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ow do we break down the universe into sections we can manage? Conventions, silly.

Take time. Eons, centuries, hours and minutes are measures man made up. Same with space: miles, feet and so on are fabrications.

“How was your 5K marathon?” friends asked before I maimed myself tackling 10K ultras and longer.

Now the toughest test is my own two feet.

Once we learn where eternity starts and ends, we can gauge time with fractions instead of fictions. So what if it takes forever?

How do we measure knowledge? IQ? Haiku tests? With computers instead of minds that are mined? How much memory in a byte? How much bite in memory?

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As a measure of value, money is made up too.

Who is worth more: Bill Gates or Jesus? A U.S. Senate or House member? Me or a box of rocks?

Making up stuff is in our makeup. Why can I hand you a green piece of paper, or slide a plastic card through a reader, and buy Nike Shocks, socks or cuckoo clocks?

Because we’ve agreed to respect such currency.

Otherwise, I would have to barter stories like this for necessities such as food, shelter and a glass of Corona with lime on the rim. Good luck.

Imposing arbitrary order over chaos can come in handy. Take words, for instance. “Love” in French is amour and in German liebe. In Chinese it’s a drawing for which I lack characters on my keyboard. I lack character for a lot of things, my wife says.

Who I don’t love are the conspirators behind English who made “ravel” and “unravel” mean the same, “read” and “reed” different, and “affect” and “effect” impossible to keep straight.

Through etymology I have traced words to one original: when the first TV-savvy caveman shouted, “Yabba dabba doo!”

Although a “convention” can be a set of agreedon standards, it can also be people convening to hear speeches, wear funny hats, drink too much and nominate the next president.

The influence of Fred Flintstone — who first harnessed the power of modern media to reach millions — cannot be underestimated.

Fred’s tragic end — locked out of his house by a saber-tooth tiger, pounding the front door and crying “Wilma!” — is a metaphor for how men have been cast out of Eden by our actions. Every artifice we invent — rulers, clocks, words, money — to reconnect with the source of life separates us further.

Fred bonded with his fellow, fallen men in conventions of the Loyal Order of Water Buffaloes. That too boomeranged, I learned watching reruns, when their bowling night coincided with his wedding anniversary.

Fred’s only hope was philosophy. Using Hegel’s dialectic, he wed thesis (loyalty to Wilma) with antithesis (to the Buffaloes) by taking her to a drive-in movie next to the Bedrock Bowl. Saying he was leaving to buy a snack, he snuck off, rolled a frame, then dashed back.

Voila, synthesis! Then, with the frequency of frames, things got really stupid.

Wilma found out and forgave Fred in one of those troglodyte theology tales taught cartoon viewers of the time, destined not to last.

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High School Runners of the Year: Grosse Pointe South Girls

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Haley Meier, Ersula Farrow, Kelsie Schwartz and Hannah Meier, competing with the Grosse Pointe Track Club, celebrate winning the Distance Medley Relay in 11:37:11 at the Michigan Indoor Track Series, Eastern Michigan, February 6, 2013.

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t’s one of those once-in-a-career type of collections that a coach really hopes for. I’ve been very grateful, and very much humbled by it as well, realizing that these things don’t just happen. It’s nothing that you can ever plan,” says Steve Zaranek, the veteran track and cross country coach at Grosse Pointe South High.

If you’ve followed high school running at all, it’s been hard not to notice the stunning level of racing excellence that has come out of this one school. Hannah Meier, who just graduated, snagged many of the headlines with her national titles and state records, but the ensemble cast behind her includes other top talents as well. It would take a book to tell the whole story, and we don’t have space here to even recount the many legendary races that these young women have put together, but consider these four:

2010 MHSAA Division 1 Championships, Rockford: After a stunning 4:45.0 for 1600 meters on the GPS home track to win regionals, freshman Hannah Meier had many wondering if she was for real. All eyes focused on her first state track meet, and her first race was the 3200-meter relay. Christina Firl led off, followed by Kelly Lang-

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ton. Haley Meier then took over and amazed by passing 10 teams on her leg. By the time Hannah got the baton, the team was only five meters down to favored Rochester. Hannah dug deep and ran a rip-roaring 800, coming just about even with Rochester star Brook Handler in the final stretch.

The effort cost Hannah, and she fell to the track five yards before the finish. Rochester won, and Hannah got up and still finished second. Later in the meet, banged up, she destroyed the 800-meter field with a burst from just before the 600 mark, winning in 2:08.89.

2011 New Balance Indoor Championships, New York: The fastest girls in the 1600 meters were put into the final heat at nationals, and Hannah didn’t make the cut. After a lap and a half, she moved into the lead of her heat, where she ran a fairly steady pace, hitting halfway at 2:28.

Fellow Michigander Brook Handler of Rochester moved up to challenge her. Hannah stayed on the rail, and every time Handler tried to pass her and cut in, Hannah would accelerate just enough to hold her off. By the last lap, they had separated from the field. With 150 left, Hannah exploded, flying to a nation-leading time of 4:48.50 (her last half was

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2:20). No one in the “fast” heat could top that, and Hannah was crowned national champion.

2012 MHSAA Division 1 Championships, Kentwood: Most runners in multiple events at a championship will run cautiously in the early ones, saving energy for their later races.

Not so the GPS girls. They went for the big record in the first final of the day, attacking the National Federation mark of 8:49.88 in the 3200 relay. The girls would have to average better than 2:12.5 each to do it. Put that in perspective: at the time, fewer than 30 girls in state history had ever run that fast.

Could four from one school average that on the same day? Kelsie Schwartz opened up with a lifetime best of 2:13.1. Then Ersula Farrow followed, the ninth-grader clocking 2:13.5. Haley Meier cranked a 2:13.4, leaving the foursome 2.5 seconds off record pace. Then Hannah closed the deal, with a 2:08.3 blinder that yielded a final clocking of 8:48.29. The fireworks didn’t stop there, as the girls piled on more wins to capture their second state title.

2013 World Youth Championships, Donetsk, Ukraine: Ersula Farrow placed second to Hannah at the state finals in the 800,

2:07.91 to Hannah’s meet record 2:06.35. But the sophomore came into her own over the summer, qualifying to represent the United States overseas and then blasting to a 2:06.75 in the semis against the best 17-and-under runners in the world. Her mark is a state record for sophomores. “It was one really intense race,” she says. “We got to the 400 in a way faster pace than usual. On the last lap I knew if I was going to make it, I was going to have to have a fast kick. And I did.”

— as ninth graders the twins both placed in the top 10 of the state cross country finals (Hannah ran 18:17 and Haley 18:35 for 5K). However, the mileage stayed low — and remained that way throughout their high school careers. Hannah says that while the quantity was light, the quality was key: “We knew we had a really good relay team and if we pushed each other during practices we could lower those times and eventually get a national record like we did last year.”

The twins — Haley and Hannah Meier — changed everything for the South program. The first to begin running was Haley, while a fifth grader at St. Paul School. She started as a sprinter — that’s what her mother had been in high school, after all.

It didn’t go so well. “I was last in every race,” she remembers. “I was really sad. I went to my mom, and I’m like, ‘Mom, I’m so bad at track,’ and she said, ‘It’s OK, honey,’ and my coach said, ‘OK, Haley, maybe we should try you in something longer like the 800,’ and that’s when I beat all the boys.”

Outsiders miss the point when they look at the twins’ times and assume that Hannah is the better runner. The truth is more complex than that. Says Haley (who is older by a minute, after all), “Hannah can be competitive in everything we do. If we’re walking up the stairs to shower, she’ll start going faster. And we’ll race to the top. Random stuff like that, or who can get their homework done first.

The distances liked Haley much better, and she started winning regularly. Her twin, Hannah, tried other sports in the meantime, and in seventh grade she gave running a shot. Says Haley of Hannah’s beginnings, “I was beating her, but then as the time went on, she started beating me. We like working together. We use each other to be better, to work harder to get better times. We support each other all the way.”

The two ended up at GPS, where Zaranek pledged to bring them along slowly. “Mr. Z,” as they call him, is entering his 35th year of coaching, and in that time, he has produced some notable teams.

His cross country squads have been perennial competitors at the state finals, and before the twins arrived they had notched nine top-10 finishes. The GPS teams have always been huge — usually more than 100 for both cross country and track. As a result, Zaranek already had a program that trained athletes in various tiers based on their speed.

With the twins, Zaranek needed another tier.

And despite his many years of experience, he reached out to college coaches for their advice. What resulted was a very conservative, very gentle training program. “My approach was slow steady growth, like the rungs of a ladder, not pushing too hard,” he says. “I’ve never been a big believer in high school high mileage. At most, the top girls were doing 40 miles a week. We kept them injury free.

“I truly believed in trying my best to get these girls ready for the college experience. Running 5060-70 miles a week, in my opinion anyway, that was not the answer. I wanted to keep them injury-free, and other than little tweaks here and there, we’ve been able to do that. The focus has been, in terms of workouts, very high quality, but our workouts are always short and sweet. Twenty to 30 minutes on the track for speed workouts, and maybe one day a week they would get in an eight- or nine-mile run. But the bulk of their distance never came up to more than 40 a week — that would be a high-end week, too. Their speed would just keep improving, their endurance kept improving.”

Their “slowly” might have looked fast to others

“Hannah has just always kind of beaten me and I’ve never really thought about it, because once we entered high school, I just kind of let her take the reins, and she was in the top spot all the time. I came in second. I never really thought about passing her. Maybe I could have. It’s kind of scary, the thought to pass your sister. She’s been coming in first for so long.”

Zaranek sees the two as having greatly different temperaments: “Hannah definitely was the most focused athlete I’ve ever encountered ... I doubt if there was anyone more focused than Hannah. Hannah would simply refuse to lose.

“Haley, on the other hand, is more just social, in a very good way — much, much more of a free spirit. Her emotions were a little more up and down, but always in a competitive way. She certainly felt for her sister. Those two respect each other and love each other dearly. I do know at times she would pull up next to Hannah and they would just decide, ‘we’ll come in together.’ I certainly had no problem with that. They needed ownership of their races.

“I know Haley would make decisions like that, or maybe Hannah wasn’t at 100 percent. Maybe Haley could have passed her by. We always encouraged her: ‘Hey, if the opportunity is there, she’s not going to be mad at you. She’ll be the first there to give you a hug.’ But Haley just felt that, ‘I’m doing great, my sister’s right there with me, we’re both doing great, what’s the big deal?’”

Concludes Haley, “I don’t know, for some reason, I always felt like second (to Hannah) was like first for me.”

In any case, together, they represent two of the fastest milers in the country. Their fastest four laps actually came in New York this year at the adidas Dream Mile. After leading most of the way, Hannah ran 4:40.48 to take second to future college teammate Wesley Frazier, while Haley finished third in 4:42.11.

That was for a full mile, 9.35 meters longer than the more commonly run 1600. Hannah passed through that point in 4:38.9, finally breaking Laura Matson’s state record of 4:39.4 that had lasted 28 years.

Ersula Farrow, meanwhile, came to South via another route. The child of track stars, she had been

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Michigan’s High School Best In the business of high school running, the term “records” gets thrown around loosely. You will often hear people say, “State records can only be set at the state finals.” Not true, at least not anymore. The MHSAA (Michigan High School Athletic Association) only keeps track of meet records at their championships. “State records” are the best performances by Michigan high schoolers at any legitimate meet anywhere — basically, the same set of criteria that are used for world and American records. State records are kept by michtrack.org.

Here are the current Michigan records in key distance races: Boys 800 - 1:49.27 - Tommy Brinn (Otsego) 2009 1500 - 3:47.61 - Omar Kaddurah (Grand Blanc) 2011 1600 - 4:05.9 - Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 2000 3200 - 8:41.10 - Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 2000 5000 - 13:44.70 - Dathan Ritzenhein (Rockford) 2001 10,000 - 30:49.27 - Phil Shoensee (Center Line) 1984 4x800 - 7:36.26 - Milford 2012 4xMile - 17:20.92 - Novi 2001 Distance Medley - 10:03.09 - Rockford 2000

Zaranek, “Off the track they are kind, sweet, friendly, incredibly great teammates. With over 100 girls, to establish relationships with everybody is almost impossible, but these girls went out of their way. Off the track, they’re having fun, they’re laughing, they’re goofing around, doing jokes — great team atmosphere stuff. On the track, total focus. You can hear a pin drop when I am talking about what we want to get out of a workout.”

