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Features and Departments Editor’s Notes: Existential Cowboy By Scott Sullivan High School Runners of the Year: East Kentwood Boys Track Team By Jeff Hollobaugh Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard Book Review: Running for the Hansons By Ron Marinucci Beyond the Chip: Think to Race Better By Herb Lindsay No Cheating the Cheetah Queen By Rachael Steil Notes on the Run: Looks By Daniel G. Kelsey Running with Tom Henderson

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Cover: East Kentwood Boys Track Team, MHSAA Track & Field Finals, Lower Peninsula Boys Division I. Top from left: Spencer Clark, Houston Glass, Justin Williams; bottom from left: Ricco Hall, Chris James, Chris James.

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Editor’s Notes

Existential Cowboy

By Scott Sullivan

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© C. Sherline / Frog Prince

ll hail the Existential Cowboy, doomed to hang out in sad cafés, wearing a paisley Stetson, debating the meaning of “meaning” with JeanBoy Paul and ClaudeBob Pierre.

dread and being doomed to freedom in an absurd and indifferent universe -- that supersede reason, religion or scientific explanations, because they are primary.

Want a better grasp? Try reading Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus or Ecclesiastes without chug-a-lugging Drano, or running a race with strychnine, not water, stops.

What is an Existential Cowboy? Here is what he’s not:

Many are called, few chosen to become Existential Cowboys. Back in college, I dismissed peers by saying the Meaning of Existence was reducible to its acronym, i.e. ME. But lately I’ve felt my inner EC returning.

There was only one thing to do: Have him dialog with John Wayne:

Real Cowboy: Itinerant, poorly-paid ranch hand, with bad teeth and ragged clothes, who smells like he follows cows. An American icon.

EC: Duke, I’m feeling that everything is gratuitous: this garden, this city and myself. I feel nauseous.

Rhinestone Cowboy: Square-jawed, impeccably-groomed male model with a name like Clint Jackson or Alan Black, who sings in a southern accent (even if he’s from Michigan) about heartaches (cheatin’, drinkin’, the dawg’s in the shop or pickup truck’s in the kennel) and redemption (their gal is true, God bless country life and America) and wears a black or white hat (gray or pink would be too ambivalent). Product for mass country-music market.

The Duke: Hold yer horses, pardner. Talk low, talk slow and don’t say too much.

Urban Cowboy: Throwback to same-named film, made in 1980 before John Travolta looked like a zeppelin, who tries to impress urban cowgirls by riding mechanical bulls in bars, breaking bones and vestigial organs including brains.

EC: Hell is … other people!

As a runner, unattainable goals confirm him. Treadmills run him, not the converse.

The EC runs into trouble, then out of time.

Dallas Cowboy: Once a representative of “America’s Team.” Now just another 6-8, 350-pound, end zone-dancing thug sprouting steroid needles like a porcupine.

John Wayne: The Duke. ‘Nuff said.

Existential Cowboys, known to haunt graduate-school prairies, see human existence as having underlying themes -- of anxiety,

EC: I feel alone, abandoned on earth in the midst of infinite responsibilities, without help, with no other aim than the one I set for myself, with no other destiny than the one I forge for myself.

The Duke: Courage is being scared to death -and saddling up anyway.

The Duke: Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.

It is no coincidence that Sartre (from whom the above EC quotes were gleaned) and The Duke died within a year of each other.

Sartre lived longer: he deserved it.

I await the day when the movie “Shane” is remade as “Shame: The Tale of an Existential Cowboy.” As the star rides his sawhorse into a sunset obscured by clouds, the boy will plead, “Shame, do not come back!”

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Ricco Hall

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can results of recent boys track and field state championships in Michigan. Look at the team standings in Division 1 (the largest schools), and you may see a pattern.

In 2007, East Kentwood finished second with 33 points, the first time the team had broken into the top 10 since 2002.

The following year, East Kentwood placed second with 55 points, missing the win by a mere point.

In 2009, the Falcons won with 79 points, an amazing 45-point gap ahead of the runnersup. In 2010, East Kentwood won with an astounding 92 points, a 48-point margin.

That spring, the team graduated virtually all of its stars — only one boy who had competed in the state finals would be back. The Falcons’ rivals could afford to relax; they had probably seen the end of a short-but-impressive dynasty.

But wait, there’s more! This spring, East Kentwood defied expectations and dominated again, winning the coveted trophy with 72 points, a 44-point margin.

In sports, the common term “a rebuilding year” means a season spent on the long and arduous process of nurturing a new set of stars, rather than winning.

The Falcons, however, seemingly rebuilt overnight, rising to the top fueled by the hopes and hard work of a whole ensemble of young men anxious to prove that they could live up to the expectations of those who had worn the uniform before them.

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In a sport where the best teams are created by those who sacrifice their individual glory for that of the group, we felt it fitting that the East Kentwood Falcons share Michigan Runner magazine’s High School Runner of the Year honors.

East Kentwood’s rise to the top was not a fluke. Dave Emeott is only the third head track coach in school history. Before he was hired in 2004, the school had already won something like 26 of 35 conference track crowns.

For Emeott, a math teacher who had been a pole vaulter himself, the first step was putting together a solid group of coaches to work with the 140 or so boys that came out each spring. “It’s been a process from day one,” he says.

The lineup now includes Ray Antel (distances), Matt Burton (high jump/long jump), John Makinen (throws), Jeff McCune (sprints/relays) and Stephanie Stephenson (hurdles). Next year, throws guru Norm Zylstra will come onboard to help Makinen with the throws (“John’s a victim of his own success.

He’s got over 60 throwers now,” says Emeott.)

Most also help out with the equally-large girls program — Stephenson is the head girls coach, for instance.

It helps that East Kentwood is also one of Michigan’s largest high schools, at 2,600 students, give or take. “Our goal,” says Emeott, “is that 10 percent of the school comes out for track. That gives us about three track kids in every classroom. I think 10 percent is a respectable number no matter what size your school is.”

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The student population is also blended.

“Socio-economically, we’re all over the board,” Emeott continues. “We have kids whose parents don’t own cars and kids who drive their own BMWs. But they run together side-by-side. It’s not unusual for some of our parents to buy shoes for other kids who need them.”

Emeott — who typically tries to avoid the spotlight himself — has been the crucial motivator in making this collection of individuals into a winning team. This spring he won the Gill Athletics Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Year award to go along with his many other honors, but he doesn’t even mention it.

For him, the desire to be a coach goes back to his student days at Bridgeport High School. “I was just a thug kid,” he says. He credits his high school coaches with “saving” him and wanted to do the same for others. “I just knew I wanted to be Doug Frank someday,” he says.

Another track term that gets thrown around a lot in reference to the Falcons is “depth.” The team has depth like crazy, meaning that it has so many good athletes that if one has a bad day, there are many others to pick up the slack. A coach can afford to rest his top athletes more, instead of running them in the maximum allowable four events per meet, every meet.

“We run two dual meets a week, plus invitationals,” says Emeott. “We’ve tried to express that we all (coaches statewide) run our kids too much. We have our own limits, saying that a kid can only run four or five events a week, and they have to make choices.” That allows the coaching staff to prepare the top

Emeott was heartened to hear that Hall would be a part of the team, figuring that he would be competitive. Then in the fall, Hall ran a 40-second time trial as part of the speed and conditioning program that Emeott manages for all the school’s sports.

The coach, on the road to a clinic, missed the trial himself. But he got the call. “I don’t think he’s what you think he is,” said an assistant. “He finished fifth on the team, and one of the kids who beat him is a baseball player.

His arms and legs were everywhere.”

Hall stuck with the program, even though his form still looked rough during the Michigan Indoor Track Series in the winter. Once spring hit, the hard work began to show dividends.

Spencer Clark

even without Hall’s heroics, East Kentwood still would have won the team trophy. And even though the coaches kept Hall, the state’s fastest sprinter, off the 4x100 relay team, that foursome of unheralded youngsters still placed second in the state, missing the win by 0.03 seconds. “We didn’t know that they would step up. That was the shock of the year,” Emeott says.

“I felt the stability of the program right away,” Hall says. “There’s a togetherness on this team. I didn’t expect my times to drop like they did. The coaches know what they’re doing. All you have to do is trust them.”

There are other payoffs to having the luxury of resting your team and peaking them more carefully. The day before the state finals, a coach from the University of Nebraska came to watch Hall at practice. The morning after the finals, he signed Hall to a full scholarship.

At the state finals, Hall won the 100 in one of the fastest times in state history, 10.55.

He stayed on the track for the next event, the 4x200 relay, where he led off another winning effort. A short time later, he came back to crush the 400-meter field with a stunning 47.00. Then he closed off the afternoon by anchoring the winning 4x400 relay.

“This was the hardest working group of kids that we’ve ever had,” says Emeott. “The previous year, we had maybe 20 working that hard, and we probably lost sight of the others.

This year, we were not sure of what we were getting, but all of them worked as hard as they could work.”

Some of the learning comes from team vetRemember depth? Depth is realizing that erans. Spencer Clark, who recently graduMSHAA Track & Field Finals LP, Division 1, Rockford, June 4, 2011 ated and is bound for Michigan State, says, Team Score: East Kentwood 72 “The six captains would help the Points Event Place Athlete younger people a lot.

1 discus 8 Joe Marek, 147-10 Alumni would also 4 pole vault 5 Justin Williams, 14-04 come back to teach us 8 long jump 2 Houston Glass, 21-11.50 things.”

8 110m hurdles 2 Chris James, 14.17, School Record 10 100 m dash 1 Ricco Hall, 10.55, Meet Record In part, the team 10 4x200 m relay 1 Ricco Hall, Chris James, Houston was inspired by the Glass, Jalen Stovall, 1:26.34, Meet late, great basketball Record coach John Wooden’s 8 4x100m relay 2 East Kentwood team, 42.41 Pyramid of Success.

10 400 m dash 1 Ricco Hall, 47.00, Meet Record “We spent 15 minutes 3 300m hurdles 6 Chris James, 39.42 of each practice talk10 4x400m relay 1 Chris James, Ernie Morton, ing about character,” Joe Riggins, Ricco Hall, 3:19.95 says Emeott. “We From results: didn’t talk much http://mhsaa.com/Sports/GirlsTrackField/2011FinalsResults.aspx about competition;

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Senior Ricco Hall is a case in point. “If we had run Ricco in the 200 meters more, I’m sure he would have been great,” says Emeott.

Instead, he focused Hall on the 400 and 100 meters, plus two relays, the 4x200 and 4x400.

Hall had moved from Wyoming Park the previous summer, where he had finished fifth in the 2010 Division 2 400-meter finals with a time of 49.46.

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kids more effectively for the big meets at the end of the season. “Too many kids in our state are burned out by the end of the year,” he says.

Justin Williams

we talked about being better people and working harder.

“It’s really a brotherhood. I don’t see much jealousy among the guys, which surprises me,” he says.

Hall will remember Emeott as being “very straightforward. He’s a very smart guy.”

“He’s a father figure, once you get to know him,” Clark adds. “And he has his funny side.”

Emeott, who with his wife Heather has three children, finds that the large amount of time he spends with his team ties in with his family’s values.

“It’s God, family, school and athletics,” he says. “There are things that are way more important than track and field.

“My own kids are at the track all the time.

They’re the biggest fans of the team. My wife’s around all the time, even though she’s not a big sports fan. She’s more proud that we work hard to get these kids into college.”

In 2010, 30 of 33 seniors went on to college; the numbers are similar this year.

“I’m thankful for all the support we get, from MITCA (the coaches association), the community, our alumni. It’s cool to know people still care,” says Emeott.

“Sometimes you hear that our sport is dying. From here, I see it as alive and well.”

Writer and Pinckney High School English teacher Jeff Hollobaugh has chronicled Michigan high school track and cross-country for more than 30 years. The former Track & Field News editor’s first novel, “Fire, Barbed Wire & Tacks,” is available at http://jeffhollobaugh.com and amazon.com - MR -

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New Balance Outdoor Nationals Greensboro,NC June 16-18,2011

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IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics Lille, France, July 6-10, 2011

Erin Finn 2nd, 5,000 meter run, 16:41.33 6th) 2 mile run,10:22.76

Kendall Baisden

Hannah Meier (1595)

6th) 400 meter dash, 53.01

9th, 1500 meter run, 4:20.65 PB

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Pan Am Junior Athletic Championships Miramar, Florida, July 22-24, 2011*

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Bridgette Owens

Alexandra Leptich

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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard 9:33 and in my log noted, “worst race since freshman year in college.” I guess it didn’t go as hoped. I immediately cut back on mileage and February wound up as my lowest mileage month with 94. I got my high and low totals out of the way right away.

I played it by the book in March, easing back into it, adding a little more each week. By early April, I was up to a 100 plus-mile week with a 6 x 880-yard (many tracks were still in yards vs. meters) workout in midweek.

Scott Hubbard Trivia: Who were the last American man and woman to win the Crim 10-mile?

When I Was Somebody Else Earlier this year in this space, I revisited contents of a newsletter I wrote from August 1981 until spring 1983. I focused on issues in “News & Views” from 1981, 30 years ago.

Picking up on the theme of looking back three decades in this, my 30th year writing this column, I dug out my 1981 training log. It’s been at least five years since I’ve done a modest amount of running and 15 years since the miles came easily and were reasonably satisfying. A look through the ‘81 log elicited a mixed bag of memories, all tied together by a fairly serious approach to running and racing.

I was 28 years old, worked in a school and lived in downtown Ann Arbor then. It was a good place to head out in all directions into the area hills, trails and river valley.

I totaled 3,925 miles in 1980 and in mid-October, ran a PR with a 2:28:56 in the Detroit Free Press Marathon. Still fit, I ran a 31:25 10K in November and a 19:44 4-mile in December.

A few weeks after the marathon, I began running some with Karen Blackford, the 1979 FP Marathon winner -- and soon we were dating. Things were going well heading into the new year.

I wouldn’t have guessed so at the time, but January ended as my biggest monthly mileage month for ‘81 with 419, an unlikely development considering winter weather. I ran twice a day on 21 of January’s 31 days, racking up four straight 100 plus-mile weeks (there would only be four more 100 plus-mile weeks that year). Temperatures ranged from -2° to 42°.

On Jan. 24 I ran an indoor 2-mile race in 14

I got ill in mid-April and laid low for two weeks. In May I strung together three weeks over 85 miles (there would be 16 weeks over 85 miles for the year). On May 9 I ran the Old Kent (now Fifth Third) River Bank Run 25K with Karen in 1:34:07. She passed 10 miles in 59:50 and finished second to Joan Benoit, who set an American record in 1:26:20.

