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Editor’s Notes: Map of Bones By Scott Sullivan

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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard

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Welcome to the IAAF News Page

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Houseman Field: Then and Now By Rachael Steil

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Catching up with Meb

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

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

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Michigan Runner Race Series, 2013

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Book Review: Hansons Marathon Method By Ron Marinucci

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Helping Kids Go the Distance By Dave Foley

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Running with Tom Henderson

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At the Races

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

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Hot Times at Winter Blast Series Opener By Scott Sullivan

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

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

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

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

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

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Shillelagh Four Mile Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

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Map of Bones © C. Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

By Scott Sullivan The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone Causes Galileo’s math book to get thrown At Delilah who’s sitting worthlessly alone But the tears on her cheeks are from laughter.

– from “Tombstone Blues,”

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-rays are previews of when we turn into ghosts. I have had my share lately: of my left wrist after breaking it playing basketball, now of my right ankle after decades of distance running.

The image is breathtaking: knobby talus bones, fit precisely to hinge and rotate, flaring down into metatarsals of the upper foot and phalanges. “If you can call something in me religious,” said Albert Einstein, “it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as science can reveal it.”

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

Givens are two flat feet and a right-foot bunion.

Add God knows how many miles of running, basketball, walking and restless pacing between every sentence. Write sitting down? Not me.

I first noticed arthritis years ago. So what? Lots of runners have it. When my race times grew slower faster than other runners my age, I trained harder, ran more miles and tried lighter shoes ... every sidestep I could think of.

compensates. Degeneration is exponential.

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

Compensatory happiness came from putzing around the neighborhood with my dog. I’d jog hard enough to breathe deeply and feel my heart pound, then stop to let him drink out of streams and passingby children pet him. He’s dumb as a rock, but his joy in each moment makes him a Buddha.

At last the pain hit a tipping point. Time to move inside to a Nordic machine, see a specialist. He confirmed what I’d long suspected and proposed means we might address it.

Shy of radical foot reconstruction, and maybe not running again, we’ll try customized inserts in more-stable shoes, plus an ankle brace to forestall selfinflicted damage. Less pain would be a bonus — as would a skinnier dog and me.

Now I wish I could write you a melody so plain That could hold you dear lady from going insane That could ease you and cool you and cease the pain Of your useless and pointless knowledge.

- Ibid There’s no use thinking I’d trade the dumb things I’ve done. For what? Something dumber? I had a blast doing them — and I still am.

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

For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. My right heel landed farther outside where The dog wags his tail as if thinking each moment my weight came down, shifting lower-leg shock from promises miracles and the best way to bless our memmy tibia to the slender, more-fragile fibula. When ories is to not look back, but ahead. julieright run 2013_sixth horizontal 4/11/13 3:20 your foot lands caddywhompus, your left footPM Page 1 - MR -

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St. Patrick’s Parade Corktown Race, Detroit

Marathon Aspirants Claim Year-Starting Corktown Crowns

By Charles Douglas McEwen

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

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

“It was good,” she said of the 5K. “It was windy out there, but I ran about what I thought I would based on my training, which isn’t really geared toward that distance.”

Pidhoresky finished in 16:35, well ahead of Andrea Karl, 28, of East China (17:57) and Susan Savasky, 24, of Berkley (19:11). Janet Harden, 40, of Lake Orion won the masters title in 20:55, while Ella Willis, 58, of Detroit led the grand masters in 22:07.

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

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The event, presented by the Fraternal Order of United Irishman and sponsored by Ambassador Bridge, looked like a river of green to viewers. A record field of close to 10,000 participants, most wearing bright Corktown shirts or green costumes, streamed up and down Michigan Avenue.

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DETROIT (3/10/13) — Repeat champ Mike Anderson and first-year entrant Dayna Pidhoresky cruised to titles at the 31st annual St. Patrick’s Parade Corktown 5K.

Mike Andersen repeated as champion in 15:13.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Race director Doug Kurtis said everything went smoothly, despite the turnout.

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

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The Corktown Parade, which took place after the race, celebrated its 55th year and honored the life of West Bloomfield police officer Patrick O’Rourke, who was killed last year.

Complete race results can be found at www.everalracemgt.com. For more information on Corktown festivities, go to http://www.corktownrace.com.

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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard Trivia: Who were the women’s and men’s 2012 London Olympics marathon gold medal winners?

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Scott Hubbard

y path to the race announcing I’ve done for the past 30-plus years was preceded by experiences as a high school, college and open runner, high school and college coach and director for a large race.

I started running in the late 1960s before it became “cool” in the mid -’70s and tracked its explosion in popularity at local events and through publications into the early ‘80s.

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

The best thing to happen to running was when opportunities to compete became open to high school girls in the mid-’70s. It’s mind-bending now to consider the reasons why girls were long treated as second-class citizens!

I watched, participated in and abetted many of the cool things happening in the day. Looking back, I can see how each thing I did was influenced by a prior encounter or experience. One thing led to another and I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

For the first 18 years, my announcing was all at road races. Over the past dozen years I’ve added high school and college cross-country and track meets. I’d like to share some of my top memories.

First gig: the day before the ’82 Crim 10-mile, I was asked if I might like to help Bobby Crim spot runners for announcing purposes at the finish, since I wasn’t running. I agreed and on race day climbed a ladder to sit on a mid-block store awning to join Bobby near the finish line. He chattered as runners finished and I supplied him with names. After 10 minutes of this set-up, Bobby handed me the mic and said, “You know all the runners, you announce.”

I was invited back and this August will be my 32nd year commenting on the thousands finishing on the Saginaw Street bricks.

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My favorite is emceeing the Lower Peninsula high school cross country finals at Michigan International Speedway every fall. My son Jeff and his Ann Arbor Pioneer team qualified in 2001 and he ran about as well as a first-year sophomore could be expected. By his senior year Jeff was in terrific shape, as was the Pioneer team.

Spectating at MIS is difficult, so I chose to watch him during the first two miles of the 5K race and track his progress around the north end of the finishing infield grass at a distance.

He was in 18th place (top 30 make all-state) when he went past me at two-plus miles. I watched as he picked off runners one by one around the long bend and slowly walked back toward the announcing area. About 20 minutes later I saw the results and he had moved up to 11th place. Later Jeff told me he wanted the top 10, but got out-kicked. The awards ceremonies for the four-race afternoon session took place two hours later.

I introduce the top-30 runners in reverse order and my heart was pounding as I neared 11th place, not sure what to say. I mentioned the next boy was my son — and after Jeff walked up the stairs and got his medal, I gave him a hug. I learned later that spectators voiced approval. That’s as cool as it gets for me.

Seven Lakes State Park, when ...

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

Since I was on a blood thinner for a blood clot, I was taken to Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc. Only the back of my left arm, where I was hit, was sore. The trauma area staff quickly learned what I knew: I was OK. I was given a CAT scan to check for head damage and kept overnight for observation. The scan only revealed only how badly my collar bone, hurt in a May 2011 bike race crash, had been broken. The Genesys staff was terrific; the food was bad.

I picked up my helmet and bike March 7 from a local fire station. One of the responders who’d helped me was there. An eyewitness had told her I’d landed near the middle of the road on my back, sat up and scooted off to the roadside.

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

“You answered our questions at the time,” she said.

“I don’t remember that either.”

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

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

I’ve been up and down that busy road hundreds of times and have no “death wish” to mingle with traffic going 50 mph. I like bike lanes and that’s where I was when hit. I was wearing a loud yellow jacket, doing all I could to be safe.

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

Insurance is taking care of my costs (cracked helmet, medical, etc.) and I’m still wondering how I dodged worse damage. The back of my left arm has a lovely purple/black bruise. The left side of my head where my helmet met pavement was tender for five days. Otherwise, I’m physically OK and back in the saddle, a bit self-concious of traffic behind me.

Great to (still) be here!

Late-Breaking News.

The latest in “Bad Things that Happen to Scott” occurred March 5 while I was cycling in a bike lane next to Grange Hall Road between Fenton and Holly. I was on a straight stretch, thinking about heading into nearby

Answer: Tiki Gelana of Ethiopia won for the women in an Olympic record 2:23:07 and Stephen Kiprotich of Uganda claimed the men’s gold in 2:08:01.

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Winter Blast, Grandville

Hot Times at Winter Blast Series Opener

By Scott Sullivan GRANDVILLE (2/16/13) — Former Michigan Runners of the Year Nick Stanko and Kris Koster didn’t fear getting lost at the fore of the Winter Blast 5K field.

Calvin’s girls, second in the state just four points behind Jackson Lumen Christi, fared even better, with senior Ashley Jourdan (20:00.0) nipping sophomore Emma Doorn (20:07.0) for the women’s title.

The course — on flat, residential streets behind race sponsor Calvin Christian High School — was so assaulted with salt beforehand that falling snow had no chance of sticking. Plows had also scraped side roads, but not made them sodium-bare and black.

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

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

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

“I’m pleased with the way our team members ran,” said race director and CC coach Laurens TenKate. “I can see who’s been training in the off-season. We’ll have most of our top girls back next fall, while some of our younger guys will have new opportunities.”

Photo by Scott Sullivan

Old-timers had their day in the sun ...

OK, snow, as well. Brian Fahey, 44, nipped JD Pepper, 49, for the men’s masters crown, 18:00.4 to 18:01.1. Steve Hulst, 56, (19:12.7) topped Dan Kersjes, 51, (20:19.7) for grand masters honors.

The clock showed Koster, winner in each of the Winter Blast’s first three runnings, was accurate.

Stanko, 32, crossed in 15:40.0; Koster, 31, in 15:40.7.

Calvin Christian, whose boys cross country team finished third in the Division 3 state meet last fall, was well represented behind the leaders. Allstate seniors Zac Nowicki (15:59.7) and Andrew Rylaarsdam (16:25.1) placed third and fourth. Next came junior Logan Jurgens (16:50.7).

Nick Stanko (bib no. 3) edged Kris Koster (bib no. 2) for the 5K win.

Gayle Kuipers, 47, (21:01.3) bested Darla Brown, 49, (24:24.4) among masters women.

Wanda Hanlin, 56, (22:30.9) paced the grand masters, followed by Nancy Curry, 51, (24:42.7).

Valentine’s roses were handed to each woman finisher.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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ShamRock ‘n’ Roll Run, Plymouth

Wintry St. Patty’s Day Doesn’t Deter ShamRockers

By Anthony Targan

In the 10K, veteran Clint Verran of Lake Orion (31:51) held off a challenge from Jeff Bord, 19, of Plymouth (31:56) in his debut 10K. Verran said Bord was “5:00 flat at the mile and by two miles he had about 30 seconds on this pack.

I was in with about five or six other guys. It didn’t

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

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

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

Jenni Culbertson of Northville (41:22) was the women’s 10K winner, but admitted, “I didn’t know I was in first. I thought I was in second the entire time. I kept trying to find the next girl, but never found her. “ In a hotly-contested 5K, Josh Partridge of Brighton edged Matt Fecht of Warren. Both finished with times of 16:32 and six seconds separated the first four runners.

The finish was “interesting, to say the least,” said Partridge. “Matt and I and a couple other guys had run the entire race together until the last half-mile.

“As we were approaching the finish, it was very congested with 10K finishers,” he continued. “A race volunteer was in the middle of the road trying to direct 10K and 5K finishers to alternate sides.

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“Matt and I were right next to each other as we turned the corner to the finish, about 50 meters away, and I ran right into the volunteer while Matt went on to finish. Fortunately I had started a couple seconds back at the start of the race, and while Matt finished ahead of me, I had a faster chip time.”