While it would be easy to say that the distance runners were the reason for South’s success, the fact is that they Girls would not have won 800 - 2:05.05 - Geena Gall (Grand Blanc) 2005 their first track state title 1500 - 4:18.44 - Hannah Meier (Grosse Pointe South) 2012 in 2011 without the 1600 - 4:38.9 - Hannah Meier (Grosse Pointe South) 2013 contribution of hurdler 3200 - 9:58.1 - Megan Goethals (Rochester) 2010 Veronica Schacht. In 5000 - 16:18.02 (indoors) - Erin Finn (West Bloomfield) 2013 2012, sprinter Caitlin 4x800 - 8:48.29 - Grosse Pointe South 2012 Moore and high jumper 4xMile - 20:02.80 (indoors) - Grosse Pointe South 2013 Aubryn Samaroo scored Distance Medley - 11:35.98 (indoors) - Grosse Pointe South 2013 crucial points. This year, sprinters Jasmine Braithwaite and Lily Pendy, burning up the age group ranks for years, and as a along with Samaroo, were all indispensable to the seventh grader at Power Middle School in Farmingtitle. ton Hills, she clocked a 5:08.63 for 1600 meters.

Her mother, Tina, ran a 4:59.4 for the full mile for It’s a tribute to the GPS coaching staff that the Detroit Mumford in the 1979 state finals, becomlast few years they have seen their greatest success ing, by our count, the sixth girl in state history to ever in all their event areas. Says Zaranek, “I’ve never break the 5-minute barrier (more than 100 have seen such an accumulation of distance talent, and now). Her father, Erskine, was the PSL mile champ yet at the same time we’ve had our best sprinters, for Detroit Northern in 1980 at 4:13.1, and folour best hurdlers, our best field event girls. So it’s lowed up with the state crown. Her sister, Christina, been a remarkable experience.” He gives the credit to ran for Renaissance High, was third at the Midwest his assistant coaches: Leo Lambert (28 years), Shawn Meet 800 (2:13.05) in 2008, and now competes at McNamara (15 years), Mike Novak (20 years) and Central Michigan University.

Teresa Schaible (four years).

Farrow’s family moved to the district to give her the chance to run for Zaranek. “I’m really happy with my choice,” she says. “They really have helped me out.

Also my teammates have pushed me and helped me along the way. They helped me become the runner that I am now. I’m happy that I went to South.”

Other runners have also made their impact.

Kelsie Schwartz, the leadoff on that record relay, attended St. Paul’s with the Meier twins, then spent her ninth grade year at a parochial school before deciding to attend South. With a 4:57.5 for 1600, she will likely be Farrow’s key training partner now that the twins have moved on. Another key member of that top tier was Christina Firl, who just graduated.

She spent her junior year in New York before returning to South to run a 10:56 for 3200 this year.

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What is next? For the Meiers, it will be a college career at Duke, where they will be part of a recruiting class that will drive conference rivals crazy.

Haley, in fact, will be rooming with another bluechip recruit, multiple national champion Wesley Frazier. For now, the twins are getting workouts from their college coach, Kevin Jermyn, and are preparing for cross country.

Hannah says the twins weren’t necessarily a package deal. They visited Stanford, Notre Dame and Michigan as well. “We were OK if we separated or stayed together, but we ended up staying together because we both liked the same school.”

Hannah describes her goal as, “to try to lower my times as best as I can and maybe make top seven for cross country. If I can make it over 6K (the standard NCAA distance for women). I’m not as strong in cross country but I think I can help out the team.”

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For the long term, Haley says, “Now that we know we have talent, we want to keep going and go all the way to the Olympics with this because now it’s a dream for us. I’m looking forward to seeing what will happen in college.”

Farrow, meanwhile, looks to make further strides during her junior year at South. Says Zaranek, “Our thought two years ago was, when she’s a junior, she’ll be ready to go. She is really going to be ready to explode out there ... She still has a lot to learn, but she will ... She is a super sweet girl, but like the Meiers, when she steps on the track, a switch is thrown, and it’s like there’s vengeance in her blood. An incredible transformation takes place. It’s hard holding her back. It’s going to be fun this year.”

“My dream has always been, like any runner’s dream, to continue on,” says Farrow. “My goal is to run faster.” Of the prospect of training without the Meiers anymore, she says, “I’ve learned from them.

I’m going to have to go on from there. I should be OK, I guess.”

Then there’s the South program. It will go on, with its ups and downs. One thing has been clear from all of our interviews: at South, running is a sport for everybody. The coaches give the same attention to the back-of-the-pack runners as they give to the stars. Says Farrow, “Mr. Z is a great coach. There is no type of favoritism. We’re all in it together.”

That devotion to the team was instrumental in the twins’ decision not to compete in any post-season championships this summer, as they had done in previous years. “We wanted to finish the season off in our South uniforms,” says Haley. “We didn’t want to compete after high school. We looked at New Balance and other races, but we felt it was just right to stop there in high school, running in the state championship with our team in that uniform of ours.”

Says Mr. Z, “My philosophy has always remained the same. I want the kids to have a good time. I want them to make a lot of new friends. I want them to understand that work is OK. You can have fun and work hard at the same time. It can all go together. And that will continue on.

“This program is not just about the stopwatch.

It’s about who they are. Their teammates are their heart and soul. They sacrificed. I could have specialized with them a little more and gotten them a little faster, but they’d be the first to say, ‘We’re there for that regional, we’re there for that state meet, you put us wherever you need us, we’re going to do our best, we’re not going to let this team down.’ Because of that, so many of their teammates rose to that philosophy, and it started with them. That’s how I would sum it up.”

Jeff Hollobaugh is an author, statistician, teacher and coach. His website, http://michtrack.org, has been tracking high school running in Michigan since 1996.

His next book is due out in early 2014: “How to Race the Mile: What Great Runners and Races Teach Us About Competing at 1500, 1600 and the Mile.”

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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard Trivia: Who said, “To describe the agony of the marathon to someone who’s never run it is like trying to explain color to someone who was born color blind”?

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ACE OFF. The development was slow to become clear to me, but posts on my Facebook page in recent months have taken on column-writing quality.

It’s become a place to plumb ideas, some worth sharing here. Following are a few in recent weeks.

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marathon. Both the times and depth of fast performers has drifted south for American men since the late ’80s.

ished a for-him disappointing eighth in the 10,000 meters in 28:44. We ran once a week on the University of Michigan’s Ferry Field track.

Let’s compare 1983 and 2013 at D-AA, a 30year gap: 1:15:41 was 3rd place for men in the halfmarathon this year. In ‘83, there were 46 men faster than that. Yes, 46. And there was no prize money then.

On this day long ago, he had a 3:12 three-quarter mile on tap. We traded leading laps and as I came around toward the end of lap three, felt so good I asked former EMU teammate Fred LaPlante to keep the watch going. I was tempted to pick up the pace and beat my 4:15.7 mile PR, but resisted since it was a workout and ran my fourth-straight 64-second lap.

A deeper look: six-minute pace or 1:18:38 was bettered by 79 men in ‘83, with the 79th being one Doug Kurtis. Doug, as many know, went on to a remarkable marathon career and fell just shy of breaking 3:00 for the 200th time at Grandma’s Marathon this June, posting at 3:05 at age 61. Only 14 men ran faster than a six-minute pace this year. Women’s numbers, on the other hand, have remained stable over the same 30 years, with about 10 to 15 per year under 1:30, a good benchmark of excellence.

From mid-June: I’ve been going through a Friend and University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Dexter-Ann Arbor Run binder from my days as coach Drew Ludtke asked, “Do you think athletes migrated off the roads to the track or just that depth race director half a lifetime and more ago. Found is lacking now?” the 1983 results, my final year. It was a highwater year for fast times for Americans at the Boston Marathon and possibly the D-AA half It’s impossible to supply one all-encompassing MRSub0311_Sixth Vertical 2/6/11 9:52 PM Page answer.

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A quick example: in 1979 and ’80, I ran about 2:29 at the Free Press Marathon, good for 23rd place both years. This was before prize money. In recent years that same effort would have had me challenging for the win and money!

There’s been thinning in men’s road race fields all over the country for quite a while. Simply put, not as many graduated college guys are continuing or others getting turned on by a desire to excel, as was the case around the start of the first Running Boom. Times in many of the older age groups from age 35 up are competitive with the past, but the open category is wide open.

There’s a gaping hole in fast runners compared to the past. Groups like the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project and others around the country have helped return American men to the front of races, but that’s a bare slice of what “used to be.” As mentioned, women’s depth and times have remained steady with a noticeable uptick in the past 30 years.

From July 15: 40 years ago today I ran a 4:16 mile. It was between my junior and senior years at Eastern Michigan University and I was running twice a week with teammate Gordon Minty. He’d been picked that summer to represent Wales in the late-January (summer “Down Under”) 1974 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand, where he fin-

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When done I was struck by how easy it felt and how fit I was. I felt a tiny buzz about coming so close to my personal record but saw it as “another brick in the wall” in prep for cross country in seven weeks.

Later I asked myself if I would have counted it as a PR had I run faster than 4:15.7 (4:12 was about what I could have run that day). The answer, after thinking a few minutes, was no, but I could count it as a personal best. Why the distinction? One is set under the unique circumstances of a race, while the track workout was in a more-relaxed, no-pressure atmosphere. It remains a cool memory, a special run in mid-summer.

Gordon was a many-time all-American who is in EMU’s Hall of Fame. My brother Don ran a 4:12.8 mile as a high school junior at Ann Arbor Huron that same spring. I never had to look far to lend perspective to my own running. Don’s time remains the AAH record and he owned the 10th- and 11th-grade state records until a certain Dathan Ritzenhein of Rockford came along 25 years later.

From July 17: While pedaling along on my third-straight day in heat advisory conditions, I thought about how I’d explain why I felt so good, considering the oppressive weather and way better than I would on a run. That led me to thinking how I might answer the dodgy question, “Why do you run/cycle as much as you do?”

I fished around a bit and settled on, “I’m not sure. I do a lot more than is necessary for my health.

Here’s the deal, every day my heart and head get together, say, ‘Do it again,’ and I comply.” Doing so much has rarely got me into much trouble and has been very good to me in multiple ways, so I’ll keep listening to what my heart and head say about all this aerobic exercise.

I wrote this shortly after finishing. Later it occurred to me that why I did so much was connected to the running and cycling being a “positive addiction,” a term coined by William Glasser in 1976.

Answer: Longtime Canadian male marathon record holder and 1977 Boston Marathon winner Jerome Drayton.

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Independence Aquathlon, Howell

Inch Does Double Duty at Aquathlon, Open Swim

By Charles Douglas McEwen HOWELL (7/7/13) — Three days after the Fourth of July, Texan Matt Inch provided fireworks at the 11th annual Howell Independence Aquathlon, hosted by the Howell Area Parks and Recreation Authority at Howell City Park.

Inch, 25, of Dallas dominated both the 1-Mile Open Water Swim and Aquathlon, becoming the first male to win both races in recent years. (Heidi Hendricks swept the women’s events three years ago.)

Inch, an ex-Clarkston resident who went to Michigan State University, finished 15 seconds ahead of defending champ Mike Schuldinger, 52, of Waterford Lake in the two-lap swim around Thompson Lake.

Inch was challenged by his former MSU triathlon teammate Chris Matulis, 31, of Saint Joseph in the subsequent aquathlon, which consisted of a 2K run, 750-meter swim and follow-up 2K run.

After completing the first two legs together, Matulis took a slight lead going into the final run.

Then Inch passed him and jetted away.

“Matt looked good,” said Matulis. “He’s been training hard; he’s serious about his racing.”

Inch timed 27:50, Matulis 28:34. Next came Spensor Swanton, 20, of Saginaw (29:32) and masters champ Eric Fernando, 45, of Franklin (30:49).

Teenagers ruled the women’s races.

“He (Schuldinger) was right on my heels for the first lap,” Inch said. “We were battling it out. Then I gradually pulled away.”

Inch timed 25:00 to Schuldinger’s 25:15.

Joshua McCallum, 30, of Northville finished third in 25:59.

Kirsten Anderson, 13, won the aquathlon in 32:31. “It wasn’t hot like the other years I’ve done it,” said the Novi Middle School student, who has raced here since age 11.

Next came Mindy Fernando, 35, of Franklin

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(33:49) and Karin Hanisch, 22, of Lansing (34:06).

Amy Skitzki, 40, of Livonia paced the masters in 37:03.

Sophie Montesanti, 14, of Howell won the open-water swim in 26:08. Jennifer Erichsen, 21, of Farmington (26:32) and Sara Swanton, 27, of Saginaw (26:46) were second and third.

“I’m ecstatic,” said Montesanti, who swims for the nonprofit Howell Sea Serpents club team. “It was harder than I thought it would be. I’m used to swimming in pools and there are no lane lines on the bottom of the lake.”

Stand-up paddle boarders, courtesy of Detroit City Outfitters, helped guide swimmers. “The event was fabulous,” said one of them, Cat Owens.“People come from all over to do these races.”

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Beyond the Chip

Gratitude

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pril’s Boston Marathon bombing tragedy made most of us think about “what ifs,” then give thanks: I am thankful I did (or didn’t) slow down. I am thankful I was finished. I am thankful I moved away from the finish line. I am thankful I didn’t run Boston this year. I am thankful this didn’t happen at the Chicago Marathon (or whatever marathon you did run). I am thankful I am alive.