My target race for May was the DexterAnn Arbor 15-miler, a race I directed from 1980 to 1983. Yes, I ran in the race I directed, three of four years.

My May 23, Dex-AA race day notes: “Time - 82:02 (worth just under 85:00 for 25K for perspective), am pleased, 53:56 through 10 miles.

Felt numb whole day, all things went well, everyone did a good job in their areas. A lot more peace of mind than last year.”

I can’t explain being able to juggle the demands of racing and directing the race. The races, 15 and seven miles with an Ann Arbor Huron High (my alma mater) finish, became a half-marathon and 10K with a downtown Ann Arbor finish in 1982.

More from my training log:

(Larsen) Rainsberger, Sue (Frederick) Foster and Melanie (Weaver) Barnett. All were juniors at the time and would go on to exceptional college careers. Lisa continued on to a prosperous pro career with many notable accomplishments, including three fourth places in the Olympic Trials Marathon, a 2:28 marathon PR and a win in the ’85 Boston Marathon.

My fall target race was the Free Press Marathon. But overbearing fatigue set in in mid-September and it took me a month to feel right again.

On my birthday, Oct. 27, I ran 64 minutes in 50° drizzle. A few days later I ran a few miles with my brother Don, an Ann Arbor Huron High superstar and fine collegian at Eastern Michigan University.

On Nov. 8, I ran 33:18 in the East Lansing State Bank 10K. In 1984, the ELSB race would host the first prize-money race in Michigan.

Toward the end of November, I started wearing weight gloves, indicated in my log with a “WG.” There was a spot on the back of each leather glove to put in two different weights, neither very heavy as you can imagine.

On Thanksgiving I ran 2 hours 11 minutes with friend Greg Henry in Jenison and Allendale.

Dec. 5 was the Christmas Stocking 4-mile at its original location, Flushing High School.

Unfortunately, the lead police vehicle missed the last turn three-fourths of a mile from the finish, and the top 35 to 40 runners, including me, went off course. I passed three miles in 15:33, good for only about 25th to that point in the very fast field. All those who missed the turn jogged to the finish, stunned by the turn of events.

June 2: 10-mile race in Petoskey, 55:09.

June 23: Karen runs a 5:14 mile at the Ann Arbor Track Club Fun Run. (She didn’t start running until age 25. A few career highlights: won four Free Press Marathons, second in another, 2:43 PR and ran in two U.S. Olympic Trials marathons.)

July 4: 10K in Ypsi in 33:18, tough course.

July 18: Alpenfest 7.5-mile race in Gaylord, 39:11 for 10th place, 5:13 per mile.

Crim week of Aug. 23-29: Sunday - morn 41 minutes, eve 41 minutes. Monday - morn 41 minutes, eve 61 minutes. Tuesday - morn 43 minutes, eve 63 minutes. Wednesday morn 35 minutes, eve 43 minutes. Thursday 40 minutes. Friday - 42 minutes. Saturday - 10 miles in 52:59, very humid, decent run, top 50, finish with Gary Wolfram.

On Aug. 30, Sept. 2, 3 and 9, I ran with University of Michigan cross-country runners Lisa

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Approval for my first course certification, measuring the new Dexter-Ann Arbor halfmarathon, came at the end of December. Even after a few hundred certification measurements since then, the Dex-AA half-marathon course remains the most difficult ever due to trying to ride the shortest possible route along the winding roads, around blind turns of Huron River Drive. In 1986, I became the TAC (now USATF) chair for course certification in Michigan, a position I still hold.

On Christmas Day, I put in 51 minutes in the morning and 57 in the afternoon for a total of 15 miles. On the last day of ‘81, I ran 10 miles, bringing the annual total to 3,827. For various reasons, most having to do with overdoing it, I missed 26 days during the year.

On the first day of '82, it rained overnight and iced up the roads. I ran 60 minutes in the Running Shorts continued on p. 16

Book Review

Running for the Hansons

By Ron Marinucci “Running for the Hansons: An Insider’s Account of the Brooks-Sponsored Marathon Training Group Made Famous by Olympian Brian Sell” by Sage Canaday, 2011. 321 pp., paperback. $12.95.

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mates eventually involved Davila. The description of her efforts in that training run helps explain her runner-up finish this spring in Boston.

The Hansons-Brooks philosophy works. Although, “Brian (Sell) is really what put the Hansons program on the map;” writes Canaday, “no other club in the country has had as much depth in the marathon.”

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hat Michigan runner hasn’t seen the bright red, black and yellow racing shorts and singlets of the HansonsBrooks Distance Project runners? They’re prevalent at top state races, with team members often leading the packs. And over the past four or five years, the rest of the U.S. racing scene has discovered Hansons-Brooks too -- in big ways.

Drew Polley, a more-recent addition to the Hansons stable who qualified for the 2012 Olympics Trials Marathon with a 2:16 at Boston last year, admitted, “I couldn’t have trained at the level that I am now if I were by myself ... It would be hard to get motivated to run such volume and intensity.” Olympian Sell credits his teammates for motivating him and helping him run fast.

The program’s story is well known. Brothers Kevin and Keith Hanson, proprietors of the specialty running stores bearing their names, were concerned about the then-dismal state of American distance running.

Wanting to give back to the sport they love, the Hansons began a team of store-sponsored runners. Several years later, Brooks came on board. Between them, they “provide financial bonuses, act as agents, coaches … provide gear and pay the rent.” Runners are also given jobs in the Hanson stores and live in Rochester area houses found by the brothers.

Most of the Hansons-Brooks runners weren’t national champions or all-American collegians. The Hansons took in promising runners who wanted to improve their running after college. Slowly but surely, these committed athletes did just that, culiminating in the 2008 Olympic appearance of Brian Sell and, more recently, Desi Davila’s second-place at the Boston Marathon.

Sage Canaday became a member of the team in 2009. A graduate of Cornell University, he had some Ivy League running success, but that was about it.

Yet Canaday had a dream, “to see how fast I could run 26.2 miles.” Through the grapevine, he discovered Hansons-Brooks “was the place to be to make that dream a reality.”

“Running for the Hansons” tells his story of training for the 2010 Boston Marathon and

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All of those miles and experiences, races and 7-minute miles in training, plans and dashed hopes happened over half my lifetime ago. There’s a small amount of wondering, “Who was that guy?” when I compare the 16

trying to qualify for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials Marathon.

Part diary/memoir and part history of Hansons-Brooks, “Running for the Hansons” is interesting reading, especially for Michigan runners. Canaday vividly captures the excitement of success and the depths of disappointment. Readers feel the camaraderie of teammates training, racing, working and living together. And amid the occasional coarse language, there is humor.

There are snapshot profiles of the Hansons, their running careers, entrepreneurship and coaching. Canaday explains their philosophy of training: “Every single day is push, push, push!

Six-minute miles or faster all the time ... At Hansons you beat yourself up day in and day out; you go into workouts tired and hope you can recover fast.”

A highlight of the book is recounting the workouts, the long-run battles for instance.

They “evolved into blood baths that test each runner’s will to cover 20 miles as fast as possible,” writes Canaday. “A Hansons runner is a tough runner, an underdog, a runner that simultaneously supports his/her teammates while trying to kill them” (in workouts).

One particular “blood bath” with team-

We meet many of the team members -- training, racing, working in the stores and living in the training houses. Canaday provides thumbnails for many of them, past and present. Interesting insights are provided by Lake Orion runner Clint Verran, an original Hansons-Brooks member. He remembers the program’s earliest days while working to become a top-ranked national and international competitor.

There are also glimpses of life in “the running houses” and working in the Hansons stores. Canaday’s characterizations may offend some and make stereotypes of others, but they are funny.

The book’s final pages are devoted to a diary of Polley’s training that led to his breakthrough at Boston and Canaday’s discussion of training. The latter is too brief and vague, but perhaps offers hope of another book by him.

There’s not much on the women’s program, just the wonderful account of the Davila training run and a few other snippets. And although Canaday mentions runners who have left the program, there’s not much depth as to reasons why.

Those who’ve followed Hansons-Brooks will gain interesting insights into the program and its personalities. Newcomers will be pushed to follow them more closely.

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events of ‘81 to 10, 20 and 30 years later.

day or much running at all now.

Part of the answer is easy enough; I was swept up in the early days of the ‘70s running boom and maintained an interest in performance and health that was good through the ’80s.

In a mocking way I used to be somebody, now I’m somebody else. I’m not the same guy, but I am the same guy with a passionate-buttempered view of the sport and the exercise I get in.

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Beyond the Chip

Think to Race Better

By Herb Lindsay

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onfident and successful runners think strong throughout their races. Like a racecar driver reviewing gauges on the dashboard, thinking helps runners monitor and adjust their form, control respiratory rate and produce quiet, strong movement.

Positive thinking enhances the running experience. A mentally-prepared runner who has practiced and can execute his or her race plan will likely outperform an unprepared opponent with no such plan.

Rather than concentrate on practiced pace and planned moves, unprepared runners are apt to focus on the pain of a punishing pace with uneasiness and a questioning mind that diminishes their will to succeed.

Unprepared racers are more likely to settle for shuffling painfully home, while others race triumphantly to a satisfying finish.

Whatever your competitive race experience is, it’s possible and beneficial to improve how you think in training and during the race to create a positive experience.

It starts with developing a strategy centered on what you desire. What are your goals? Ask yourself: what do I want to achieve and what will bring feelings of greatest satisfaction? Goals can be focused on pace, position in the race, course landmarks or a creative combination of these.

Experienced runners first achieve basic fitness that allows confident completion of the race distance. Runners who aspire to improved race performance then focus on specific paceper-mile workouts to train mind and body for the higher challenge. These workouts will guide setting pace goals.

Steady pace racing is energy efficient and often the most effective race plan. Think to remind yourself of the rewards of staying on your goal pace. Disciplined thinking is important to setting and maintaining target pace.

At the start it is important to intentionally hold a slower pace when many over-excited runners go out too fast. The third quarter of races is typically where the pace slows. Disciplined and prepared runners will push at this point and often repeat word thoughts as reminders: “Push now. Good.”

Satisfying race achievements can also come through setting a position goal. Refer to your past race results to set a position goal that is challenging and realistic.

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Position goals may include maintaining contact with a key rival, or working to maintain the lead or other position in the field of competitors.

Setting such a goal may also include duration of the effort. Your position goal may be to maintain contact with a faster rival beyond where you have in the past.

Once a goal is reached, whether duration of pace or position, it can be extended to include a landmark closer to the finish. Thinking “each step brings me closer to the finish” can create motivation to maintain optimal pace and position further into your race.

While steady pace training and racing is energy efficient, it may not be enough to achieve desired success in competitive races among experienced runners. Intentional pace change running can also contribute to race goals, but it too requires practice in training. Selected training runs should simulate how you wish your body -- and mind -- to perform when initiating or responding to strategic pace changes.

An aggressive pace change strategy might include sustained 400- to 1,000-meter acceleration(s) at selected places in the race. While potentially risky, it is more likely to achieve desired results if it has been practiced successfully in training. While racing, remind yourself of your preparations for making the move and think about how good it will feel when it contributes to a new PR or performance that is better than a strong longtime rival.

Pace-change challenges are often intimidating to less-experienced runners. Since they are not mentally prepared for the move, it may be hard for them to successfully respond. It’s likely they will think the opponent to be incredibly race fit and superior, or crazy.

wasted energy and to be effective, pace change challenges need to be strong, disciplined and vary in length and duration.

Experimenting in training and testing the strategy in racing will provide more for the serious runner to think about.

Knowledge of the course is also important to designing and applying a successful race strategy using landmark goals.

Develop your ability to visualize the course with a bird’s eye view. This thinking produces a vision of the course that guides pace selection and helps you choose the best places to execute race strategy.

Sharp turns, steep climbs and descents can become useful to designing a race plan. Landmarks are also good intermediate goals for pace, place and duration goals.

Mentally rehearse seeing each one come into view and work to it. Once you arrive at the landmark goal, focus on and work to the next. Celebrate your success and enjoy satisfaction that comes with successfully reaching each.

These in-race thoughts affirm progress that supports confident racing all the way to the finish line.

Confidence grows when planned and rehearsed strategies work to help achieve goals. If they don’t work, the gained experience provides important lessons in how to adjust training and racing goals and strategies for future successes.

Whatever your goals and strategies, it is important to think positively about your inrace accomplishments. Praise yourself for successfully executing the plan even if only a portion of it worked.

When a gap develops, the mentally-prepared runner thinks “it’s time to keep pushing.” This kind of breakaway move can be a huge confidence booster that leads to a bestever performance. More practice and more opportunities to test strategic moves will lead to more satisfying results.

Thinking “yes, I can” helps you sustain whatever is needed to finish. Thinking the opposite will create a shuffling struggle to finish common to many runners.

In contrast, it is relatively easy for experienced race rivals to respond to a poorlyplanned move by a less-experienced opponent.

Experience guides their disciplined, patient and purposeful response.

Think -- and race on! Your successes will come!

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Michigan native/now Fremont teacher Herb Lindsay is former U.S. record holder at the halfmarathon and 10 miles. He was America’s No. 1-Ranked Road Racer in 1980 and 1981, according to The Runner magazine. He may be reached at runsinthewds.hotmail.com. - MR -

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Steve’s Run’s Steve Remembered at Anniversary Event

Julia Benes (#1068), age 8, of Chicago, leads a pack across the golf course. The Steve’s Run course also features a cemetary, a nature preserve, the campus of Southwestern Michigan College and the Roadrunner cross country trails.

By Daniel G. Kelsey DOWAGIAC (7/30/11) -- Twenty-five years after Steven Briegel graduated from Dowagiac Union High School, 25 of his classmates, give or take a few, took center stage at Steve’s Run.

would come up in a math class, the girls would send her to Briegel, he’d explain the answer “clear as a bell,” and she’d take the explanation back to the girls.

Their presence not only revived the memory of their old friend, it raised money to fight cancer, the disease that took Briegel’s life in 1990.

“He actually got all us girls through calculus,” Tuel said. “He was quiet and shy, though.

I don’t think he knew we had crushes on him.”

Many of about 1,100 other people who ran or walked the 10K or 5K did so in honor of those they’ve known whose lives have been altered by cancer. The money they spent on entry fees and pledges went to the Steven Briegel Scholarship Fund or to Mayo Clinic cancer research.