Taylor Woloszyk, Jessica Wolf, and Darcy Martyn ran the 5K and were among the costume winners with these cheerful outfits.

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PLYMOUTH (3/17/13) — Despite a windswept day with temperatures in the 20s and fresh snow on the ground, St. Patrick’s Day brought runners out in droves to the ShamRock ‘n’ Roll Run. Race director Alan Whitehead of Kona Running Co. reported a record 4,200 runners (up from 3,100 last year) for all three races. The festive holiday saw many tutu-attired runners — and even a few dogs — serenaded by an Irish band at the finish line.

Blake and Annie Kolb make the 5K a family affair.

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

Due to the crowded course, women’s 5K and masters winner Kathleen McGowan of Fenton (22:00) had no idea she had barely beaten Erin Desmond of Huntington Woods (22:02), but took it in stride. “It’s kind of neat running with the 10K people,” McGowan said. “I didn’t know I was leading so, it’s kind of nice not knowing.”

Shamik Ganguly of Plymouth won the 1-mile in 5:59 with little competition. Jessica Hughes of Canton, 12, was the first female and third overall in 7:36.

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Houseman Field: Then and Now

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remember covering my stomach with my arms, embarrassed to be the only girl at Houseman Field in Grand Rapids wearing a sports bra. I don’t think they even had sports bras this small then, but my mom’s had shrunk in the wash.

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rity days before now made me uneasy as I felt stares from the other kids around me. I hugged my thin body, feeling as if my stomach was the center of attention thanks to this purple-, blue- and whitestriped bikini top.

But the moment I toed the line and saw the stretch of a red, rubber track before me, my arms fell to my sides, tense and poised. When I dashed from the start the arms that protected my stomach could dance in the wind, break out in rhythm to my running song. I could pull my body out of the turtle shell, allow myself to breathe and flow with the soft, gentle curve of the Houseman track.

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I could run.

My mom’s words flowed through my mind as I focused on the competitors ahead: “Hold back at first. Pace yourself. Be patient until you are ready to sprint into the finish.” I started slowly, as she had told me, staying well behind my competitors, all of whom raced to the front to win in the first 100 meters. I knew an entire lap of a 400-meter track was a lot to cover.

About 30 seconds after the race began I slowly moved up among a pack of kids who swung their arms wildly, their legs straining with fatigue. Without changing speed I passed the young boys a foot shorter than me and the tall girls a year or two older. That silly girl with the sports bra passed them with ease and mounting excitement.

Saturday, August 10, 2013 - 8:00 am Sponsored By: Pinckney Running Club

Entry Fee: $20 Pre-Registration - received by August 4, 2013. $30.00 Late Registration. Pre-Registration Fee Waived for all Runners 70 years of age or older - Excludes On Line Sign-up.

Location: Hell Creek Ranch on Cedar Lake Road at Patterson Lake Rd. Camping Available (734) 878-3632.

(This phone number for camping only.)

Awards: Trophy to overall Male and Female, overall Master Male and Female, overall Grandmaster Male and Female, overall Senior Male and Female, and first 7 places in each age group.

Awards will not be mailed or delivered.

Age Groups: (male & female) 14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 3539, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70-74, 75-79, 80-89, 90-over.

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

ATTENTION RUNNERS: Please do not park on Patterson Lake Road. Come early and use the parking lots (3).

Please use the Porta Johns; do not use the race course or the neighborhood. Please be considerate of the neighbors.

I rounded the final curve on that warm summer evening and could almost hear my mom urge, “Now you can go!” as I dashed toward the finish with 100 meters left.

My arms swung back, hooking the air in large sweeps. My long, spindly legs widened with every stride and my face held onto its calmness. My thoughts focused on the finish ahead where my mom stood, holding a stopwatch in her right hand, screaming “Go Rachael!” The big, clunky shoes I wore were heavy, but my body was light, my loose hair free in the wind I created for myself.

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

That seven-year-old who rounded the Houseman Field track in the early ‘90s would find herself there again more than a decade later. That little girl would race again as a college athlete who never lost her love for a sport; a sport that could let her unravel the arms that held onto her self-conscious body, that could let her hair ripple in the wind, that could release a smile no matter what place she came in.

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By Rachael Steil

She would go on to race with a fury and passion at Houseman field — now her home track as college athlete 12 years later.

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Bay City’s St. Patrick’s Day Races Celebrate 40th Anniversary

St. Patrick’s Day Races, Bay City, March 17, 2013

Video screen shots by Art McCafferty

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

Emily Short speaks with Michigan Runner TV following her 5K win in 17:35.

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Races That No Longer Exist – For Good Reason

By Dean Johnson

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t’s fun to reminisce about races you ran that no longer exist. Some ceased for good reasons, like the race director moved away or the course is no longer available or a sponsor went out of business.

Then there are those that ceased to exist because of fatal flaws in concept or commission.

In my hometown of Lapeer, near Flint, 1986 saw the inaugural “Run Through the Lapeer State Home.” But when they lost a runner that first year and three more the next, it doomed the race. They did eventually find them — seems no one had informed the security guards of the race, and they thought residents were “escaping” and ushered them back to their dorms. The food was so good and the staff was so encouraging, the lost runners never objected until the FBI got involved. But it’s hard to conduct a race with federal oversight, and that one fittingly died out.

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

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

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

A similar attempt was made with the Crim in Flint, though on the exact same Saturday in late August. Whereas the Crim takes you through some of the nicest neighborhoods in Flint, “The Grim,” as it A similar, though opposite, problem occurred in Bad Axe when someone hatched the creative idea was called, took you through 10 miles of the worst, most-dilapidated neighborhoods. (The name to run a 5K through the Thumb Regional Correcseemed to have been devised to deliberately deceive tional Facility. How they got a permit for this I don’t people, and quite a few did mistakenly sign up for know, but just after the mile mark runners passed through the barbed-wire gates. Prisoners whooped the race, not discovering their mistake until they showed up on race day morning at the abandoned and high-fived the runners, but race directors found warehouse where the race began. The course did they had 12 more finishers than entrants, and all half page horizontal template_half page horizontal 4/16/13 11:22 AM Page 1

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

The event was cancelled after only three years, but directors never told anyone, so I and quite a few others showed up and ran a fourth year, not noticing any difference. It never was a very well-organized race.

You’ve probably heard of the race in Cadillac that died not for lack of quality but simply an unfortunate race name. The fundraiser for the Cadillac Race for Alzheimer’s Project was called the “Run for C.R.A.P.” I know, right? As I exited my car on race morning I heard a large woman exclaim, “I’ve done all the C.R.A.P. runs!”

It was a pretty enough course, except the part that ran by the city sewage plant. And they never seemed to have enough porta-johns at the start/finish. The year after they served spoiled fruit at the post-race spread and 122 runners were stricken with botulism, the race met its unfortunate end.

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

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Rules to Run by (Heh, Heh)

By Bob Schwartz

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’ve about had it up to my Cool Max hat. Everywhere I turn there’s another training program designed to help one easily complete a marathon. Standing. In one piece. Coherent.

it takes. Don’t worry about “dead legs” come race day, as adrenaline and fan support will overcome that completely.

Coffee Combustion - Give yourself a great big Speedy Start - The key to a successful start is to

It’s not fair to us veteran marathoners whose running history began with not only hitting the legendary wall but also becoming encased in it and staggering to the finish with demented half-grins.

When we began running marathons, the concepts of lactate threshold training, VO2 max, heart rate monitors etc. weren’t around. We were the naïve souls of the preenergy gel era. The running relics. We proudly wore the battle scars earned from running the last 10 miles of the marathon with mind-altering glycogen depletion producing a lovely hallucinogenic state. That was a true runner’s high!

place yourself as near to the front as possible. You want to get caught up in the faster pace of the elite runners and make certain you eclipse your planned pace per mile by a minute or so in those first few miles. This way you’ll already be well ahead of your goal target and the mental boost you’ll receive is im-

You’ve worked hard preparing for the marathon and should reward yourself with something new and special for the race. The best thing would be a brand new pair of shoes, or try a different make of socks or even a new breakfast cereal. Maybe Fiber Flakes or Bran Buds. Mix things up a little for the big day.

Uphill, Downhill – Attack hills vigorously. Get into oxygen debt. Try to lengthen that stride and sprint up them as fast as possible, then jog leisurely on the downhill while putting on the break pedals. This way you’ll get the hill out of the way faster and be able to enjoy the slow pace on the backside while exchanging high fives with the spectators.

I’m tired of watching people cross the finish line with a big smile - having done everything correctly from training to pacing to fueling. They don’t appropriately display my initial marathon look of having had a tryst with a fast-moving steamroller while pulling an enormous tank stuck in deep quicksand. No, they look tired but not exhausted, thirsty but not dehydrated, slightly sore but not slithering on spaghetti legs.

GU Riddance - Do you think Frank Shorter won a gold medal downing energy gels over the last 10 miles? The only goo Frank was familiar with in the 1970s was Shoe Goo, which you wouldn’t want to ingest. Don’t rely on a shot of strawberry banana flavored pudding-like food to get you through the sudden lightheaded feeling at mile 20.

Just close your eyes and plow ahead. Be a trooper.

It’s just not fair! Where’s the delirium?

The unfathomable fatigue? This isn’t right.

Nietzsche wrote, “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” We’ll help them get stronger than ever if they’ll follow our veteran words of advice: Taper Schmaper - Taper? You’ve got to be kidding. You want to lose that finely-tuned conditioning you worked so hard for? That rapid leg turnover?

You’re a virtual running machine. Cut back? No way. Keep that consistent training going right up until a day before the race and to gain that psychological edge that you can go the distance. It’s a great idea to do your last long run a few days before the marathon. This just reinforces that you’ve got what 20

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kick-start. If you’re a regular coffee drinker. quintuple your normal intake. If you’re new to the caffeine connection, then three cups will do you fine. Don’t worry about upsetting your stomach, or its diuretic effects as that’s a small trade off for a good opening mile time.

Try Something Exciting –

We over-trained, inadequately tapered and didn’t drink or eat properly. Through sheer ignorance we carefully and confidently violated every present-day cardinal rule of proper race preparation and marathon running. We went bonk big time but just assumed that was part of the process.

Delirious was our middle name.

We more-seasoned runners need to stick together. We must generously give new marathoners the opportunity to experience the lovely agony we encountered. The complete enervation, the nausea, the cramps, the cratersize blisters. We came, we ran, we withered!

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

measurable. Don’t even think about negative splits.

Just get as far ahead of your target time as quick as you can and the stimulus of the race will keep you going the rest of they way. Take advantage of all that pent-up energy in the first half of the race. Go! Go! Go!

Bathroom Discipline – Let’s talk anatomy.

You drink fluids; you eventually have to expel. Do you want to have to waste time stopping for a porta-potty at mile 18? I think not. The best way to avoid this is to forego all fluid offered at the various aid stations. Additionally, you won’t lose those valuable seconds by slowing down to grab a drink. Recognize that if you’re really thirsty they’ll be plenty of fluids available at the finish line. That also works as

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Post-Run Recovery - Once you cross that finish line you deserve to lay down. Don’t expend any further energy and stop the strain train right there. Just take a seat and let those lactic acid pools build right up in your legs where they belong. You may be more sore tomorrow but let’s just think about today.

If new marathoners would only adhere to the above Rules to Run By, they’d bring a depraved little smile to the face of some old-time marathoners.

Heh, heh, heh!

Michigan runner Bob Scwartz is the author of the best-selling humor book “I Run, Therefore I Am – NUTS!” and the new sequel, “I Run, Therefore I Am Still – NUTS!” For more information, check out @RunningLaughs.

