and field Akron, OH mac-sports.comFri, 5/10/13 Decamp Stampede 5KR/W, kids run Fowlerville (517) 223-6075 www.fvl.k12.mi.u

Fri, 5/10/13 Sports and Fitness Expo Expo Grand Rapids (616) 040-9888 53riverbankrun.comSat, 5/11/13 5K Each 1 Reach 1 5KR Flat Rock [email protected], 5/11/13 Berkley Run 10KR, 5KR, 1 MR Berkley (248) 506-8194 active.com

Sat, 5/11/13 Bookin’ It For Your Library 5KR/W, 1MR Ortonville (248) 892-2762 brandonlibrary.orgSat, 5/11/13 Bruce Clifton 5K Run 10KR, 5KR, 1MFR Clarkston (248) 625-7859 angelsplacerace.orgSat, 5/11/13 Carrollton Lions Club Walk/Run for the Blind 5KR/W Carrollton (989) 239-0675 carrolltonpublicschools.org

Sat, 5/11/13 CASA Light of Hope 5K 5KR/W Monroe (734) 457-9180 [email protected], 5/11/13 Dances with Dirt - Gnaw Bone 50M, 50K, 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K, relay Nashville, IN (734) 929-9027 danceswithdirt.comSat, 5/11/13 5/3 River Bank Run / USA 25 km Championships 25KR, 10KR, 5KR/W Grand Rapids (616) 771-1590 53riverbankrun.com

Sat, 5/11/13 Fitness Is Life Fun Run 5KR/W, 1MR, kids run Sault Ste. Marie, MI (906) 635-5055 www.jklschool.orgSat, 5/11/13 Glio-Blastoff 5K Fun Run/Walk 5KR/W Ypsilanti (586) 468-4814 braincancer5k.comSat, 5/11/13 Hermansville Hustle 5KR/W Hermansville (906) 399-8775 uprrc.org

Sat, 5/11/13 Hometown Hustle 5KR/W Rochester (248) 726-3190 [email protected], 5/11/13 Hope Starts Here Challenge 13.1M, 10K, 5K, Duathlon Marquette [email protected] hopestartshere.orgSat, 5/11/13 Livonia Park Run 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.com


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Sat, 5/11/13 Mesick Mushroom River Run 5K 5KR, 2KW Mesick (231) 357-1856 mesick-mushroomfest.orgSat, 5/11/13 Miles for Mankind 10KR/W, 5KR/W, 1MR/W Northville (734) 578-8439 milesformankind.comSat, 5/11/13 NOCC Family Fun 3 Mile Color Run/Walk 3MR Lake Orion (248) 520-3786 [email protected]

Sat, 5/11/13 North Brothers Ford/City of Westland 5K 5KR/W Westland (734) 524-1243 www.northbros.comSat, 5/11/13 Run 4 A Reason 10KR, 5KR/W Ferndale (248) 943-2411 getoutandlive.meSat, 5/11/13 Run for Recovery 5KR, 1MW Port Huron (810) 966-7830 [email protected]

Sat, 5/11/13 Run Like a Mother 10KR, 5KR, 1MW Harrison Township (586) 420-7670 active.comSat, 5/11/13 SMOC Orienteering Meet orienteering White Lake (734) 657-4408 michigano.orgSat, 5/11/13 South Lansing Kiwanis Wrong Way 5K 5KR/W Holt [email protected] runningfoundation.com

Sat, 5/11/13 St. Louis Center Fitness for Life 1 Mile Chelsea (734) 475-8430 [email protected], 5/11/13 St. Paul Spring Tune-Up 5KR/W Flint (810) 487-0954 [email protected], 5/11/13 Take a Breath for PH and Get Moving for MS 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Dewitt (517) 281-6197 runningfoundation.com

Sat, 5/11/13 Tour De Crim 10MB Ride Flint (810) 600-5788 crim.orgSat, 5/11/13 Willow Duathlon 5KR/ 20KB/ 5KR New Boston (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSat, 5/11/13 WIOG Leaping Lizard Run 10KR, 5KR/W Bay City (989) 317-5889 michiganhalfseries.com

Sun, 5/12/13 Ann Arbor Triathlon / Duathlon Triathlon, Duathlon Pinckney (419) 829-2398 eliteendeavors.comSun, 5/12/13 For Women Only 5K 5KR/W Ypsilanti (248) 767-9123 aatrackclub.orgSun, 5/12/13 The Mother’s Day 5K 5KR Traverse City (231) 233-7227 tctrackclub.com

Tue, 5/14/13 Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comTue, 5/14/13 Tri Clinic expo & clinic Northville (248) 380-3338 runningfit.comThu, 5/16/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.com

Fri, 5/17/13 5K Anchor Run & 1 Mile Fun Run 5KR/W, 1MR/W Portage (269) 321-0976 michianatiming.com/Fri, 5/17/13 Advance Packaging 5000 5KR/W, Kids Run Jackson (517) 788-9800 [email protected], 5/17/13 GOTR of Ottawa/Allegan County Celebration 5K 5KR/W Allendale (616) 494-1719 gotroac.org

Fri, 5/17/13 Ionia CHM 5K Walk/Run to Stamp Out Stigma 5KR/W Ionia (616) 776-1009 ionia5kwalkrun.comFri, 5/17/13 Unbelievable 5K 5KR Norton Shores/ Muskegon [email protected], 5/17/13 YMCA Healthy Kids One Mile Fun Run 1MFR Portage (269) 324-9622 www.kzooymca.org

Sat, 5/18/13 5K Race for Diabetes 5KR/W, 1MFR/W Tecumseh (517) 424-3388 promedica.orgSat, 5/18/13 AAA Race for Life 10KR, 5KR, 1MFW Westland (734) 335-0338 aaarace4life.comSat, 5/18/13 Book’n Trilogy 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run South Lyon (248) 437-6431 bookntrilogy.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Born to Run 5K 5KR/W, 1MR Leonard (248) 628-7180 addisontwp.michlibrary.orgSat, 5/18/13 Boy/Girl Quest Run 5KR/W Jackson (517) 990-9798 fitnesscouncil.orgSat, 5/18/13 Diamonds & Dirt Women’s Adventure Run 4MR, kids run Rochester Hills (248) 320-5705 jeffwatters.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Fenton Tiger Run 5KR Fenton (810) 591-2608 [email protected], 5/18/13 Grosse Ile Duathlon Du: 5KR/ 20KB/ 5KR Grosse Ile (231) 546-2229 www.3disciplines.comSat, 5/18/13 Healing Hands 5KR/W Flint (810) 230-6492 gaultracemanagement.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Howard Hill Hustle 5KR/W, kids run Kalamazoo (269) 720-0499 howardhillhustle.kcsa.orgSat, 5/18/13 Infiterra Sports Adventure Rage 24 hour adventure race Oscoda (231) 233-4736 infiterrasports.comSat, 5/18/13 Jenison Triathlon Tri: Sprint Jenison [email protected] jenisontriathlon.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Kent County Girls on the Run Celebratory 5K Run 5KFR/W Kentwood (616) 204-4267 www.kcgotr.orgSat, 5/18/13 Larry Nehasil Pump and Run Livonia superiortiming.com/upcoming-events/Sat, 5/18/13 Livonia Park Run 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Lory’s Place Run, Walk, Rock 5KR/W St. Joseph (800) 717-3812 www.lorysplace.orgSat, 5/18/13 Midland Community Center’s Dow Run/Walk 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR, kids run Midland (989) 832-7937 greatlakesgreatraces.comSat, 5/18/13 Mustang Challenge 1MR, 1/2MR Clio (810) 686-4480 everythingclio.org