She said she valued Steve’s Run because it gave her a chance to reunite with classmates and renew acquaintance with Briegel’s parents, David and Camille.

In 1990, what until then had gone by the name of the Original Road and Trail Race became known as Steve’s Run. That made the 2011 version the 37th annual running of the race and the 22nd in Briegel’s honor.

But Steve, the person, was more than a title on an event to his former classmates in the race, among them Elaine Tuel, 43, of Salem, Ohio.

Tuel went through 13 years of school in Dowagiac with Briegel, culminating in graduation in 1986. “I had a crush on him,” she said before the race. “We all had crushes on him.”

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David Briegel served as president of Southwestern Michigan College in Dowagiac from 1981 to 1998. Briegel, the son, earned an associate degree from SMC in 1988, graduating with honors at about the time of his diagnosis with lymphoma.

Among Briegel’s fellow college graduates in 1988 was Julie Ruff, his schoolmate for 15 years. Speaking before this year’s race, which she walked (with Tuel) in 50:20, Ruff, 43, of Dowagiac described Steve’s Run as bittersweet.

too,” she said. “He was the go-to guy when you had a question about anything; chemistry, calculus.”

He faced his disease with dignity. “He was always strong,” Ruff said. “Positive. He took it in stride.”

Surely then, avid sports fan that he was, Briegel would appreciate the hundreds of people who each year take his namesake race in stride.

He would have honored, as they honored him, the winners of this year’s 10K, Michael Nussa, 20, of Fort Wayne, Ind. (34:04) and Valerie Burns, 19, of Granger, Ind. (40:52); and 5K, Justin Kowalski, 25, of Mishawaka, Ind. (15:53) and Madeline Goheen, 21, of Fort Wayne, Ind. (19:20).

He would have applauded all the participants who dedicated their race to those who’ve fought the battle with disease.

My run in the 5K (22:15) was dedicated to Kathi, my brother’s wife, twice a conqueror of cancer.

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“He made a difference in life,” she said.

“It’s too bad it was cut short.”

She remembered a Michigan Runner TV happy and fun perhttp://michiganrunner.tv/2011stevesrun/ son. “Always smart,

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No Cheating the Cheetah Queen

By Rachael Steil Photo by Pete Draugalis / draugalisphotography.com

Now that my goal was to win four of these, I had to come back to claim my title. I had to win. For the cheetahs, man.

Last year’s win had been easy. I treated the race like a tempo workout, coasting in with a smile after 3.1 miles of running comfortably through the forested zoo and observing the exotic wildlife: everything from colorful peacocks to galloping zebras.

I had planned to do the same this year ... until she arrived: a girl who looked like a college athlete, wearing blue zebra-print shorts, crept to my shoulder about a half-mile into the windy, hilly race.

I could not believe it. A small race like this?

A girl this determined to beat me? I never saw her last year!

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his race was the big one of the summer.

Since I was called “Cheetah” by most who knew me, the Cheetah Chase 5K at Binder Park Zoo was my place to shine.

“You have to win it,” my college teammate Carly Plank confirmed. “You’re the cheetah!”

I discovered my love for cheetahs at age five when I received a stuffed-animal cheetah from the Easter bunny. I didn’t recognize the cat upon first receiving it, but Dad helped to clear things up.

“That,” he said, “is the fastest mammal in the world!”

I held the spotted beast close to my chest as I mulled his words. Then I thought, “I run fast.

And cheetahs run fast. So this has to be my favorite animal!”

Thus began years of playing “cheetah tag” with my friends, adorning my room walls with cheetah posters and collecting every cheetahprint item possible.

It also explains why I drove 80 minutes to Battle Creek for one little 5K race in the mist of summer. I had run the Chase last year (thanks to Carly’s recommendation) and came back eager to take the overall crown again.

I did so not just to say that I won the Cheetah Chase, but to take home the ultimate prize: an imprint of a real cheetah’s footprint in a clay plaque.

I was so overwhelmed when I won this last year it reduced me to tears of gratitude. I thanked the race director profusely for the award.

After the first mile, zebra-girl took off.

Took off! This was no ignorant racer sprinting to take an early lead and dying out soon after.

Her form was smooth and relaxed, and she wasn’t breathing hard. Zebra-girl was not messing around.

That sure screwed up my plans. There was no use exhausting myself during summer races, as a long college cross country season waited.

Still, how much did I want to win this?

Would it be worth coming all the way out here to lose to one person? Lose my beloved plaque? Pay money to lose?

“Lose, lose, lose” kept running through my head. I wanted to win this race, dangit! This girl was messing up what I had pictured as a lovely, calm race. I’d actually have to work for this thing!

“Win, win, win!” became my new motto as I gave a small surge and began the hunt. Sporting my neon cheetah-print shorts, I took after the zebra. It truly was a cheetah chase today.

Zebra-girl had put a gap on me on the hilliest part of the course. But by the two-mile mark, as the course went downhill, I released the power of my long legs and closed the gap within seconds.

I was hungry for the win. And with that surge of adrenaline, I hammered it. I had a family to “feed” at home with the news of a win and a plaque to prove it.

I raced around tight corners of the boardwalk, shot off down the dirt trails and powered up mounds. I pushed away guys racing back and forth with me; couldn’t they see that I didn’t care about whether I beat them? I just wanted to scoot past and claim my prize!

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came my conservativeness; soon I found myself coasting to the finish in first place. Yes, picking up the pace was worth it. Goal of the summer accomplished.

As I approached the awards table afterward, the women working it shuffled through paper bags that held prizes. “Overall female,” I blurted quickly. I wasn’t concerned about the pride of winning; I just wanted that dang cheetah paw-print plaque in my hands.

They smiled and handed me a package. My stomach dropped to my feet. This package was smaller and lighter than last year’s. I tentatively opened it to find …a cell phone case. A black cell phone case with “Binder Park Zoo” printed on the front of it.

I stared at the thing with horror and disbelief. This was my prize? I did not want to feel ungrateful, but I had not driven all this way and battled that girl to end up with this measly award.

I stood there for five minutes, looked back down at the case, then up again. I wondered how to deal with this upset. This was not right.

I approached the table again, peering at the other packages. I made my way to where the women were standing and pretended to shuffle through my bag while looking closer at the packages out of the corner of my eye. I sensed I was making them uncomfortable, but I had to see if this was right.

There were bigger packages, many of them labeled “Overall.” I obviously had not received one like this.

I perked up a little. Had they just been confused? Forgotten to give me the true prize? I asked.

“Hmmm ...” said one of the ladies, looking down at the packages while I nervously tossed the tiny one holding the useless cell phone case back and forth between my hands.

“Ah yes, there does seem to be another prize for the overall!” she said, grabbing a package (bigger and heavier, of course) off the table. “Sorry about that.”

Yes, yes, yes! I thought. The long drive and my hard work would be rewarded.

I greedily took the prize and thanked her. I scrambled to rip it open and there it was, as beautiful as ever -- a spectacular engraving of a cheetah footprint, cast in a sunset-orange clay plaque. It was mine, all mine!

The Cheetah Chase winner returned home with a meal of victory.

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Cheetah Chase Flies Through Battle Creek Zoo

By Daniel G. Kelsey BATTLE CREEK (6/25/11) -- She’s from Kenya, the world’s fastest runner. She’s the cheetah.

gia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon and Saudi Arabia.

A sprinter by nature, with little staying power and dwindling space in her natural range, she needs humans to go the distance for her.

Race organizers could hardly have gotten more pleasure out of the Chase’s human population. The number of registrants exceeded the previous high-water mark for the event by some 40 percent.

“We’ve had a record year. We’re pretty Like she, the cheetah, it’s worthy of protecthrilled,” Riegel said. “This year it’s sort of tionAM Page - MR1 gone nuts.”November2_half page vertical 8/8/11 11:52 Carrollton

So she kept out of sight in her enclosure as 1,683 people paid for the privilege of running or walking a 5K in the Cheetah Chase at Binder Park Zoo. That population of humans beggars the 500 to 1,000 cheetahs estimated to remain in the wild in Kenya, according to the Web site cheetah.org. Race director Amy Riegel said dollars from the Chase would go toward wildlife conservation.

“It’s a very good cause, an important effort,” Riegel said. “We partner with the Cheetah Conservation Fund-Kenya.”

May it never go wild. If the number of people running through Binder Park Zoo ever matches the number of cheetahs in the wild -- up to 12,000 worldwide, but most commonly in Namibia -then the Chase might get out of hand. It would be a shame if the race landed on the endangered species list along with its namesake.

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Now five years old, the Chase draws a healthy population of families, maybe in part because of a zoo day pass included with registration.

The course takes the field through major zoo exhibits. Runners pass over a boardwalk among pens, a trail beside a brook, a boardwalk among grasslands and path among woods.

Here a kookaburra shouts a serenade. There a set of elephant bones lies exposed in a hollow, an object lesson in the vulnerability of wildlife.

If anyone expected to run a fast pace, never mind the 70-mph top speed of a cheetah, they picked the wrong chase. All those ups and downs; stretches of pavement, gravel and sand; and sharp corners on the boardwalks added up to a slowdown.

Bryan Harvey, 17, of Otsego said before the start he hoped to go under 16:30 and, if possible, win. “But I’ve never done this race,” he said. “And there are some fast guys here.”

Harvey posted a 17:26, coming in fourth behind Connor Mora, 16, of Cedar Springs (16:27), Morgan Timiney, 18, of Kalamazoo (17:04) and Charlton Craig, 17, of Schoolcraft (17:23).

Michigan Runner contributor Rachael Steil, 19, of Grandville posted an 18:59 on the women’s side to defeat Amanda Weaver, 20, of Marshall (19:20).

Such a short list of youthful leaders from Michigan belies the age and geographical range of runners in the Chase.

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YMCA Father’s Day Run, Plymouth

Plymouth Father’s Day Races: A Father’s Wish

By Anthony Targan Matthews (1:00:32.3).

PLYMOUTH (6/19/11) -- It had become an annual tradition in the Targan household.

Every June my daughters Becca and Lexi, sometimes prompted by their mother, would ask me, “What do you want for Father’s Day, Dad?”

As they turned into teenagers, this response was also punctuated with rolling eyes, heavy sighs and general disdain. Over time, this call and response became our little ritual.

I have been running nearly 10 years and my girls are now in their early twenties and attend the University of Michigan. But when I habitually asked again this year if they would race on Father’s Day, to my surprise, Becca finally said “Yes!” (Lexi sensibly declined because she has not been running lately.)

As we lined up for the start of the 10K in downtown Plymouth on Father’s Day morning, I could not help myself from offering fatherly advice to Becca: “It’s a flat course, but don’t start out too fast! Try to run negative splits. It’s deceptively hot today, so be sure to drink at every water stop.” She cut me off gently with “Dad, I know.” The plan was to each run our own race, and then I would backtrack and run in with her to the finish.

Prior to the 10K, hundreds of other runners had already competed in the earlier events. In the 1-mile race, Curtis Vollmar of Ypsilanti (4:31.0) was first among 221 finishers, edging Nicholas Katsefaus of Pinckney (4:35.1) and Shane Logan of Pontiac (4:37.5).

In the women’s mile, Katie Jazwinski of Dexter won in 4:58.7, with Angela Matthews of Westland (5:01.3) and Sarah Boyle of South Lyon (5:02.3) close behind.

The same three women topped the 5K, with Jazwinski first again in 17:00.3 (5:29 pace), Boyle second (17:05.7) and Matthews third (17:35.3). In the men’s 5K, Vollmar won again in 15:21.0 (a 4:57 pace), Patrick Grosskopf of East Lansing (15:29.7) finished second and Katsefaus third (15:46.4). In all, 934 runners finished the 5K. The confluence of medalists in the mile and 5K set up an exciting showdown in the 24

Given that temperatures were cooler than last year’s race, my own 10K went quite well, but this year my prize did not lie at the finish line.

Melanie Peters (#67), Katie Jazwinski (#82) and Anthony Lee (#2266) lead a pack in the 10K. 10K, the last race in the “Triple.” All three races are run consecutively, with only a few minutes in between, adding to the challenge.

Finishing first of 365 runners in the 10K, Vollmar completed the men’s sweep with a time of 32:20.1 (5:13 pace). Clint Verran of Lake Orion, last year’s Triple winner, took second in 32:29.1 and Grosskopf third in 32:32.2.

Jazwinski also swept the women’s races, taking the 10K in 36:10.5 (5:50/mile), followed by Boyle (36:20.9). Matthews, last year’s Triple champ, claimed third in 37:55.6.

With so many repeat winners, there was little doubt who won this year’s Triple crowns. Vollmar (combined time of 52:12.2) easily outdistanced runner-up Grosskopf (52:45.0) and third-place place Katsefaus (52:57.1).

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After catching my breath, I backtracked on the 10K course until I saw Becca at the 5-mile mark. She looked strong, confident and even happy -- an emotion I rarely experience during the heat of midrace exertion.

We ran together mostly in silence that last mile. As we turned the final corner and saw the balloons marking the finish line, she hastened her stride in a sprint to the finish.

I peeled off to the side, proudly watching her go on ahead, and happy to have my Father’s Day wish granted at last.

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“What I really want this year is for you to run a race with me on Father’s Day,” I would say, hopefully. But every year their response was the same: “DAD! Don’t ask us to do that!

Anything but that!”

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The usual dress shirts and ties were always welcome, but when I became a runner at age 40, my answer to that question began to change.

Male masters Triple winners were Jay Owens (1:02:27.3), Doug Ogden (1:03:21.6) and Roger Lara (1:05:29.0). The top female masters were Lisa Veneziano (1:03:46.8), Marybeth Reader (1:05:57.6) and Donna Olson (1:16:09.1).

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By Daniel G. Kelsey

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t some point it began to irk me, in a small way, having to pay an administrative fee to pre-register online for a race.

I’d rather pay $5 extra at late registration than $2 and change to some faceless technician. At least the $5 went to the event itself.

Nevertheless, for convenience sake, I got with the program. That is, until the program misfired.

The trouble started when a generous offer promised to free me from caregiving for a few hours. Wow, I could run a race I hadn’t planned for. I was so taken by surprise as to register a whole day in advance. Only, at the appointed hour, when I needed to leave for the race, my surrogate caregiver didn’t show, trapping me at home. Both fees, entry and administrative, went out the window.

Then and there I vowed never again to pre-register online.