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

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Rock CF Rivers Half Marathon, Grosse Ile, March 24, 2013 Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

Kelly Valente, Dearborn, 5K winner, 19:54

Brian Walsh, Brighton, 5K winner, 17:46

Sarah Gryniewicz, Grosse Pointe Woods, half winner, 1:22:51

Michael Andersen, Milford, half winner, 1:09:56

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

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Cheryl Parks, Wyandotte, celebrates finishing the half marathon in 1:56:48.

Dexter F3.1 Tornado Run, Dexter, March 15, 2013 Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios On March 15, 2012 Dexter was hit by an F3 Tornado. Immediately after the tornado the community and surrounding communities came together to put the pieces back together. Katie and Bob Jazwinski lost their house during the tornado and founded this race to begin to pay back those organizations that supported the community.

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

Annie-Norah Beveridge, Ann Arbor, 1st, 18:08

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

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

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

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

IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland, March 25, 2013

Photo by Jiro Mochizuki / photorun.net

Neely Spence of Lake Orion, a member of the Hansons Brooks team, led the American women to a fourth place finish in the senior women’s 8K with a time of 25:08

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

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

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

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

Lindsey Brewis, the anchor for Divine Child’s relay team, knows her team has the win.

The Divine Child girls team won all the relays and the meet with 108 points.

The St. Clair HS boys team won with 64 points.

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

Travis Weiss of Chelsea won the pole vault with 14-06.00.

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

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

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

Kelsie Schwartz, second leg, 60.5, 400 meters.

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

Hannah Meier, anchor, 4:50.8, 1600.

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

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

The Oak Park boys won both the 4 x 200 meter relay (pictured here) in 1:31.65 and the 4 x 400 meter relay, 3:29.27.

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

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

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Runners are from left: Alex McCune, Akron; Mike Morgan, Buffalo; Levi Selvig, Eastern Michigan; Bjorn Johansson, Akron; Bryan Jones, Akron; Kyle Tywon, Kent State, Dexter Shreve, Kent State; Tim Reynolds, Central Michigan; Craig Howard, Buffalo.

Central Michigan’s Tim Reynolds finished first in the heptathlon’s last event. Buffalo’s Kevin Enk had scored enough points through six events to win the hepthalon withough competing in the last event.

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

Eastern Michigan’s Grzegorz Kalinowski won the mile in 4:10.65. Kalinowski also anchored the winning DMR.

Terefe Ejigu won the 3,000 in 8:24.43.

He also captured the 5,000 title and placed second in the Mile.

Ian Hanke led off for the winning Distance Medley team for Eastern Michigan.

Eastern Michigan won the 4 x 400 meter relay.

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

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

Juli Accurso of Ohio (bib 377) won the 3,000 meter title, 9:36.43 and Eastern Michigan’s Victoria Voronko (bib 235) was runner-up in 9:44.22.

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

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

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

On the second leg of the 4x400 relay, Lynnese Beyan, Morgan Yeadon, and Lindsey Huflagle match steps. Kent State prevailed: 3:44.35 over Eastern Michigan’s 3:44.99.

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

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

Hannah Meier leads in the 1 Mile, but finished second (4:40.62) to Elise Cranny’s 4:40.97.

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Audrey Belf of Bloomfield Hills, finished on the podium in the 2 mile run, third place, 10:22.46.

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Hannah Meier anchors the Grosse Pointe RC team in the 4x1 mile relay, the no. 1 time in the U.S. and their second national relay title.

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

Dathan Ritzenhein, now living in Beaverton, Oregon, leads eventual winner, Wilson Kipsang. Ritzenhein finished in third place, 1:01:10

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

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

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

The Start

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

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Adam Wheeler of Plymouth was fourth in 18:22.

Stephanie Smith of Detroit won her age group.

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

Brittany Michels (3320) of Ferndale ane Kelly McLaughlin (1939) of Troy make a shamrock statement.

Runners sport tutus, kilts, tams and lots of green.

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Book Review

Hansons Marathon Method

By Ron Marinucci

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his spring, with many runners, veterans and novices alike set to begin marathon training for a fall race, Luke Humphrey’s “Hansons Marathon Method” is worth a long look.

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

their first marathons as well as mid-packers seeking to improve their times.

Central to any marathon plan is the long run.

The Hansons Method’s longest training distance for most runners is 16 miles, unconventional in marathon circles. But that doesn’t mean this is a shortcut to marathon success — hardly. As Humphrey notes, this isn’t “training to run, walk or drag yourself across the finish line. (It’s more than) just looking to finish.” Rather, it will prepare runners “to execute the marathon distance successfully.”

The Hansons Method is “balanced training,” relying on a fairly-standard regimen of long runs, tempo runs and runs designed for strength and speed.

These are called “SOS —Something of Substance” workouts.

Mixed in are easy runs, also key components of the program. Each workout has a specific purpose. Crucial is running these workouts at the proper designated pace and volume; running at unintended paces and/or greater distances fouls up the plan.

training with the Hansons Marathon Method. The Hansons, brothers Keith and Kevin, began the successful Hansons-Brooks Distance Project which has produced other elite marathoners such as Desiree Davila, Brian Sell and Clint Verran.

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That’s because the method relies on what Humphrey calls “cumulative fatigue,” the differentiating factor in the Hansons Method.

For instance, the typical long run is not greater than 16 miles, while most other marathon programs call for 20 or more miles. The shorter distance, though, comes with “a hitch. (It) should simulate the last 16 miles of the marathon, not the first 16.” Humphrey goes on to add, “A training plan should simulate the cumulative fatigue that’s experienced during a marathon, without completely zapping your legs.” That’s why runners must adhere to proper pace and distance for each workout, especially the easy runs.

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

Luke Humphrey competes in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men’s Marathon in Houston. the training is interesting — clear and concise, some of the best I have read on the subject. There are good lessons on physiology, for instance, the benefits of the easy runs.

He also covers the non-running aspects of successful training for and running the marathon. Included are nutrition and what foods are important.

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

The charts, graphs and checklists are easy to read. There are examples of “Elite Program Workouts” and, recognizing that not every runner can follow the conventional schedule, a nine-day training cycle.

The Hansons Marathon Method has led to success for many runners of a wide variety of abilities and goals. In fact, I haven’t run a marathon in about a dozen years. Yet, after reading this book, I found myself telling a running buddy, “You know, maybe it’s time ...”

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Helping Kids Go the Distance

By Dave Foley

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ids sprint. They don’t run. They dash across the street, chase after someone, flee frantically from a pursuer or bolt across the yard to kick a ball.

Dave Foley

That’s how it was with me. As a kid I ran all the time and when I got out of breath, I stopped. But since most of my destinations were within 100 yards of where I started, that was no problem.

At Alger Elementary School, I was the secondfastest in the sixth grade. But in sixth grade the winner is the hero and second is just one of the rest. So Richard Vail’s win got the girls’ attention and I was just another kid.

Three years later I joined the Burton Junior High Track Team, where the longest race was the 110-yard leg of the 440 relay. I ran my fastest in the time trials and the next day I was the team manager.

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

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

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

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

Would those aching legs feel even worse? The dull ache in the head, the gasping for air and that awful wet goo taste in the mouth — they felt horrible.

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

As the first finished and grabbed his side, I gave him a cheer and then turned back to find the others.

Some were walking, the rest running at whatever level of fatigue they chose to tolerate.

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

The next night a few drifted over with the sprinters, but most were back for another run. As the season continued their bodies adapted. Soon the side stitches disappeared, as did that ache that throbbed over the collarbone. The cottonmouth was gone and the heavy breathing only returned when they were running hard. The leg muscles still burned, but now they went farther and faster before the real pain came.

Camaraderie developed. A tough workout was hard on everyone — maybe more so on the last to finish, since they spent the most time running.

There were no prima donnas here. The first ones often stayed to cheer the last ones in.

Self-esteem rose. When the distance team shared the track with the sprinters, guess which group quit after six 200s while the other did four 400s and two 800s? Even though only a few may have collected blue ribbons by season’s end, most had run distances and race times that far surpassed anything in their past.

When we worry about the younger generation, accusing them of having no goals and avoiding challenges, I think about the kids who ran distance.

While life may be easier today, the pain and hard work needed to be a runner hasn’t changed. As long as we can find people to coach, parents to encourage, and provide opportunities for youth to run, I think the future looks good.

The first day we all run an out-and-back twomiler. This was a reality check. I counted down, yelled, “Let’s go!” and we broke from the starting line. Some raced out ahead while others trotted tentatively, not knowing if they could go the whole way without walking.

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

Writer Dave Foley may be retired as a Cadillac High School teacher and coach, and as 14-year editor of Michigan Runner magazine, but remains active in all things engaging.

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Twinkie Run, Ann Arbor

Weather No Joke at April Fools’ Twinkie Run

By Charles Douglas McEwen ANN ARBOR (4/1/13) — Runners ate a Twinkie at the start of the April Fools’ Day Twinkie Run, stopped to eat another midway through the 5K, then tried to sprint the final 1.5 miles to the finish line.

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

The Chelsea High School senior did have trouble swallowing the snack cakes. “They’re so dry, it’s hard to get them down,” he said.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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“I was happy with the turnout,” said race director Jackie Dalton. “We had a lot of late registrants today, even though the weather was so cold.”

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

ANN ARBOR (3/10/13) — More than 2,000 runners and walkers enjoyed the Shamrocks and Shenanigans 5K on its out-and-back course with a view of the giant block M on Michigan Stadium.

The St. Patty’s-themed race took place under partlysunny skies with temperatures in the 40s.

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

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

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

Ana Hotaling “liked doing the race with my kids,” Jaeson, 9, and Bryce, 6, both of whom ran the Kids’ Kilometer and thought the race fun. Bryce especially liked the vanilla ice cream.

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There was plenty of beer on tap for thirsty adults as well.

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

“Last year we raised over $60,000,” said Angerman.