Sat, 5/18/13 Oaklawn Hospital Hospitality Classic 10KR, 5KR/W, 1 MFR Marshall (269) 789-8134 oaklawnhospital.orgSat, 5/18/13 Oscoda 5KR./W Oscoda (989) 739-1228 a3.acteva.comSat, 5/18/13 Race2Grace 5KR/W, 1MR/W, kids run Burton (810) 625-4791 race2grace.com/

Sat, 5/18/13 Railroader 5K 5KR/W, 1MFR Durand (989) 980-2583 active.comSat, 5/18/13 Run for the Health of It 5KR/W, kids run St. Ignace [email protected], 5/18/13 Save the Manatee Run 5KR, 2 MW, 1MR Harrison Township (586) 783-6729 savethemanatee5k.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Snap Fitness Cops & Robbers 5K 5KR/W Ionia (517) 743-1495 ionia5k.comSat, 5/18/13 St. Peter Country Run 10KR, 5KR/W, Kids 1MR St. Johns (989) 224-3178 runningfoundation.comSat, 5/18/13 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure® 5KR/W, 1MFR Detroit (248) 304-2080 karmanos.org/detroitraceforthecure/

Sat, 5/18/13 Walk & Wag and Run 5KR Ypsilanti (734) 661-3536 [email protected], 5/18/13 Wesley Woods Annual 5K 5KR/W Dowling [email protected] wesleywoodscamp.comSun, 5/19/13 Dan Langdon Memorial Run 5KR/W, kids run Bath [email protected] danlangdonmemorialrun.com

May - June 2013 Event CalendarSun, 5/19/13 Dragon Dash 5KR/W Lake Orion (248) 391.0304 oriontownship.orgSun, 5/19/13 Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan 5K 10KR, 5KR, kids run Ypsilanti (734) 712-1046 girlsontherunsemi.orgSun, 5/19/13 Great Lakes Bay Marathon and 13.1 26.2, 13.1MR/W/Wheel Midland (989) 832-7937 greatlakesbaymarathon.com

Sun, 5/19/13 Johan DuFest Triathlon Hopkins (616) 261-9706 tritofinish.comSun, 5/19/13 Komen Southwest Michigan Race for the Cure® 5KR/W, 1 MFR Kalamazoo (877) 566-3679 komenswmichigan.orgSun, 5/19/13 Livonis Stevenson Spartan 5K Fun Run 5KR/W, 1MFR Livonia (734) 748-4909 shsboosterclub.info

Sun, 5/19/13 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon & 10K 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 10KR Cleveland, OH (800) 467-3826 clevelandmarathon.comSun, 5/19/13 Shiawassee County New Balance Girls on the Run 5K 5KR, kids’ run Owosso (517) 282-0970 gotrshiawassee.orgSun, 5/19/13 SMOC Orienteering Meet orienteering Brighton (231) 796-0737 michigano.org

Sun, 5/19/13 Stony Creek “Back to the Beach” 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR/W Shelby Twp. [email protected] backtothebeachraces.comSun, 5/19/13 XTERRA Last Stand Triathlon / Duathlon Trithlon, Duathlon Augusta (419) 829-2398 www.eliteendeavors.comTue, 5/21/13 Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.com

Tue, 5/21/13 Millennium Park Run 6MR, 3MR/W, 1.5MR, Kids FR Grand Rapids (616) 406-7441 grandrapidsrunningclub.orgTue, 5/21/13 Tri Clinic expo & clinic Novi (248) 347-4949 runningfit.comThu, 5/23/13 Greater Kalamazoo Girls on the Run 5K 5KR/W Kalamazoo (269) 491-2663 girlsontherunkazoo.org

Thu, 5/23/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.comThu, 5/23/13 NCAA Div. I I Outdoor T&F Championships track and field Pueblo, CO (507) 646-3749 ncaa.com/championships/Thu, 5/23/13 NCAA Div I Outdoor T&F Preliminary Round track and field Greensboro, NC (502) 852-5151 ncaasports.com

Thu, 5/23/13 NCAA Div III Outdoor T&F Championships track and field LaCrosse, WI (920) 424-1034 ncaa.com/championships/Sat, 5/25/13 Alma Highland Festival Runs 10KR, 5KR/W, kids runs Alma (989) 463-4122 almahighlandfestival.comSat, 5/25/13 Bay de Noc Home Run 10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Run Escanaba (906) 786-1477 baydenochomerun.org

Sat, 5/25/13 Capitol Memorial Run 5K 5KR Lansing (517) 749-5647 runningfoundation.comSat, 5/25/13 CHC Foundation and Girls on the Run 5K 5KR/W Coldwater (517) 279-5414 www.chcbc.comSat, 5/25/13 Fruitport Old Fashioned Days Run 10KR, 5KR Fruitport (231) 865-3551 fruitportlions.com

Sat, 5/25/13 Island Lake Triathlon - Spring Tri: Olympic, Sprint Brighton (734) 845-7559 elementevents.comSat, 5/25/13 John Laurin Memorial 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Nadeau (906) 639-2512 johnlaurinmemorial.weebly.comSat, 5/25/13 K5K Kalamazoo 5K 5KR/W, kids run Kalamazoo (269) 978-2437 k5k.us

Sat, 5/25/13 Lisa’s Run 5MR/W Alpena (989) 354-2378 [email protected], 5/25/13 Livonia Park Run 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.comSat, 5/25/13 Mackinaw Memorial Bridge Race 6 MR Mackinaw City (231) 436-5664 mackinawcity.com

Sat, 5/25/13 Miles for Missions Run / Walk 4MR, 2MR/W Jackson (517) 914-3181 miles-for-missions.orgSat, 5/25/13 Traverse City Track Club Bayshore Marathon 26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 10KR Traverse City (231) 941-8118 bayshoremarathon.orgSat, 5/25/13 Tri_Cities Family YMCA Kick Off to Summer 5K 5KR/W, 1MFR/W Grand Haven (616) 842-7051 tcfymca.org

Sat, 5/25/13 Two Rivers Meet 15KR, 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run Elkhart, IN (574) 293-1683 stonesouppromotions.comSun, 5/26/13 Fallen Heroes 5K 5KR/W Lansing fhmf.orgSun, 5/26/13 Hansons Group Run training Lake Orion (248) 693-9900 hansons-running.com

Sun, 5/26/13 Sailing Thru the Shores 5KR/W St. Clair Shores (586) 771-2587 www.scsfunrun.orgSun, 5/26/13 Seahorse Challenge Triathlon and Duathlon triathlon, duathlon Climax (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSun, 5/26/13 SMOC Orienteering Meet orienteering Middleville (517) 347-2927 michigano.org