At Boston, a large proportion of the injuries occurred not to those who were nearing or crossing the finish line, but to those there supporting others. Some were volunteers working near the finish area. Some were there to cheer on their friends and family members. Some were people curious about running the marathon, perhaps dreaming that someday they would be out there running on the course. Some had finished the race and come back to encourage slower runners still on the course. Some were celebrating Patriot’s Day, an always-epic race day for the city.

This leads me to focus on gratitude and reflect on things runners may not think about on race day.

I want to say “thank you” to the unsung supporters of road racing who often are overlooked.

Thank you to the police and firefighters who patrol courses on race days in cities around the country almost every weekend. Thank you for hours of standing and directing traffic while even the slowest finishers complete the race. Thank you for remaining calm and tolerating the angry driver who wants to get through the street while a stream of runners stretches as far as the eye can see.

Thank you to the volunteers who rise early, stay late, clean up cups and trash, handle the finish line, support the runner who is throwing up or can’t stand after crossing the line. Thank you especially for tolerating any unfortunate time that an incoherent runner has yelled at or been rude to you.

Thank you to every race director who could be using their organizational skills to do some other kind of generally higher-paying event planning job, yet chooses to support running and runners, thereby allowing us to continue spending weekends doing what we love.

Thank you to the citizens of every city that has tolerated the inconvenience of a large race taking over their streets on a Saturday or Sunday. Without a doubt these races generate lots of revenue, but along with it comes significant disruption for those not involved.

Thank you to the husbands, wives, children, parents and friends who stand along the course and at the finish line in the dark, cold, rain and wind, often for long stretches of time, while no one is yet crossing the finish line, in order to cheer for us.

Thank you to those who share the lives of runners

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Robin Sarris-Hallop competes in the Red October Run, 2011.

and patiently support the training and sacrificed time required to make it to the starting line of a marathon or halfmarathon. Thank you to every parent who has supported a child’s interest in the sport.

Thank you to all the training partners who contribute as well — getting up earlier than they need to, running in weather worse than necessary, and listening toworries, aches and pains that generate fears of not making it to the start on race day.

Thank you to the charity runners who each year not only run for their own well-being but contribute generously to causes that benefit others — approximately $1.7 billion generated in 2012 by one account.

Thank you to the fans of road racing and track and field who stand along the courses of large international marathons, and through their support help make it possible for professional runners to earn their living doing something they love while inspiring the rest of us.

I am sure each of us who run can add other “thanks” to this list and I encourage you to think about doing so. Even better, don’t just make it a mental exercise — next time you get an opportunity, let them know!

Over the next year, I would like to suggest that each of us who run consider sitting out of one planned race. Instead, spend that race day either volunteering or cheering for those who are running, and donate the entry fee you would have paid to run to the fund for those injured at Boston — in gratitude. For more information about the One Fund Boston, visit the website http://onefundboston.org.

Robin Sarris-Hallop has been running for more than 30 years without missing a season. She ran the Boston Marathon 1992, finishing 83rd woman overall in 3:09 (before chip times). She was Michigan Runner’s 1999 Woman Runner of the Year, 1998 and 2002 Masters Runner and 2006 Senior Runner of the Year. She now considers herself retired from serious competition. When not running, she is the administrative director in the Literature, Science and the Arts department dean’s office at the University of Michigan and enjoys making art quilts, playing mandolin and banjo, reading history, gardening and traveling. - MR -

Ann Arbor Marathon

Ann Arbor Marathon Tour is Treat

By Charles Douglas McEwen ANN ARBOR (6/9/13) — On a map, the course for the Ann Arbor Marathon resembled a toddler’s scribble on an Etch A Sketch.

But it gave entrants a wonderful tour of town.

The race started on Main Street in front of the Big House (the University of Michigan football stadium), whipped through campus and touched downtown briefly. It followed a bike path alongside the Huron River and dirt trail in Nichols Arboretum. It tackled steep hills but also included nice, long straightaways.

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While many marathons have a precise single loop, figureeight or out-and-back courses, this one, presented by Champions for Charity, zigzagged all over.

Marathoners in the 4:00 pace group run by the University of Michigan campus.

Near the end, it flew south and swooped around Briarwood Mall, then returned to the U-M sport facilities to finish on the 50-yard line of Elbel Field.

sliced through the hills like a machete through papiermache, claiming the men’s marathon title in 2:41:06.

13 miles in training, said she felt destined to continue running longer races.

“It was challenging but awesome,” said Josephine Weeden, 44, of Saline, after winning the women’s marathon.

“He (Rao) was dropping 5:50’s right from the start,” said Jake Gillette, 26, of Goshen, Ind., runner-up in 2:45:07. Next came Marco Capelli in 2:45:23.

“Girls with really long legs seem to be better in the 800 and 400 meters,” she said. “Since I’m more on the petite side, I think I’ll do better in runs longer than 5K. I have a good cadence and can hold it.”

Weeden, an adjunct graduate school professor of orthodontics at the university, finished in 3:04:26, more than 15 minutes faster than her PR.

Rich Power, 49, of Rochester, paced the masters in 2:53:27 after hanging with Rao for the first two miles.

Coming off a women’s runner-up finish in midMay at the Keys 100 in Florida, Weeden said her ultra training helped her with this marathon.

Rao said he didn’t plan to blister the early miles.

“We had a quick downhill start and I just lost control,” said the winner, who added he paid for it at the finish.

Her time of 1:30:49 showed as much. Marcy Sacks, 43, of Albion, second in 1:34:38, gave no thought to chasing down Kowalchick. “Last week I ran the Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathon, and, for some reason, had to stop and walk at 10 miles,” said Sacks. “So I’m just pleased to have not walked on a hard, hard course.”

Runner-up Kelsey Bragg, 23, of Fenton said she could see Weeden ahead of her for most of the distance. But the Grand Valley State University graduate, who set a 3:11:36 PR, was more focused on battling the hills than reeling in the leader.

“My legs started to cramp around mile 24. I was concerned I’d be caught,” he said.

“I was definitely ‘over the hill’ by the time I was done.,” she said.

Like Weeden, Bragg enjoyed the course. “It was gorgeous,” she said. “I loved the little trail (through the arboretum).”

With Weeden the open champion, Susan Stafford claimed women’s masters honors by placing third overall in 3:21:48.

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The event also included half marathon, 5K and 1.2-mile races. Greg King, 29, of Ann Arbor and Nicole Kowalchick, a 16-year-old at Stony Creek High School, captured their first victories in the half marathon.

“I felt pretty smooth but I was hurting toward the end,” said King, who finished in 1:22:06. Next came Adrian Ottens of Jenison (1:23:12).

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The 5K went Ann Arbor area runners Ben Coffman (16:52) and Kristen Anderson (22:11).

“It was a nice course,” Coffman said. “Well laid out. A little net decrease in elevation never hurts.”

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Open Door Julie Run, Commerce Twp.

Julie Run Benefits Open Door Center

By Charles Douglas McEwen Women ruled in the 5K. Andrea Osika, 47, of Waterford (20:08) and Rose Deren, 20, of White Lake (21:07) finished ahead of the top two male finishers, Tony Villarreal, 51, of Farmington (21:08) and Jean-Phillippe Loew, 45, of White Lake (21:38).

Masters Cindy Orr, 41, of Bloomfield Hills (49:51) and Jenifer Newman, 44, of White Lake (51:01) finished second and third among women overall.

Zacchaeus Widner, 22, of Adrian, who finished third for the men here in 2011, left no doubts this year. Leading from start to finish, he blazed one the fastest times in the 20-year history of this race.

“We started out together,” said Deren, “then she (Osika) took off. I tried to keep her in sight, but she pulled away.”

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“It’s an awesome birthday present,” said Schilling, who finished in 47:33. For the icing on the cake, it was her first overall victory in a race. “I just ran a marathon a few weeks ago. I’m still recovering from that,” she said.

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COMMERCE TOWNSHIP (6/22/13) — Jennifer Schilling of White Lake celebrated her 25th birthday by winning the 10K at the Julie Run/Walk, a benefit for the Open Door Outreach Center.

Maylani Siemasz, 21, of Waterford placed third among the women in 21:43. Joshua Hasting, 24, of White Lake took third among men in 22:07.

The Open Door center provides emergency services such as food, clothing and referral information to needy families in Commerce Township, Keego Harbor, Waterford, White Lake, West Bloomfield and parts of Wixom. It had 281 finishers this year.

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The Arms Have It

By Bob Schwartz

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any runners enjoy the purity of our sport and love communing with nature without modern technological accoutrements.

Heck, some have further advanced the bare-necessity approach by removing one-third of the running trinity of shorts, shirt and shoes. Thankfully it’s not the shorts, as they’ve instead chosen to relegate running shoes to superfluous status.

My novel elliptical machine approach garnered more than my fair share of stares, accompanied by the quintessential “Really now?” expression. Many onlookers were obviously questioning my sanity as they politely tried to instruct me I was using the machine the wrong way. They were clearly not experienced with injured fanatical runners or they would have immediately understood our determined (albeit peculiar) mindset. The runners at the fitness center would simply give me an approving nod as they strode by. They understood. Hands down.

However, when pesky injuries arise and we’re searching for greener endorphin pastures, we’re pleased with the availability of many technological cross-training modalities that significantly elevate our heart rate just thinking about them.

My arms-only workout served its cardiac conditioning purpose while my knee healed and until I could get back on the roads. Hopefully I won’t again be in the position of needing non-weight-bearing exercise.

What is universal among almost all cross-training exercise equipment is they mainly require involvement of our legs. Let’s be honest, most runners don’t devote much attention to the endurance of their triceps and it’s relatively clear that even elite runners aren’t going to win many arm wrestling contests. Our arm strength would really only come into play in a race if we were crawling to the finishing line after hitting the wall or pushing someone out of the way in a mad scramble for the last cinnamon raisin bagel at the post-race refreshments.

But if that does come to pass, I can rest easy knowing I could return to my novel approach with the elliptical.

With open arms.

Michigan Runner Bob Schwartz is the author of the best-selling humor book “I Run, Therefore I Am – NUTS!” and new sequel, “I Run, Therefore I Am STILL Nuts!” Check out @RunningLaughs.

The difficulty for me arose when I learned I needed knee surgery and was not going to be able to bear weight on my right leg for a while. I had to uncover new ways of achieving my daily dose of sweat, stopping short of sitting in a sauna for long stretches wearing two parkas and a ski mask or elevating my heart rate by consuming a steady flow of quintuple espressos.

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As runners, we’ve witnessed wheelchair athletes at races and their prodigious talents. They often train with exercise equipment that focuses on their upper body, including hand ergometers, or Krankcycles, but this equipment was not available at my local fitness center. I was getting stressed out over how to stress out my body via exercise (which used only my arms) when it suddenly dawned on me: I needed to think outside the socks.

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I was willing to try my hand (or arms) at anything and concluded I needed to see whether exercise machines could be used in a different manner than they were designed for. I first eliminated the idea of lying face-down on the fitness center floor in front of a stationary bicycle while reaching up to grab the bike’s pedals and creating my own arm ergometer. I tried it out but garnered too many people stepping on my back as I lay across the aisle. Plus my view from down there wasn’t exactly the greatest, and let’s just say a gym floor isn’t the most sanitary place in town.

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After circling the row of elliptical machines, the proverbial light bulb finally went off. I realized that if I stood on a short stool at the front of the machine (facing the elliptical and chest against the back of the display monitor), I could reach over to grab the arm handles and use them without involving my legs. My quest was over! I was no longer empty handed.

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The Legend, Laingsburg

Legend at Sleepy Hollow is Birthday Treat

By Charles Douglas McEwen LAINGSBURG (8/3/13) — Samuel Darling and Jennifer Smith spent their birthdays running through mud, ducking branches and jumping over rocks, roots and logs at Sleepy Hollow State Park.

several times before. They said the course doesn’t have monster hills, but does have some ups and downs.

acre wilderness.

“There are technical spots (like tree roots and sharp turns) that really let you know you’re not on a road. It’s a great trail!” Darling said.

They wouldn’t have celebrated any other way.

Both Darling, 36, of Muskegon and Smith, 44, of Novi romped to victory in the half marathon at The Legend, which also included 10-mile and 5mile runs and was hosted by Running Fit. Held on a cool, sunny, humidity-free morning, The Legend had a record of 872 registrants. More than half did the 13.1-mile race.

Darling and Smith led the half marathon pretty much from the start and won by substantial margins, with Darling timing 1:23:13 and Smith 1:33:41.

Smith agreed. “It was very well organized,” she said of the race. “I was relieved that I didn’t get lost. Any time I had a question, there was a flag or people directing the way. It was beautiful. I felt blessed to be able to get out and run today.”

The trail tried to reach out and grab her, though. “My flower almost came out of my hair when I got snagged by a tree,” Smith said, indicating her barrette.

Benjamin Pankow, 29, of Williamston won the men’s 10-mile race in 1:02:25, while Kris Kotula, 42, of Swartz Creek paced the women in 1:23:36.