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May - June 2013 Event Calendar

Wed, 5/1/13

5/13 Date TBD

Run Fit 5K - CANCELLED

Spring Snowman 5K Run/Walk & 10K Run

10KR, 5KR/W

Novi

Brighton

(734) 780-5854

erichartwellfoundation.com

Thu, 5/2/13 Fri, 5/3/13 Fri, 5/3/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Mason State Bank 5K Saline/ Golden Triangle Meet of Champions

5KR/W, kids run track & field

Royal Oak Mason Saline

(248) 616-9665 (517) 676-0500 (734) 649-2091

hansons-running.com greatlakeschampionship.com a2racemanagement.com

Sat, 5/4/13

Superpower 5K

5KR

Sat, 5/4/13

501 Running Club Group Run

Addison Athletic Boosters 5K Walk/Run

5KR/W

Addison

Ann Arbor

(517) 547-7509

addisonschools.org

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

Bark for Life & FIDO 5K Fun Run and Walk Berkshire Proud Dad’s 5K Blossomland Run for the Buds

5KR/W 5KR/W, kids run

Dexter Beverly Hills St. Joseph

(734) 834-3454 (248) 855-9609 (269) 982-8016

relayforlife.org jsullivan5414@msn.com blossomtimefestival.org

Sat, 5/4/13

Child Advocacy 5K Run

5KR, 1MR/W, kids run

(989) 463-1422

linkforfamilies.or

Cinco de Mayo Run Walk

10KR, 5KR/W

Alma

Sat, 5/4/13

Cinco De Mayo

5KR/W

Saginaw

(989) 992-9007

cincokrunsaginaw.com

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

Families of SMA 5K Run, Walk and Roll Family Services and Children’s Aid 5K Fly Like An Eagle 5K

5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W 5MR/W, 1/2MFR

Lansing Jackson Belmont

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

Get Your Bearings 4 Hour Sprint Heart & Sole Hike for Hannah’s House 5K Run/Walk/Stroll

4 hour sprint adventure Brighton 10KR, 5KR/W, 2MR/W, 13.8MB Chelsea 5KR/W Lansing

(231) 233-4736 (734) 475-4157 (517) 482-5856

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

LCCA’s Run Against Drugs Livonia Park Run Mark Carpenter Boys & Girls T&F Invitational

10KR, 5KR/W, kids run 5KR

Howell Livonia Dearborn

(517) 545-5944 runningfoundation.com (734) 642-6664 parkrun.com kevin@a2racemanagement.com

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

MGA 5K Run/Walk MOM Charity 5K Run/Walk NEST Marathon

5KR/W, 1MR 5KR/W 26.2MR, 13.1MR

Harrrison Township Royal Oak Alpena

(248) 591-4419 (248) 376-4666 (989) 354-7314

mgadetroit-easternmi.org momrace.org thunderbaytrails.org

(313) 815-4513 (248) 990-0108

prfitnessa2.com runsignup.com

Thu, 5/2/13

Fri, 5/3/13

Sat, 5/4/13

Sat, 5/4/13

501 Running Club Group Run

6MR, 5MR, 4MR, 3MR

6MR, 5MR, 4MR, 3MR

Ann Arbor

www.runfit5K.com

(734) 657-0214 runningfit501.com

(734) 657-0214 runningfit501.com

Norton Shores friday5k@live.com https://sites.google.com/site/fnfm5k/

Flint

(877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

(517) 668-1810 fsma.org (517) 787-7920 fscarunforfun.org (616) 887-7203 maintenance@assumptionbvm.com infiterrasports.com chelseaheartandsole.com hannahshouselansing.org

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

PR Fitness Group Run Race Against Bullying 5K Run/Walk

Pigeon River Classic

13.1M, 5K, 1M, kids run Clintonville, WI (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com 6-20MR 5KR/W

Ann Arbor Hazel Park

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

Silver Trails Run Wild 5K / 10K St. Gerard 5K St. Joe Comet Crusade 5K

10KR, 5KR 5KR/W 5KR/W, kids run

Jeddo Lansing St. Johns

Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13 Sat, 5/4/13

TGIS Spring 5K Run Tom Broughton Memorial 5K Fun Run / Walk Tulip Time Run

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

Gaylord West Branch Holland

(989) 370-0934 (989) 345-5363 (616) 396-4221

Sun, 5/5/13

Burns Park Run

10KR, 5KR, 1MFR

Ann Arbor

(734) 945-8132 burnsparkrun.org

Sat, 5/4/13

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(810) 982-9529 michiganscouting.org (517) 668-8219 stgerard.org cometcrusade@gmail.com runningfoundation.com

(810) 955-4630

gaylordxc.blogspot.com www.westbranchvet.com www.tuliptime.com /run signmeup.com/89844

Sun, 5/5/13 Sun, 5/5/13

Sun, 5/5/13 Sun, 5/5/13

Dash for Destiny 5K Run/Walk Flintstone Challenge

5KR/W, 1M kids run 5KR/W

Birmingham Flint

Kalamazoo Marathon / Borgess Run 26.2 M, 13.1M, 5K, 5KRaceW, 1M, kids Mississauga Marathon

26.2 M, Relay, 13.1 M, 5K, 1MR

Sat, 5/5/12

Mental Health 5K

Sun, 5/5/13

Pink and Blue United for a Cure 5K Walk / Run

5KR/W

Sun, 5/5/13 Tue, 5/7/13 Wed, 5/8/13

SMOC Orienteering Meet Hanson Speed Session Doozie’s Ice Cream Fun Run/Walk Series

Thu, 5/9/13 Thu, 5/9/13 Fri, 5/10/13

jlbham.org flintchallenge.org

Kalamazoo (877) 255-2447 borgessrun.com

Mississauga, ON (905) 949-2931 mississaugamarathon.com Petoskey

(231) 439-1271

www.norcocmh.org

Washington

(586) 382-5919

fmarino9@comcast.net

orienteering training 5MR, 3MR, 1MR

Pinckney Sterling Heights Mt. Pleasant

(734) 662-1000 (586) 323-9683 (989) 772-0323

michigano.org hansons-running.com mtpleasantstriders.com

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run MAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships Decamp Stampede

Royal Oak Akron, OH Fowlerville

(248) 616-9665

track and field 5KR/W, kids run

(517) 223-6075

hansons-running.com mac-sports.com www.fvl.k12.mi.u

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

5K Each 1 Reach 1 Berkley Run

5KR 10KR, 5KR, 1 MR

Flat Rock Berkley

tolima_columbia@yahoo.com (248) 506-8194 active.com

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

Bookin’ It For Your Library Bruce Clifton 5K Run

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

Ortonville Clarkston

Fri, 5/10/13

Sports and Fitness Expo

5KR

(248) 203-9841 (734) 945-1222

Expo

Grand Rapids

Carrollton

(248) 892-2762 brandonlibrary.org (248) 625-7859 angelsplacerace.org (989) 239-0675 carrolltonpublicschools.org

Sat, 5/11/13

Carrollton Lions Club Walk/Run for the Blind

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

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

5KR/W

Monroe

(734) 457-9180 robertgkrueger@sbcglobal.net

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

Fitness Is Life Fun Run Glio-Blastoff 5K Fun Run/Walk Hermansville Hustle

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

Sault Ste. Marie, MI Ypsilanti Hermansville

(906) 635-5055 (586) 468-4814 (906) 399-8775

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

Hometown Hustle Hope Starts Here Challenge Livonia Park Run

Sat, 5/11/13

5KR/W

(616) 040-9888 53riverbankrun.com

www.jklschool.org braincancer5k.com uprrc.org

5KR/W Rochester (248) 726-3190 sherring@rochester.k12.mi.us 13.1M, 10K, 5K, Duathlon Marquette umbtc@gmail.com hopestartshere.org 5KR Livonia (734) 642-6664 parkrun.com square sixth vertical template_sixth vertical 4/11/13 3:18 third PM Page 1 template_third square 4/11/13 2:22 PM Page 1

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Mesick Mushroom River Run 5K Miles for Mankind NOCC Family Fun 3 Mile Color Run/Walk

5KR, 2KW 10KR/W, 5KR/W, 1MR/W 3MR

Mesick Northville Lake Orion

(231) 357-1856 (734) 578-8439 (248) 520-3786

mesick-mushroomfest.org milesformankind.com bpote@noccmi.org

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

North Brothers Ford/City of Westland 5K Run 4 A Reason Run for Recovery

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

Westland Ferndale Port Huron

(734) 524-1243 (248) 943-2411 (810) 966-7830

www.northbros.com getoutandlive.me slewis@scccmh.org

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

Run Like a Mother SMOC Orienteering Meet South Lansing Kiwanis Wrong Way 5K

10KR, 5KR, 1MW orienteering 5KR/W

Harrison Township (586) 420-7670 White Lake (734) 657-4408 Holt grlakery2k@yahoo.com

active.com michigano.org runningfoundation.com

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

St. Louis Center Fitness for Life 1 Mile St. Paul Spring Tune-Up Take a Breath for PH and Get Moving for MS

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

Chelsea Flint Dewitt

(734) 475-8430 (810) 487-0954 (517) 281-6197

wellness@stlouiscenter.org clay_pat@juno.com runningfoundation.com

Willow Duathlon WIOG Leaping Lizard Run

5KR/ 20KB/ 5KR 10KR, 5KR/W

New Boston Bay City

(231) 546-2229 (989) 317-5889

3disciplines.com michiganhalfseries.com

Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13 Sat, 5/11/13

Tour De Crim

10MB Ride

Sun, 5/12/13 For Women Only 5K

5KR/W

Flint

(810) 600-5788 crim.org

Ypsilanti

(248) 767-9123 aatrackclub.org

Sun, 5/12/13

Ann Arbor Triathlon / Duathlon

Triathlon, Duathlon

Pinckney

(419) 829-2398

eliteendeavors.com

Sun, 5/12/13

The Mother’s Day 5K

5KR

Traverse City

(231) 233-7227

tctrackclub.com

Tue, 5/14/13 Tue, 5/14/13 Thu, 5/16/13

Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays Tri Clinic Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

training expo & clinic

Sterling Heights Northville Royal Oak

(586) 323-9683 (248) 380-3338 (248) 616-9665

hansons-running.com runningfit.com hansons-running.com

Fri, 5/17/13 Fri, 5/17/13 Fri, 5/17/13

5K Anchor Run & 1 Mile Fun Run 5KR/W, 1MR/W Advance Packaging 5000 5KR/W, Kids Run GOTR of Ottawa/Allegan County Celebration 5K 5KR/W

Portage Jackson Allendale

(269) 321-0976 (517) 788-9800 (616) 494-1719

michianatiming.com/ dknick@advancepkg.com gotroac.org

Fri, 5/17/13 Fri, 5/17/13 Fri, 5/17/13

Ionia CHM 5K Walk/Run to Stamp Out Stigma Unbelievable 5K YMCA Healthy Kids One Mile Fun Run

5KR/W 5KR 1MFR

Ionia (616) 776-1009 Norton Shores/ Muskegon Portage (269) 324-9622

Sat, 5/18/13

5K Race for Diabetes

5KR/W, 1MFR/W

Sat, 5/18/13

AAA Race for Life Book’n Trilogy

10KR, 5KR, 1MFW

10KR, 5KR/W, kids run

Westland South Lyon

(734) 335-0338 aaarace4life.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Born to Run 5K Boy/Girl Quest Run Diamonds & Dirt Women’s Adventure Run

5KR/W, 1MR 5KR/W 4MR, kids run

Leonard Jackson Rochester Hills

(248) 628-7180 (517) 990-9798 (248) 320-5705

addisontwp.michlibrary.org fitnesscouncil.org jeffwatters.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Fenton Tiger Run Grosse Ile Duathlon Healing Hands

5KR Du: 5KR/ 20KB/ 5KR 5KR/W

Fenton Grosse Ile Flint

(810) 591-2608 (231) 546-2229 (810) 230-6492

timeson@fenton.k12.mi.us www.3disciplines.com gaultracemanagement.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Howard Hill Hustle Infiterra Sports Adventure Rage Jenison Triathlon

5KR/W, kids run 24 hour adventure race Tri: Sprint

Kalamazoo Oscoda Jenison

(269) 720-0499 howardhillhustle.kcsa.org (231) 233-4736 infiterrasports.com ryan@jenisontriathlon.com jenisontriathlon.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Kent County Girls on the Run Celebratory 5K Run 5KFR/W Larry Nehasil Pump and Run Livonia Park Run 5KR

Kentwood Livonia Livonia

(616) 204-4267 www.kcgotr.org superiortiming.com/upcoming-events/ (734) 642-6664 parkrun.com

Sat, 5/18/13

Sat, 5/18/13 Midland Community Center’s Dow Run/Walk

Tecumseh

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

ionia5kwalkrun.com friday5k@live.com www.kzooymca.org

(517) 424-3388

promedica.org

(248) 437-6431

bookntrilogy.com

Midland (989) 832-7937 greatlakesgreatraces.com

Sat, 5/18/13

Lory’s Place Run, Walk, Rock

5KR/W

St. Joseph

(800) 717-3812

www.lorysplace.org

Sat, 5/18/13

Mustang Challenge

1MR, 1/2MR

Clio

(810) 686-4480

everythingclio.org

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Oscoda Race2Grace

5KR./W 5KR/W, 1MR/W, kids run

Oscoda Burton

(989) 739-1228 (810) 625-4791

a3.acteva.com race2grace.com/

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Railroader 5K Run for the Health of It Save the Manatee Run