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Run & WalkFor Funds

Northport • Saturday, July 69 am: 2 Mile Run • 9:30 am: 5K &10K Runs • 9:45 am: Walk

All events benefit American Cancer Society Leelanau County Unit

$20 Entry Fee, $25 Race Day • T-Shirts to first 200

Plaques • Medals • Location: Historic Depot Northport

Contact:George W. Anderson, Race Director

310 West Third St., Northport, MI 49670(231) 386-5188 • [email protected]

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Mon, 5/27/13 Big Foot Challenge 8KR, 5KR/W, kids’ run Dansville (517) 899-5182 dansvilleathleticboosters.comMon, 5/27/13 City of Burton Memorial Day 5K 5KR/W Burton (810) 516-9614 runburton.comMon, 5/27/13 Freedom from Childhood Obesity 5KR/W Petoskey (231) 622-8828 [email protected]

Mon, 5/27/13 Lest They Be Foregotten Memorial Day 5K/10K 10KR, 5KR/W Webberville (517) 749-7947 webbervilleschools.org/funrun/Mon, 5/27/13 Louis M. Groen Memorial Day 5K/!0K Challenge 10KR, 5KR Johannesburg (989) 732-0421 otsegocountyparksrec.comMon, 5/27/13 Memorial Day Run 8KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR Grosse Ile (734) 282-1101 everalracemgt.com

Mon, 5/27/13 Novi Memorial Day Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR/W Novi (248) 974-8074 novimemorialdayrun.comMon, 5/27/13 Run for Joe 5KR/W Rapid River (906) 474-9001 friendsofjoe.org/page1.phpMon, 5/27/13 Run to Climax 7KR , 2MW Climax (269) 626-8611 msu.edu/~weessie2/climax/

Mon, 5/27/13 Wild West 50K, and Relay 50KR, relay Lowell (616) 260-2669 www.wildwest100k.4t.comTue, 5/28/13 Hanson Speed Session training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comTue, 5/28/13 Larry Steeb Meet of Champions track & field Dexter (734) 649-2091 a2racemanagement.com

Thu, 5/30/13 Greater Lansing Junior Honor Roll T&F Meet middle school track & field meet Okemos (517) 648-1775 playmakers.comThu, 5/30/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.comThu, 5/30/13 Swartz Creek Challenge 5KR/W Swartz Creek (810) 487-0954 riverbendstriders.com

Fri, 5/31/13 AlphARace Obstacle Course Race 4+MR, kids run Midland gaultracemanagement.comFri, 5/31/13 Intolerant 5K 5KR Norton Shores/ Muskegon [email protected], 5/31/13 Yankee Springs Trail Run 52.4MR, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR Middleville (616) 706-6308 yankeespringstrailrun.com

Sat, 6/1/13 Breaking Barriers 5K 5KR/W Hastings (269) 838-4019 barrycommunityfreeclinic.netSat, 6/1/13 4th and 1 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Lansing (517) 896-9888 www.4thand1.orgSat, 6/1/13 AlphARace 3.5MR extreme obstacle race Midland gaultracemanagement.com

Sat, 6/1/13 DC Vipers 5K 5KR/W Gladstone (906) 280-0105 uprrc.orgSat, 6/1/13 Dexter-Ann Arbor Kids Run kids runs Ann Arbor (248) 396-4936 dexterannarborrun.comSat, 6/1/13 Dodge Park 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk 5KR, 1MR/W Sterling Heights (586) 446-2700 goracego.com

Sat, 6/1/13 Double Time Tri Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquqbike Vicksburg (269) 978-2437 www.doubletimetri.comSat, 6/1/13 I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s Walkathon & 5K Run 5KR/W St. Clair Shores (248) 433-1011 www.parkinsonsmi.orgSat, 6/1/13 Kegs N K’s Lapeer Run for Beer 5KR Lapeer (810) 660-7297 elitefeetrunning.com

Sat, 6/1/13 Livonia Park Run 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.comSat, 6/1/13 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 1 track & field meet East Kentwood mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspxSat, 6/1/13 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 2 track & field meet Forest Hills Eastern mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx

Sat, 6/1/13 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 3 track & field meet Comstock Park mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspxSat, 6/1/13 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 4 track & field meet Hudsonville mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspxSat, 6/1/13 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, UP track & field meet Kingsford mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx

Sat, 6/1/13 Miles for Mia 5K Memorial Run/Walk 5KR/W Brighton zevents.comSat, 6/1/13 New Balance Girls on the Run 5K Van Buren/ Cass Counties 5KR Lawton (269) 621-3143 [email protected], 6/1/13 Oak Apple Run 10KR, 2MR, kids run Royal Oak (248) 541-4502 oakapplerun.org

Sat, 6/1/13 OLV Victory Race 5KR/W, kids run Northville (248) 563-7969 olv-victoryrun.comSat, 6/1/13 Rainbow Run 5K 5KR/W, 2KR/W Ferndale (248) 542-2160 rainbow-run.comSat, 6/1/13 Run for Wings 5KR/W Muskegon (231) 557-5997 runforwings.org

Sat, 6/1/13 Sparrow Michigan Mile KIds 1 MR Lansing (517) 364-8141 sparrow.org/michiganmileSat, 6/1/13 St. Patrick Shamrock Festival 5K 5KR/W Brighton (810) 227-8510 goracego.comSat, 6/1/13 Ticker Trot for Cardiomyopathy 5KR/W Oakland Twp. (248) 953-2779 tickertrot.com

Sat, 6/1/13 Tri Greenville Adult Sprint and Youth Triathlon Tri: Sprint, kids tri; Du Greenville (616) 754-8887 trigreenville.comSat, 6/1/13 USA Masters 8K Championships 8KR Williamsburg, VA usatf.orgSat, 6/1/13 Visiting Nurse Association & Blue Water Hospice River Run 10KR, 5KR, 3MW Marysville (810) 984-4131 www.vnabwh.comSun, 6/2/13 Catawba Island Club Run For Humanity 5 MR, 3MR/W, 1 M Kids Run Catawba Island, OH (419) 797-4424 cicrunwalk.org

Sun, 6/2/13 CHOK YMCA International Bridge Race 10KR, 80KB Sarnia, ON (519) 336-9622 [email protected], 6/2/13 Cowboy Trail Run 5KR Augusta (269) 731-4471 [email protected], 6/2/13 Dexter to Ann Arbor Run 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR Ann Arbor (248) 396-4936 dexterannarborrun.com

Sun, 6/2/13 Hot Pursuit Men’s Triathlon Tri: Olympic, Sprint Monroe (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSun, 6/2/13 I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s Walkathon & 5K Run 5KR, variable W Northville (248) 433-1011 www.parkinsonsmi.orgSun, 6/2/13 Milan’s Miracle Run 8K and 5K Walk 8KR, 5KR/W, 3KW, kids run Walker [email protected] milansmiraclefund.org