Both had momentum entering this race. Dar“It was slick in some spots but not too bad,” ling had won the Ludington Lakestride Half Pankow said. “It was manageable. It’s always a wellMarathon earlier this summer, while Smith recently put-together course.” captured her first overall victory in a road race at the Charlevoix Half Marathon. Both, however, came to half page horizontal template_half page horizontal 8/17/13 4:24 PM Page 1 Both Pankow and Kotula had run The Legend Sleepy Hollow wanting to enjoy its 2,678-

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“In a trail run like this, you feel like you’re on a roller coaster,” said Kotula, who was six minutes faster than her time last year.

“Last year, I fell twice and that slowed me down,” she said.

Jeremy Doody, 30, of Laingsburg (31:01) and Kelly Valente, 34, of Dearborn (35:40) won the men’s and women’s 5-mile titles.

“I started in third, then passed a guy and moved into second place overall,” said Valente. “Then I was all by myself. That’s tough, because you don’t have anybody to compete with.”

“I just like to come support a local race,” said Doody. “It’s cool to have a race here, two and half miles from my home.”

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Run Thru Hell, Pinckney/Hell

Folk Three-Peats in Run Thru Hell

Caleb Hess won the 4.8 mile race in 28:04.

Kelsie Schwartz won her first 10 Mile race.

HELL (8/10/13) — Hell almost felt comfortable this year.

No searing heat. No oppressive humidity.

The Run Thru Hell 4.8- and 10-mile foot races, sponsored by the Pinckney Running Club, did have many steep hills, as always. But more than a few of the 827 entrants made short work of them this year.

Matthew Folk, 37, of Perrysburg, Ohio, set a strong pace in the 10-mile, winning it for the third year in a row.

“Nice and cool,” he said of the weather. “It got a little sweaty toward the end, but not bad for an August day.”

Folk ran much of the way with Taylor Heath, 21, of Hanover, a Lake Superior State University senior who finished finished fifth here last year and third in 2011.

“He and I ran together for about the first seven miles,” Folk said. “Then he fell off and I kept pushing.”

Folk timed 53:00, two seconds faster than his winning time last year. Heath finished runner-up with a 54:05 PR. “I’m extremely happy. This is by far my best time,” Heath said.

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Paul Aufdemberge, Race Director Harrison Hensley and “The Devil” hold court.

48, of Redford led the masters runners in “The hills were really rough, but it was nice to 58:09. Paul Bapst Jr., 57, of Hanover was the grand coast on the long downhills,” Hess said. masters champ in 1:08:48. Bruce Seguin, 62, of Harrison Township topped the senior masters in Masters winners were Joe Baker, 51, of Mill1:12:17. bury, Ohio (30:52) and Joan Matthews, 56, of Maumee, Ohio (36:16). Thomas Keman, 52, of Women’s 10-mile winner Kelsie Schwartz, 17, Temperance (33:32) and Katrina Stewart, 54, of of Grosse Pointe, had never had never raced longer Gregory (43:18) led the grand masters. John Reed, than 10K before. But she more than held her own at 62, of Parma (35:15) and Jude Dokianos, 60, of the distance.

Utica (45:48) triumphed in the senior masters.

“A bunch of girls went out really fast,” Schwartz said. “By the mile I’d passed them.”

From there on, she built a huge lead. But it wasn’t easy. “It was all hills, all the time!” Schwartz said. “I’m trying to get better at them.”

Schwartz won in 1:05:31, well ahead of runnerup and top women’s master Marybeth Reader, 44, of Bloomfield Township (1:08:30). Jean Weishaar, 51, of Plymouth won the grand masters title in 1:19:55.

Donna Olson, 63, of Southgate topped the senior masters in 1:18:07.

Teenagers dominated the 4.8-mile run. Caleb Hess, 17, of Henderson paced the men in 28:04, while Stephanie Sherman, 15, of Sylvania, Ohio, led the women in 31:51. Both set PRs on the formidable course.

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Many runners come to this race for the t-shirt, which reads “I Ran Thru Hell” on the back. This year, “Dolores P. Hensley, Most Outstanding Volunteer” was written on the front.

Dolores, the wife of longtime race director Harrison Hensley, died a couple years ago. For many years she worked the finish line at this and other races throughout Michigan.

“I miss Dolores a lot,” said Reader. “I always think of her when I’m on the course. And how nice she was. I wish she was at the finish line. But somehow you sense her presence.”

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Montana Skye’s First Run

By Kacey Tully

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knew the day would come when Montana Skye would want to lace up and toe the line at a race.

At age five, she in many ways has already paid her dues. She’s been jostled out of warm beds at ridiculous hours, had sign-making duties, gone jogging strollering and to race destinations disguised as vacations ... the list goes on.

Nevertheless, she secretly worked in her room tieing her “run fasters” that our Auntie Nettie bought her, so when the moment was right she wouldn’t trip over her laces ... nothing will stand in this girl’s way.

Already my daughter is a Groovy Girl with some seriously funky fashion sense. She is often the reason why I can’t run, yet so much of the reason why I must run.

My poor kid was through her first trimester of life before I even knew I was going to have a Montana. I had signed up for a marathon, training goal set: I was going to qualify for Boston. I knew the time I hoped to cut from my last, and first, marathon was a bit extreme, but I’ve not done much in life at a small scale. (I moved at age 19 from a small town in eastern Montana to Detroit. Enough said.)

My training was picking up, I was following a training plan to the split of the second, and was bound and determined to get fast. This ironically is when Katherine came into my life. We were training with a mutual friend for the Climb the Renn Cen in Detroit and would meet to carpool downtown to run up and down stairs. I knew I really liked her when we “snuck” in to the Renn Cen to try and climb those stairs for practice, got one climb done, then were caught by security. The entire journey of being escorted out of the building was spent trying to negotiate why we should be able to climb, if even just one more time. This girl didn’t take “no” for an answer ... it was friend at first climb!

And so my baby grew, Katherine trained for the marathon that shall not be mentioned, and I ran said race 5 1/2 months pregnant and have the t-shirt to prove it.

So Montana has been a runner since before she was a baby. (She’s also been a snob beer drinker, but I’m not supposed to tell about that. I may not have known I was pregnant, but I sure knew I was thirsty.

If I could have put my head in one of the Great Lakes and not come up until it was dry, I would have. So I do remember drinking, or should I say guzzling, an Oberon after a run one night while devouring a pizza with my neighbor. He just thought I was a pig. I thought I was just hungry and thirsty from all the hard miles. Montana was just trying to grow. Perspective!)

All of this leads us to her first starting line. I’d been asked to pass trophies out to the kids on the New Year’s Eve run sponsored by the Detroit Runners and Walkers, so I said yes ... if Montana can run the kids race. The director and I shook hands

and New Year’s plans were set. (Once again a race disguised ... bwahahaha!)

It was going to be a cold, blustery, possibly-notfun one-mile fun run for the kids, yet I couldn’t talk my daughter into her awesome purple Nike outfit from her Aunt Lelly. She insisted on a tutu-style dress, glittery tights, her sparkly and light-up shoes.

I insisted on her coat, hat and gloves (at least they were all purple). This was our compromise, as well as Marcus, the friend I’d solicited to follow her along the race route.

She was now at the starting line, decked out, looking purplicious and adorable. She also looked small and like she was going to be trampled by the more-seriously-clothed-looking kids lining up behind her. I thought to myself, “At least if she gets trampled at the start, I’ll see her and be able to help”... always a silver lining.

I did the mommy thing, snapped some pictures, texted friends, smiled and give her the thumbs up. I didn’t quite think her first race was going to be a mile, but she would get a trophy and I’d secretly put aside a purple one thinking this is what she’d want.

The crowd and excitement mounted, the temperature dropped, my nerves heightened and the gun sounded; she was off. I was right and wrong at the same time: the runners did take off, each kid out for themselves, however, Montana Skye didn’t fall. It wouldn’t be until the mile was up I would see her again.

As much as I’d love to report that she crossed the line first, sweat glistening her cheeks, barely out of breath, looking like the next Kara Goucher, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. She did have a look of triumph, mixed with exhaustion, as I saw her the last 50 yards come running into my arms as she crossed the finish line to get her ... uh, wait. Marcus rushed past us, swiping what I thought was going to be her coveted purple trophy, only to crash the awards table desperately searching for a blue trophy, trying to get back to me before tears. (Apparently she had told him along the race route, while stopping because she was thirsty to take a drink of “snow,” that she wanted a blue trophy as in the last 24 hours this had become her new favorite color. Kids!)

So, my little Groovy Girl crossed the finish line, not dehydrated, bow-less at this point but tu-tu still tootin’, and burst into smile at receiving a blue trophy. The news was there and later all the kids were rallied to help tell the story of how they were starting off the New Year in a healthy way. She barely let go of her trophy; since then I’ve even caught her sleeping with it (visions of races dance in her head).

It’s hard to know if she really loved the run, but she loved being on TV and her trophy.

Every runner has a First Run Story ... What’s yours?

Michigan runner Kacey Tulley is a classroom teacher who lives in Brighton.

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Eastern Michigan University hosted the annual AAU Junior Olympics Games, Track & Field and Multi-Events at Rynearson Stadium in Ypsilanti.

The Motor City Track Club girls are national champions of the 4 x 400 meter relay, 15-16 years old. Relay team members are Jayla Fleming , Brianna Holloway, Anna Jefferson, and Johnyce Powell.

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The women’s 15K champion with a time of 1:00:36, is Eileen Creutz of Saline, age 25

5K winner Jacob Secor of Traverse City (15:09) leads runner-up Derek Henning of Alanson (15:13).

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Dan Kerr of Petoskey, age 23, won the 15K in 49:14.

Therese Warsecke, age 19, of Interlochen won the 5K in 17:24.

Mark Smith, a holder of several state and MAC titles in distance events and his wife Kris ran the 15K.

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Gallup Gallop, Ann Arbor, July 14, 2013

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Eventual winner, Jeff Bord, bib no. 338, is in the lead pack near the start of the Gallup Gallop. Masters winner Steve Hart is bib no. 852.

Elaine Johnson, age 19, of Gregory, won the 5K in 20:39.

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Carmen Green-Lee of Ann Arbor finished in 23:18 for first Masters honors.

Atwood Stadium Race, Flint, July 20, 2013

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Angela Kasten of Davison won the 5K in 20:37.

Carrie Gould-Hatfield’s win in the 10K (38:35) makes it a family sweep.

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10K winner and Flint resident Kreg Hatfield (34:06), bib 693, takes an early lead.

Kenny Wall of Flushing crosses the 5K finish line in 16:52.

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Crosstown Kids Triathlon, Howell, July 21, 2013

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It’s a race! April Fox of Brighton, bib 849, and Londyn Ptaszik of Howell, bib 1031, race to the finish line in the Girls 9-10 division.

Abbie Coleman of Holland, age 11, competes in the swim leg of the triathlon.

Malik Jordan, age 9, of Howell, finished the swim, bike, run in 19:39.

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Run, bike and swim distances vary by age group in the Crosstown Kids Triathlon.

IAAF Diamond League, London, England, July 26-28, 2013

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Tiffany Ofili Porter (left), competing for Great Britain finished second in the 100 meter hurdles in 12.76. Sally Pearson of Australia won with 12.65.

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Grand Rapids’s own Tia Brooks competes in the shot put in her first season as a professional. Brooks places 6th with a throw of 17.68.

A middle distance specialist, Nate Brannen competed in the 3000 meter run, finishing in 7:48.98.

Dathan Ritzenhein leads Mo Farah in the 3000 meter run, finishing in 7:44.68.

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AAU Junior Olympics - Track & Field, Multi-Events, Ypsilanti, July 27 - August 3, 2013

Kendall Baisden of Beverly Hills, Michigan gets set in the blocks, on her way to winning the Girls 17/18, 400 meter dash, 53.50. Baisden holds six national junior records in the 200 and 400 meter dashes.

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Drelin Mapp of Detroit placed 3rd in the Girls-9 triathlon. She was 1st in the high jump.

Zachary Stadnika (left) of Shelby Township placed third in the Decathon, 15-16 year olds, with 5291 points.

Christina Micale, Macomb, showed the 17-18 year olds how to do the 2,000 meter steeplechase. She won in 7:42.54

Keenan Rebera of Mason is the national champion in the 3000 meter run, 17-18 years old, 8:51.9.

Anna Jefferson of Detroit was on the winning 4 x 400 meter relay and also was 2nd in the Girls 15-16 400.

Royal Oak’s Morgan Cochran, bib 4993, was 3rd in the Girls-13 800, 5th in the 1500, and on the 3rd place 4 x 800m relay team.

Savannah Roberson of Ypsilanti is the national champion in the 17-18 year old 100 meter dash, 11.86.

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Allyson Goff of White Lake took 2nd in the 17-18 year old 100 meter hurdles, 14.25.

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Competition has no chance against American record-holder Kendall Baisden in the 17-18 year old 400 meter dash. Baisden ran 53.30 in the final.

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Lansing’s Taylor Manson placed 2nd in the Girls-14 400 meter dash in 56:00.