5KR/W, 1MFR 5KR/W, kids run 5KR, 2 MW, 1MR

Durand St. Ignace Harrison Township

(989) 980-2583 active.com knorth@mshosp.org (586) 783-6729 savethemanatee5k.com

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13

Snap Fitness Cops & Robbers 5K St. Peter Country Run Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure®

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

Ionia St. Johns Detroit

(517) 743-1495 ionia5k.com (989) 224-3178 runningfoundation.com (248) 304-2080 karmanos.org/detroitraceforthecure/

Sat, 5/18/13 Sat, 5/18/13 Sun, 5/19/13

Walk & Wag and Run Wesley Woods Annual 5K Dan Langdon Memorial Run

5KR 5KR/W 5KR/W, kids run

Ypsilanti Dowling Bath

(734) 661-3536 joyj@hshv.org jaclyn.delaney@yahoo.com wesleywoodscamp.com alexcoss@aol.com danlangdonmemorialrun.com

Sat, 5/18/13

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(269) 789-8134 oaklawnhospital.org

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Dragon Dash Girls on the Run of Southeastern Michigan 5K

Great Lakes Bay Marathon and 13.1

Sun, 5/19/13 Johan DuFest

26.2, 13.1MR/W/Wheel

Sun, 5/19/13 Sun, 5/19/13

Komen Southwest Michigan Race for the CureÂŽ Livonis Stevenson Spartan 5K Fun Run

Sun, 5/19/13 Sun, 5/19/13

Shiawassee County New Balance Girls on the Run 5K SMOC Orienteering Meet

Sun, 5/19/13 Tue, 5/21/13

XTERRA Last Stand Triathlon / Duathlon Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays

Sun, 5/19/13

Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon & 10K

Sun, 5/19/13 Stony Creek “Back to the Beach�

Tue, 5/21/13

5KR/W 10KR, 5KR, kids run

Triathlon

Lake Orion Ypsilanti

Midland

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

26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 10KR 5KR, kids’ run orienteering

Hopkins

(248) 391.0304 (734) 712-1046

(989) 832-7937

oriontownship.org girlsontherunsemi.org

greatlakesbaymarathon.com

(616) 261-9706 tritofinish.com

Kalamazoo Livonia

Cleveland, OH Owosso Brighton

(877) 566-3679 (734) 748-4909

(800) 467-3826

(517) 282-0970 (231) 796-0737

13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR/W Shelby Twp. jlcb3@comcast.net Trithlon, Duathlon training

Augusta Sterling Heights

expo & clinic

(419) 829-2398 (586) 323-9683

komenswmichigan.org shsboosterclub.info

clevelandmarathon.com gotrshiawassee.org michigano.org

backtothebeachraces.com

www.eliteendeavors.com hansons-running.com

Tue, 5/21/13

Millennium Park Run

6MR, 3MR/W, 1.5MR, Kids FR Grand Rapids

Greater Kalamazoo Girls on the Run 5K

5KR/W

Novi

(616) 406-7441

Thu, 5/23/13

Tri Clinic

Kalamazoo

(269) 491-2663

girlsontherunkazoo.org

Thu, 5/23/13 Thu, 5/23/13 /Thu, 5/23/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run NCAA Div. I I Outdoor T&F Championships NCAA Div I Outdoor T&F Preliminary Round

track and field track and field

Royal Oak Pueblo, CO Greensboro, NC

(248) 616-9665 (507) 646-3749 (502) 852-5151

hansons-running.com ncaa.com/championships ncaasports.com

Sat, 5/25/13

NCAA Div III Outdoor T&F Championships

track and field

LaCrosse, WI

Sat, 5/25/13

Alma Highland Festival Runs

Bay de Noc Home Run

10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Run

Escanaba

Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13

Capitol Memorial Run 5K CHC Foundation and Girls on the Run 5K

5KR 5KR/W

Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13

Island Lake Triathlon - Spring John Laurin Memorial 5K Run/Walk K5K Kalamazoo 5K

Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13

Thu, 5/23/13

10KR, 5KR/W, kids runs

Alma

(248) 347-4949 runningfit.com

(989) 463-4122

grandrapidsrunningclub.org

almahighlandfestival.com

(920) 424-1034

ncaa.com/championships/

(906) 786-1477

baydenochomerun.org

Lansing Coldwater

(517) 749-5647 (517) 279-5414

runningfoundation.com www.chcbc.com

Tri: Olympic, Sprint 5KR/W 5KR/W, kids run

Brighton Nadeau Kalamazoo

(734) 845-7559 elementevents.com (906) 639-2512 johnlaurinmemorial.weebly.com (269) 978-2437 k5k.us

Lisa’s Run Livonia Park Run Mackinaw Memorial Bridge Race

5MR/W 5KR 6 MR

Alpena Livonia Mackinaw City

(989) 354-2378 (734) 642-6664 (231) 436-5664

Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13 Sat, 5/25/13

Miles for Missions Run / Walk Traverse City Track Club Bayshore Marathon Tri_Cities Family YMCA Kick Off to Summer 5K

4MR, 2MR/W 26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 10KR 5KR/W, 1MFR/W

Jackson Traverse City Grand Haven

(517) 914-3181 (231) 941-8118 (616) 842-7051

miles-for-missions.org bayshoremarathon.org tcfymca.org

Sat, 5/25/13 Sun, 5/26/13 Sun, 5/26/13

Two Rivers Meet Fallen Heroes 5K Hansons Group Run

15KR, 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W training

Elkhart, IN Lansing Lake Orion

(574) 293-1683

stonesouppromotions.com fhmf.org hansons-running.com

Sat, 5/25/13

Fruitport Old Fashioned Days Run

10KR, 5KR

Fruitport

(231) 865-3551 fruitportlions.com

(248) 693-9900

Sun, 5/26/13 Sailing Thru the Shores 5KR/W St. Clair Shores (586) 771-2587 Sun, 5/26/13 Seahorse Challenge Triathlon and Duathlon triathlon, duathlon Climax (231) 546-2229 Sun, 5/26/13 SMOC Orienteering Meet orienteering Middleville (517) 347-2927 run funds 2013_twelfth 4/15/13 1:36 PM Page 1 sixth horizontal template_sixth horizontal 4/11/13 2:43 PM Page 1

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markjacobs1611@yahoo.com parkrun.com mackinawcity.com

www.scsfunrun.org 3disciplines.com michigano.org

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Mon, 5/27/13 City of Burton Memorial Day 5K Mon, 5/27/13

Freedom from Childhood Obesity

5KR/W

Mon, 5/27/13 Mon, 5/27/13

Mon, 5/27/13

Big Foot Challenge

Burton

(810) 516-9614 runburton.com

8KR, 5KR/W, kids’ run

Dansville

5KR/W

Petoskey

Lest They Be Foregotten Memorial Day 5K/10K Louis M. Groen Memorial Day 5K/!0K Challenge

10KR, 5KR/W 10KR, 5KR

Webberville Johannesburg

(517) 749-7947 webbervilleschools.org/funrun/ (989) 732-0421 otsegocountyparksrec.com

Mon, 5/27/13 Mon, 5/27/13 Mon, 5/27/13

Novi Memorial Day Run Run for Joe Run to Climax

10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR/W 5KR/W 7KR , 2MW

Novi Rapid River Climax

(248) 974-8074 (906) 474-9001 (269) 626-8611

novimemorialdayrun.com friendsofjoe.org/page1.php msu.edu/~weessie2/climax/

Mon, 5/27/13 Tue, 5/28/13 Tue, 5/28/13

Wild West 50K, and Relay Hanson Speed Session Larry Steeb Meet of Champions

50KR, relay training track & field

Lowell Sterling Heights Dexter

(616) 260-2669 (586) 323-9683 (734) 649-2091

www.wildwest100k.4t.com hansons-running.com a2racemanagement.com

Thu, 5/30/13 Thu, 5/30/13 Thu, 5/30/13

Greater Lansing Junior Honor Roll T&F Meet Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Swartz Creek Challenge

middle school track & field meet Okemos Royal Oak 5KR/W Swartz Creek

(517) 648-1775 (248) 616-9665 (810) 487-0954

playmakers.com hansons-running.com riverbendstriders.com

Mon, 5/27/13 Memorial Day Run

Fri, 5/31/13

8KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR

(517) 899-5182 (231) 622-8828

Grosse Ile

dansvilleathleticboosters.com

brathoflifechiropractic@gmail.com

(734) 282-1101 everalracemgt.com

Fri, 5/31/13 Fri, 5/31/13

Intolerant 5K Yankee Springs Trail Run

AlphARace Obstacle Course Race

4+MR, kids run

Midland

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

Breaking Barriers 5K 4th and 1 5K Run/Walk AlphARace

5KR/W 5KR/W 3.5MR extreme obstacle race

Hastings Lansing Midland

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

Dexter-Ann Arbor Kids Run Dodge Park 5K Run & 1 Mile Walk

kids runs 5KR, 1MR/W

Ann Arbor (248) 396-4936 dexterannarborrun.com Sterling Heights (586) 446-2700 goracego.com Gladstone

(906) 280-0105

uprrc.org

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

Double Time Tri I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s Walkathon & 5K Run Kegs N K’s Lapeer Run for Beer

Triathlon, Duathlon, Aquqbike 5KR/W 5KR

Vicksburg St. Clair Shores Lapeer

(269) 978-2437 (248) 433-1011 (810) 660-7297

www.doubletimetri.com www.parkinsonsmi.org elitefeetrunning.com

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

Livonia Park Run MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 1 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 2

5KR track & field meet track & field meet

Livonia East Kentwood Forest Hills Eastern

(734) 642-6664 parkrun.com mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 3 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, LP, Division 4 MHSAA Track & Field Finals, UP

track & field meet track & field meet track & field meet

Comstock Park Hudsonville Kingsford

mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx mhsaa.com/Sports/BoysTrackField.aspx

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

Miles for Mia 5K Memorial Run/Walk 5KR/W New Balance Girls on the Run 5K Van Buren/ Cass Counties 5KR Oak Apple Run 10KR, 2MR, kids run

Brighton Lawton Royal Oak

(269) 621-3143 (248) 541-4502

zevents.com jebos@vbcassdhd.org oakapplerun.org

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

OLV Victory Race Rainbow Run 5K Run for Wings

5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W, 2KR/W 5KR/W

Northville Ferndale Muskegon

(248) 563-7969 (248) 542-2160 (231) 557-5997

olv-victoryrun.com rainbow-run.com runforwings.org

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13

Sparrow Michigan Mile St. Patrick Shamrock Festival 5K Ticker Trot for Cardiomyopathy

KIds 1 MR 5KR/W 5KR/W

Lansing Brighton Oakland Twp.