Sun, 6/2/13 We Can Do It Women’s 5K 5KR/W Okemos (517) 899-5211 runningfoundation.comTue, 6/4/13 Hanson Speed Session training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comTue, 6/4/13 Swim Run Series 1 500mS/ 5KR; 1000mS/ 5KR Shelby Twp (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.com

Wed, 6/5/13 Doozie’s Ice Cream Fun Run/Walk Series 5MR, 3MR, 1MR Mt. Pleasant (989) 772-0323 mtpleasantstriders.comWed, 6/5/13 NCAA Div I Outdoor T&F Championships track and field Eugene, OR (541) 346-4461 ncaa.comThu, 6/6/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.com


May - June 2013 Event CalendarFri, 6/7/13 Apathetic 5K 5KR Norton Shores/ Muskegon [email protected], 6/7/13 Denny’s Run 5KR/W Freeland (989) 573-0396 runsignup.comFri, 6/7/13 Relay for Life 5K 5KR/W Lansing (517) 664-1343 relayforlife.org/lansingmi

Fri, 6/7/13 South Church Family Fitness 5K 5KR/W, kids run Lansing (517) 322-2000 southlife.org/5kSat, 6/8/13 5K4TJ 5KR/W Okemos (517) 381-9051 www.edenclub.orgSat, 6/8/13 Ally Brunk Memorial 5K 5KR/W Potterville (517) 627-3715 runningfoundation.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Art & Orchard Festival Fun Run 15KR, 10KR, 5KR Washington Twp. (586) 242-3307 rwbparksrec.orgSat, 6/8/13 Baraga County Lake Trout Festival 13.1MR, 5KR L’Anse (906) 524-4797 laketroutfestival.comSat, 6/8/13 Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour 25MB, 50MB, 75MB, 100MB Mackinaw City (231) 436-5574 mackinawchamber.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Brian Diemer Amerikam 5K 5KR/W, 1MFR, kids’ runs Cutlerville (616) 295-1073 diemerrun.comSat, 6/8/13 Cereal City Classic 10KR, 5KR/W Battle Creek (269) 963-9622 runcalhoun.orgSat, 6/8/13 Chelsea Aquatics Club Kids Triathlon kids triathlon Chelsea [email protected] chelseakidstri.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Dirty Dog Dash 3MR Boyne Falls (800) 492-6963 dirtydogdash.comSat, 6/8/13 Flirt with Dirt 10KR, 5KR Novi (734) 929-9027 runflirt.comSat, 6/8/13 Foam Fest 5KR obstacle Shelby Twp. 5kfoamfest.com/locations/Detroit.php

Sat, 6/8/13 Franklin Community Center 5K 5KR/W, dog walk Franklin (248) 470-7746 kregerhouse.orgSat, 6/8/13 Hartford Strawberry Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR Hartford (269) 621-3651 hartfordmichigan.comSat, 6/8/13 Kalamazoo Mud Run 5K adventure Kalamazoo (269) 343-4522 kalamazoomudrun.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Kona Run 10MR, 10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Northville (248) 345-6168 konarun.comSat, 6/8/13 Legs for Legacy 10KR, 5KR Jackson (517) 787-1321 runningfoundation.comSat, 6/8/13 Livonia Park Run 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Ludington Lakestride Half Marathon, 10K & 5K 13.1 MR, 10KR, 5KR Ludington (231) 357-8867 ludingtonlakestride.comSat, 6/8/13 M-22 Challenge 25KB/ 2Kpaddle; 2MR Glen Arbor (231) 883-5936 m22challenge.comSat, 6/8/13 Mackinac Island Lilac Festival 10K Run and Walk 10KR/W, kids run Mackinac Island (810) 487-0954 www.runmackinac.com

Sat, 6/8/13 NE Lenawee CROP Hunger Run & Walk 10KR/W, 5KR/W Macon (517) 517-7449 cwscrop.orgSat, 6/8/13 North Country Trail Relay 75.6 M relay, 15 legs 2.3-9.2 miles Brethren n(616) 786-2945 www.nctrelay.orgSat, 6/8/13 OPC 5K Run & Walk for Meals 5KR/W Rochester (248) 659-1021 www.opcseniorcenter.org

Sat, 6/8/13 Run 2 Read 10KR, 5KR/W Shelby Township (586) 286-2750 r2read.comSat, 6/8/13 Run for Fun 5KR/W, kids run Okemos [email protected] playmakers.comSat, 6/8/13 Run for the Cure 5KR/W, kids run Caro (989) 551-2185 5krunforthecure.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Running for a Cause, Team Triple Threat 5KR/W Alpena (989) 379-3711 [email protected], 6/8/13 Spear-It 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Mears (231) 861-4028 nationalasparagusfestival.orgSat, 6/8/13 St. Joe’s 5K Run, 2 Mile Walk 5KR, 2MW Pewamo (989) 981-6656 pewamo5k.tripod.com

Sat, 6/8/13 The Capitol Bancorp 5K 5KR/W, 1MR Lansing (517) 371-5517 capitolbancorp5k.com Sun, 6/9/13 Ann Arbor Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, 1M Ann Arbor (734) 213-1033 theannarbormarathon.comSun, 6/9/13 Barb Palzewic Hoope Memorial Relay 5KR, relay Stephenson (906) 788-4229 [email protected]

Sun, 6/9/13 Big Fish Triathlon, Duathlon, Sprint Triathlon, Duathlon Hadley Township (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSun, 6/9/13 Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour Ride across the “Mighty Mac” Mackinaw City (231) 436-5574 mackinawchamber.comSun, 6/9/13 Dansville 5K 5KR/W Dansville (734) 332-9129 dansvillerunning.com

Sun, 6/9/13 Family Adventure Day 5K, 10K, & 2 Mile Walk 10KR, 5KR, 2MW Royal Oak (248) 595-8526 scleroderma.org/michigan

Saturday, May 25, 2013 • 8:30 amYour start and finish will be cheered on by 30,000+ spectators. Trophies awarded to the top male and female inthe 5K Run, 5K walk, and 10K Race and to the top male and female Masters runners in the 5K and 10K Race.

Medals awarded to the top two finishers in each age group for each event and to all Kids Fun Run participants.$25 Pre-registered, postmarked by April 29 • $30 Pre-registered, postmarked by May 17

$35 Race day registration • Register online at www.active.comFor more information visit www.almahighlandfestival.com or please call Jill Sandro (989) 463-4122

All participants will receive a free one-day pass to the World-famous Highland Festival grounds (a $15 value).