Sekayi Bracey of Grand Rapids placed 2nd in the Girls-15-16 100m dash, 11.70.

She was also 3rd in the long jump.

The Running Institute Mile, Saline, August 4, 2013

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Milers start (from left): Luke Pawlaczyk (pacer), Ian Boyle, Nick Willis, Kenyon Neuman, Tony Filipk, Miles Batty, Macklin Chaffee, Dan Lowry, Josh McAlary, Dan Clark, Tony Jordanek, Liam Boylan-Pett. Not shown: John Dolsen (pacer).

Bath, Michigan native Liam Boylan-Pett leads on his way to a sub 4:00 mile.

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An exhuberant Dan Clark takes 2nd, 3:57.4

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Nick Willis wins in 3:56.57. Seven runners ran sub 4:00 miles.

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Sierra Willis and Lachlan, age one month, celebrate Nick’s win.

World Dwarf Games, East Lansing, August 3-10, 2013

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IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Moscow, August 10-18, 2013

Women’s Marathon Start, Luzhniki Stadium.

Dot McMahan is in the women’s marathon field.

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Nicole Bush competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.

Dathan Ritzenhein leads the 10,000 meter run.

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Dot McMahan and Jeannette Faber competes in the marathon with Red Square in the background.

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Tia Brooks competes in the shot put fina.

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Nicole Edwards Sifuentes is in the 1500 meter run.

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Canadian Nate Brannen qualified for the 1500 meter final.

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Heptathlete Bettie Wade competes in the 800 meter run.

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Nick Willis compete for New Zealand in the 1500 meter run.

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Australian Sally Pearson, silver, American Brianna Rollins, gold, and Great Britain’s Tiffany Porter show off their medals.

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Tiffany Ofili Porter won the bronze medal in the 100 meter hurdles. Porter, who graduated from Ypsilanti High School and the University of Michigan, competes for Great Britain because her mother is a citizen of Great Britain.

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Run for the Hills, Farmington, August 17, 2013

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Alisia Olteanu, female winner of the 1K, leads Michael Vangilder.

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10K winner Julius Kiptoo

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5K winner Ana Corby.

Melon Run, Howell, August 16, 2013

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5K winner Audrey Belf

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5K winner Russell Rogers

10K winner Samantha Hanson

10K winner Stephen Marcinkowski

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The Only Thing We Have to Fear

By Dave Foley

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omewhere between my last high school race in 1965 and first road race in 1975, I lost my fear of racing. The dread I used to feel of what might happen after the starting gun fired in a prep race, was no longer troubling when I competed as an adult.

Sure I could be nervous, perhaps even have Dave Foley trouble sleeping the night before a big race, and I might worry about having to make a pit stop midway through the run, but there was no longer any fear.

Racing was exciting, something to be anticipated rather than dreaded. As an adult I would stand on the starting line like a coiled spring, eager to race away when the gun sounded.

Such was not the case when I ran for South High in Grand Rapids. The pre-race nervousness edged precariously close to fear. Bowel embarrassment was more than a minor worry.

runner burst into tears on the starting line crying, “I’m scared.” Or one of my best athletes might start gasping for breath as a rival runner passed.

When this happened I was taken aback. Adult runners didn’t do this. I had forgotten how much significance teenagers put on their race performance.

To kids, a race represents the great unknown.

As they toe the line, teen runners doubt their abilities and fear they won’t be strong enough to stay ahead of rivals. Nothing can be worse than having to slow down or be passed by others while every spectator watches them fail.

When individuals, or teams for that matter, run poorly, the problem does not lie with the ruggedness of the course, weather or even training; it usually comes from their mental state. Specifically, it comes from young runners’ fear they will not live up to expectations. They worry that their heart, legs or determination will fail them.

ing a test of their physical talent and will, becomes an emotional battleground.

The best coaches learn to become skilled counselors as well as implementers of workout schedules.

We design practices to strengthen our athletes’ muscles and help their minds understand that races should evoke exhilaration, not trepidation.

We try to teach them that the race is a chance to demonstrate their talents as runners, and that their performance will not affect how the world accepts them. More important, we must help them to set their goals in terms of self-improvement rather than beating all comers; they need to accept setbacks without losing their feelings of self-worth.

For those who learn those lessons, running becomes a stress reliever. When their high school careers end, they feel good about themselves even if they have won no medals or scored any points for their team.

These are the people who become lifelong runUnfortunately this anxiety, rather than galvanizners and stand beside us on road race starting lines ing them into action, causes them to seize up, choking off their airways and deadening their legs. Their as adults. fears become a self-fulfilling prophecy. They end up - MR disheartened or in some cases are unable to finish the race at all.

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There was also the mortifying thought that I might share the fate of that poor high school kid, who, when the PA said “Milers report to the starting line,” pulled off his sweats and sprinted to his lane assignment on the Houseman Field track only to discover that he was standing in front of several thousand spectators wearing only his jock strap.

Most of all, I was afraid I would run poorly and humiliate myself in front of my fellow runners and those watching.

High school runners tend to obsess about their performance. Everyone, they think, is watching and judging them. If they run poorly not only will they disgrace themselves, they will have to face their teammates and coach, all of whom will look down on them.

In reality this isn’t true. As a former high school cross country and track coach, I observed that a less-than-first-rate performance elicited sympathy and support from spectators, teammates and coaches.

The runner who’d had the bad race, however, was sure everyone was focused on him. He would think his poor race reflected on both his athletic ability and worth as a human being. This will only sound over-dramatic to adults who’ve forgotten the precarious mental state of teens.

As a coach, I took groups of kids through all the physical preparations needed to enable them to run with the best in the state, only to have a star michiganrunner.net

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Volkslaufe, Frankenmuth

McMahan, Fecht Triumph at Volkslaufe

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Kids start the Jaami's Jams & Jellies 2K Fun Run.

“The course helped me relax and click off the miles,” she said.

McMahan clicked them off so quickly she nearly broke Andrea Pomaranski’s 1:12:12 women’s course record, as she triumphed in 1:12:17.

“Setting a record (which would have won her a $100 bonus) was out there, but it wasn’t my highest priority,” said McMahan, who had set her sights on August’s world championships marathon in Moscow. She used this 20K as a tune-up.

Runner-up Danielle Miller, 21, of Clinton Township finished more than six minutes behind in 1:18:57. Top master Lisa Veneziano, 48, of Fenton claimed third overall in 1:24:17.

McMahan beat all but two of the men: winner Matt Fecht, 29, of Warren (1:06:57) and Ryan Hofsess, 20, of Milford (1:08:57) as well.

“I took it easy for the first 5K, then tried to see how fast I could bring it in the last 15K,” said Fecht, whose hopes to beat his 2009 winning time of 1:05:40 were ambushed by dense humidity.

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Shelby Township (37:50) and Jen Rock, 23, of Detroit (38:50).

McMahan passed men’s masters champ and third-place overall finisher Eric Green, 45, of Pontiac at the 15K mark.

“I wasn’t sure whether I was slowing down or she was speeding up,” said Green, who finished in 1:13:24. “But she looked sharp.”

The Volkslaufe, presented by Frankenmuth Jaycees, also included a 2K kids run. Approximately 2,800 entrants took part in the various races.

For complete results, go to http://volkslaufe.org.

Hansons-Brooks runners Drew Polley, 27, and Lavenna Kubatzky, 25, dominated the 5K. Polley won the men’s race in 15:15. Next came Alexander Townsend, 23, of Farmington Hills (15:49) and Jesse Anderson, 23, of Fenton (15:50).

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Polley, who won the 20K last year, recalled passing out during post-race interviews. “I’m happy to be upright this year,” he said.

Kubatzky clocked 17:25, well ahead of Emily Short, 19, of Tawas City (18:23) and Kirsten Olling, 18, of Breckenridge (18:24).

“There were two girls (Short and Olling) ahead of me early,” Kubatzky said. “I caught one just before and one after the 1-mile mark.”

Another Hansons-Brooks star, Mike Morgan, 33, won the 10K in 31:08, adding to his 20K title last year and 2010 firsts in both shorter races. “I went out a little quick and faded at the end,” he said.

Next came David Madrigal, 21, of East Lansing (32:39) and Gareth Gose, 22, of Saginaw (33:50).

Tops in the women’s 10K were Ariana Hilborn, 32, of Lake Orion (36:14), Kayla Pfund, 21, of

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Ariana Hilborn of Lake Orion smiles on her way to the 10K win.

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“I’m from a small farming community (in Wisconsin),” said McMahan, 36. “Running these back roads and passing the big red barns reminded me of my younger days, running in the countryside.

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FRANKENMUTH (7/4/13) — Hanson-Brooks Distance Project veteran Dot McMahan, running the Volkslaufe for the first time, felt right at home on the 20K course.

Arlen Bates of Lapeer celebrates the 4th with a Marine Corp flag.

Portofino Run for Art, Wyandotte

Portofino Run for Art Enjoys Record Turnout

By Charles Douglas McEwen WYANDOTTE (7/13/13) — Wyandotte native Nicholas Budzyn showed he knew his way around town at the Portofino Run for Art, held beside the Detroit River at Portofino Italian Restaurant.

Budzyn, 27, ran away from the record 333 runners in the 5K road race.

The flat course circled the Wyandotte Art Fair, traveled through a golf course and finished along the river.

Budzyn started at a conservative pace, letting Matt Robin, 30, of Rockwood take a sizable lead.

After a mile, Budzyn started to reel him in. He led after two miles and finished far ahead in 17:01.

“I’ve put in some decent training this week getting ready for the Great Lakes Relay,” Budzyn said.

“This was a test race and I felt good.”

perhaps because some race proceeds went to support the Wyandotte Roosevelt Bears hockey team.

Ian Lewis, 20, of Grosse Isle finished second in 17:55, followed by Brett Navarre, 16, of Trenton in 18:05 and Robin in 18:42. David Wilson, 46, of Grosse Ile paced the men’s masters in 19:03.

Brieanna Schofield, 17, a Belleville High School graduate who plans to run for Corcordia University this fall, opened a 15-second lead on the women’s field early and continued it to the finish.

“It was hard,” said Schofield. “I haven’t run a 5K in a long time, so I just tried to manage the best I could.”

She finished in 21:00. Women’s runner-up Laura Maslar, 55, of Grosse Ile paced the masters in 21:09.

Robyn Loselle, 14, and Magaret Pawelczyk, 13, both of Wyandotte, tied for third among the women in 21:18.

Race director Greg Everal said the run went smoothly, thanks in part to the weather. “It couldn’t have been better,” he said. “Low humidity. A light breeze. Just a great morning for a run.”

Everal said Portofino general manager Jerry Beasley came up with the idea for this run. “I’m a runner and triathlete,” said Beasley. “Some of my employees are runners too. So we thought it would be a good thing to do.

“I wanted to give something back to the running community,” Beasley continued, “because running has changed my life.”

Total Runner and Eastown Distributors joined the restaurant as race sponsors. For complete results, log onto http://everalracemgt.com.

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YMCA Fathers’ Day Runs, Plymouth

Firecracker 5K, Ann Arbor

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ANN ARBOR (7/4/13) – Race-day registration ran rampant as more than 1,000 men, women and children took part in Champions for Charity’s Firecracker 5K and 100meter kids dash.

Matt Fecht chases Josh McAlary in the 10K.

Rachel McFarlane wins the mile-- the first of her three wins.

PLYMOUTH (6/16/13) — Many closets were raided this Father’s Day, as vintage ties came back in fashion during the Plymouth YMCA Father’s Day Runs. Men, women and children sported neckties, many even without shirts, on a humid morning.

The races included a 1-mile, 5K and 10K, and dozens of runners ran all three consecutively for the “Triple.”

miles, then picked up the pace a bit.”

She couldn’t take it easy down the stretch because Lisa Veneziano, more than twice her age at 48, was on her tail. Like Fecht, Veneziano took second in all three races with a Triple time of 1:04:29.

Josh McAlary of East Lansing made a good lastminute decision to sign up on race morning. Motivated by the prize money, he swept the mile in 4:36, 5K in 15:34 and 10K in 32:54, hence the Triple with a combined time of 53:04.

Matt Fecht of Warren pushed him, finishing second in all three races with a Triple time of 53:49.

“Chasing Josh all day was a fun way to spend the morning,” said Fecht. “Hats off to him for winning all three races. That’s quite an accomplishment.”

Other notable men’s finishes were turned in by Jeff Wilson, third in the 10K (36:09) and Triple (58:01); Steve Menovcik, 10K masters winner in 36:24; Vincent Jesudowich, 5K masters winner in 17:36; and John Graham, mile masters winner in 5:13.

In the women’s races, Rachel McFarlane, 23, of East Lansing matched McAlary’s feat by sweeping the mile (5:31), 5K (18:01), 10K (37:49) and Triple (1:01:21).

“The highlight of this run,” said veteran runner and race volunteer Larry O’Sullivan, “is running across the Diag (in the heart of University of Michigan campus). Ann Arbor has a great running community and it’s an awesome way to start the day: seeing all my friends and handing out medals to kids run entrants.”