So, early this year, when my brochure for a signature race came in the mail, I set it aside.

Because of injury I couldn’t be positive, anyway, that I’d participate for a 12th year in a row. There was no rush, or so I thought. Two days before the race I fished out the brochure, poised with pen to fill in the entry blank, so as to be ready to shorten procedures the morning of the event.

woman who’d come halfway down the state with her husband to a convention. She’d come out on the spur of the moment. Her pace being a tad slow for me, I excused myself, and crossing a gap, fell in step with a girl who’d taken the lead. We chatted for the next two and a half miles, leaving everybody else behind.

The route followed paved trails through a wetland, once a prairie. A stream, placid for the most part, tumbled in rapids under the one bridge along the way.

Leading a race was no strain at all.

player at a local high school, she, like me, was recovering from injury, in her case an ankle.

Neither of us had set out to run this 5K for glory.

When the finish line came in sight, I told her, “I’ve never won a race; I guess I’ll give it a shot.”

I broke into what passes in the decrepit and the hampered for a sprint. She followed suit. Neither of us gained an edge on the other.

If one of us spurted, the other did so as well.

To a voice calling out “23:52,” we crossed the chalk line side by side. It wasn’t clear to me which of us crossed first. For my money we were co-champions.

Just 16, the girl, daughter of two doctors, knew grief. Her younger brother lay in a cemetery nearby, a victim of cancer. She visited his The race founder, though, had but one grave every week or two. Once, she said, she’d donut reserved for the winner. She called the wanted to be a writer, but now she leaned torace for the girl. “Anyway,” the race founder ward medicine; I replied that doctors made told me, “she’s the cute one.” good writers, and mentioned Atul Gawande, thinking as well of Anton Chekhov and So, in my only chance to win a race, William Carlos Williams. She’d arrived at the I lost on looks. - MR race on a bike. Although a runner and a soccer third square template_third square 6/12/11 5:10 PM Page 1

Lo and behold, they’d eliminated raceday registration.

That left me no option but to drive twice to the venue, once a day early to register, once to run. Oh, but, on second thought, there was another option. I could throw a temper tantrum and take my money elsewhere.

I told my brother, rationalizing, “If a race gets too big for race-day registration, it gets too big for me.”

An event calendar showed me an alternative race, closer to home, at half the price.

This race, a 5K, was a benefit for research into a medical disorder in children. Small to begin with, and only in its second year, it suffered by concurrence with the one I’d blown off, shrinking as compared to its first year.

Most of those entered were walkers.

By my count, five people ran.

Yes, you read it right.

The field was five runners deep.

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Charlevoix Marathon

Charlevoix Marathon Races Reach New Heights

By Tracey Cohen

The Legend, Laingsburg

First Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon is a Hit

By Daniel G. Kelsey LAINGSBURG (8/6/11) -- Katie Opdycke and Ben Pankow became the first ever of their gender to finish the half marathon at the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

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Race director Randy Step added the half this year to an existing format of 5- and 10-mile trail races through Sleepy Hollow State Park. Two extra loops off the 10-mile route around Lake Ovid made for a natural half marathon (measuring in this case 13.09 miles). Roughly 500 of 750 competitors in this year’s Legend opted to do the half rather than the shorter two distances.

Nicole Galdamez, Tucker, Ga. (#60), Jamie Dodge, Fort Mill, SC (#41), Kevin Tornga, Hudsonville (#412) and Cherisse Tornga, Hudsonville (#413) compete in the Charlevoix Marathon.

CHARLEVOIX (6/25/11) -- Race morning dawned with sunny skies and cool temperatures for the record 1,400 athletes competing in the Charlevoix Marathon, HalfMarathon, 10K and 5K races.

“I’m amazed at how fast the race is growing,” co-director Jeff Suffolk said of the fifth annual event. “Though it is an amazing course. It still takes my breath away.”

Events were competitive but pleasant. Chicago native Inigo Zapater appreciated not getting “elbowed,” as has been his experience in big city marathons.

The course, “not 100-percent flat,” he said, routed athletes through shaded neighborhoods onto the Little Traverse Wheelway bike path and across Memorial Bridge.

“It’s a gorgeous course and it was nice to stare out at Lake Michigan,” she said.

The beautiful homes, lake views and great footbridge make this a race runners must check out, said half-marathon walkers David Valentine and Danielle Edwards. They also enjoyed the local support and change in scenery of the course.

Women’s marathon champ Michelle Didion (3:07:20) appreciated the out-and-back component. At the halfway turnaround, she noted that Huggins was about a minute behind.

Co-race director and “registration guru” Sharon Suffolk concurred. “The City of Charlevoix and Glenn’s Market are always great to work with, and we have phenomenal volunteers,” she said.

“I knew I needed to run strong and not drop the pace,” said Didion.

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Heather Huggins, women’s marathon runner-up in 3:09:49, agreed.

“The talent level has drastically increased from last year,” Suffolk said.

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Opdycke, 27, of Kalamazoo finished the inaugural half marathon in 1:37:11.

“I love trail races,” she said.

“They’re so much more fun than road races. What’s better than being out in nature and doing what you’re passionate about?”

This was her third year in the Legend. “Last year I won the 10-mile because the girl ahead of me got lost,” Opdycke said.

Pankow, 27, of Williamston made his way through the mown fields, mud and forests in 1:27:07. Although he finished second in the Legend 10-miler two years earlier, his win in the half was a pleasant surprise.

“It’s one of the tougher courses I’ve seen,” he said. “But I prefer that. I’ll be back here again sooner or later.”

The lesser distances (actual measurements: 5.02 and 9.66 miles) may have had fewer racers, but each had its highlights.

In her third try at the Legend, Julia Angst, 13, of Laingsburg won the 5-miler on the women’s side in 42:51. That was

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“I expected to be first in my age group,” Julia said. Two minutes later, her twin sister, Hanna, running some five minutes ahead of her dad, came in second among the women.

Roger Phillips, 16, of Linden took the overall championship in the 5-miler in 34:00.

“I started a little slow,” Phillips said. “But I felt pretty good about how I did.”

He said he took over the lead on a climb at about two miles. “I train on hills,” he said.

Ryan Beyea, 17, of Haslett finished first overall in the 10miler in 1:02:41. Beyea said he ran for a while with the guy who came in second, then alone for the last three miles. His focus was on his upcoming senior year at Haslett High School.

“I was just trying to get in a good long race before practice starts next week,” Beyea said.

Carla Murphy, 36, of Flushing covered the 10-miler in 1:20:45. It came as a shock to her at the finish line to learn she’d won the race.

She was enthusiastic about the course in spite of a section of tall grass and weeds. “It’s you versus the trails. which is cool,” said Murphy. “A couple of times I almost wiped out. But that’s part of the fun.”

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Carrollton Festival of Races, Carrollton

Carrollton Features Record Turnout, Engagement at Finish Line

By Charles Douglas McEwen

Army staff Sgt. Joanna Boyd, 28, had returned to Michigan in early July after six months in Iraq. “I wanted to do a marathon when I got home,” she said. “This looked like a good one.”

Photo by Tony Hanks

“I had it planned for a couple weeks, at least,” said Simkus, 37. “I thought this couldn’t have been a better fit for her — and for us.”

of Sterling Heights (1:19.44) and Stacy Farrell, 36, of Saginaw (1:40:47) in the half marathon; Alec Laorr, 44, of Saginaw (1:06:43) and Angela Diehl, 20, of Lapeer (1:12:00) in the minimarathon; Adam Bilodeau, 14, of Bay City (18:15) and Heather Notter, 35, of Saginaw (24:25) in the 5K run; and David Cable, 63, of Saginaw (40:07) and Cathy Wedelstaedt, 54, of Midland (42:14) in the 5K walk.

Photo by Tony Hanks

CARROLLTON (7/24/11) — Nick Simkus ran his first ever half marathon at the Carrollton Festival of Races, then waited for his girlfriend, who was doing the marathon, with an engagement ring in his hand.

Another winner was the event itself, which had a record turnout of 279. Many showered compliments on Carrollton Public Schools Superintendent Craig Douglas, who directs the festival.

Keith Kohler and his daughter completed the marathon. still had to deal with heat and dense humidity.

Michigan Runner contributor Heather Dyc competed in the half marathon.

After finishing in 3:28:09, Boyd found Simkus on bended knee and was genuinely surprised. “I had no clue he was going to do this,” she said. “He hid his plans well.”

Birru appreciated the crowd support. “My coach and a couple teammates were out there,” she said. “The townspeople (of Carrollton) were supportive too.”

“The professor (Douglas) does a fantastic job of putting it on,” said Finkbeiner. “He takes it personally — and it shows. All the details are taken care of. I give him high marks.”

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Justin Baum, 25, of Magnolia, Ohio, won the men’s marathon in 2:52:15. He too had hoped to run faster.

“The humidity was rough” Baum said. “I felt it the entire way and doused water at every stop. My PR is 2:34 and I just wanted to go under 2:50, nice and easy. But I went 2:52 and it felt rough. It’s tough out there.”

She accepted his proposal.

The Mattawan couple enjoyed the event.

“This is the first time I’ve ever run that many miles,” Simkus said. “I loved how flat the course was.”

Boyd, who completed her seventh marathon, not only received a ring but kudos for finishing second among the women.

Obsie Birru, 22, a senior at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, finished first in 2:58:58. The Ethiopian native had hoped to break 2:46 and qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.

“Winning was nice but the time wasn’t what I wanted,” Birru said.

Although the marathon, half marathon and mini-marathon all started at 6 a.m., competitors

Baum felt the three-loop course could provide a PR on a cooler day. “There are no hills,” he said. “And you know exactly where you are after the first lap, because you repeat the same loop over and over.”

Doug Finkbeiner, 47, of Saginaw handcycled to a 1:38:50 finish in the marathon.

“Last year I did it in 2:02:16,” said Finkbeiner. “This year I wanted to do 1:45, but did 1:38. My average speed was 16 mph.

Finkbeiner was the only handcycler in the marathon, but Andrew Barnhart, 55, of Reading raced it in a wheelchair in 2:56:50. “I’m happy,” said Barnhart. “I haven’t broken three hours for several years.”

Other winners included John Nemens, 39,

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Open Door Julie Run/Walk, Commerce Township

Julie Run’s Julie Makes Last Race at Helm Success

By Charles Douglas McEwen lowed her across the finish line: Lydia Proctor, 18 (49:54) and Brittany Cross, 20 (50:17).

COMMERCE TOWNSHIP (6/18/11) -- She has eight children, 28 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

Retiring race director Julie LeBlanc (left) leads pre-race aerobics.

LeBlanc leaves the directorship on a high note. The event had a record turnout of 379 participants, up from 350 last year. The run also had a competitive field this year.

“The Julie Run is important, because Open Door depends on donations to exist as an outreach center,” LeBlanc said.

In the 10K, Scotty Albaugh, 18, of Waterford and Leo Foley, 30, of Howell battled each other into the last half-mile. And as he did in the Corktown 5K last March, Albaugh pulled away from Foley with a strong kick at the end.

After she directed the race in its first year, the Open Door board named the event “The

Becca Quaintance, 17, took sixth overall (21:47). And dad and mom, Tim and Ruth Quaintance, both won their 50-59 age categories. Tim finished in 21:00, Ruth in 23:46.

Julie Run/Walk.”

The event raises money for the Open Door Outreach Center, which provides emergency services such as food, clothing and referral information to families in need.

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Albaugh, who beat Foley by just one second at Corktown, had a little more breathing room here, timing 33:30 to Foley’s 33:41.

In the battle for third place, Zacchaeus Widner, 20, of Detroit (34:23) held off sixtime Julie Run winner Eric Green, 42, of Pontiac (34:41). Green, Michigan Runner magazine’s 2010 Runner of the Year, did end up winning the masters title (something he has done often since turning 40).

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Quaintance’s 18:38 put her more than a minute ahead of her sister, Rachel Quaintance, 19, the 2008 winner, who took second in 19:41. Third-place Andrea Osika, 45, of Waterford, the 2009 overall winner, was the masters champ in 20:26.

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“But I will always promote the Julie Run and continue to serve on the Open Door board,” she said.

Lauren Quaintance, 21, of White Lake also did all right for herself, winning the women’s 5K for the second straight year. She also won here in 2005.

Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

At this year’s race, LeBlanc, who recently turned 80 and lives in West Bloomfield, announced she was stepping down as director.

“I cramped up in the middle (of the race),” Parlette said. “But I did all right.”

Photo by Charles Douglas McEwen

And for the past 18 years, Julie LeBlanc has coordinated one road race: The Julie Run/Walk.

Sam Parlette, 18, of White Lake won the men’s 5K in 17:36. Next came Samuel Albaugh, 14, of Waterford (18:36) and masters champ Rob Basydlo, 44, of Highland (18:53).

5K masters winner: Rob Basydlo

Lauren Quaintance won the 5K.

Pterodactyl Triathlon, Brighton

Heat on as Rivamonte, Robert Take Pterodactyl Tri

By Charles Douglas McEwen BRIGHTON (7/20/11) -- The Running Fit Pterodactyl Triathlon had sweltering, 95-degree heat that only a Jurassic winged reptile could love, but Ryan Rivamonte and Chrissy Robert made the most of it.

Rivamonte, 20, a University of Michigan junior, and Robert, 30, a University of Michigan Health System exercise physiologist, won easily in the half-mile swim, 12.4-mile bike and 5K run event.

The Pterodactyl, part of the Running Fit TRex Series which also includes Triceratops and T-Rex triathlons, took place at the 4,000-acre Island Lake Recreation Area.

Rivamonte had already won this year’s Triceratops June 15 and planned to compete in the T-Rex Aug. 17.

Rivamonte’s 1:01:25 finishing time was slower than his 1:00:06 at Triceratops, but put him comfortably ahead of

last year’s women’s fifth-place effort of 1:11:53. Erin O’Mara, 27, of Ypsilanti finished second for the second straight year in 1:11:26.

Jay Steele, 40, of Plymouth (1:04:20) and Chad Mahakian, 26, of Farmington Hills (1:04:26).

“It’s brutal weather. You have to respect everyone for coming out here and participating anyway,” O’Mara said.

“We came out of the water together,” Mahakian said of Rivamonte. “But he just took off on the bike. He’s quick.”

Christina Noble, 37, of Brighton finished third in 1:12:03.

Steele, the top masters finisher, and Mahakian had a good battle for second “He led at the at the start of the bike,” said Steele. “I passed him on the bike and he passed me early in the run. Then I got him back after the (one) mile mark.