Kids Fun Run Races5K Run • 5K Walk

10 KRACE!

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Start at Football Field, Fruitport High School, 6th &Beech St. Measured loop courses through scenic,hilly Fruitport countryside. (231) 865-3551

Sponsored by Fruitport Lions

SaturdayMay 25,

20139:30 am

5Kand10K

32nd Annual

FruitportOld Fashioned Days

Run

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Sun, 6/9/13 Grand Rapids Triathlon Tri: sprint, olympic or 1/2 iron Ada (616) 805-3059 grandrapidstriathlon.comSun, 6/9/13 Holly Recreation Triathlon/ Duathlon Triathlon, Duathlon Holly (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Sun, 6/9/13 Summer Fun & Run 5KR/W, kids run DeWitt (517) 827-9660 runningfoundation.comTue, 6/11/13 Ann Arbor Track Club Summer Mini Track Meet Ann Arbor (734) 769-9105 aatrackclub.org/racesTue, 6/11/13 Comstock Park HS 10K Relay Run 6MR, 3MR, 1.5MR, teams Grand Rapids (616) 887-7203 grandrapidsrunningclub.orgTue, 6/11/13 Hanson Speed Session training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comWed, 6/12/13 Grand Ledge Summer Recreation Track and Field track meet-all comers Grand Ledge (517) 648-1775 playmakers.comWed, 6/12/13 Hawk Island Triathlon Tri: 400 meter S/ 16KB/ 5KR Lansing (517) 374-5700 www.hawk-i-tri.comWed, 6/12/13 Human Race 5KR Mt. Pleasant (989) 772-0323 mtpleasantstriders.com

Thu, 6/13/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.comThu, 6/13/13 Strides for Life 100 Mile Run 25MR, 50MR, 75MR, 100MR Holland (616) 396-5576 stridesforlife.comThu, 6/13/13 The Dalmatian Run 5KR/W, 1/4MFR Clio (810) 487-0954 gaultracemanagement.com

Thu, 6/13/13 Valley Rally 5K 5KR/W Nashville (517) 852-9275 runningfoundation.comThu, 6/13/13 YMCA Retread Run/Shoes for Kids 8KR, 5KR/W Flint (810) 659-6493 riverbendstriders.comFri, 6/14/13 Beatty-Daley Challenge 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR-Invite Lapeer (810) 358-2193 racemilestone.com

Fri, 6/14/13 Kids’ Klassic & Pump ‘n Run Life 1KFR, 2KR, weight lifting Kalamazoo (269) 270-5641 kalamazooklassic.orgFri, 6/14/13 Run for Los Ninos Riverview Church 5KR/W Holt (517) 749-0320 runningfoundation.comSat, 6/15/13 Beat the Grandma 5K Age/Gender Graded Race 5KR Grand Rapids (616) 260-2669 beatthegrandma.mysite.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Beet Feet 5K Walk/Run 5KR/W Sebewaing (989) 883-3003 barc-mi.comSat, 6/15/13 Canton Liberty Run 10KR/W, 5KR/W, 1MR/W Canton (734) 929-9027 cantonlibertyrun.comSat, 6/15/13 Casnovia Old School 5K 5KR/W Casnovia (616) 5210-1081 michianatiming.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Charyl’s Run2BFit 5KR/W, 1MR/W Brighton (810) 632-4778 runningfoundation.comSat, 6/15/13 Cheesetown Challenge 5 MR, 2 MR/W, kids run Pinconning (989) 879-5617 cheesetownraces.comSat, 6/15/13 Clothing Optional Run 5KR/W Union City (866) 321-4710 turtle-lake.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Detroit Rhythm Run 5KR/W Detroit (248) 766-6485 heritageworks.orgSat, 6/15/13 Dirty Feat Adventure Race Adventure race Lansing (517) 281-9516 dirtyfeat.orgSat, 6/15/13 Formula One Motor City Tri: 750mS/ 20KB/ 5KR x 2 Detroit (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Glen Arbor Solstice Half Marathon & 5K 13.1MR, 5KRW Glen Arbor (231) 715-1406 enduranceevolution.comSat, 6/15/13 Higgins Lake Half Marathon, 10K &5K 13.1MR/Wheel, 10K, 5K, 1M Roscommon (989) 275-4015 roscommonrotary.comSat, 6/15/13 Ideal Beach Triathlon Tri: Sprint, Super sprint Elkhart, IN (574) 293-1683 stonesouppromotions.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Joshua Spalsbury Memorial Comet Chase 5K 5KR/W Grand Ledge (517) 627-2034 5kcometchase.comSat, 6/15/13 Kalamazoo Klassic 10KR, 5KR Kalamazoo (269) 270-5641 kalamazooklassic.orgSat, 6/15/13 Kilometers 4 Kids 10KR, 5KR, 1M kids Lake Orion (248) 872-7606 kilometers4kids.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Lech Lecha Triathlon tri: 600ydS/ 10.4MB/ 2.1MR Grandville (616) 893-3701 lechlechatriathlon.weebly.comSat, 6/15/13 Mecosta County Youth & Family Center 5K 5KR Mecosta (231) 972-7129 [email protected], 6/15/13 Mud Dollop Wallop 12M relay, 4MR Adrian r(517) 673-8953 runningwithes.com

Sat, 6/15/13 MWCAA Corporate Cup Relays 10KR, 5KR/W, T&F Lathrup Village (586) 731-0153 www.mwccr.orgSat, 6/15/13 Open Water Practice Swim choose distance Grass Lake (734) 678-5045 epicraces.comSat, 6/15/13 Potter Park Zoo Wild One Children’s Mile kids 1MR Lansing (517) 702-4733 potterparkzoo.org/W1M

Sat, 6/15/13 RHGYC 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Rochester Hills (248) 841-2460 [email protected], 6/15/13 Run 4 a Cause 5KR, 1.5MR Ada (616) 957-8188 run4acauseada.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Run for Life 10KR, 5KR Marquette (906) 869-6680Sat, 6/15/13 Scott Merfeld Memorial March 5KR/W Hillsdale (517) 439-5101 [email protected], 6/15/13 Sprint & Splash at Lake St. Clair Duathlon, 5KR Harrison Township (586) 469-5285 sprintandsplash.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Summer Solstice 5K Fun Run 5KR Sault Ste. Marie, MI (906) 632-8109 summersolstice5k.orgSat, 6/15/13 SuperkidsTry MotorCity Triathlons Detroit (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSat, 6/15/13 Swan Creek Crawl 50K Trail Run 50KR, 10MR Allegan (616) 261-9706 www.stridersrun.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Tri Kids Triathlon Triathlon Grass Lake (734) 678-5045 epicraces.comSat, 6/15/13 Van Buren State Park Step Into Summer Fun 5KR/W South Haven (269) 637-2788 [email protected], 6/15/13 Zombie Run 5KR Swartz Creek [email protected] zombierunmi.com

Sun, 6/16/13 Cedar Point 5K Challenge 5KR Sandusky, OH (419) 609-2067 cedarpoint.comSun, 6/16/13 Father’s Day Run 4 Trails 5KR Fort Wayne, IN (260) 436-4824 veepraces.comSun, 6/16/13 Motor City Triathlon tri: olympic, sprint Detroit (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.com

Sun, 6/16/13 Plymouth YMCA Father’s Day Run 10K, 5K, 1 M, Triple, kids Plymouth (734) 455-2904 ymcadetroit.org/plymouthSun, 6/16/13 Run for the Ribbon 5K for Prostate Care Awareness 5KR/W Huntington Woods (586) 443-4272 miurunfortheribbon.orgSun, 6/16/13 XTERRA Torn Shirt Triathlon /Duathlon Triathlons, Duathlon Brighton (419) 376-9496 eliteendeavors.com