“I felt strong, like I could push the whole way,” said the masters champion in all three races. “I had a negative split in the second half of the 10K and really felt good,” she said.

Participants Paul Sykula, Nirali Patel, Emily Czinski and Aaron Johnson raved about the holiday celebration.

Kylen Cieslak of Chicago, who came home to Livonia for her sister’s graduation, finished third in the mile, 10K and Triple (combined 1:05:07).

“I liked the vibes,” said Sykula after finishing his first organized race. “Everyone was encouraging.”

All the dads were the real winners on this day.

Anton Botosan of Canton pushed son his Drake, 2, to a “10K P.R. with a stroller” in less than an hour.

“I’ve pushed the stroller or run with my kids here each year since my daughter Olivia was six months old.” Olivia, now 5, was the youngest female finisher in the mile.

Johnson, also new to the race scene, “liked running through the heart of downtown.” Patel and Czinski echoed their friends’ zeal.

Kris Merritt of Westland and his wife, Erin, ran the 5K while pushing strollers with all three sons, Cooper, Lucas and Noah. “The best thing about being a dad,” Kris said, “is having three little guys who want to run just like Mama and Daddy. Today was their first official run. They did the quarter-mile kids run and each got a medal.”

Anthony Targan, a regular Michigan Runner contributor, ran his first sub-6-mile in the 1-mile race.

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Race veteran Zachary Oraelas tore up the course while winning in 14:45, 1:12 ahead of runner-up Andrew Nelson.

In a much closer battle, Ayla Smith edged Kristina Olsen for the women’s title, 18:41 to 18:49.

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Kona Run, Northville

Hilly Kona Run is No Day at Beach

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By Anthony Targan NORTHVILLE (6/8/13) — With a name like the Kona Run, steel drum music and a surfboard medal for finishers, you might think this event was like a day at the beach.

The Northwood University senior loved her first 10-mile race. “I had great people to run with,” Miller said. “I absolutely loved running with every single person out there — walker, runner, I don’t care. You can just feel the energy. Even if you’re going up a tough hill, the people are saying, ‘You go girl!’

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But the hilly race formerly known as the Solstice Run was nothing like that. Instead, after a sandy starting lap around the Northville Downs horse track, it was “all cement and rolling hills” said 10mile winner Danielle Miller, 21, of Clinton Township.

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Lisa, Rick, Ji, and Chan Luth compete in the 5K Kona Run.

“It’s the funnest thing in the world,” she continued. “You’re only young for so long. You can only do this until you’re 105!”

Danielle’s father, Dale Miller, cheered her on.

“She wasn’t supposed to be a runner,” he said. “She was supposed to be a catcher. She snuck onto a running team and beat the boys. Her softball career ended the next day.”

“My father is my mentor, my inspiration, my everything,” Danielle said. “He just got done with radiation therapy for cancer, so everything I do is all heart for him. I run for him.”

The 10-mile overall winner was Matt Fecht of Warren, who said he was, “all alone from the beginning. It’s hard to go as fast as you want when nobody’s pushing you.”

Fecht breezed to the win in 54:08, more than two minutes ahead of Marc Tyler and Shane Logan, who all finished the hilly course in under More an hour.

Veteran Clint Verran continued his recent winning streak (Bayshore Marathon and Dexter-Ann Arbor half marathon) by taking the 10K in 33:08. He bested master Eric Green by more two minutes, who in turned edged David De Steiger by one second.

“The only thing I can say is you’re never too old to run and have a good time,” Green said.

The women’s 10K winners proved you’re never too young to run either. Kaytlyn Pizzo, 13 (42:55) and Cayla Eckenroth, 14, finished first and third, respectively.

Youngsters also ruled the day in the Kona 5K, as Northville High School cross-country teammates Dan Sims, 17, Sean McCullough and Conor Naughton, both 16. took the top three spots. Sims was the overall winner in 16:42. Emma Herrmann, 14, paced the women in 19:47, followed by Tessa Fornari, 16, and Rachel Hollinger-Janzen, 22.

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Alden Run, Alden

Cute Town, Killer Courses at Alden Runs

By Tom Henderson ALDEN (7/27/13) — Cute town. Killer race courses.

Both the 5K and 10K start with long uphills on the main drag out of town, heading away from the lake. After a mile, the 5K turns left and runners are offered some sandy ups and downs before a long downhill back into town.

The 10K continues on one long uphill after another until a right turn just before the two-mile mark, and then comes the fun. First, a half-milelong steep downhill on a dirt road, then a mile and a half of downhill on sandy trails in the forest, then two miles of one long, sweeping gradual downhill after another back into town.

Sub-20s in the 5K and sub-40s in the 10K deserve special salutes, even on a cool, cloudy day more characteristic of early November than late July.

It was high 90s with humidity to match a week ear-

Photo by Jennie McCafferty

Don’t let the quaint, Norman Rockwell ambience of Alden in July fool you. Picturesque, a couple blocks of tourist town on the eastern shore of Torch Lake in northern Michigan, Alden also offers two of the toughest courses on the summer racing circuit.

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sounded to start everyone off.

Daniel Darza, 18, of Dearborn deserved a special salute, managing a 5:20 pace and 5K time of 16:32, good for a runaway win in a field of 315. The runner-up, Matthew Baun, 14, of Valdosta, Ga., finished in 18:05. Cory Starkey, 21, of Petoskey was third in 18:20.

Another downstater, Lauren Kettle, 20, of Milford got a salute for the women, finished first in 19:53, with Isabella Tremonti, 17, of Alden runnerup in 20:34. Melanie Wagner, 25, of Atlanta, Ga., was third in 20:50.

Yensen Schwab, 40, of Williamsburg was sixth overall and the top male master in 18:34, with Heidi Stoudt, 43, of Traverse City the first-place female master in 23:51.

The 10K drew a field of about 100, with Alexander Chappars, 23, of Xenia, Ohio, finishing first in a blistering time of 34:11. Trevor Darnel, 39, of Rapid City took second in 36:26 and Brad Abendroth, 47, of Bath third overall and first master in 37:23.

Doug Brown, 41, of Williamsburg was second master and fifth overall in 41:53.

Christina Roberts, 27, of St. Louis Park, Minn., led the women and was fourth overall in 41:11. Julie Schmidt, 45, of Reno, Nev., was the second woman and first master in 43:58. Noreen Duba, 44, of Grand Rapids was runner-up master in 45:04.

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By Ron Marinucci

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ichigan runner Ryan Groves participates in track and field, baseball, basketball and soccer. That’s not unusual for someone who loves sports and competition.

But Groves’ story is special. He’s a state and national Special Olympics medal winner. In this year’s Michigan Summer Games, he brought home a gold medal in the softball throw, finished sixth in the 100 meters and fourth in the pentathlon, which consists of the 100 meters, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400-meter run.

In the 2010 U.S. Games, the now-26-year-old Brighton resident won silver medals in the 400 meters and 4x100 relay.

Groves is afflicted with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder that affects about one in 6,000 people. It is characterized by the growth of non-carcinogenic tumors in the brain, kidneys, skin and other organs. Although symptoms and conditions vary by individual, TSC causes developmental and health problems such as in improper kidney function, light-sensitivity, and characteristics of autism. It is a leading cause of epilepsy.

“Ryan was diagnosed with TSC around his first birthday,” said his mother, Kathy. “Mild seizures were his primary, first symptom. The diagnosis was confirmed by pediatricians and a neurologist after evaluation of his seizures, EEGs, subtle skin lesions and CT scans of his brain, which showed small benign growths (tumors).”

This was 25 years ago. Information on TSC was limited largely to medical journals and textbooks,

with much of it obsolete and providing worst-case scenarios.

“The neurologist counseled us to take it slow and deal with Ryan’s needs as they arose,” said Kathy. The family sought help and support from the Tuberous Sclerosis Alliance.

None of this dampened Ryan’s enthusiasm for activities, especially basketball. “He was attracted to courts and gyms wherever we went, and had multiple children’s hoops in his play room,” Kathy said.

After moving from Minnesota to Michigan, Kathy and Bob helped their son find adapted athletic teams, where he could socialize and compete with other students. This led Ryan to the Special Olympics. “It gives me an opportunity to hang out with friends. It empowers me,” Ryan said.

He prepared, along with about 50 other athletes, to represent Michigan in the 2010 national Special Olympics. Not liking to run alone outdoors, he ran indoors on a treadmill for 60 to 90 minutes three or four days a week, worked with weights and did other cardiovascular exercises. Some of his training was with teammate and friend Molly Hincka, who represented the U.S. in the 2011 International Special Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

“He came off the blocks quickly — almost too quickly, we feared. But he settled into a good pace, battling for third place until after the second turn.

From out of nowhere, he ramped up the afterburners and overtook his chief competitor. He ended up 3.3 seconds ahead of him,” Kathy said.

Ryan now limits his training to weekly practices with his team. He is aiming for the 2014 U.S. Games though, encouraged by Hincka and coach PJ Sapienza to join them training for the marathon.

“So far Ryan has resisted,” Kathy said. “But as he turns 27 this year, he is finding the pounds adding up. If the choice becomes eating hearty and running or going on a diet, I think he will find the former a better option.”

Bob and Kathy are Ryan’s biggest fans. “He inspires us every day with his determination not to let TSC stand in the way of competing and playing sports, the things he loves to do most,” she said.

“I’d like other people with TSC to know they can do whatever they put their minds to do,” Ryan said. “If I can encourage others to compete in the Special Olympics, they might like it as much as I do. They don’t know they can do something till they try it.

“I may have TSC, but it doesn’t have me,” he

The 2010 U.S. Games taught Ryan about pacing, how to manage his stamina and energy. He gained satisfaction from winning the 400-meter silver after a rival, who had beaten him in a preliminary, “taunted him a bit,” said Kathy. “It was just the fire Ryan needed.

said.

You can follow Ryan’s progress, and learn more about how to live with TSC, on his Tumblr page at www.TSCAathletes.com.

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Boyne City Triathlon

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Barefoot Triathlons

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Grand Marais Triathlon

Tri: 300-yardS/ 14MB/ 5KR

Grand Marais

(906) 494-2700

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Michigan Miles for Mike

5KR/W, 1MR, Kids Run

Coldwater

Sun, 9/1/13

Running Waters 5K

Trufant Jubilee STump Chasers 5K

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Mon, 9/2/13 Mon, 9/2/13 Mon, 9/2/13

Big Little Trail Races Hart Healthy Labor Day 5K & Bridge Walk Hillsdale Labor Day 5K Run

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Buckley Hart Hillsdale

Mon, 9/2/13 Mon, 9/2/13

Mackinac Bridge Labor Day Run Mackinac Bridge Walk

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Mackinaw City St. Ignace

Mon, 9/2/13 Tue, 9/3/13

USA 20K Championships Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays

20KR training

New Haven, CT Sterling Heights

Tue, 9/3/13 Tue, 9/3/13 Thu, 9/5/13

Pink Arrow Quiver Swim Run Series 4 Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

5KR/W 750mS/ 5KR; 1.2MS/ 5KR

Lowell Shelby Twp Royal Oak

Fri, 9/6/13

Island Lake Triathlon - Fall

Tri: Olympic, Sprint

Brighton

(734) 845-7559

elementevents.com

Sat, 9/7/13

Run Woodstock - Day 1

3 Disciplines Triathlon Festival of Races

Tri: Half Iron, Olympic, Sprint

East Tawas

(231) 546-2229

3disciplines.com

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

9-11 Memorial 5K Alive and Running VA 5K Fun Run/Walk Allegiance Health Race to Health

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

Brighton Battle Creek Jackson

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

Friends of Aaron Martinuzzi Fun Run/Walk Grape Lake 5K Run/Walk Grass Lake Heritage Day 5K

8.5MR, 5MR, 3MR, 1MR 5KR/W 5KR/W

Milford Paw Paw Grass Lake

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

Happy Heart Run Harvest Stompede Hume Home Run Fund 5K

5KR/W, 1MFR 7MR, 5KR, 3MW 5KR/W

Coldwater Suttons Bay Muskegon

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

K.L.A.A. Association Invitational Kazoo Area Foot Chase Live Life Nspired 5K

HS X-C 5KR 3.5 MR, 1MW 5KR/W, 1.5MW

Belleville Portage Charlotte

(734) 416-7774 (269) 321-9264 (517) 543-9575

salemcrosscountry.org www.kazoofootchase.com www.livelifeinspired.org

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

Mackinac Island 8 Mile Road Race Michigan Remembers 9-11 5K - Lansing Area Livonia Park Run

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

Mackinac Island Lansing Livonia

(810) 659-6493 (517) 333-6984 (734) 642-6664

www.runmackinac.com michiganremembers.org parkrun.us/livonia/

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

Miles for Missions Brazil Mt. Baldhead Challenge

4MR, 2MR/W 15KR, 5KR/W

Jackson Douglas

(517) 914-3181 (269) 857-8241

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Labor Day Run & Potluck

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Run for CHUM Half Marathon and 5K