“In the water you couldn’t get cool,” said Noble. “It was hard to move and made the bike seem harder. In the run, the heat and humidity sapped all your energy.”

Anne Marie Phillips, 50, of Northville topped the women masters and was sixth overall in 1:13:41.

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Independence Aquathlon and Open Water Swim, Howell

Aquathlon Goes Swimmingly for Rau, Hall

By Charles Douglas McEwen HOWELL (7/3/11) — Brighton residents Ryan Rau and Marybeth Hall dominated the ninth annual Independence Aquathlon, presented by Howell Area Parks and Recreation.

second and was the top masters finisher in 30:43. Next came Spenser Swanton, 18, of Saginaw (30:48) and James Ridgeway, 23, of Chicago (31:11).

Both won their respective men’s and women’s races, held at Howell City Park, by more than a minute.

Hall, 20, a swimmer entering her junior year at Northwestern University, was the fourth-place woman after the first run. She then tore it up in the water, opening not just a big lead among the women but almost catching the men’s leaders.

Rau, 31, edged last year by Brian MacIlvain in a sprint finish, took a colossal lead into Thompson Lake after the opening 2K run.

“Since I’m not the strongest swimmer, I try to get as much distance as I can from everyone else before I get into the water,” Rau explained.

Scott Baker, 49, of Saginaw caught up to Rau by the end the 750-meter swim. But Rau quickly retook the lead during the final 2K run.

Rau won with a time of 29:36. Baker took

“The second run was hard for me,“ Hall said. “I was hurting. But I knew I’d passed quite a few people in the swim.”

She crossed first in 32:13, followed by recent Hope College graduate Whitney Willson, 23, of Commerce Township (34:25), Kelsey Ann Calhoun, 17, of Lambertville (35:21) and Heidi Hendrick, 30, of Saginaw (36:08).

Heather Witt, 40, of Midland topped the women masters in 38:53.

Hendrick, who won both the women’s aquathlon and one-mile open-water swim last year, won the open-water swim again this year.

She timed 21:46, besting Willson (23:47).

Baker won the men’s open-water in 21:07, edging last year’s champ Matt West, 36, of Ypsilanti (21:13).

“It was tough,” said Baker. “We had a lot of competition. It was scary (to be in the lead) without knowing how fresh people were behind you.”

Some 141 people entered the open-water swim and 146 the aquathlon. Most participated in both races.

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Atwood Stadium Run/Walk, Flint

Atwood Picks Up for Tuuri Event, Adds Bling

By Bill Khan FLINT (7/23/11) -- Bring the bling and they will come.

was the state Division 1 3,200-meter champion as a high school senior this spring.

It worked.

The attraction of a finisher medal and a special t-shirt was powerful incentive for 224 of the 908 individuals who entered the first Atwood Stadium Race.

“I like the medal,” said Jay Rosebrough of Grand Blanc. “That was a big selling point for me. There aren’t many shorter races like this where you can actually get a medal.”

The event replaced the popular Tuuri Race, which was discontinued after 31 years by the Hurley Foundation.

The medal had special appeal to middleof-the-packers, but it was even an attraction for the contenders, runners who presumably have rooms full of racing bling.

Several leaders in the Flint-area running community did not want to see the Tuuri wither on the vine, so they came up with a race on the same date to replace the traditional tune-up for the Crim 10-mile run.

It was long said that if you could complete the Tuuri 10K, you’d have no problem at the Crim because of the hilly nature of the Tuuri course. The Atwood race incorporated 3.8 of the Tuuri 10K’s 6.2 miles, including the hilliest sections in the second mile. An uphill opening mile made the Atwood course even tougher than the Tuuri’s.

The finish was at the 50-yard-line of historic Atwood Stadium, which opened in 1929.

The Atwood race even adopted the Tuuri’s time schedule of a 7:30 a.m. 5K, followed by an 8:30 10K. That allowed runners and walkers the opportunity to do both races.

Only six entrants ran both events at the 2010 Tuuri, which offered no perks for doing the double. Atwood race organizers promoted the “Duo Medal-y” option in which participants got a medal for finishing both races, in addition to a special tech shirt.

Flushing’s Kenny Wall, who will be a senior on Oakland University’s cross country team this fall, won both races. He took the 5K in 16:19, recovered and won the 10K in 35:02.

The runner-up in both races was Shane Logan of Pontiac, who ran 16:42 in the 5K and 35:42 in the 10K. John Niven of Swartz Creek, who regularly did the Tuuri double, was the men’s masters winner in both races.

“It’s a lot longer and harder,” May said of going 6.2 miles. “You have to be a lot smarter and more relaxed. I went slower than my 5K pace, because my dad and coach told me it’s going to be harder, so you need to be relaxed.”

Melissa Middleton of Flushing did both races, but took her foot off the gas pedal in the 10K after winning the women’s 5K in 22:00.

“It was hilly, which I need to work on bigtime,” Middleton said. “Part of it’s on the Crim course. I’m using the 10K as training, so I tried to go out harder in the 5K. My time isn’t spectacular, but oh well.”

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“My mom just told me to sign up for both,” Wall said. “You get a t-shirt and a medal; I might as well.”

While a former Flushing High School star was the overall winner in both races, a future Flushing star was the female 10K winner.

Addie May, who will be a freshman at Flushing this fall, completed her first 10K in 44:05, then volunteered to hand out ice cream to finishers in the Kids’ Dash on the football field.

May’s middle schools track times compare favorably with those run at the same age

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Milfordites Dominate Women’s Only Tri, Dri-Tri

By Chales Douglas McEwen SYLVANIA, OHIO (7/31/11) -- Milford friends Emily Jarrett, 29, and Geraldine Lupini, 48, won the “wet” and “dry” events at the Women’s Only Triathlon and Dri-Tri at Centennial Terrace and Quarry, presented by Elite Endeavors.

“I worked hard for it,” Jarrett said of her victory. “I saw that Karen (McKeachie, last year’s winner) wasn’t going to be here today.

So I thought maybe I had a chance (to win).”

Jarrett, who finished third overall last year, improved not only her placing but her time, which went from 1:03:24 in 2010 to 1:02:16 in the triathlon, which consisted of a 400-yard swim in the quarry, 11-mile bike and 5K run.

Jarrett got off to a good start, doing the swim in 7:52, 58 seconds faster than last year. “I like the quarry because you don’t see any fish or seaweed,” she said. “It was warm and nice, too.”

She had a strong bike ride, though she struggled with her gears.

“I couldn't get into my biggest (chain) ring,” she said. “So I rode all of it on my smaller rings. I rode fast, though: 22 mph was my average.”

Jarrett trailed Suzanne Rinehart, 41, of Mahomet, Ill., and Monica West, 38, of Saginaw at the end of the bike, but then cranked out 22:30 in the run, while Rinehart and West ran 25:15. That gave Jarrett the victory by more than a minute.

Rinehart took second and won the masters title 1:03:26. West, last year’s runner-up, was third in 1:04:14.

“I’m not a good runner,” said Rinehart. “The swim and the bike are my strongest. I just started running a year ago, so I’m still a beginner.”

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did well, but I think she did well,” Sidney said.

Suzanne Harshman, 41, of Sylvania finished fourth in 1:05:22.

“This is one of my favorite races, because it’s all women and there’s something special about that,” said Harshman. “It does a wonderful job of showing off Sylvania.”

Jarrett agreed. “I tell women that if you are doing your first triathlon, this is a good one, because it’s all flat and it’s all women,” she said.

Lupini, winner of Elite Endeavors’ Dooby Duathlon in Sylvania the last two Aprils, learned about the Women’s Only event from Jarrett.

Howell Trek Women Triathlon Debut Makes Splash

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HOWELL (8/7/11) -- Mother and daughter Laura and Ellen Searle, ages 40 and 17, of Troy swam, ran and biked together to complete their first triathlon, the Trek Women Series race here, in 1:42:47.

“We motivated each other the whole way,” Ellen said.

In this one-mile run, 11-mile bike, 5K run “dry tri,” Lupini trailed Lori Deshetler, 31, of Sylvania, Becky Mincheff, 48, of Oregon, Ohio, and Megan David, 17, of Sylvania at the end of the first run, but all were within four seconds of each other.

Twin sisters Nancy Cutler and Ilisa Bernstein, 48, also motivated each other. Cutler of West Bloomfield finished in 1:30:29, then went back on the course to find Bernstein, of North Bethesda, Md. They ran to the end together.

“When we got on the bikes, she (Lupini) took right off,” said defending champ Mincheff. “And that was that!”

“It’s exciting crossing the finish line with your sister,” Bernstein said.

Lupini won with a time of 1:02:12. Next came Deshetler (1:04:34), David (1:05:36) and masters champ Mincheff (1:06:47).

The race started at 7:30 a.m. but competitors still endured baking heat.

“I was hoping for some big pine trees for shade,” said Lupini, who enjoyed the Women’s Only nonetheless. “I would give it an Aplus,” she declared.

Event coordinators Jim and Joyce Donaldson had help from their Elite Endeavors crew, the Team Toledo Triathlon Club and Southview High School boys and girls track and cross country teams.

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Karen McKeachie, 58, of Ann Arbor was by herself the whole way. But she didn’t mind much, because she won in 1:10:11.

“It’s easier when there’s someone to catch,” said McKeachie. “During the run, I tried to pretend that the (pace) bike was the person I had to catch, but he never let me pass him.”

They were among the more than 250 participants in the newest race in the Trek Women Triathlon Series: a half-mile swim, 12-mile bike and 3-mile run event. (There are five other series triathlons nationwide.)

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swim in Thompson Lake, maintained it as she biked along residential streets, then finished strong in a run that ducked in and out of a cemetery before ending at Page Field.

Cadia Humpula, 28, of Saint Charles finished 1:35 behind McKeachie in 1:11:46.

“Karen ripped it up out there,” said Monica West, 38, of Toledo, Ohio, third in 1:15:08.

Next came Allison Smith, 26, of Franklin (1:15:37) and Erika Myers, 35, of Van Buren Township (1:16:23).

Becky Turner, 35, of Chelsea was impressed with the race. “For a first-time event this was amazingly well run,” she said.

Series director Margaret Sullivan also felt things went well.

“I thought it was outstanding for a first year in a new city” she said. “This was a 10 (on a scale of one to 10). We love Howell.”

Other Trek Women Triathlons take place in Columbus, Ohio Aug. 28; Orlando, Fla. Sept. 4; Seattle, Wash. Sept.

18; and Austin, Texas, Oct. 2.

(The first in the series was in Pleasant Prairie, Wisc. July 10.)

Sullivan’s company, The Xxtra Mile LLC, also owns the Danskin Triathlon Series, which has seven races.

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Solstice Run, Northville

Record 3,300 Enjoy Luau, More at Solstice Run

By Charles Douglas McEwen that hard last year. It’s hard to keep any kind of a pace out there in those hills.”

NORTHVILLE (6/25/11) -- Though he finished eight seconds slower than the course record he set last year, Boaz Cheboiywo, 32, of Ypsilanti still dominated the 10-mile at the Solstice Run.

Mike Camilieri, 32, of Howell won the men’s 10K in 34:21. Justin Goetz, 29, of Berkley took second (34:49) and Edward Clifton, 16, of Northville third (36:01).

“I wanted to get it,” Cheboiywo said of the record. “I relaxed too much.”

“I slacked off at seven and eight miles,” said Cheboiywo. “I ran very hard the last mile, but I couldn’t get it.

“It was an awesome day -- the perfect day to run,” he said.

A lot of other people thought so too. The

Serena Kessler, 39, of Ann Arbor paced the women in 38:44, followed by Elisabeth Deller, 32, of Northville (41:51) and Marie Wolfgram, 32, of Ann Arbor (43:04).

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The former Eastern Michigan University NCAA national champion timed 50:57, which fell short of last year’s 50:49.

Tops in the 5K were Kevin Debear, 21, of Plymouth (16:16), Chris Elsey, 25, of Milford (17:20) and Jeff Gerbach, 20, of Novi (17:39).

Angela Mathews, 27, of Westland led the women in 18:03, followed by Lindsay Clark, 18, of West Bloomfield (18:48) and Julia Valencia, 17, of Walled Lake (19:15) .

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James Pace and Katherine Day, both of Westland, finish the 10 Mile.

Marty Muchow, 45, a Hawaii resident, was fourth overall in 58:16 and tops among masters finishers in the 10-mile. “It was hillier than I thought it would be,” he said.

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Second and third, far behind Cheboiywo, were Leo Foley, 30, of Howell (55:40) and Joe Maki, 21, of Ypsilanti (55:41).

Maki stayed with Cheboiywo for the first mile, then watched the Kenyan native jet off.

“He’s in a whole different league than I am,” Maki said.

5K champion Angela Matthews shows her winning form at the start.

Solstice Run had 3,300 participants, the largest turnout in its nine-year history.

The event held a post-race luau party complete with Hawaiian dancers and leis, which helped augment numbers. The mile fun run was also renamed the Maui Mile.

“We’re very happy with the numbers,” said race director Alan Whitehead. “And we’re already making plans for next year.”

Nov. 13, 2011

Danielle Savard, 29, of Rochester Hills took the lead in the women’s race during the third mile and went on to triumph in 1:06:24.

“I went out a little slower and tried to pick it up over the course of the race,” Savard said. “I haven’t run a 10-mile in a while and I wasn't sure where I’d be at today.”

Katherine Kyle, 39, of Grosse Pointe Park nabbed second in 1:07:39, followed by Andrea Pulskamp, 33, of Plymouth (1:08:01) and Heather Dyc, 27, of Plymouth (1:08:35).

“I must not have trained hard enough,” said Dyc. “I don’t remember the hills being

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Michigan Warrior Dash, Genesse Township

Warrior Dash Takes Flint by Storm

By Bill Khan gether and they came unglued. Going in the water was tough. Coming back out, I felt like I weighed 30 or 40 pounds heavier.”

GENESEE TOWNSHIP (7/30-31/11) -- Who would have thought that the Crim Festival of Races would become the second-largest running event in the Flint area?

Somehow, the inaugural Michigan Warrior Dash managed to upstage the Crim.

There were serious racers, of course. It turns out that a competitive running background was necessary to be successful.

The Warrior Dash took Genesee County by storm, attracting 24,912 entrants to an extreme running event that featured 12 obstacles on a 3.2-mile course at the E.A. Cummings Center.