May - June 2013 Event Calendar


Sun, 6/16/13 Yooper Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon Triathlon, Duathlon Hancock (906) 370-3207 YooperTri.comTue, 6/18/13 Hanson Speed Session training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comTue, 6/18/13 Muddy Watters, Bump & Run Trail Series 4MR, kids run Rochester Hills (248) 320-5705 www.jeffwatters.com

Wed, 6/19/13 Flushing Evening 5k Run/Walk 5KR/W Flushing (810) 487-0954 riverbendstriders.comWed, 6/19/13 Grand Ledge Summer Recreation Track and Field track meet-all comers Grand Ledge (517) 627-9076 playmakers.comWed, 6/19/13 Triceratops Triathlon & Kids’s Clinic Tri: 1/2MS/ 12.4MB/ 5KR Brighton (734) 929-9027 runtrextri.comWed, 6/19/13 Twilight Run 5KR/W Lansing (517) 702-0226 runningfoundation.comWed, 6/19/13 USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships track and field meet Des Moines, IA usatf.org

Wed, 6/19/13 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships track and field meet Des Moines, IA usatf.orgWed, 6/19/13 Wednesday Races in the Park 3MR, 1.5MR, .5MR, kids run Linden (810) 591-0415 [email protected], 6/20/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.com

Fri, 6/21/13 The Capitol Bancorp 5K 5KR/W, 1MR Lansing (517) 487-6555 capitolbancorp5k.comFri, 6/21/13 Meijer State Games of Michigan- Governor’s Family Run 5KR tbd (616) 233-3564 stategamesofmichigan.comSat, 6/22/13 Antioch’s Get Healthy Now 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Lansing (517) 327-0967 runningfoundation.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Binder Park Zoo Cheetah Chase 5KR/W, 1MFR Battle Creek (269) 979-1351 binderparkzoo.orgSat, 6/22/13 Charlevoix Marathon 26.2M, 13.1M, 10R, 5K Charlevoix (248) 446-1315 goodboyevents.comSat, 6/22/13 Concord Classic 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, 1/2 M Kid's Run Concord (517) 524-6995 playmakers.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Every Person Involved Cares Half Marathon 13.1MR, 5KR Pontiac (248) 330-7762 epiccares.orgSat, 6/22/13 First Try Triathlon tri: 300ydS/ 9MB/ 2MR Linden (248) 910-0763 [email protected], 6/22/13 Hero Rush Obstacle Race 5K adventure Oxford Charter Twp [email protected] herorush.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Meijer State Games of Michigan 5K 5KR, track & field meet East Kentwood (616) 233-3564 stategamesofmichigan.comSat, 6/22/13 Name That Run 5KR Niles (269) 683-1552 nb-ymca.orgSat, 6/22/13 Open Door Julie Run/Walk 10KR, 5KR/W Commerce Twp. (248) 360-2930 opendooroutreachcenter.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Fit for Life 10KR, 5KR/W Pontiac (248) 338-5718 [email protected], 6/22/13 Portland St. Patrick Parish Festival 5K Run 5KR/W Portland (517) 927-2226 playmakers.comSat, 6/22/13 Red Cedar 5K 5K/W Williamston (517) 256-3656 inghamhabitat.org

Sat, 6/22/13 St. Mary’s of Michigan Bee Healthy for Life 10KR, 5KR/W Saginaw (989) 907-8223 stmarysofmichigan.orgSat, 6/22/13 USA Half Marathon Championsips 13.1MR Duluth, MN usatf.orgSat, 6/22/13 Xtreme Muck Ruck 7MR, 4MR, 2MR, kids run Copemish [email protected] xtrememuckruck.com

37th AnnualDodge Park 5K Run

1 Mile Run/WalkSaturday, June 1, 2013 8 am

STERLING HEIGHTSCREDIT UNION

For entry form and more information:

Sterling Heights Parks & Recreation

[email protected]

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Sun, 6/23/13 Grand Haven Bone & Joint Bear Lake Triathlon and Duathlon North Muskegon (616) 843-1808 bearlaketrianddu.comSun, 6/23/13 Happy Soles 5KR/W Taylor [email protected], 6/23/13 Ludington Triathlon Tri: Olympic & Sprint; Du Ludington (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Sun, 6/23/13 Pictured Rocks Road Race - Run for the Red Cross 13.1MR, 5KR, FW Munising (906) 228-3659 picturedrocksroadrace.comSun, 6/23/13 Tri Goddess Tri Women’s Only Triathlon Tri: sprint, mini sprint; duathlon Grass Lake (734) 678-5045 epicraces.comTue, 6/25/13 Grandville High School Track Meet track meet Grandville (616) 250-4309 grandrapidsrunningclub.org

Tue, 6/25/13 Hanson Speed Session training Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comTue, 6/25/13 USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships track & field meet St. Louis, MO usatf.orgTue, 6/25/13 World Youth Track & Field Trials track & field meet Edwardsville, IL usatf.org

Tue, 6/25/13 Zeeland Zoom 5KR/W Zeeland (616) 748-5906 feelthezeel.comWed, 6/26/13 Grand Ledge Summer Recreation Track and Field track meet-all comers Grand Ledge (517) 627-9076 playmakers.comWed, 6/26/13 Wednesday Races in the Park 3MR, 1.5MR, .5MR, kids run Linden (810) 591-0415 [email protected]

Thu, 6/27/13 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Royal Oak (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.comFri, 6/28/13 Hansons 3 Mile Cross-Country Race 3 MR Sterling Heights (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.comSat, 6/29/13 Caledonia Kilt Klassic 5K 5KR/W Caledonia (616) 406-9766 kiltklassic.com

Sat, 6/29/13 Gale’s Gym Summer Series Race One 5KR Edmore (989) 427-4348Sat, 6/29/13 Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race - Summer Edition 4 hour adventure race Rockford (616) 460-9331 grUrbanAdventureRace.comSat, 6/29/13 Gull Lake Triathlon & Duathlon tri: olympic, sprint; du; aquabike Augusta (269) 978-2437 gulllaketriathlon.com

Sat, 6/29/13 Lake Cadillac Team Marathon 26.2MR, 13.1MR, relay Cadillac (231) 920-1951 michianatiming.comSat, 6/29/13 Lions Michigan Foundation Half Marathon 13.1M, 5M, 3M, 2.5MW Oscoda (571) 887-6640 www.imsf.netSat, 6/29/13 Mark Mellon Triathlon & Duathlon tri: olympic, sprint, 5K, relay Gaylord (989) 858-5240 www.markmellontri.com

Sat, 6/29/13 Max’s Race 5KR/W, kids run East Lansing (517) 204-3257 maxsrace.comSat, 6/29/13 Reeds Lake Run 10KR, 5KR/W Grand Rapids (616) 949-1750 www.reedslakerun.comSat, 6/29/13 Run/Walk BOOM!!! 5KR/W, 1MR/W Huntington Woods (248) 541-3030 runwalkboom.com