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Pinckney

(734) 846-5198 michiganmilesformike.com (989) 732-4038 downingam@yahoo.com (616) 560-6131 runningfoundation.com (231) 620-9214 (231) 301-8449 (517) 439-4320

marathon4kids.com hartmainstreet.org hillsdaleschools.org

(989) 274--9495 www.barc-mi.com

(517) 347-7891 mackinacbridgerun.wordpress.com (906) 643-7600 mackinacbridge.org

(517) 589-5252

runningfoundation.com

(586) 323-9683

usatf.org hansons-running.com

(616) 862-8376 (231) 546-2229 (248) 616-9665

pinkarrowpride.org 3disciplines.com hansons-running.com

(734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.com

(810) 333-5289 (269) 419-9134 (517) 788-4970

isupportbrighton.com aliveandrunningva.com fitnesscouncil.org/runjackson/

(313) 520-9013 (269) 657-1326 (517) 262-3032

mtmartinuzzi@gmail.com wineandharvestfestival.com heritageday5k.webs.com

mashauns@chcbc.com runningfoundation.com (231) 421-1172 lpwines.com/harvest/ (310) 266-5272 ThomasHume1848@gmail.com

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Mud Creek Crawl Rhoades McKee Reeds Lake Triathlon River Restoration Trail Run

10KR, 5KR/W Sanford 1/2MS/ 17MB/ 4.9MR East Grand Rapids 80KR, 60KR, 26.2MR, 13.1MR Vanderbilt

(989) 493-9041 race-mrm.com/Schedule.html (616) 949-1750 sperry@eastgr.org (989) 983-4107 wh80.org

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

Run for Your Heart Run Woodstock - Day 2 Run for Life

5KR

13.1M, 10K, 5K, 1M, kids Saginaw

Sterling Heights runforlife.mi@gmail.com hansonsracemanagement.com

50M, 50K, 26.2M, 13.1M, 5M Pinckney

(989) 754-7283 runforyourheart.org (734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.com

Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13 Sat, 9/7/13

Spud Run St. Mary Fall Festival 5K Witch's Hat Run

5KR/W 5KR, 2KFR 10KR, 5KR/W, 1 MFR

Posen Morrice South Lyon

(969) 766-2308 (517) 625-4260 (248) 207-5135

Pcac12@yahoo.com lnebo@catholicweb.com www.slxc.com/witch

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

XTERRA Marquette Off-Road Triathlon Fowlerville Football Fun Run Gazelle Sports Kids Adventure Challenge

Triathlon 5KR/W,1MR/W 2hour kids adventure race

Marquette Fowlerville Grand Rapids

(906) 235-6861 (517) 223-6481 (616) 940-9888

superiortiming.com runningfoundation.com gazellesports.com

Sun, 9/8/13

Hartman Creek Trail Run

Sun, 9/8/13 Sun, 9/8/13

Run Woodstock - Day 3

Sparrow Women Working Wonders

8KR, 5KR/W

Lansing

Sun, 9/8/13 Tue, 9/10/13 Wed, 9/11/13

Trail for the Troops Run/Walk Hanson Speed Session 9-11 Hero Run

5KR/W training 5KR/W

St. Johns Sterling Heights Holt

Sat, 9/7/13

Sun, 9/8/13

Sun, 9/8/13

Sun, 9/8/13

Fri, 9/13/13 Sat, 9/14/13

25KR, 10KR, kdis run

Waupaca, WI (715) 701-0360 greatlakesendurance.com

Harrier Cross Country Classic

5KR/W

Huron Twp.

(313) 382-2300

lynnketelhut@hotmail.com

Kellie Sebrell DeWitt 5K Trail Run

5KRW

DeWitt

(517) 669.3418

gap_711@comcast.net

St. Mary Mercy Hospital 5K

5MR

Pinckney

5KR/W

Thu, 9/12/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

Auto-Owners Spartan Invitational Baker’s Dozen Beer Run

college and hs x-c 13.1MR/W, 13.1MB

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour Chad Schieber Memorial Race COVE Benefit Beach Walk and Run

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Great Lakes Race Iron Mountain Road and Trail Half Marathon

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Livonia

(734) 929-9027 runwoodstock.com (734) 655-1593 stmarymercy.org

(517) 899-5211

sparrowfoundation.org

katertaters21@yahoo.com runningfoundation.com (586) 323-9683 hansons-running.com runningfoundation.com

East Lansing (517) 432-5510 marshand@msu.edu Marshall (877) 228-4881, 3 bakersdozenbeerrun.com

Royal Oak

(248) 616-9665

25MB, 50MB, 75MB, 100MB 10KR, 5KR, 1MR, kids run 10KR, 5KR/W

Mackinaw City Midland Pentwater

(888) 455-8100 mackinawchamber.com (989) 708-9445 race-mrm.com/Schedule.html (231) 869-5939 pentwater.org

10KR, 5KW 13.1MR, 2MR/W, kids run

Marquette Iron Mountain

(906) 228-9699 greatlakesrecovery.org lvillringer@fnbimk.com imrthalfmarathon.org

Kegs N K’s Port Huron Run for Beer Kesler for Kiods at the Shinsky Orphanage

5KR/W

Port Huron Bath

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Kinde Polka Fest Run Live Centred Half Marathon Livonia Park Run

5KR/W,1MR 13.1MR 5KR

Kinde Adrian Livonia

goretski@avci.net kindepolkafest.com/ (517) 403-7687 runningprincipal@gmail.com (734) 642-6664 parkrun.us/livonia/

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Michigan Remembers 9-11 5K - Detroit Area NSO RiverRun & Walk Oh These Irish Hills

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

Lake Orion Detroit Tipton

(517) 333-6984 (313) 961-4890 (517) 467-2670

michiganremembers.org www.nso-mi.org otih.org

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Peacock Strut Riverbend 5K Run / Walk for MS Run for Ryan

10KR/W, 5KR/W 5KR/W, kids run 8KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR

Portage West Branch Flat Rock

(269) 323-1942 (989) 225-9213 (734) 379-9200

portagecommunitycenter.org runningfoundation.com ryansfriends.org

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13 Sun, 9/15/13

St. John Applefest Urologic Consultants Prostate Cancer 5K Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour

10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR 3MR/W Ride across the “Mighty Mac”

Fenton Grand Rapids Mackinaw City

(810) 735.9193 stjohnapplefest.org Support@SnapRegistration.com (888) 455.8100 mackinawchamber.com

Sun, 9/15/13 Sun, 9/15/13 Sun, 9/15/13

Capital City River Run and Cooley Law School 5K Cooley Law 5K Race for Education Driathlon

13.1MR, 5KR, 1MFR, 1/4 MFR Lansing 5KR/W, kids runs Lansing 5K canoe/ 15KB/ 5KR Bay City

(517) 332.2681 (517) 371-5140 j@shankool.com

www.ccriverrun.org cooley.edu/race/ baycitymorningrotary.com

Sun, 9/15/13 Sun, 9/15/13 Sun, 9/15/13 Sun, 9/15/13

Lake Michigan Credit Union Bridge Run Michigan’s Triathlon & Duathlon Championship Romeo 2 Richmond Half Marathon Run for the Hills

10MR, 5KR/W Triathlons, Duathlon 13.1MR/W, 5KR/W 5KR

(616) 262-4124 (231) 546-2229 (586) 469-5065 (734) 484-9676.

thebridgerun.com 3disciplines.com romeo2richmondrace.com parksonline.ewashtenaw.org

Sun, 9/15/13 Tue, 9/17/13

Timber Trail Races Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays

Sat, 9/14/13 Sat, 9/14/13

Fall Holly Recreation Triathlon/

Triathlons, Duathlon

John Rogucki Memorial Kensington Challenge

Sun, 9/15/13 Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo

Holly

15KR, 5KR/W

Milford

Grand Rapids Detroit Richmond Ypsilanti

10KR, 5KR, FW

Royal Oak

13.1MR, 8MR, 5KR/W training

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(248) 685-0043 aatrackclub.org

(810) 824-3272 .elitefeetrunning.com (312) 386-7471 friendsoftheorphans.org/shinsky5

(248) 336-5735

(989) 386-6651 (586) 323-9683

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Sat, 9/21/13

Sat, 9/21/13

Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run 5K Trail Run for 2-1-1

Albion 5K

5KR

Royal Oak Ionia

13.1MR/W, 13.1MB

Marshall

5KR/W

Baker’s Dozen Beer Run

Albion

Center of the World 5K Fun Run & Walk Chasing the Cure for Ovarian Cancer

5KR/W New Troy 5KR/W, 5K pump & run, 1MFR Sturgis

50MR, 50KR, 100 K Relay Pickney/Hell 5KR/W, 1MW Detroit

(248) 616-9665 (616) 794-9840

hansons-running.com runningfoundation.com

(517) 914-3181 albion5k.com

(877) 228-4881, 3 bakersdozenbeerrun.com (269) 405-6857 friendsofnewtroy.org (269) 251-8740 chasingthecure.net

Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13

Dances with Dirt - Hell Fight for Air Run/Walk

(734) 929-9027 danceswithdirt.com

Grosse Pointe Run

10KR, 5KR/W

Grosse Pointe Farms

Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13

I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s Iron Warrior Dash Midwest Lake Superior Shore Run

5KR/W 15.4 MR obstacle race 13.1 MR, 5KR, Kids Run

Okemos Walker Marquette

(800) 852-9781 (773) 687-4595

playmakers.com warriordash.com superiorlandskiclub.com

Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13

Livonia Park Run Iron Warrior Dash Midwest Moving & Thriving 5K

5KR 15.4 MR obstacle race 5KR/W, kids run

Livonia Walker Kalamazoo

(734) 642-6664 (773) 687-4595 (269) 343-9675

parkrun.us/livonia/ warriordash.com movingandthriving5k.org

Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13 Sat, 9/21/13

Oasis Zoo Run Perryfest Rambler Save the Wildlife 5K Run/Walk

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

Toronto Perry Howell

(416) 944-2765 (517) 974-1969 (734) 474-2176

canadarunningseries.com playmakers.com howellnaturecenter.org

(248) 784-2000 FightForAirDetroit.org (313) 506-3982 grossepointerun.com

Sun, 9/22/13 Birch Run Charity Run South Beach Triathlons

Tri: Olympic, Sprint

Sun, 9/22/13

Chris Voiers Memorial Run/Walk

10KR, 5KR/W, 1KFR

5KR/W

Birch Run

Mount Clemens

(877) 300-1392 tritofinish.com

Sun, 9/22/13 Sun, 9/22/13 Sun, 9/22/13

Great Grand River Paddle/ Bike/ Run Oakville Half Marathon & 10K OCBA Race Judicata

tri: paddle/ B/ R 13.1MR/W, 10KR/W, 2KR 10KR, 5KR, 1MFW

Sun, 9/22/13 Sun, 9/22/13 Sun, 9/22/13

Touching Souls 5K Walk/ Run and Remember USA 5K Championship Zoom Thru the Zoo

Tue, 9/24/13 Wed, 9/25/13 Thu, 9/26/13

Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays Hunter’s Ale 5K Fun Run Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

Thu, 9/26/13 Fri, 9/27/13 Fri, 9/27/13

Sat, 9/21/13

(231) 546-2229

3disciplines.com

(586) 615-4103

jenniv24@hotmail.com

Grand Ledge Oakville, ON Bloomfield Hills

(517) 862-2920 (905) 949-1910 (248) 672-7526

grandadventurerace.com oakvillehalfmarathon.com ocba.org

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

Potterville Providence, RI Grand Rapids

(517) 881-2658 touchingsoulsfoundation.com usatf.org (231) 546-2229 3disciplines.com

training 5KR

Sterling Heights Mt. Pleasant Royal Oak

(586) 323-9683 (989) 772-0323 (248) 616-9665

Run4Reading 5KR/W Coaching Legends Classic Middle School Cross Country Meet 5KR Moonlit Miles for Marrow 15KR, 5KR

Grand Rapids Brighton Greenville

nicolevanzo1@gmail.com run4reading.com (734) 649-2091 a2racemanagement.com (616) 855-1982 moonlitmiles.com

Fri, 9/27/13 Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13

Run for Justice ABC Challenge Walk All Feet No Hands 5K

Howell Bellaire Williamston

(517) 546-4700 runningfoundation.com (231) 264-9843 antrimcountyhightea.org info@manyhandsmi.org manyhandsmi.org

Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13

Coaching Legends Classic HIgh School Cross Country Meet 5KR Diehl’s Ciderfest Run 4 MR, 1MFR Du North du: 4.25MR/ 16.3MB/ 5.4MR