The Crim, which celebrates its 35th edition this year, had 16,000 entrants in 2010.

Whether the Warrior Dash would return was an open issue going into the event. Before the final wave of 600 runners reached the finish line on the final day, it was determined that the event would come back next year. This was the second-largest Warrior Dash, behind only a June race in Ohio, race co-director Ryan Mortimer said.

“We talked to everyone back home in Chicago and it was a no-brainer to come back here,” Mortimer said. “The park’s awesome, the county’s been

The obstacles included jumping over fire, climbing over walls, crawling in mud under barbed wire, wading through thick muck and waist-deep water, and running through tires. instrumental in helping us with this event and the warriors had a fantastic time. It’s only right to bring it back in 2012.”

The event was equal parts trail race, boot camp and Halloween in July. The obstacles included jumping over fire, climbing over walls, crawling in mud under barbed wire, wading through thick muck and waist-deep water, and running through tires and jumping over junked cars.

Warrior and superhero costumes were all the rage, but Scott Reagan of Cadillac took on the challenge in 80-plus-degree heat in a large Sponge Bob Square Pants costume and fake beard. The costume was pretty much trashed after the final obstacle, a mud crawl before the finish line.

The fastest time of the weekend was turned in by Curtis Vollmar, who ran on Eastern Michigan University’s all-America distance medley relay team at the 2010 NCAA Indoor Track and Field meet.

Vollmar finished in 22:26.45 on the first day. Adam Roach of Rockford was second in 22:48.00, while Oakland University runner Kenny Wall of Flushing was third in 22:52.95.

All three times eclipsed the winning time of Sunday’s winner, Chad Anastasoff of Temperance, who finished in 23:17.20.

“I took it as a normal race, but in my mind I knew it was going to be more of a fun event,” Vollmar said.

The fastest women’s time was run by Erin O’Mara of Ypsilanti, one of the state’s top road racers, who finished in 25:52.95 on the first day.

The women’s winner the second day was Richmond High School graduate Hannah Brisson, who runs for the University of Toledo, in “This is actually an old Halloween costume 26:05.10. - MR race series 2011_mr race series 6/8/11 5:42 PM Page 1 I had,” Reaganmr said.

“I finally decided to retire it. What better way to do it than at a Warrior Dash?”

Mike Crandall of Davison ran in full hockey gear with a stick, sporting the jersey of the Flint-based Michigan Warriors junior hockey team.

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Morgan, Reader Win Third Big Steins at Volkslaufe

By Charles Douglas McEwen FRANKENMUTH (7/4/11) -- Mike Morgan, who won the 5K and 10K here last year, added the 20K to his collection of victories and beer steins at the 36th annual Volkslaufe (German for “people’s race”) presented by Frankenmuth Jaycees.

“I love this race and begged my coaches to let me do it,” said Morgan, 31, who runs for the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project in Rochester Hills.

He ran the 12.4 miles in 1:05:05, which was well off Todd Snyder’s 1:01:51 course record but still fast given that Morgan took the lead on the grass at start and was by himself (with the pace car) for the entire race.

“It was a tough race,” said Roache, who recently graduated from nearby Saginaw Valley State University. “It was hot and the hills at the end were challenging. I felt good until the last mile.”

Jerome Recker, 28, of Port Huron, another SVSU graduate, won the 10K after having claimed the 5K here years ago. “The last time I won, I wasn’t old enough to get the stein filled (with alcohol),” he quipped.

Recker finished in 32:35, with Alex Townsend, 21, of Detroit taking second (34:01) and Kenny Wall, 21, of Flushing third (34:02).

While Recker rocked the men’s side of the 10K, Jen Rock, 21, of Macomb rolled in the women’s race.

Melanie Peters, 21, of White Lake took second (38:57) and Brittany Hubbard, 26, of Rochester Hills third (39:03).

In the 5K, Evan Chiplock, 17, of Saginaw finished first (15:58), Ron Zywicki, 50, of Traverse City second (16:46) and Shane Knoll, 24, of Warren third (16:56).

Kirsten Olling, 14, of Breckenridge won the women’s 5K in 18:47, followed by Karie McDonald, 21, of Frankenmuth (19:01) and Kayla Pfund, 19, of Shelby Township (19:17).

Major sponsors included Diversified Fitness Club for the 20K, Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland for the 10K and The Bavarian Inn Restaurant for the 5K. The Volkslaufe also included a Jaami’s Jams and Jellies 2K Fun Run.

“I think it was harder last year,” Morgan said. “I had to get done (with the 10K), grab “I felt really good the whole time,” said some fluid and warm up for the 5K. The 20K is For complete race results, go to http://volkRock, who finished in 36:25. The time shatlonger, but it’s one and done.” third square template_third 8/11/11 10:21 AM slaufe.org.

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Vince Bechard, 31, of Detroit beat Leo Foley, 30, of South Lyon for second, 1:08:19 to 1:09:30.

“I had someone (Foley) to catch up to,” Bechard said. “I caught him at 15K and just went. I PR’d by a minute.”

For his 20K victory, Morgan took home his third 2.5-liter German stein.

(The big drinking cups are given to the overall victors in each race, while smaller steins go to the age category winners.)

Marybeth Reader, 42, of Bloomfield Township, who won this 20K in 2006 and 2007, also collected her third giant stein at this year’s race. She had to fight for it, though.

“This might be the first time in my life where I’ve passed someone (at the end) to win a race,” said Reader, who has won many races. “Usually (if she's going to win), I take the lead early and keep it. I’m not really a negative-split person.”

Reader led initially. Then Amanda Roache, 23, of Midland came up beside her.

“I passed her at 10K and led until 17K,” Roache remembered. “Then she passed me.”

Reader timed 1:20:46 to Roache’s 1:21:24. Stacie Battjes, 31, of WinstonSalem, N.C., took third in 1:25:38.

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Firecracker 5K, Ann Arbor

Flirt with Dirt, Novi

Flirt with Mud No Dud: Draws 568 Firecracker 5K a Real Blast

By Ron Marinucci

Flirt offers a 5K and 10K on “6 miles of gnarly single-track trails,” reads its entry form, in “the land of malls and mansions.”

“I give it a 10 out of 10,” said LePane, who won her age group by almost four minutes. “It was a wonderful day, just perfect.”

The races have staggered starts, half an hour apart. Runners can do both but must scoot through the 5K to make the 10K. That’s tough to do on these courses.

Van Blaricum had vied a few weeks ago in the Michigan Senior Olympics, where he entered 11 events and came home with 11 medals.

Recent rains left puddles and mud, but the trails weren’t as treacherous as in some years. Although temperatures reached the low 60s, humidity was high, especially under the low canopy of forest trees.

Although pegged as “low-key,” the 10K finish was anything but that. Greg Haapala and Jeremy Doody staged quite a battle.

There were many twists, turns and switchbacks. Often the trails were so narrow that passing was impossible.

Liz Bailey, a Flirt 10K veteran, ran her first 5K here. She was training to run a marathon with her son, his first, and had done a 20-miler the day before.

“I registered for the 10K but after yesterday I switched,” she said. She is used to running hills at the Highland State Recreation Area, so Flirt “was not really hilly,” Bailey said. “But that end hill …”

“That end hill” is a Lakeshore Park sledding hill whose top marks the start and finish. The downhill start required care on the dewy grass and the uphill finish was almost a sadistic flourish.

Whit Neubauer was also running his first Flirt -- in a pair of minimalist shoes. “It was great, no trouble at all,” he said.

Neubauer does most of his training on trails in the shoes and bikes here. “I saw the 5K and thought, ‘That’s my trail! I have to get out there!’” he said.

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ANN ARBOR (7/4/11) -- “I took the lead early because I knew the guy behind me had a good kick,” said Nicholas Katsefaras, repeat winner of the 11th annual Firecracker 5K in 15:53.

“I did catch one root, but a lot of others did, too,” he said.

Harlan van Blaricum, 70, finished 23rd of 235 in his second Flirt 5K. “I used to do the Mud Creek Crawl in Midland every year,” said the trail run veteran. “It’s (Flirt’s) very challenging, very technical. There are a lot of turns.”

Runners looking down to avoid roots, rocks and fallen limbs risked running into low-hanging branches sagging from dew and raindrops (“Like a car wash,” quipped Running Fit’s Randy Step at the start).

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ued. “I almost wish I had done …”

Neubauer hesiated, thinking about the 10K, then chuckled.

“It went well,” said an out-of-breath Haapala at the finish. “We went out quick, 6-minute miles, pretty good for a trail race.”

Doody “led the way from miles one to five,” Haapala continued. “I was about 10 seconds behind, trying to catch up. He set a hard pace. I’m surprised I was able to catch him.”

“I went out hard for a couple miles,” agreed Doody, who won his debut Flirt 10K last year. “But it was sticky out there. He caught me at the end.”

“The course was really great,” said Haapala. “It rained yesterday, but it dried out pretty well.”

Flirt’s 568-runner turnout was its highest since 2008, when registration was capped due to parking limits and course congestion. Slots were filled weeks before the race.

Overall male and female winners in each race received certificates for new shoes at Running Fit. Awards went five-deep in each age group. Prizes were nifty ceramic mugs.

Flirt drew runners from all over Michigan, including Grand Haven and Cedar Springs, as well as from Ontario and seven other states.

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The Michigan State University graduate admitted he liked the course, “especially the downhill finish and running through the University of Michigan Diag” (a large space in the middle of campus embedded at the center with a brass block “M”).

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NOVI (6/11/11) -- “The mud was the best part. It made it fun!” enthused Charlene LePane, who had just finished her first Flirt with Dirt 5K.

U-M graduate Wolfgang Dozauer agreed. “I never thought half a century later I would be running through the Diag,” Dozauer said. “It’s funny how it brings back memories. I was careful not to step on the ‘M.’” (A student legend is you will fail exams if you do so.)

Nicholas Katsefaras

“We appreciate the university allowing us to use the Diag,” said co-race director Michael Hightower. “It makes the race special.”

Hightower was pleased with the crowd and weather, with temperatures near 70° under partly-cloudy skies. “It was a perfect day for running and our biggest race ever,” he said.

A “Grand Prix” series of 5Ks, complete with awards and t-shirts, is being considered for next year, he said.

For complete results and information on the 12th annual Firecracker 5K, visit www.a2firecracker5k.com.

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XTERRA Torn Shirt Triathlon / Duathlon, Brighton

Stockton, Scott Tear Up Torn Shirt Triathlon

By Charles Douglas McEwen BRIGHTON (6/19/11) -- On Father’s Day, mother of three Mimi Stockton won her second straight Xterra Torn Shirt Triathlon, presented

by Elite Endeavors.

With her husband and children greeting her at the finish, Stockton, 39, of Stevensville timed 2:18:16, more than five minutes faster than her winning time last year. Next came Marie Dersham, 40, of Grand Rapids in 2:20:15.

Dersham gave Stockton plenty of competition during the half-mile swim in Bishop Lake, 15-mile mountain bike and 6-mile trail run at Brighton Recreation Area.

The Torn Shirt included a duathlon, which consisted of a 2-mile road run, 15-mile bike and 6-mile trail run. Winners were Max Finkbeiner, 37, of Whitmore Lake (2:08:09) and Sylvie Uyttendael, 38, of Chicago (2:32:07).

“Let me get over the shock!” said Weinreich after learning that she had won.

The half-du, which had a 1-mile road run, 10-mile bike and 3-mile trail run, was won by Jay Moncel, 37, of Troy (1:19:35) and Heather Kettelhoh, 38 of Midland (1:30:51).

The event also hosted its first-ever half-triathlon and half-duathlon.

“It’s super fun,” Kettelhoh said. “Well organized and really well-marked. The mountain bike trail was fun and fast. And the run was beautiful.”

“We always want to get more people involved in the sport,” said Jim Donaldson, who directs the Torn Shirt with wife, Joyce, for Elite Endeavors. “Some people think the full tri is a little too tough. Hopefully, this will bring out new people.”

Moncel agreed. “I look forward to doing many more of these,” he said.

Though Stockton had a 18-second lead on Dersham when they left the water, Dersham took it away on the mountain bike.

The half-tri, which consisted of a quarterFor complete results, go to www.eliteenmile swim, 10-mile bike and 3-mile run, was deavors.com. won by Stephen Baluch, 29, of Farmington (1:28:07) and Leanne Weinreich, 41, of Gregory - MR “Mimi stayed on my tail for the whole bike (1:40:46).

Event Directors 0311_Third Square 2/6/11 10:39 PM Page 1 ride, which was really fun,” Dersham said. “When we got through the transition, she had an awesome run.”

Stockton opened a big lead but still had to tackle the Torn Shirt Trail.

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“The run is hilly, long and grueling,” said the champion. “After a long bike, it’s hard to maintain a decent pace. But running is my strong suit, so if I’m right behind a couple people on the bike, I can usually catch them on the run.”

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In the men’s triathlon, Chris Scott, 39, of Morrison beat top master David Maclean, 52, of Ludington.

Scott led by two minutes after the swim. Maclean closed some of that gap with a strong bike and run, but he couldn’t quite catch the winner.

“I enjoy a technical, hilly course,” Scott said. “This is technical but there isn’t much elevation. Still, I’ll take it. I did OK.” Scott timed 2:05:22, followed by Maclean (2:05:50) and Yaro Middaugh, 35, of Traverse City (2:08:55).