(517) 364-8141 (810) 227-8510 (248) 953-2779

sparrow.org/michiganmile goracego.com tickertrot.com

Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sat, 6/1/13 Sun, 6/2/13

Tri Greenville Adult Sprint and Youth Triathlon Tri: Sprint, kids tri; Du USA Masters 8K Championships 8KR Visiting Nurse Association & Blue Water Hospice River Run 10KR, 5KR, 3MW Catawba Island Club Run For Humanity 5 MR, 3MR/W, 1 M Kids Run

Greenville Williamsburg, VA Marysville Catawba Island, OH

(616) 754-8887 (810) 984-4131 (419) 797-4424

trigreenville.com usatf.org www.vnabwh.com cicrunwalk.org

Sun, 6/2/13 Sun, 6/2/13

CHOK YMCA International Bridge Race Cowboy Trail Run

Sarnia, ON Augusta

(519) 336-9622 (269) 731-4471

ggillis@ymcaswo.ca morgan@cheffcenter.org

Sat, 6/1/13

gaultracemanagement.com

5KR Norton Shores/ Muskegon 52.4MR, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR Middleville (616) 706-6308

DC Vipers 5K

5KR/W

10KR, 80KB 5KR

Dexter to Ann Arbor Run

Sun, 6/2/13 Sun, 6/2/13 Sun, 6/2/13

Hot Pursuit Men’s Triathlon Tri: Olympic, Sprint I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s Walkathon & 5K Run 5KR, variable W Milan’s Miracle Run 8K and 5K Walk 8KR, 5KR/W, 3KW, kids run

Monroe Northville Walker

(231) 546-2229 3disciplines.com (248) 433-1011 www.parkinsonsmi.org dbostian@live.com milansmiraclefund.org

Sun, 6/2/13 Tue, 6/4/13 Tue, 6/4/13

We Can Do It Women’s 5K Hanson Speed Session Swim Run Series 1

5KR/W training 500mS/ 5KR; 1000mS/ 5KR

Okemos Sterling Heights Shelby Twp

(517) 899-5211 (586) 323-9683 (231) 546-2229

runningfoundation.com hansons-running.com 3disciplines.com

Wed, 6/5/13 Wed, 6/5/13 Thu, 6/6/13

Doozie’s Ice Cream Fun Run/Walk Series NCAA Div I Outdoor T&F Championships Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

5MR, 3MR, 1MR track and field

Mt. Pleasant Eugene, OR Royal Oak

(989) 772-0323 (541) 346-4461 (248) 616-9665

mtpleasantstriders.com ncaa.com hansons-running.com

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Ann Arbor

(269) 838-4019 barrycommunityfreeclinic.net (517) 896-9888 www.4thand1.org gaultracemanagement.com

Sun, 6/2/13

30

13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR

friday5k@live.com yankeespringstrailrun.com

(248) 396-4936

dexterannarborrun.com

May - June 2013 Event Calendar Fri, 6/7/13 Fri, 6/7/13 Fri, 6/7/13

Apathetic 5K Denny’s Run Relay for Life 5K

5KR 5KR/W 5KR/W

Norton Shores/ Muskegon Freeland (989) 573-0396 Lansing (517) 664-1343

friday5k@live.com runsignup.com relayforlife.org/lansingmi

Fri, 6/7/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

South Church Family Fitness 5K 5K4TJ Ally Brunk Memorial 5K

5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W 5KR/W

Lansing Okemos Potterville

(517) 322-2000 (517) 381-9051 (517) 627-3715

southlife.org/5k www.edenclub.org runningfoundation.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Art & Orchard Festival Fun Run Baraga County Lake Trout Festival Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour

Washington Twp. L’Anse Mackinaw City

(586) 242-3307 (906) 524-4797 (231) 436-5574

rwbparksrec.org laketroutfestival.com mackinawchamber.com

Sat, 6/8/13

Brian Diemer Amerikam 5K Cereal City Classic

15KR, 10KR, 5KR 13.1MR, 5KR 25MB, 50MB, 75MB, 100MB

Chelsea Aquatics Club Kids Triathlon

kids triathlon

Chelsea

Sat, 6/8/13

Dirty Dog Dash

3MR

Boyne Falls

Foam Fest

5KR obstacle

Novi

(800) 492-6963

Sat, 6/8/13

Flirt with Dirt

Shelby Twp.

5kfoamfest.com/locations/Detroit.php

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Franklin Community Center 5K Hartford Strawberry Run Kalamazoo Mud Run

5KR/W, dog walk 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR 5K adventure

Franklin Hartford Kalamazoo

kregerhouse.org hartfordmichigan.com kalamazoomudrun.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Legs for Legacy Livonia Park Run

10MR, 10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Northville

(248) 470-7746 (269) 621-3651 (269) 343-4522

10KR, 5KR 5KR

Jackson Livonia

(248) 345-6168 konarun.com (517) 787-1321 (734) 642-6664

runningfoundation.com parkrun.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Ludington Lakestride Half Marathon, 10K & 5K M-22 Challenge Mackinac Island Lilac Festival 10K Run and Walk

13.1 MR, 10KR, 5KR 25KB/ 2Kpaddle; 2MR 10KR/W, kids run

Ludington Glen Arbor Mackinac Island

(231) 357-8867 (231) 883-5936 (810) 487-0954

ludingtonlakestride.com m22challenge.com www.runmackinac.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

NE Lenawee CROP Hunger Run & Walk North Country Trail Relay OPC 5K Run & Walk for Meals

10KR/W, 5KR/W Macon 75.6 M relay, 15 legs 2.3-9.2 miles Brethren 5KR/W Rochester

(517) 517-7449 n(616) 786-2945 (248) 659-1021

cwscrop.org www.nctrelay.org www.opcseniorcenter.org

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Run 2 Read Run for Fun Run for the Cure

10KR, 5KR/W 5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W, kids run

Shelby Township Okemos Caro

(586) 286-2750 r2read.com bubolz712@comcast.net playmakers.com (989) 551-2185 5krunforthecure.com

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Running for a Cause, Team Triple Threat Spear-It 5K Run/Walk St. Joe’s 5K Run, 2 Mile Walk

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

Alpena Mears Pewamo

(989) 379-3711 (231) 861-4028 (989) 981-6656

Sun, 6/9/13

The Capitol Bancorp 5K

5KR/W, 1MR

Barb Palzewic Hoope Memorial Relay

26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, 1M

Lansing

Sun, 6/9/13

Ann Arbor Marathon, Half Marathon, 5K

5KR, relay

Stephenson

Sun, 6/9/13 Sun, 6/9/13 Sun, 6/9/13

Big Fish Triathlon, Duathlon, Sprint Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour Dansville 5K

Triathlon, Duathlon Ride across the “Mighty Mac” 5KR/W

Hadley Township Mackinaw City Dansville

Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13 Sat, 6/8/13

Sat, 6/8/13

Sat, 6/8/13

5KR/W, 1MFR, kids’ runs Cutlerville 10KR, 5KR/W Battle Creek 10KR, 5KR

Kona Run

Ann Arbor

Fruitport 2013_Fruitport 4/15/13 12:35 PM Page 1 Sun, 6/9/13 Family Adventure Day 5K, 10K, & 2 Mile Walk 10KR, 5KR, 2MW Oak 1 alma 2013_Layout 1 2/12/13 12:57 Royal PM Page 32nd Annual

Fruitport Old Fashioned Days Run

Saturday May 25, 2013 9:30 am

5K and 10K

Start at Football Field, Fruitport High School, 6th & Beech St. Measured loop courses through scenic, hilly Fruitport countryside.

(231) 865-3551 Sponsored by Fruitport Lions

5K Run • 5K Walk

(616) 295-1073 diemerrun.com (269) 963-9622 runcalhoun.org susancorey43@yahoo.com

chelseakidstri.com

(734) 929-9027 runflirt.com

(734) 213-1033

dirtydogdash.com

jgentry@first-federal.com nationalasparagusfestival.org pewamo5k.tripod.com

theannarbormarathon.com

(517) 371-5517 (906) 788-4229

capitolbancorp5k.com

vegard_jensen@hotmail.com

(231) 546-2229 (231) 436-5574 (734) 332-9129

3disciplines.com mackinawchamber.com dansvillerunning.com

(248) 595-8526

scleroderma.org/michigan

Kids Fun Run Races

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Saturday, May 25, 2013 • 8:30 am

Your start and finish will be cheered on by 30,000+ spectators.Trophies awarded to the top male and female in the 5K Run, 5K walk, and 10K Race and to the top male and female Masters runners in the 5K and 10K Race.

Medals awarded to the top two finishers in each age group for each event and to all Kids Fun Run participants.

$25 Pre-registered, postmarked by April 29 • $30 Pre-registered, postmarked by May 17 $35 Race day registration • Register online at www.active.com For more information visit www.almahighlandfestival.com or please call Jill Sandro (989) 463-4122 All participants will receive a free one-day pass to the World-famous Highland Festival grounds (a $15 value).

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May - June 2013 Event Calendar Sun, 6/9/13 Sun, 6/9/13

Tue, 6/11/13

Holly Recreation Triathlon/ Duathlon

Triathlon, Duathlon

Grand Rapids Triathlon

Tri: sprint, olympic or 1/2 iron

Ann Arbor Track Club Summer Mini Track Meet

Holly

(877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Ada

Ann Arbor

(616) 805-3059

(734) 769-9105

aatrackclub.org/races

Sun, 6/9/13

Summer Fun & Run

5KR/W, kids run

DeWitt

Tue, 6/11/13 Tue, 6/11/13 Wed, 6/12/13 Wed, 6/12/13 Wed, 6/12/13

Comstock Park HS 10K Relay Run Hanson Speed Session Grand Ledge Summer Recreation Track and Field Hawk Island Triathlon Human Race

6MR, 3MR, 1.5MR, teams training track meet-all comers Tri: 400 meter S/ 16KB/ 5KR 5KR

Grand Rapids Sterling Heights Grand Ledge Lansing Mt. Pleasant

Thu, 6/13/13 Thu, 6/13/13 Thu, 6/13/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Strides for Life 100 Mile Run The Dalmatian Run

25MR, 50MR, 75MR, 100MR 5KR/W, 1/4MFR

Royal Oak Holland Clio

(248) 616-9665 (616) 396-5576 (810) 487-0954

hansons-running.com stridesforlife.com gaultracemanagement.com

Thu, 6/13/13 Thu, 6/13/13 Fri, 6/14/13

Valley Rally 5K YMCA Retread Run/Shoes for Kids Beatty-Daley Challenge

5KR/W 8KR, 5KR/W 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR-Invite

Nashville Flint Lapeer

(517) 852-9275 (810) 659-6493 (810) 358-2193

runningfoundation.com riverbendstriders.com racemilestone.com

Fri, 6/14/13 Fri, 6/14/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Kids’ Klassic & Pump ‘n Run Life Run for Los Ninos Riverview Church Beat the Grandma 5K Age/Gender Graded Race

1KFR, 2KR, weight lifting 5KR/W 5KR

Kalamazoo Holt Grand Rapids

(269) 270-5641 kalamazooklassic.org (517) 749-0320 runningfoundation.com (616) 260-2669 beatthegrandma.mysite.com

Sat, 6/15/13

Beet Feet 5K Walk/Run

5KR/W

Sat, 6/15/13

Canton Liberty Run

Casnovia Old School 5K

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

5KR/W

Canton

Sat, 6/15/13

Charyl’s Run2BFit

5KR/W, 1MR/W

Brighton

Sat, 6/15/13

Cheesetown Challenge Clothing Optional Run

5KR/W

Union City

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Detroit Rhythm Run Dirty Feat Adventure Race Formula One Motor City

5KR/W Adventure race Tri: 750mS/ 20KB/ 5KR x 2

Detroit Lansing Detroit

(248) 766-6485 (517) 281-9516 (231) 546-2229

heritageworks.org dirtyfeat.org 3disciplines.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Higgins Lake Half Marathon, 10K &5K Ideal Beach Triathlon

13.1MR/Wheel, 10K, 5K, 1M Tri: Sprint, Super sprint

Roscommon Elkhart, IN

(989) 275-4015 (574) 293-1683

roscommonrotary.com stonesouppromotions.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Joshua Spalsbury Memorial Comet Chase 5K Kalamazoo Klassic Kilometers 4 Kids