Sat, 6/29/13 St. John Spray Park 5K 5KR St. Johns (989) 224-8944 cityofsaintjohnsmi.comSat, 6/29/13 Third Coast Relay 206M relay Holland (734) 845-7559 ThirdCoastRelay.comSat, 6/29/13 USA 10 km Trail Championships 10KR Beech Mountain, NC usatf.org

Sat, 6/29/13 Wolverine Wildcat 5K 5KR, 1MFR Wolverine (231) 238-8930 wolverinelumberjackfest.comSun, 6/30/13 Anyone Can Tri Triathlon, Duathlon Mount Clemens (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSun, 6/30/13 Blue Water Half Marathon 13.1MR Port Huron (810) 987-6400 bluewaterymca.com/runs/

Sun, 6/30/13 Bobcat Triathlon Tri, Aquabike, Kayak/Paddle Board Houghton Lake (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.comSun, 6/30/13 Clawson Freedom Run 5KR, 1MFR Clawson (248) 435-4232 clawsonruns.comSun, 6/30/13 Hansons Group Run training Lake Orion (248) 616-9665 hansons-running.com

Sun, 6/30/13 UP Northwoods Triathlon tri: olympic, sprint, kids Iron Mountain (906) 774-4076 ddymca.com/Triathlon.htmlSun, 6/30/13 USAT Mideast Regional Triathlon Championships tri: Olympic; aquabike Grass Lake (419) 829-2398 epicraces.com

Thu, 7/4/13 Ann Arbor Firecracker 5K 5KR/W, kids run Ann Arbor (734) 213-1033 a2firecracker5k.comThu, 7/4/13 Firecracker 5K 5KR Beulah (231) 930-4222 clcba.orgThu, 7/4/13 Volkslaufe 20KR, 10KR, 5KR/W, 2KFR Frankenmuth (989) 860-3388 volkslaufe.org

Sat, 7/6/13 Run & Walk for Funds 10KR, 5KR, 2 MR/W Northport (231) 386-5188 [email protected], 7/7/13 Independence Aquathlon & Open Water Swim 2KR/ 750m S/ 2KR Howell (517) 546-0693 howellrecreation.orgSat, 7/13/13 Dances with Dirt - Devil’s Lake 50M, 50K, 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K Baraboo, WI (734) 929-9027 danceswithdirt.com

Sat, 7/13/13 Waugoshance Trail Marathon 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, 2KR Carp Lake (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.comSun, 7/14/13 Beatles on the Bay Triathlon, Duathlon Caseville (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.comSun, 7/14/13 Gallup Gallop 5KR/W, 1 MR Ann Arbor (734) 975-9199 aatrackclub.org

Sat, 7/20/13 Atwood Stadium Run/Walk 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run Flint (810) 238-5981 werunthistown.comSat, 7/20/13 Port City Run 5KR/W, 1M Frankfort (231) 352-7698 [email protected], 7/21/13 Crosstown Kids Triathlon kids triathlon Howell (517) 546-0693 howellrecreation.org

Sat, 7/27/13 Alden Run 10KR, 5KR/W Alden (231) 377-7319 www.aldenrun.comSat, 7/27/13 Grand Island Trail Marathon & 10K 26.2 MR, 13.1MR Munising (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.comSat, 8/3/13 The Legend 5 & 10 Mile Trail Run 13.1MR, 10MR, 5MR Laingsburg (734) 929-9027 www.runlegend.com

Wed, 8/7/13 Red Carpet Run 5K 5KR, West Bloomfield (734) 929-9027 redcarpetrun.comSat, 8/10/13 Crystal Lake Team Marathon 26.2 M Relay Beulah (231) 930-4222 crystallakecommunitybusinessassoc.com

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Sat, 8/10/13 Run Thru Hell 10 MR, 4.8 MR Pinckney (734) 878-6640 gaultracemanagement.comSat, 8/10/13 Tahqua Trail Run 25KR, 10KR Paradise (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.comSun, 8/11/13 Stony Creek Off Road Triathlon Triathlon, Duathlon Shelby Township (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Wed, 8/14/13 T-Rex Tri & Kids’ Tri Tri: 1/2MS/ 12 MB/ 5KR Brighton (734) 929-9027 runtrextri.comThu, 8/15/13 Bauman’s Charity 5K 5KR/W, kids runs Flint (810) 238-5981 riverbendstriders.comFri, 8/16/13 Howell Melon Run 10K, 5K, 1M, kids’ run Howell (517) 546-0693 howellrecreation.org

Sat, 8/17/13 Farmington Run for the Hills 10KR, 5KR/W, 1KFR Farmington (248) 880-3852 farmingtonrunforthehills.comSat, 8/17/13 Somerset Stampede 13.1MR, 5KR/W Somerset Center (517) 914-3181 somerset-run.comSun, 8/18/13 Traverse City Triathlon Triathlons Traverse City (231) 715-1406 enduranceevolution.com

Sat, 8/24/13 Crim Festival of Races 10M, 8K, 5K, 1M, Kids Flint (810) 235.3396 crim.orgSun, 8/25/13 Playmakers Classic Triathlon tri:S/ 13MB/ 4MB Holt (517) 349.3803 playmakersclassictri.comSun, 8/25/13 Summer’s End Trail Run 5KR/W, 1M kids’ run Saginaw (989) 513-5195 [email protected]

Sat, 8/31/13 Labor Day 30K Run & 10K Walk/Run 30KR/B, 10KR/W, kids Milford (248) 685-7580 laborday30k.com Sat, 8/31/13 Run Like The Wind 10KR, 5KR/W Westland (517) 702-0226 runningfoundation.comSun, 9/1/13 Boyne City Triathlon Tri: Olympic & Sprint; Du Boyne City (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Fri, 9/6/13 Run Woodstock - Day 1 100MR, 100KR, 5KR Pinckney (734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.comSat, 9/7/13 Run Woodstock - Day 2 50M, 50K, 5M, 10K, 5K Pinckney (734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.comSun, 9/8/13 Hartman Creek Trail Run 25KR, 10KR, kdis run Waupaca, WI (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com

Sun, 9/8/13 Run Woodstock - Day 3 5MR Pinckney (734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.comSat, 10/5/13 Porcupine Mountains Trail Marathon 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, kids Silver City (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.comSun, 10/6/13 Sleeping Bear Marathon & Half Marathon 26.2MR, 13.1MR Empire (231) 715-1406 enduranceevolution.com

Sun, 10/13/13 Wild Life Marathon 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, kids run Concord (517) 392-8250 wildlifemarathon.orgSun, 10/20/13 Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR Grand Rapids (616) 293-3145 grandrapidsmarathon.comSun, 10/20/13 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 26.2 M, 13.1M, 5K, kids Toronto, ON (416) 944-2765 torontowaterfrontmarathon.com

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Pot O’ Gold 4 Mile Run and Walk, Flint, March 17, 2013

Photos by Ryan Litwiller / irunflint.com

Corey Walker (bib no. 264) of Flint runswith her costume-twin.

Truman Jones of Metamora finishedsecond in his age group, 30:48.