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Adventure Rage Bedford Dinner Dash Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour

28 hour adventure race 5KR/W 25, 50, 75, 100MB

Cadillac Temperance Mackinaw City

(810) 239-0165 (734) 850-9622 (888) 455-8100

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

Capital Area Humane Society 5K Chad Schieber Memorial Run Chasing the Cure for Ovarian Cancer

5KR/W, 1MW Grand Ledge 10KR, 5KR, 1MR, kids run Midland 5KR/W/ Pump/R, 1MFR Sturgis

(517) 626-6060 (989) 708-9445 (269) 251-8740

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

CNS Stomp Out Stigma 5K Run/Walk Dunes Duathlon Freddie Harris Memorial Walk & Run

5KR/W 5MR, 17.8 MB 5KR, 2KW

(248) 871-1403

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

Grosse Pointe Run 10KR, 5KR/W J Rogucki Memorial Kensington Challenge 15KR, 5KR/W Kinde Polka Fest Run 5KR/W,1MR

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

Live Centred Half Marathon Oakland Township Curamus Terram Oh These Irish Hills

13.1MR Adrian 13.1, 10KR, 5KR/W, 1/2MR Oakland Twp 5KR/W Tipton

(517) 403-7687 (586) 484-4937 (517) 467-2670

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

Peacock Strut Riverbend 5K Run / Walk for MS Rochester Rotary Run/Walk

10KR, 5KR/W, kid’s run 5KR/W, kids run 10KR, 5KR/W

Portage West Branch Rochester

(269) 323-1942 (989) 225-9213

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

Run for Hungry Children Run for the Rouge Running with the Angels

5KR, 3KW 5KR 5KR/W, 1MW

Traverse City Canton Bad Axe

(231) 649-0541 (313) 792-9900

Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11 Sat, 9/17/11

Shoreline Sport & Spine Oktoberfest St. John Applefest USA 24 Hour Championships

26.2MR, 13.1MR, 5kR/W 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR 24 hour run

Spring Lake Fenton Cleveland, OH

(616) 844-2734 (810) 735.9193

Ride across the “Mighty Mac” Mackinaw City

(888) 455.8100 (616) 262-4124 (248) 674-5316

Clarkston Saugatuck Belleville

Grosse Pte Farms (800) 299-5007 See Ad page 31 Milford (248) 685-0043 See Ad page 35 Kinde

Sun, 9/18/11 Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour Sun, 9/18/11 Bridge Run Sun, 9/18/11 Canterbury on the Lake 5K

10MR, 5KR 5KR/W

Sun, 9/18/11 Capital City River Run, Cooley 5K

13.1, 5KR, 1MFR, 1/4 MFR Lansing

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Grand Rapids Waterford

(517) 332.2681

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Event

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Sun, 9/18/11 Driathlon 5K canoe/ 15KB/ 5KR Sun, 9/18/11 Lung Cancer 5K & Little Lungs Fun Run 5KR/W, kids run Sun, 9/18/11 Michigan’s Tri & Du Championship Sprint, Olympic Tri, Du

Bay City Milford Shelby Twp.

(313) 532-0983 (231) 546-2229

Sun, 9/18/11 Monroe Cty Special Olympics Festivus Sun, 9/18/11 Neal V. Singles Memorial Run Sun, 9/18/11 Romeo 2 Richmond Half Marathon

5KR/W 5KR, 1MW 13.1MR/W, 5KR/W

Monroe Morenci Richmond

(734) 242-5799 (517) 458-6025 (586) 469-5065

Sun, 9/18/11 Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo Sun, 9/18/11 Timber Trail Trot Sun, 9/18/11 Tortoise and Hare Training Run

10KR, 5KR, FW 5KR/W training run - 10M loop

Royal Oak Harrison Ann Arbor

(248) 541-5717 See Ad page 51 (989) 386-6651 (734) 623-9640

Sun, 9/18/11 Vision Builders 5K Run/Walk Fri, 9/23/11 Run for Justice Sat, 9/24/11 Midwest Regional Racewalking Champ

5KR/W, kids run 10K, 5K, 1MR/W, kids run 1 hour walk

Dexter Howell Royal Oak

(734) 926-0976 (517) 546-4700 (248) 549-3569

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

501 Running Club 20 Miler AQ Run Thru 5K Run and 2K Walk Bradapalooza Run on Faith

20MR, 10MR 5KR, 2MW 4MR, 2MW

Ann Arbor Grand Rapids Newport

(734) 657-0214 (616) 632-2989 (734) 770-2378

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Dances with Dirt - Hell Daystar 5K Deerfield Park Trail Half / 10K / 5K

50MR, 50KR, 100 K Relay 5KR/W 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR

Pickney/Hell Milford Mt. Pleasant

(734) 929-9027 (248) 628-0634 (989) 289-2361

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Diehl’s Ciderfest Run Du North West Side 5K Run/Walk

4 MR, 1MFR Holly 4.75MR/ 18.15MB/ 6.05MR Manistee 5KR/W, kids run Traverse City

(248) 310-9375 (616) 261-9706 (231) 409-2804

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Genesys Athletic Club Dash Happy Heart Run Jefferson Cross Country Invitational

5KR/W, 1MFR 5KR/W, 1MFR HS, MS XC meet

Grand Blanc Coldwater Monroe

(810) 606-7909

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Kilometers for Cam Komen Gr Rapids Race for the Cure® Michigan State Police Fall Color 5K

5KR/W, 3KFR 5KR, 1MW 5KR/W

St. Joseph Grandville Northville Twp

(269) 861-5284 (616) 752-8262 (586) 727-0200

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Oktoberfest Lagerlauf 5K Park 2 Park Half Marathon and 5K Red Flannel Festival 5K Run/Walk

5KR/W 13.1MR, 5KR 5KR/W, kids run

Grand Rapids Holland Cedar Springs

(616) 890-5978 (616) 399-9190 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11 (616) 696-0504

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Run for the Son “Run the Pointe” Booster Club Run Running Fit 20 Mile Training Run

5KR/W 10KR, 5KR, 2MFR Up to 20 mile training run

Portage (269) 344-7333 Grosse Pte Farms (313) 881-7570 Westland (734) 929-9027

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

Sault Area Chamber of Commerce Chase 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR Save the Wildlife 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, 1MW Sawyer’s Run 5KR

S Ste. Marie, MI (906) 632-3301 Howell (517) 546-0249 Shelby Twp. (248) 818-0270

Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11 Sat, 9/24/11

USA 50 km Trail Championships Walk of Remembrance West Side 5K

Bend, OR Livonia Traverse City

50KR 2.3MW 5KR/W, kids run

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Event

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Sat, 9/24/11 Wild Goose Chase Sun, 9/25/11 Birch Run Charity Run Sun, 9/25/11 Birmingham Lions Run for the Blind

5KR/W 5KR/W/teams, 1KFR, 10KR, 5KR, 1 MW

Ad Reference

Saginaw Birch Run Birmingham

(989) 759-1669 (989) 397-8333 (248) 645-5600

Sun, 9/25/11 Fowlerville Football Fun Run 5KR/W,1MR/W Sun, 9/25/11 Hansons 16 M Marathon Training Run 4-16 MR Sun, 9/25/11 Ionia Snap Fitness ICAN 5K 5KR/W

Fowlerville Grosse Pointe Ionia

(517) 223-6481 (313) 882-1325

Sun, 9/25/11 Marathon Oasis de Montreal Sun, 9/25/11 Playmakers Autumn Classic 8K Sun, 9/25/11 Run with Attitude

26.2, 13.1, 10K, 5K, kidsR 8KR/W, 1MFR, 1/2 MFR 5KR, 1MR/W

Montreal, QC (514) 879-1027 Haslett (517) 349.3803 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11 Commerce Twp (248) 568-4316

Sun, 9/25/11 The Trail Less Traveled Sun, 9/25/11 White Pine Academy 5K Thu, 9/29/11 Kids Run Club 1K, 3K & 5K

8KR/W, 4KR/.W 5KR/W 5KR, 3KR/W, 1KR/W

Shelby Township (586) 850-6611 Leslie (517) 403-8813 Shelby Twp. (586) 532-1300

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

501 Running Club 20 Miler Crybaby Classic Mountain Bike Race Depot Days

16MR, 10MR 6.5M lap MB 5KR/W

Ann Arbor Harbor Springs Standish

(734) 657-0214 (231) 487-1713 (989) 714-2496

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

Earleen Fox Memorial 5K Walk/Run Fish Lake 5K GRAAHI Rhythm Run

5KR/W 5KR/W 5KR/W

West Branch Sturgis Grand Rapids

(989) 685-2552 (269) 625-3969 (616) 331-5872

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

Hansons Cross-Country Invitational Hartwick Pines Challenge Trail Run I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s

XC 7.5MR, 3MR 5KR/W

Sterling Heights (586) 822-8606 Grayling (989) 390-5530 Okemos

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

Jamesers 5K for Kaleidoscope Kids Red October Run Remembrance Run

5KR/W 10KR, 5KR/W, 1M kid’s run 5KR/W, 1MR/W

Brighton Wayne Traverse City

(313) 586-5486 See Ad page 37 (231) 941.8118

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

Rotary Bay 5/10K Run/Walk for Charity 10KR, 5KR/W Run on the Rez 5K 5KR Run Vasa 25KR, 10KR

Petoskey Mt. Pleasant Williamsburg

(231) 838-4959 (989) 772-0323 (231) 932-5401

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

Salmon Run/Walk Steps for Sara The Crabby Apple

Baldwin Harbor Beach St. Ignace

(231) 745-8804 (906) 430-5666

Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11 Sat, 10/1/11

Wags and Whiskers 5K Run Run/Walk 5KR/W Walt Disney World Wine & Dine Half Mar 13.1MR Zonta Walks for Women 5KR

Rothbury

(231) 861-8196

10KR/W, 5KR/W 5KR/W 5MR, 2.5MR/W,1MFR

See Ad May/Jun ‘11

Lake Buena Vista, FL

Alpena

(989) 354-7297

Thompsonville Rochester Hills Farmington

(231) 378-2000 (810) 235-3397 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11 (248) 473-1800

Sun, 10/2/11 Huron Township Applefest - cancelled Sun, 10/2/11 MSU Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash 5KR/W, 1MR Sun, 10/2/11 Red, White & Blue 26.2 Marathon 26.2 MR

New Boston East Lansing Findlay, OH

(517) 355-2370 (419) 442-4424

Sun, 10/2/11 USA Masters 5 km Championships

Syracuse, NY

Sun, 10/2/11 Betsie Valley Run Sun, 10/2/11 Brooksie Way Half Marathon Sun, 10/2/11 Farmington Fall Classic

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Sun, 10/2/11 Walk the Walk Tue, 10/4/11 Striders Power of Run 5K Thu, 10/6/11 White Pumpkin 5K

3KR/W 5KR 5KR/W

Grand Blanc Walker Caro

(810) 955-6222 (616) 261-9706 (989) 673-5241

Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11

Bee Brave 5K Run/Walk Cruisin for a Cure 5K D-Town River Run

5KR/W 5KR, 2MW 10KR/W, 5KR/W

Caledonia Grand Ledge Detroit

(616) 698-8054 (517) 819-8394 (248) 318-8317

Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11

Fall Colors Bridge Race Fall Color Tour Run or Relay Halloween 5K for Junior Achievement

5.4MR/W 10KR or 2person relay 5KR/W

Mackinaw City Falmouth Lansing

(231) 436-5664 See Ad page 13 (231) 826-3854 (517) 371-5437

Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11

Harbor Springs Half Marathon Island Boodle 5K Run/Walk Portage Invitational

13.1M, 10K, 5KR, 1/2 MR 5KR/W x-c meet, open 5K

Harbor Springs Beaver Island Portage

(231) 526-2621 (231) 448-2505 (269) 323-5233

Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11

Race for Healthy Kids Run for Palestine Scary Halloween Hallow

5KR/W, kids run 10KR,5KR, 1MR/W 5KR, 1.5MFR

Rockford Honor Port Huron

(616) 632-7296 (231) 510-2379 (810) 984-4847

Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11 Sat, 10/8/11

SOS Animal Rescue Dirty Dog Run SOTL Storm Runners Race United Way Charities Trail Run

10KR, 5KR, 1MFR 5KR/W, 1MFR 10KR, 5KR

Midland (989) 492-0042 Brighton (734) 231-2792 Houghton Lake (989) 910-5121

Sat, 10/8/11 Wayne County XC Championships Sat, 10/8/11 WMU Homecoming Campus Classic Sun, 10/9/11 Big House / Big Heart 5K

HS X-C 5KR 5KR/W, 1KFR/W 10KR, 5KR, 1MFR

Belleville Kalamazoo Ann Arbor

(734) 416-7774 (269) 387-8402 (734) 213-1033

Sun, 10/9/11 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon Sun, 10/9/11 Great Michigan Race Sun, 10/9/11 Green Space Race

26.2, 13.1, 8K, kids run 4.5MR/W 5KR/W

Victoria, BC Rochester Mason

(250) 658-4520 (248) 977-9183 (517) 676-2290

Sun, 10/9/11 Hidden Forest Trail Run Sun, 10/9/11 KDB Melanoma 5K Run/Walk Sun, 10/9/11 MSU Sprint Triathlon

8.5 MR, 5.5 MR, 2.5 MR/W Clarkston 5KR/W MIlford 400mS/ 12MB/ 5KR East Lansing

(810) 487-0954 (313) 505-2445 (231) 546-2229

Sun, 10/9/11 St. Patrick Fall Festival Half Mar & 5K 13.1MR, 5KR/W Sun, 10/9/11 Race for Ralya 5KR, Kids Run Sun, 10/9/11 Wild Life Marathon 26.2, 13.1, 5KR/W, kids run

Portland Haslett Concord

(517) 917-6700 See Ad page 33

Sat, 10/15/11 CMU Homecoming Miles for Medals 5KR, 1MW Sat, 10/15/11 Danae’s Race 5KR Sat, 10/15/11 Fr. Gabriel Richard HS XC Invitational hs x-c meet

Mt. Pleasant Lansing Dexter

(989) 773-2595 (517) 896-5257 (734) 904-6431

Sat, 10/15/11 Huskie Hustle Sat, 10/15/11 Mercantile Bank Run Thru the Rapids Sat, 10/15/11 spARTan FUNd RACE

Breckenridge Grand Rapids Imlay City

(989) 842-5806 (888) 909-2267 (810) 724-9813

Sat, 10/15/11 SVSU Cardinal Family Fun 5K 5KR/W Sat, 10/15/11 Top of Michigan 100K and Team Relay 100KR, team relay Sat, 10/15/11 U of M/MSU Tailgate Challenge 5KR/W

Saginaw Gaylord Flint

(989) 964-4215 (231) 348-8280 (810) 487-0954

Sat, 10/15/11 Whistlestop Marathon and Half

Ashland, WI

(800) 284-9484

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Sun, 10/16/11 Detroit Free Press Marathon Sun, 10/16/11 East Lansing Pumpkin Trot Sun, 10/16/11 Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon

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26.2, Wheels, 13.1, relay, 5K Detroit, Windsor (313) 222-6676 5KR/W East Lansing (517) 319-6897 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR Grand Rapids (616) 293-3145 See Ad back cover

Sun, 10/16/11 Nationwide Columbus Marathon 26.2, 13.1, wheels, kids run Columbus, OH Sun, 10/16/11 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 5KR, kidsR Toronto, ON Sun, 10/16/11 Spartan Sprint 5K 5KR/W East Lansing

(614) 421.7866 (416) 944-2765 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11