5KR/W 10KR, 5KR 10KR, 5KR, 1M kids

Grand Ledge Kalamazoo Lake Orion

(517) 627-2034 (269) 270-5641 (248) 872-7606

5kcometchase.com kalamazooklassic.org kilometers4kids.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Lech Lecha Triathlon Mecosta County Youth & Family Center 5K Mud Dollop Wallop

tri: 600ydS/ 10.4MB/ 2.1MR 5KR 12M relay, 4MR

Grandville Mecosta Adrian

(616) 893-3701 lechlechatriathlon.weebly.com (231) 972-7129 voss.cindi@gmail.com r(517) 673-8953 runningwithes.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

MWCAA Corporate Cup Relays Open Water Practice Swim Potter Park Zoo Wild One Children’s Mile

10KR, 5KR/W, T&F choose distance kids 1MR

Lathrup Village Grass Lake Lansing

(586) 731-0153 (734) 678-5045 (517) 702-4733

www.mwccr.org epicraces.com potterparkzoo.org/W1M

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

RHGYC 5K Run/Walk Run 4 a Cause

5KR/W 5KR, 1.5MR

Rochester Hills Ada

(248) 841-2460 (616) 957-8188

scottl@rochesterhills.org run4acauseada.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Run for Life Scott Merfeld Memorial March Sprint & Splash at Lake St. Clair

10KR, 5KR 5KR/W Duathlon, 5KR

Marquette Hillsdale Harrison Township

(906) 869-6680 (517) 439-5101 (586) 469-5285

a.yoder@abouthccf.org sprintandsplash.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Summer Solstice 5K Fun Run SuperkidsTry MotorCity Swan Creek Crawl 50K Trail Run

5KR Triathlons 50KR, 10MR

Sault Ste. Marie, MI Detroit Allegan

(906) 632-8109 (231) 546-2229 (616) 261-9706

summersolstice5k.org 3disciplines.com www.stridersrun.com

Sat, 6/15/13 Sat, 6/15/13

Tri Kids Triathlon Van Buren State Park Step Into Summer Fun

Zombie Run

Triathlon 5KR/W

5KR

Grass Lake South Haven

(734) 678-5045 (269) 637-2788

epicraces.com lynchs1@michigan.gov

Sun, 6/16/13 Sun, 6/16/13 Sun, 6/16/13

Cedar Point 5K Challenge Father’s Day Run 4 Trails Motor City Triathlon

5KR 5KR tri: olympic, sprint

Sandusky, OH Fort Wayne, IN Detroit

(419) 609-2067 (260) 436-4824 (231) 546-2229

cedarpoint.com veepraces.com 3disciplines.com

Sun, 6/16/13 Sun, 6/16/13

Run for the Ribbon 5K for Prostate Care Awareness 5KR/W XTERRA Torn Shirt Triathlon /Duathlon Triathlons, Duathlon

(586) 443-4272 (419) 376-9496

miurunfortheribbon.org eliteendeavors.com

Sat, 6/15/13

Sat, 6/15/13

Sat, 6/15/13

Sat, 6/15/13

5 MR, 2 MR/W, kids run

Glen Arbor Solstice Half Marathon & 5K

13.1MR, 5KRW

Sun, 6/16/13 Plymouth YMCA Father’s Day Run

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michiganrunner.tv

(616) 887-7203 (586) 323-9683 (517) 648-1775 (517) 374-5700 (989) 772-0323

runningfoundation.com

grandrapidsrunningclub.org hansons-running.com playmakers.com www.hawk-i-tri.com mtpleasantstriders.com

(734) 929-9027 cantonlibertyrun.com

Sebewaing

(989) 883-3003

barc-mi.com

Casnovia

(616) 5210-1081

michianatiming.com

Pinconning

(989) 879-5617

(810) 632-4778 (866) 321-4710

Glen Arbor (231) 715-1406

cheesetownraces.com

Plymouth

(734) 455-2904

Huntington Woods Brighton

runningfoundation.com turtle-lake.com

enduranceevolution.com

Swartz Creek mikesmurphy@charter.net

10K, 5K, 1 M, Triple, kids

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(517) 827-9660

grandrapidstriathlon.com

zombierunmi.com

ymcadetroit.org/plymouth

Sun, 6/16/13 Tue, 6/18/13 Tue, 6/18/13

Yooper Sprint Triathlon & Duathlon Hanson Speed Session Muddy Watters, Bump & Run Trail Series

Triathlon, Duathlon training 4MR, kids run

Hancock Sterling Heights Rochester Hills

(906) 370-3207 (586) 323-9683 (248) 320-5705

YooperTri.com hansons-running.com www.jeffwatters.com

Wed, 6/19/13 Wed, 6/19/13

Flushing Evening 5k Run/Walk Grand Ledge Summer Recreation Track and Field

5KR/W track meet-all comers

Flushing Grand Ledge

(810) 487-0954 (517) 627-9076

riverbendstriders.com playmakers.com

Wed, 6/19/13 Wed, 6/19/13

Twilight Run 5KR/W USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships track and field meet

Lansing Des Moines, IA

(517) 702-0226

runningfoundation.com usatf.org

Wed, 6/19/13 Wed, 6/19/13 Thu, 6/20/13

USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships Wednesday Races in the Park Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

Des Moines, IA Linden Royal Oak

(810) 591-0415 (248) 616-9665

usatf.org dbrindle@lindenschools.org hansons-running.com

Fri, 6/21/13 Fri, 6/21/13 Sat, 6/22/13

The Capitol Bancorp 5K 5KR/W, 1MR Meijer State Games of Michigan- Governor’s Family Run 5KR Antioch’s Get Healthy Now 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W

Lansing tbd Lansing

(517) 487-6555 (616) 233-3564 (517) 327-0967

capitolbancorp5k.com stategamesofmichigan.com runningfoundation.com

(517) 524-6995

playmakers.com

Wed, 6/19/13 Triceratops Triathlon & Kids’s Clinic

Tri: 1/2MS/ 12.4MB/ 5KR Brighton

track and field meet 3MR, 1.5MR, .5MR, kids run

(734) 929-9027 runtrextri.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13

Binder Park Zoo Cheetah Chase Charlevoix Marathon Concord Classic 5K Run/Walk

5KR/W, 1MFR 26.2M, 13.1M, 10R, 5K

5KR/W, 1/2 M Kid's Run

Battle Creek Charlevoix

Concord

(269) 979-1351 binderparkzoo.org (248) 446-1315 goodboyevents.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13

Every Person Involved Cares Half Marathon First Try Triathlon Hero Rush Obstacle Race

13.1MR, 5KR tri: 300ydS/ 9MB/ 2MR 5K adventure

Pontiac Linden Oxford Charter Twp

(248) 330-7762 epiccares.org (248) 910-0763 1sttrytriathlon@gmail.com carlyb@herorush.co herorush.com

Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13

Sat, 6/22/13

Meijer State Games of Michigan 5K Name That Run

Open Door Julie Run/Walk

5KR, track & field meet 5KR

East Kentwood Niles

(616) 233-3564 (269) 683-1552

Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13 Sat, 6/22/13

Pontiac Osteopathic Hospital Fit for Life Portland St. Patrick Parish Festival 5K Run Red Cedar 5K

10KR, 5KR/W 5KR/W 5K/W

Sat, 6/22/13

10KR, 5KR/W

St. Mary’s of Michigan Bee Healthy for Life

stategamesofmichigan.com nb-ymca.org

Commerce Twp. (248) 360-2930 opendooroutreachcenter.com Pontiac Portland Williamston

10KR, 5KR/W

Saginaw

(248) 338-5718 michelle.hosang@pohmedical.org (517) 927-2226 playmakers.com (517) 256-3656 inghamhabitat.org

(989) 907-8223

stmarysofmichigan.org

Duluth, MN dodge park_sixth verticalusatf.org 4/15/13 12:39 PM Page 1 Copemish support@xtrememuckruck.com xtrememuckruck.com

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

8 am

STERLING HEIGHTS CREDIT UNION

For entry form and more information: Sterling Heights Parks & Recreation 586-446-2700 mdisanto@sterling-heights.net

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Sun, 6/23/13 Sun, 6/23/13 Sun, 6/23/13

Grand Haven Bone & Joint Bear Lake Triathlon and Duathlon Happy Soles 5KR/W Ludington Triathlon Tri: Olympic & Sprint; Du

Sun, 6/23/13 Sun, 6/23/13 Tue, 6/25/13

Pictured Rocks Road Race - Run for the Red Cross Tri Goddess Tri Women’s Only Triathlon Grandville High School Track Meet

Tue, 6/25/13 Tue, 6/25/13 Tue, 6/25/13

Hanson Speed Session training USA Youth Outdoor Track & Field Championships track & field meet World Youth Track & Field Trials track & field meet

Tue, 6/25/13 Wed, 6/26/13 Wed, 6/26/13

Zeeland Zoom Grand Ledge Summer Recreation Track and Field Wednesday Races in the Park

Thu, 6/27/13 Fri, 6/28/13 Sat, 6/29/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Hansons 3 Mile Cross-Country Race Caledonia Kilt Klassic 5K

Sat, 6/29/13 Sat, 6/29/13 Sat, 6/29/13

Gale’s Gym Summer Series Race One 5KR Edmore Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race - Summer Edition 4 hour adventure race Rockford Gull Lake Triathlon & Duathlon tri: olympic, sprint; du; aquabike Augusta

(989) 427-4348 (616) 460-9331 (269) 978-2437

grUrbanAdventureRace.com gulllaketriathlon.com

Sat, 6/29/13 Sat, 6/29/13 Sat, 6/29/13

Lake Cadillac Team Marathon Lions Michigan Foundation Half Marathon Mark Mellon Triathlon & Duathlon

26.2MR, 13.1MR, relay 13.1M, 5M, 3M, 2.5MW tri: olympic, sprint, 5K, relay

Cadillac Oscoda Gaylord

(231) 920-1951 (571) 887-6640 (989) 858-5240

michianatiming.com www.imsf.net www.markmellontri.com

Sat, 6/29/13 Sat, 6/29/13 Sat, 6/29/13

Max’s Race Reeds Lake Run Run/Walk BOOM!!!