Scott Ross (bib no. 348) of Flint and Katrina Smeets (bib no. 349) of SwartzCreek make costume statements.


Thank God forlow-tech.

Where would I havebeen this past winterwithout Yaktrax? Or lastsummer without deer-flystrips?

Forget high tech. Forgetall the wonderful synthetic wicking materials. Forget allthose massively-engineered midsoles. Forget GPS watchesthat break out your inch-per-nanosecond pace and milescovered to the 38th decimal place.

Yes, Yaktrax seem horrible overpriced, a cross-hatch-ing of small steel spirals that attach to your running shoesthat looks to be about 12 cents worth of material that canretail for anywhere between $20 and $30.

But what a godsend. One day this past March I didan eight-mile loop on the Potawatomie Trail in the Pinck-ney State Recreation area northwest of Ann Arbor. I’dbeen in Ann Arbor on business and got done early. Therewasn’t any snow in town, but there was plenty left when Ipulled into the parking lot at the park.

And the snow on those steep up-and-down trailshad been compacted by runners and skiers into athick, slick sheet of ice. Without Yaktrax, I wouldhave been too stubborn to just turn around and drivesomewhere else. I would have gone for a run, fallenlike 18 times on my aging infrastructure and proba-bly been permanently disabled.

With Yaktrax not a single slip, no falls, just eightmiles of gut-busting work that was more thanenough to rationalize a bag of Better Made potatochips and a Pepsi on the ride home.

I ran the same loop last June when the deerflieswere at their peak. To the rescue? A Tred-Not deer-flypatch. Talk about low-tech. The strips are two inchesby six inches, white on one side, brown on the other,with each side extremely sticky.

They are killing machines when it comes to deerflies, in as simple and nontoxic a fashion as possible.You need to wear a cap, then put the strip across thecrown of the cap, white side down, then go for a run.

Instead of being driven insane by deerflies, youjust motor along, barely aware of them. When I fin-ished the run last June, there were 24 deer flies stuckto the tape. Not one of them had bit me.

The way the strip works is from its inventorhaving noticed deer-fly behavior. They like to bumppeople on the back of the head, checking out theirsmell or who knows what, before taking a chomp outof their favorite spots, the backs of your arms orthighs. But they bop your head once, they’re stuck.

The strips cost $8 for a 12-pack and are onlygood to use once if the flies are out in force. I’m sure

the markup is impressive, but, still, what’s a lousy 67cents when it comes to slaying 24 deer flies on aneight-mile run?

Thank goodness for the long winter. No, I’mnot crazy. I just remember the eight days of80-degree weather up north last winter,

which got all the fruit trees budding just ahead of aseries of killer frosts in April that destroyed most ofthe cherries, apples, peaches and pears.

And the lack of snow all winter and the hot dryMarch made the soil so dry that there was barely amorel mushroom harvest in May.

So, hooray for no fruit buds this March. Hoorayfor lots of snow and, presumably, lots of morels.

There was plenty of new snow this year for thefifth annual Camp Pet-o-se-ga Snowshoe Race, twofairly-flat loops around a 300-acre forested park onthe shores of Pickerel Lake.

This is a cool event, no pun intended. They onlyget 50 entrants or so, but we are treated afterwards tohot dogs, chili and a generous raffle that ends up giv-ing something to nearly everyone.

If you haven’t ever done a snowshoe race, this isthe one to start out on. It’s the easiest course I’ve runon, with the cheapest entry fee and the best post-racerefreshments.

Camp Pet-o-se-ga will serve as a segue to mylast item.

I finished next-to-last in the 5K. My wife, Kath-leen, finished last. She’s a former Boston Marathonqualifier, a 20-minute 5K runner at her peak whowas a frequent age-group winner for many years. I’ma former 2:58 marathoner. Both of us are happy tojust be plugging along now, straining our hearts andlungs, still having an excuse to set the alarm on Sat-urday mornings.

Kathleen has a much better excuse for runningslowly than I do — she’s about to have double knee-replacement surgery and never runs pain-free, butgets enough enjoyment to make the pain worth it.

A letter writer from Traverse City who misun-derstood a recent column was pretty worked up in aletter she wrote to MR last issue. She thought a col-umn about the lack of fast runners these days wassomehow a criticism of slow runners.

“Mr. Henderson is likely too busy looking at agecategories, times, distances, number of racers andother statistics to ever have fun … Get a life besideshill fartleks, track work, training and writing boringand/or insulting articles. Relax, you only have somany heartbeats,” the writer said.

To set the record straight, I haven’t done a hill fartlek

or track workout in five years. I did run two fartleks lastfall, with six one-minute pickups in each run.

My long run this year is eight miles. As of theend of March, I had run 160 miles all year.

I love all the slow people at races. I’m one of them. Ifmore slow people had shown up at Camp Pet-o-se-ga, Imight not have finished next-to-last. My last run, a lep-rechaun 5K in Jordan March 24, I did in 28:29.

In 1981, the first story I ever sold about run-ning, to the Detroit Free Press about newbies train-ing for their first marathon, drew an angry letterfrom a serious runner saying I was doing a disserviceto the sport by encouraging people who ran slowerthan 8 minutes a mile. I thought he was a pompousass and made sure to continue to encourage slowpeople thereafter.

In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, I was thecoach for the marathon fundraising team for the De-troit area chapter of the American Diabetes Associa-tion. We encouraged slow, slower and slowest peopleto join us. On the long runs we did each Sunday, Ialways ran with the slowest runner, which meant 20-mile runs that took up most of the day.

It’s not all the slow people I was concernedabout in my column. It’s the near absence of anyonefast these days. I love running slow. I loved, also, hav-ing trained to the point where I could do half-marathons at 6-minute pace, or 5Ks at 5:30. Andhaving lots of other fast people to compete with.

I was in the Anchor Bar in Detroit in 1983when the Detroit Turkey Trot was created. I ran thefirst one and many thereafter. It was always called aTrot. It had fast people. Lisa Larsen Weidenbach wonthe first one for the women and later won the Bostonmarathon.

So, yes, Trot or not, some people ran fast. I wishmore people ran fast today.

Bless those who don’t. - MR -

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On beautiful Torch Lake

Saturday, July 27, 201310K & 5K run and 5K walk

on scenic, sanctioned xc courses.

Registration & Packet pick-up area:Helena Twp. Community Center located

at the traditional Run start line

Registration and information: Steve KershnerPO Box 444, Alden, MI 49612

(231) 377-7319 • [email protected] aldenrun.com

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Shillelagh Four Mile, Flushing, March 9, 2013


Julia Jeczmionka,age 15, of Es-sexville won herage group.

It's a race to the finish for Jacob Fyock (bib no. 409) and Mike Klosowski (bib no.104)

James Teeple matches strides with winner Rachel Dickman, who finishedin 24:08.

Justin Dickman (bib no. 324) and Brandon Johnson (bib no. 301) finish 1, 2 in the identical time of 21:06.

Paige Deitering and Lindsey Bramanlead a pack around a corner.

Jenna Jeczmionka,age 14, of Es-sexville was thirdin her age group.

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