Tue, 10/18/11 Hansons Youngsters XC Invitational Sat, 10/22/11 Aubrey’s Butterfly 5K Sat, 10/22/11 Bailey’s Doggie Dash

X-C Meet 5KR/W 5KR/W, 1MW

Sterling Heights (586) 822-8606 Dimondale Rockford (517) 336-6429

Sat, 10/22/11 Cleft Palate Foundation of Smiles 5K Sat, 10/22/11 Great Turtle Half Marathon Sat, 10/22/11 Gus O’Connor’s Run Rally

5KR/W 13.1 MR, 5.7 MR/W 3MR

Manton Mackinac Island (810) 487-0954 Rochester (248) 608-2537

Sat, 10/22/11 Linden Fall Festival of Races Sat, 10/22/11 Manistee National XC Invitational Sat, 10/22/11 Michigan HS XC U.P. State Finals

5KR/W, 1MR 5K Xc meet, Open 5K 5KR

Linden Manistee Munising

(810) 591-0080 (231) 690-0596 (517) 332-5046

Sat, 10/22/11 Pancreatic 5K Run/Walk Sat, 10/22/11 Run for Research Sat, 10/22/11 Run Scream Run

5KR/W,1MR/W 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR 10KR, 5KR,1MR

New Baltimore Mt. Pleasant Ypsilanti

(586) 306-2013 (989) 289-2361 (734) 929-9027 See Ad page 44

Sat, 10/22/11 The Great Pumpkin Pursuit Sat, 10/22/11 USA Masters 5 km XC Championships Sun, 10/23/11 Racing for Recovery Run

5KR/W 5KR 10KR, 5KR/W, 1/4 MFR

Monroe Perinton, NY Sylvania, OH

(231) 546-2229

Sun, 10/23/11 Renegade Run Sun, 10/23/11 Road to the Broad 5K Sun, 10/23/11 Scare Away Hunger 5K Run /Walk

3MR on obstacle course 5KR/W 5KR/W

Clinton Township(586) 532-1300 East Lansing (248) 613-3274 Rochester (248) 651-5836

Sun, 10/23/11 Traverse City Half Marathon Sun, 10/23/11 Twin Rivers 5K Fri, 10/28/11 Frightful Friday Fun 5K Walk/ Run

13.1MR, 5KR, FR, teams 5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W

Traverse City Muir Minden City

(407) 599-0568 See Ad page 54 (989) 855-2346 (989) 864-3123

Sat, 10/29/11 Alger Heights Halloween 5K Sat, 10/29/11 Headless Horseman 5K Sat, 10/29/11 MAC Cross Country Championships

5KR/W, kids run 10KR, 5KR 8K Men, 6K Women

Grand Rapids Howell Muncie, IN

(616) 291-7988 (517) 546-0693 See Ad page 7

Sat, 10/29/11 Muddy Watters Cider Slam Sat, 10/29/11 Pennies for Pencils 5K Pumpkin R/W Sat, 10/29/11 Prairies and Ponds Poltergist Pursuit

4MR 5KR/W 5KR, kids run

Rochester Hills Ypsilanti Lapeer

(248) 320-5705 (248) 921-9601 (810) 538-1731

Sat, 10/29/11 Run of the Dead, Race Through SW Detroit 10KR, 5KR Sat, 10/29/11 St. Mary 5K 5KR/W Sat, 10/29/11 The Headless Horseman Chase 10MR, 5KR/W

Detroit Williamston Belmont

(248) 766-6485 (517) 803-5420

Sun, 10/30/11 Sun, 10/30/11 Sun, 10/30/11 Sun, 10/30/11

Champaign, IL Lake Orion Pinckney Plymouth

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Carrollton Dexter Roseville

(989) 399-8860 See Ad page 23 (734) 213-1033 See Ad page 37 (586) 445-5480 See Ad page 39

Sat, 11/19/11 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis Thu, 11/24/11 5/3 Bank Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Thu, 11/24/11 Smoke the Turkey 5K

10KR, 5KR, 1/4M kids run Bloomfield Hills (248) 269-2895 10KR, 5KR, 1MR Detroit (313) 247-4149 See Ad page 2 5KR Sylvania, OH (419) 841-5597 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11

Sat, 12/3/11 Sat, 12/3/11 Sat, 12/10/11

Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis YMCA Santa Run Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis

5KRW, 1/4M kids run 5KR/W, 1MW 5KR/W, 1/4M kids run

Northville Flint Grand Rapids

(248) 269-2895 (810) 232-9622 (248) 269-2895

Sat, 12/10/11 Sat, 12/31/11 Sat, 1/7/12

Run Like The Dickens, Tiny Tim Trot 5/3 New Year’s Eve Family Fun R/W Walt Disney World Half Marathon

10KR, 5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W, 1MR/W 13.1MR

Holly Detroit Orlando

(248) 328-3200 (313) 886-5560

Sun, 1/8/12 Sun, 1/15/12

Walt Disney World® Marathon Chevron Houston Marathon

26.2MR 26.2, 13.1, 5K, kids run

Orlando Houston

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(713) 957.3453 See Ad page 21

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Sunday Sunday,, September 18, 201 2011 1 at the Detroit Zoo

5K, 10K and Fun Walk Walk Register at www www.detroitzoo.org/runwild .detroitzoo.org/runwild Registration includes a Run Wild Wild T-shirt, T-shirt, admission to the Detroit Zoo for the day as well as food, beverages and entertainment at the Post-Race Party.

Party.

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Running with Tom Henderson

By Tom Henderson

G

oodbye, Dolores. We’re gonna miss you.

race. Her special paper bag full of treats was a bonus. She was an angel. We shall always think of Dolores whenever we cross that finish line.” – Dave Peterson, running store manager, longtime competitive age-group runner.

Her brief obituary on the Web site for the Shelters Funeral Home in Pinckney told the facts: “Dolores P. Hensley, 80 years, of Pinckney, died Tuesday afternoon, June 12, 2011, at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti.

“She is also survived by her daughter, Marshan (CQ) Alton, and her son, Raymond Hensley; two grandchildren.”

It told the facts, it didn’t tell the story.

Michigan runners lost their best friend.

I remember in the early 1980s when I first started running a lot of 5Ks and 10Ks and was impressed by the organized nature of the running community. At every race, there was a card table or two worth of race fliers from around the state, set up in deep and organized piles. Man, I thought, these race directors really have their stuff together, always having each other’s fliers at all their runs.

It took me a year or two to find out that there was nothing of the kind going on. What was going on was Harrison Hensley was a running machine, and his wife was a volunteering machine, and every time he went to a race, which was often twice a weekend and once or twice during the week, he’d gather whatever fliers he could and cart them around in the trunk of his car till he showed up at the next race.

He and Dolores would get there early, set out their fliers and collect new ones.

I can’t imagine how many races I ran only because I heard about them through the Hensleys’ labors, or how much money I spent driving to those races, or how much I spent on entry frees.

Over the years, I got to know both of them well. If you ran many races in the 1980s or 1990s, you couldn’t help but get to know them well, Harrison pretending to be the curmudgeon, Dolores never pretending a thing, always gracious, greeting you with a hug and a smile as if you were her favorite person in the world.

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“She was born Nov. 10, 1930, in Detroit; the daughter of Joseph and Jennie (Radigan) McNamara. Dolores married Harrison D. Hensley on Jan. 26, 1955, in Garden City, and he survives.

“Dolores was a genuinely warm, kind, giving and beautiful person. We all benefitted from her presence, whether it was through her smile, humor, laugh or baked goods. She is definitely missed at the road races, but will always remain in our thoughts and hearts.” – Veronica Jackson, runner and friend. ~~

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Dolores Hensley announces results at the 2003 Solstice Run in Northville.

They’d put out their fliers, then Harrison would get ready for his race and Dolores, a nonrunner, would ask the director how she could help. Then she’d dive right in, helping with registration beforehand, passing out food or water or tearing off tags at the finish line.

Dolores had been sick for well over a year, fighting the good fight, seemingly close to death then recovering, relapsing and recovering. Last fall, runners by the thousands gathered in Hell, Mich., site of the legendary Run Thru Hell races the Hensleys put on each year, to run in her honor and for her benefit, raising enough money for Harrison to get a van so he could transport her to races around the state in style.

Some comments for Dolores from her friends on the funeral home Web site: “So glad I got to see you when I visited from Arizona last summer. You have been a big part of my life for over 30 years. I love you, Dolores.

Until we meet again.” – Diane Himebaugh, longtime competitive age-group runner.

“You could always count on Dolores to hug and hold you up at the end of a grueling road

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he 20th annual Bayshore races in Traverse City, once a sleepy collection of runs with a few tourists and mostly locals, have become a huge draw. The marathon and half-marathon fill up months in advance and the 10K keeps setting attendance

records.

Part of it is the weekend — the races are held the Saturday before Memorial Day. A good part of it is the locale — all include lots of gorgeous views of the east arm of Grand Traverse Bay. The 10K, in particular, sums up recent trends in running: one, the number of entrants continues to rise; two, the number of women entrants really continues to rise; and three, the times keep getting sslloowerr and ssslllooowerrr.

A total of 1,872 ran this year’s 10K. Nearly two-thirds, 1,209 were women, a percentage that would have seemed impossible 20 years ago. Hardly anyone broke 40 minutes, once a benchmark for a good, not a great, time, on a flat course on a weather day made for fast times. It was about 50 degrees, overcast, a light wind. Better weather for running fast you’re not going to get on the last weekend in May in northern Michigan. Flat, fast, great weather and only 1.5 percent of the field could run 6:27 a mile or faster.

A grand total of three women — count

’em, three — broke 40 minutes, about twotenths of one percent of the women’s field. Of the 189 women in the 25-29 age group, none broke 40 minutes. There was one of the 207 in 30-34. The top time of the 204 in the 35-39 age group was 45:52. Of the 268 in 40-49, none broke 40.

Things were better for the men, but not by much. Twenty-five broke 40, about 3.8 percent. When I was setting PRs in my 30s and 40s, I might — might — crack the top 10 percent if I broke 38 minutes. Breaking 40 might put you into the top third of the field.

Of the 100 men aged 30-34 this year, one broke 40. One! I find that almost inconceivable. If I hadn’t run the course myself (at 40 flat when I was 52 or so) and had only seen the times, I would have thought it a trail run with 2,000 feet of elevation climb.

It is typical that the older runners continue to resist fading into the woodwork. There were 57 runners in 50-54, and four of them broke 40.

It’s good for racing that more people do it.

It stands to reason that as race numbers build dramatically, times overall might slow. But where are the good runners? Forget elite, just good, or sorta good?

I don’t expect everyone to train as hard as I or my peers once trained. I don’t expect the same percentage of runners to train hard as races double in size.

But intuitively, it doesn’t seem too much to think that as those numbers of entrants doubled, the number of runners breaking 40 minutes would at least remain the same. That would translate into a performance decline, by the metric of the 40-minute barrier, of 50 percent. But the decline has been far more drastic.

I wonder why. ~~

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unners are always leery of first-time races, for good reason. Unless they happen to have a name like Gault Race Management, or the Hanson brothers or Running Fit attached to them.

You just have no idea what you’re getting.

Take the first annual 5K fundraiser in June for the Cherryland Humane Society in Traverse City, which had been in the news for its budget woes and fears about what that would mean for the cats and dogs it was caring for.

Sort of at the last minute, officials at the society organized an event and invited runners and walkers to bring their dogs. The emphasis was on raising money, as it should have been. I don’t need another t-shirt, and none were given out. I don’t need any more age-group awards, and there weren’t any of those either.

Kathleen and I, both dog lovers, with two of our three pets being rescue dogs, paid $20 apiece and got a beautiful Sunday morning to get some exercise, a wonderful cause and a great trail course in the woods south of the old mental hospital near downtown.

then run at an angle for 70 yards across a stretch of grass to the finish line.

We got less than we bargained for, too. A less than ideal time to start, certainly, on a hot sunny day in June. The race started at 11, and clearly a lot of the dogs and their owners weren’t faithful exercisers. Many a man and beast looked ready for a heart attack as they finished together.

I found two volunteers and told them they needed to get someone in the street to tell people where to jump the curb. They looked at me like I was nuts and continued their conversation. I politely repeated that they really did need to get someone in the street. At that moment, as they looked toward the street, five or six runners ran past, just as I had done.

“Michigan runners lost their best friend.”

It was a benefit to them, then, that the course was way, way short — not much excuse for that in this day of cheap and readily available GPS technologies. You don’t need the course certified, but you don’t need to see the fastest time in years on your watch at the finish line on a tough, tough course that you jogged.

The course was well marked, with two exceptions, both near the end. Coming down a long downhill, you were supposed to make a 270-degree turn to the left. Except there was no arrow, and no volunteer, and the logical way seemed to be just to veer a tad to the right. I stopped, looked around, hollered out to a guy nearby which way I should go and he pointed me in the right direction.

He said I was almost done. I ran a little ways, didn’t see a finish line or anyone in sight on the road in front of me, stopped, looked around, saw some folks on the lawn well to my right, wandered over and saw a ribbon laying on the grass. That was, it turned out, the finish line. After the sharp left, you were supposed to run a ways, then jump up over the curb, cross the sidewalk,

But there was no volunteer to tell you to jump the curb, and since the finish line was on the ground, you couldn’t see it.

One of the volunteers grumpily, very slowly, headed that way, as I went back to the hairpin turn and directed folks in the general direction of the finish line. One of them was Kathleen, nursing a knee injury and only in the race because of the cause. She came in about 34 minutes, about four minutes ahead of what she’d been expecting.

As she crossed the finish line, I went to get her a bottle of water. There were several metal tubs filled with ice and small water bottles.

There were also about a dozen bottles of water on a table, having been baking in full sun for an hour or more. I picked one up, dropped it when I realized how hot it was, went over to one of the tubs and started to pull out a bottle.

“Did you pay $5 for the barbecue?” I was asked. They were having hot dogs for those who’d paid $25 instead of $20.

“No,” I said.

“The cold water is for those who paid for the barbecue.”

“My wife just finished the 5K. She’s thirsty, and that water is too hot to drink.”

“You have to pay $5 for the cold water.”

Another volunteer at the side of the first one said snottily, pointing at the hot water.

“It’s wet. It’ll do the job.”

Good cause. Glad they were able to raise enough money to feed a bunch of cats and dogs for a while.

I’ll probably look for a different race that weekend next year, though, one with a Gault, or Hansons or Running Fit attached.

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