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

East Lansing Grand Rapids Huntington Woods

(517) 204-3257 (616) 949-1750 (248) 541-3030

maxsrace.com www.reedslakerun.com runwalkboom.com

Sat, 6/29/13

St. John Spray Park 5K

5KR

USA 10 km Trail Championships

206M relay

St. Johns

Sat, 6/29/13

Third Coast Relay

10KR

Beech Mountain, NC

(734) 845-7559

ThirdCoastRelay.com

Sat, 6/29/13 Sun, 6/30/13 Sun, 6/30/13

Wolverine Wildcat 5K Anyone Can Tri Blue Water Half Marathon

5KR, 1MFR Triathlon, Duathlon 13.1MR

Wolverine Mount Clemens Port Huron

(231) 238-8930 (231) 546-2229 (810) 987-6400

Sun, 6/30/13 Sun, 6/30/13 Sun, 6/30/13

Bobcat Triathlon Clawson Freedom Run Hansons Group Run

Tri, Aquabike, Kayak/Paddle Board Houghton Lake 5KR, 1MFR Clawson training Lake Orion

(231) 546-2229 (248) 435-4232 (248) 616-9665

Sun, 6/30/13 Sun, 6/30/13

UP Northwoods Triathlon USAT Mideast Regional Triathlon Championships

tri: olympic, sprint, kids tri: Olympic; aquabike

(906) 774-4076 (419) 829-2398

Sat, 6/29/13

North Muskegon Taylor Ludington

(616) 843-1808 (877) 300-1392

bearlaketrianddu.com mbjjake@wowway.com tritofinish.com

(906) 228-3659 (734) 678-5045 (616) 250-4309

picturedrocksroadrace.com epicraces.com grandrapidsrunningclub.org

Sterling Heights St. Louis, MO Edwardsville, IL

(586) 323-9683

hansons-running.com usatf.org usatf.org

5KR/W track meet-all comers 3MR, 1.5MR, .5MR, kids run

Zeeland Grand Ledge Linden

(616) 748-5906 (517) 627-9076 (810) 591-0415

3 MR 5KR/W

Royal Oak Sterling Heights Caledonia

(248) 616-9665 (586) 323-9683 (616) 406-9766

13.1MR, 5KR, FW Munising Tri: sprint, mini sprint; duathlon Grass Lake track meet Grandville

Holland

Iron Mountain Grass Lake

(989) 224-8944

feelthezeel.com playmakers.com dbrindle@lindenschools.org hansons-running.com hansons-running.com kiltklassic.com

cityofsaintjohnsmi.com

usatf.org

wolverinelumberjackfest.com 3disciplines.com bluewaterymca.com/runs/ 3disciplines.com clawsonruns.com hansons-running.com ddymca.com/Triathlon.html epicraces.com

Featured Future Events Thu, 7/4/13 Thu, 7/4/13 Thu, 7/4/13

Ann Arbor Firecracker 5K Firecracker 5K Volkslaufe

Sat, 7/6/13 Sun, 7/7/13 Sat, 7/13/13

Run & Walk for Funds 10KR, 5KR, 2 MR/W Independence Aquathlon & Open Water Swim 2KR/ 750m S/ 2KR Dances with Dirt - Devil’s Lake 50M, 50K, 26.2M, 13.1M, 10K

Northport Howell Baraboo, WI

Sat, 7/13/13 Sun, 7/14/13 Sun, 7/14/13

Waugoshance Trail Marathon Beatles on the Bay Gallup Gallop

26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, 2KR Triathlon, Duathlon 5KR/W, 1 MR

Carp Lake Caseville Ann Arbor

(715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com (734) 975-9199 aatrackclub.org

Sat, 7/20/13 Sat, 7/20/13 Sun, 7/21/13

Atwood Stadium Run/Walk Port City Run Crosstown Kids Triathlon

10KR, 5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W, 1M kids triathlon

Flint Frankfort Howell

(810) 238-5981 (231) 352-7698 (517) 546-0693

Sat, 7/27/13 Sat, 7/27/13 Sat, 8/3/13

Alden Run Grand Island Trail Marathon & 10K The Legend 5 & 10 Mile Trail Run

10KR, 5KR/W 26.2 MR, 13.1MR 13.1MR, 10MR, 5MR

Alden Munising Laingsburg

(231) 377-7319 www.aldenrun.com (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com (734) 929-9027 www.runlegend.com

Wed, 8/7/13 Sat, 8/10/13

Red Carpet Run 5K Crystal Lake Team Marathon

5KR, 26.2 M Relay

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Ann Arbor Beulah 20KR, 10KR, 5KR/W, 2KFR Frankenmuth

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michiganrunner.tv

(734) 213-1033 (231) 930-4222 (989) 860-3388

a2firecracker5k.com clcba.org volkslaufe.org

(231) 386-5188 gwanderson@chartermi.net (517) 546-0693 howellrecreation.org (734) 929-9027 danceswithdirt.com

werunthistown.com jtousley@netbox.com howellrecreation.org

West Bloomfield (734) 929-9027 redcarpetrun.com Beulah (231) 930-4222 crystallakecommunitybusinessassoc.com

Sat, 8/10/13 Sat, 8/10/13 Sun, 8/11/13

Run Thru Hell Tahqua Trail Run Stony Creek Off Road Triathlon

10 MR, 4.8 MR 25KR, 10KR Triathlon, Duathlon

Pinckney (734) 878-6640 gaultracemanagement.com Paradise (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com Shelby Township (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Wed, 8/14/13 T-Rex Tri & Kids’ Tri Thu, 8/15/13 Bauman’s Charity 5K Fri, 8/16/13 Howell Melon Run

Tri: 1/2MS/ 12 MB/ 5KR Brighton 5KR/W, kids runs Flint 10K, 5K, 1M, kids’ run Howell

Sat, 8/17/13 Sat, 8/17/13 Sun, 8/18/13

Farmington Run for the Hills Somerset Stampede Traverse City Triathlon

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

Farmington (248) 880-3852 farmingtonrunforthehills.com Somerset Center (517) 914-3181 somerset-run.com Traverse City (231) 715-1406 enduranceevolution.com

Sat, 8/24/13 Sun, 8/25/13 Sun, 8/25/13

Crim Festival of Races Playmakers Classic Triathlon Summer’s End Trail Run

10M, 8K, 5K, 1M, Kids tri:S/ 13MB/ 4MB 5KR/W, 1M kids’ run

Flint Holt Saginaw

(810) 235.3396 (517) 349.3803 (989) 513-5195

Sat, 8/31/13 Sat, 8/31/13 Sun, 9/1/13

Labor Day 30K Run & 10K Walk/Run Run Like The Wind Boyne City Triathlon

30KR/B, 10KR/W, kids 10KR, 5KR/W Tri: Olympic & Sprint; Du

Milford Westland Boyne City

(248) 685-7580 laborday30k.com (517) 702-0226 runningfoundation.com (877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Fri, 9/6/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sun, 9/8/13

Run Woodstock - Day 1 Run Woodstock - Day 2 Hartman Creek Trail Run

100MR, 100KR, 5KR 50M, 50K, 5M, 10K, 5K 25KR, 10KR, kdis run

Pinckney Pinckney Waupaca, WI

(734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.com (734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.com (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com

Sun, 9/8/13 Sat, 10/5/13 Sun, 10/6/13

Run Woodstock - Day 3 Porcupine Mountains Trail Marathon Sleeping Bear Marathon & Half Marathon

5MR 26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, kids 26.2MR, 13.1MR

Pinckney Silver City Empire

(734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.com (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com (231) 715-1406 enduranceevolution.com

Sun, 10/13/13 Wild Life Marathon Sun, 10/20/13 Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon Sun, 10/20/13 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon

(734) 929-9027 (810) 238-5981 (517) 546-0693

runtrextri.com riverbendstriders.com howellrecreation.org

crim.org playmakersclassictri.com dfbernar@stcs.org

26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, kids run Concord (517) 392-8250 wildlifemarathon.org 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR Grand Rapids (616) 293-3145 grandrapidsmarathon.com 26.2 M, 13.1M, 5K, kids Toronto, ON (416) 944-2765 torontowaterfrontmarathon.com

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Pot O’ Gold 4 Mile Run and Walk, Flint, March 17, 2013 Photos by Ryan Litwiller / irunflint.com

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

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Running with Tom Henderson © C. Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

By Tom Henderson

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

Where would I have been this past winter without Yaktrax? Or last summer without deer-fly strips?

hank goodness for the long winter. No, I’m not crazy. I just remember the eight days of 80-degree weather up north last winter, which got all the fruit trees budding just ahead of a series of killer frosts in April that destroyed most of the cherries, apples, peaches and pears.

hank God for low-tech.

Forget high tech. Forget all the wonderful synthetic wicking materials. Forget all those massively-engineered midsoles. Forget GPS watches that break out your inch-per-nanosecond pace and miles covered to the 38th decimal place.

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

But what a godsend. One day this past March I did an eight-mile loop on the Potawatomie Trail in the Pinckney State Recreation area northwest of Ann Arbor. I’d been in Ann Arbor on business and got done early. There wasn’t any snow in town, but there was plenty left when I pulled into the parking lot at the park.

And the snow on those steep up-and-down trails had been compacted by runners and skiers into a thick, slick sheet of ice. Without Yaktrax, I would have been too stubborn to just turn around and drive somewhere else. I would have gone for a run, fallen like 18 times on my aging infrastructure and probably been permanently disabled.

With Yaktrax not a single slip, no falls, just eight miles of gut-busting work that was more than enough to rationalize a bag of Better Made potato chips and a Pepsi on the ride home.

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

They are killing machines when it comes to deer flies, in as simple and nontoxic a fashion as possible.

You need to wear a cap, then put the strip across the crown of the cap, white side down, then go for a run.

Instead of being driven insane by deerflies, you just motor along, barely aware of them. When I finished the run last June, there were 24 deer flies stuck to the tape. Not one of them had bit me.

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

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

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And the lack of snow all winter and the hot dry March made the soil so dry that there was barely a morel mushroom harvest in May. So, hooray for no fruit buds this March. Hooray for lots of snow and, presumably, lots of morels.

There was plenty of new snow this year for the fifth annual Camp Pet-o-se-ga Snowshoe Race, two fairly-flat loops around a 300-acre forested park on the shores of Pickerel Lake.

This is a cool event, no pun intended. They only get 50 entrants or so, but we are treated afterwards to hot dogs, chili and a generous raffle that ends up giving something to nearly everyone.

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

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amp Pet-o-se-ga will serve as a segue to my last item.

I finished next-to-last in the 5K. My wife, Kathleen, finished last. She’s a former Boston Marathon qualifier, a 20-minute 5K runner at her peak who was a frequent age-group winner for many years. I’m a former 2:58 marathoner. Both of us are happy to just be plugging along now, straining our hearts and lungs, still having an excuse to set the alarm on Saturday mornings.

Kathleen has a much better excuse for running slowly than I do — she’s about to have double kneereplacement surgery and never runs pain-free, but gets enough enjoyment to make the pain worth it.

A letter writer from Traverse City who misunderstood a recent column was pretty worked up in a letter she wrote to MR last issue. She thought a column about the lack of fast runners these days was somehow a criticism of slow runners.

“Mr. Henderson is likely too busy looking at age categories, times, distances, number of racers and other statistics to ever have fun … Get a life besides hill fartleks, track work, training and writing boring and/or insulting articles. Relax, you only have so many heartbeats,” the writer said.

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

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

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

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

In 1981, the first story I ever sold about running, to the Detroit Free Press about newbies training for their first marathon, drew an angry letter from a serious runner saying I was doing a disservice to the sport by encouraging people who ran slower than 8 minutes a mile. I thought he was a pompous ass and made sure to continue to encourage slow people thereafter.

In the late 1990s and into the 2000s, I was the coach for the marathon fundraising team for the Detroit area chapter of the American Diabetes Association. We encouraged slow, slower and slowest people to join us. On the long runs we did each Sunday, I always ran with the slowest runner, which meant 20mile runs that took up most of the day.

It’s not all the slow people I was concerned about in my column. It’s the near absence of anyone fast these days. I love running slow. I loved, also, having trained to the point where I could do halfmarathons at 6-minute pace, or 5Ks at 5:30. And having lots of other fast people to compete with.

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

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

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The ALDEN RUN

On beautiful Torch Lake

Saturday, July 27, 2013 10K & 5K run and 5K walk on scenic, sanctioned xc courses.

Registration & Packet pick-up area: Helena Twp. Community Center located at the traditional Run start line

Registration and information: Steve Kershner PO Box 444, Alden, MI 49612 (231) 377-7319 • skikersh@aol.com

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Shillelagh Four Mile, Flushing, March 9, 2013 Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

Paige Deitering and Lindsey Braman lead a pack around a corner.

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

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

Julia Jeczmionka, age 15, of Essexville won her age group.

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

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Jenna Jeczmionka, age 14, of Essexville was third in her age group.

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