Brighton Holly Manistee

(734) 649-2091 (248) 310-9375 (616) 261-9706

a2racemanagement.com www.diehlsorchard.com stridersrun.com

Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13

Grand River Run Helluva Run Hungerford Games

Ada Pinckney Big Rapids

(616) 975-0945 (734) 730-7053 (231) 250-9532

grandriver-run.com runningfoundation.com hungerfordgames.com

Grandville Livonia

(616) 752-8262 (734) 642-6664

komenwestmichigan.org parkrun.us/livonia/

10KR, 5KR, 1MR/W, kids run up to 10MFR/W 5KR, kids run

8KR, 2MR/W 5KR/W 50MR, 26.2MR, 13.1MR,

South Haven

hansons-running.com mtpleasantstriders.com hansons-running.com

Sat, 9/28/13

Kellogg’s Dig ‘em Dash

5KR/W

Sat, 9/28/13

Park 2 Park 1/2 Marathon & 5K

13.1MR, 5KR

5KR 5KR/W, kids run

South Lyon Cedar Springs

(248) 207-5135 slxc.com/pumpkinfestrun2013 (616) 634-0171 redflannelfestival.org

Run for the Rouge Run for the Son Run on the Rez 5K

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

Canton Portage Mt. Pleasant

(313) 792-9621 (269) 344-7333 (989) 772-0323

Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13

Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13

Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13 Sat, 9/28/13

Sat, 9/28/13

Komen Grand Rapids Race for the Cure® Livonia Park Run

5KR/W 5KR

Pumpkinfest Run 5K and 10K Red Flannel Festival 5K Run/Walk

Battle Creek (269) 961-2411 david.tanis@kellogg.com Holland

(616) 399-9190 park2parkrace.com

www.therouge.org s-heights.org mtpleasantstriders.com

Sat, 9/28/13

Sault Area Chamber of Commerce Chase 26.2, 13.1, 6.6, 5K Shoreline Sport & Spine Oktoberfest Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K

Sat, 9/28/13

Vasa Trail Run

West Side 5K Run/Walk & Children’s Fun Run

25KR, 10KR, 5KR

Sault Ste. Marie, MI (906) 632-3301 saultstemarie.org

5KR/W, kids run

Williamsburg Traverse City

(231) 932-5401 runvasa.com

Sat, 9/28/13

Bronson Children’s Hospital Walk & Run

5KR/W

Kalamazoo

Sat, 9/28/13

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(616) 844-2734

oktoberfestmarathon.com

(231) 409-2804

tcwscc.com

(269) 341-8100

bronsonhealth.com

September - October 2013 Event Calendar

Sun, 9/29/13 Brooksie Way Half Marathon Sun, 9/29/13 Sun, 9/29/13

Eye Care Do You? Hansons 16 Mile Marathon Training Run

Sun, 9/29/13 Leaders and Best

13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR/W, kids Rochester Hills 13.1MR, 8KR, 5KR Oscoda 4-16 MR Grosse Pointe

10KR, 5KR, 1MFR

Ann Arbor

Sun, 9/29/13

Live United 5K

Sun, 9/29/13 Playmakers Autumn Classic 8K

8KR/W, 1MFR, 1/2 M FR

Haslett

Tue, 10/1/13 Tue, 10/1/13 Thu, 10/3/13

CMU Homecoming Miles for Medals - TBA Oct. Hansons Group Run - Tuesdays Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

5KR, 1MW

Mt. Pleasant Grosse Pointe Royal Oak

Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13

Depot Days Earleen Fox/Tanger Style Pink Memorial 5K

Sat, 10/5/13

Bruckelaufe - The Bridge Race

5KR

13.1MR, 5KR 5KR/W 5KR/W

kcreger@lmsf.net (313) 882-1325

thebrooksieway.com

lmsf.net hansons-running.com

(734) 213-1033 leadersandbestrace.com dbostian@live.com

(517) 349.3803 playmakers.com

Grand Rapids

(989) 773-2595 (248) 693-9900 (248) 616-9665

Frankenmuth

mtpleasantstriders.com hansons-running.com hansons-running.com

info@bruckelaufe.org bruckelaufe.org (989) 714-2496 depotdaysrace.com (989) 685-2552 earleenfoxmemorial5kwalkrun.com

Standish West Branch

Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13

Fuel Your Fire 5K 5KR/W, kids run Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race - ArtPrize Edition 4 hour adventure race Island Boodle 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W

Belmont Grand Rapids Beaver Island

(616) 363-1450 grymca.org (616) 460-9331 grUrbanAdventureRace.com (231) 448-2505 www.beaverisland.org

Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13

Lansing Christian School 5K Livonia Park Run Michigan State Police Fall Color 5K

Lansing Livonia Northville Township

(517) 719-0603 (734) 642-6664 (810) 664-2906

Sat, 10/5/13

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

Sat, 10/5/13

Nikki’s Shortcut 5K Run/Walk

5KR/W

Three Oaks

Sat, 10/5/13

Porcupine Mountains Trail Marathon Portage Invitational

x-c meet, open 5K

Portage

Sat, 10/5/13

Pumpkin Fest 5K Walk/Run

5KR/W

Sat, 10/5/13

Red October Run Remembrance Run

10KR, 5KR/W, 1M kid’s

5KR/W, 1MR/W

Wayne

Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13

Salmon Run/Walk Sandhill Crane Trail 1/2 Marathon & 10K Scary Halloween Hallow

10KR/W, 5KR/W 13.1MR, 10KR 5KR, 1.5MFR

Baldwin Vandalia Port Huron

(231) 745-8804 salmonrunbaldwin.com (574) 215-4779 cairnstoneadventuretours.com (810) 984-4847 speedyraces.net

Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13 Sat, 10/5/13

SOTL Storm Runners Race The Crabby Apple United Way Charities Trail Run

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

Brighton St. Ignace Houghton Lake

(734) 231-2792 (906) 430-5666 (989) 751-3968

sotlschool.com saintignace.org ski10155@yahoo.com

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

Wayne County Cross Country Championships Zonta Breast Cancer Awareness Run/Walk Andy T’s Pumpkin Trot

HS X-C 5KR 5KR/W 10KR, 5KR/W, kid’s run

Belleville Alpena St. Johns

(734) 416-7774 (989) 358-7297 (989) 224-7674

salemcrosscountry.org alpenazonta.org andyts.com

Sun, 10/6/13 Sun, 10/6/13

Heritage Run 5K KDB Melanoma 5K Run/Walk

5KR/W 5KR/W

Lansing MIlford

guities@lcc.edu (313) 505-2445

runningfoundation.com melanomawalk.org

Sun, 10/6/13 Sun, 10/6/13 Sun, 10/6/13

MSU Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash Pistons Fit 5K & Fun Run Race for Healthy Kids

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

East Lansing (517) 355-2370 museum.msu.edu/events/dinosaurdash/ Clarkston (248) 375-4065 nba.com/pistons/pistons-5k Rockford (616) 632-7296 raceforhealthykids.org

Sun, 10/6/13 Sun, 10/6/13

Stay Dry Tri Trick or Feet 5K Kidney Run

5K canoe/ 10KB/ 5KR 5KR/W, Tot Trot

Milford Northville

Sun, 10/6/13 Sun, 10/6/13 Sun, 10/6/13

Troy HIgh School 5K and Fun Run USA Marathon Championships USA Masters 5 km Championships

5KR, 1KFR 26.2MR 5KR

Troy Minneapolis, MN Syracuse, NY

(248) 637-7052

Sat, 10/5/13

Sun, 10/6/13 Betsie Valley Run

Sun, 10/6/13

26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, kids

13.1M, 10K, 5K, kids

Sleeping Bear Marathon & Half Marathon 26.2MR, 13.1MR

Silver City

Iron River Traverse City

(715) 701-0360

lansingchristianschool.org parkrun.us/livonia/ www.tblofmi.com nikkis-shortcut.org

(269) 323-5233

www.portageinvite.com

(313) 586-5486

Thompsonville

Empire

greatlakesendurance.com

(269) 405-3373

oakwood.org/redoctoberrun/

(906) 774-2256

dicsami.org

(231) 941.8118

remembrancerun.com

(231) 378-4578 betsievalleyrun.com

(231) 715-1406

enduranceevolution.com

(248) 660-4337 sites.google.com/site/staydrytri/ (734) 837-8994 www.athleticventures.com troyhighorchestra.org usatf.org usatf.org

Sun, 10/6/13 Zero Prostate Cancer Run Thu, 10/10/13 Run 4 Wine Sat, 10/12/13

Autism Society of Michigan 5K

5KR/W, kids run 4MR/W

5KR/W, 1/2M kids run

Grand Blanc Lansing

(810) 233-8851 run4winerace.com (517) 908-3611

autism-mi.org

Sat, 10/12/13 Sat, 10/12/13 Sat, 10/12/13

Bee Brave 5K Run/Walk Danae’s Race Fall Colors Bridge Race

5KR/W 5KR 5.4MR/W

Caledonia Lansing Mackinaw City

(616) 698-8054 (517) 896-5257 (231) 436-5664

beebrave.com runningfoundation.com www.mackinawcity.com

Sat, 10/12/13

Lane Walker Foundation 5K Run

5KR/W

Sat, 10/12/13 Gilda’s Family 5K Walk & Run

5KR/W

michiganrunner.net

Rochester (248) 336-3189 zeroprostatecancerrun.org/detroit/

Royal Oak St. Louis

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Sat, 10/12/13 Sat, 10/12/13 Sat, 10/12/13

Livonia Park Run OktoberFAST 5K Run Run/Walk Run for Health

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

Sat, 10/12/13 Sat, 10/12/13

Run Through the Meadows Middle School Cross Country Meet 5KR Sunrise Rotary Great Pumpkin Road Race 10KR, 5KR

Sat, 10/12/13 Sat, 10/12/13 Sun, 10/13/13

WMU Homecoming Campus Classic Whistlestop Marathon and Half Marathon Child Benefit Fund Halloween Hustle 5K

Sun, 10/13/13 Sun, 10/13/13 Sun, 10/13/13

Green Space 5K 5KR/W Hidden Forest Trail Run 8.5 MR, 5.5 MR, 2.5 MR/W Portland St. Patrick Fall Festival Half Marathon & 5K 13.1MR, 5KR/W

Mason Clarkston Portland

Sun, 10/13/13 Sun, 10/13/13 Sun, 10/13/13

Race for Ralya Run2payitforward Half Marathon Safe Center 5K

Haslett White Lake Twp. Owosso

Sat, 10/12/13 Run Scream Run

10KR, 5KR,1MR

Livonia Oxford Hillsdale

Ypsilanti

Sun, 10/13/13 Wild Life Marathon

26.2M, 13.1M, 5K, kids run Concord

parkrun.us/livonia/ kingsburyschool.org runningfoundation.com

(734) 649-2091 (269) 932-5900

a2racemanagement.com janet@einstein-coaching.com

(269) 387-8402 (800) 284-9484 (517) 483-6354

wmich.edu/race whistlestopmarathon.com playmakers.com

(517) 589-8159 (810) 487-0954 (517) 647-1709

inghamconservation.com gaultracemanagement.com runningfoundation.com

(734) 929-9027 runscreamrun.com

Brighton Benton Harbor

5KR/W, 1KFR/W Kalamazoo 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 10KR, 5KR Ashland, WI 5KR/W Lansing

5KR, Kids Run 13.1MR 5KR/W

(734) 642-6664 (248) 628-2571 (517) 437-5270

Lerchss@haslett.12.mi.us runningfoundation.com (248) 321-9813 run2payitforward.com (989) 723-9716 runningfoundation.com

Sterling Heights

(517) 392-8250

(586) 323-9683

wildlifemarathon.org

10KR/ 5KR/W

Grosse Pointe Royal Oak Holt

(248) 693-9900 (248) 616-9665 (517) 827-9670

hansons-running.com hansons-running.com ymcaoflansing.org

3 Disciplines Redneck Rush Aubrey’s Butterfly 5K Cardinal Family Fun 5K Walk Run

5KR 5KR/W 5KR/W

Alpena Dimondale Saginaw

(231) 546-2229 3disciplines.com aubreys5k@gmail.com aubreys5k.com (989) 964-4215 svsu.edu/svsu5k

Sat, 10/19/13 Sat, 10/19/13 Sat, 10/19/13

CASA Superhero Run GVSU Homecoming 5K Livonia Park Run

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

Hastings Allendale Livonia

(517) 543-7500 (616) 331-3360 (734) 642-6664

runningfoundation.com gvsulakers.com/m-xc parkrun.us/livonia/

Sat, 10/19/13 Sat, 10/19/13 Sat, 10/19/13

Michigan High School Cross Country U.P. State Finals 5KR Michigan Middle School Mega Jam Cross Country Meet 5KR St. Pat’s 24 Hour Trail Race 100KR/ 24, 12, or 6 hour run

Munising Brighton South Bend, IN

(517) 332-5046 (734) 649-2091 (574) 274=-6439

www.mhsaa.com a2racemanagement.com stpats24hour.com

Sat, 10/19/13 Sun, 10/20/13

SVSU 5K Run and Walk Detroit Free Press / Talmer Bank Marathon

Saginaw (989) 964-4215 race-mrm.com/Schedule.html Detroit/Windsor, ON (313) 222-6676 freepmarathon.com

Sun, 10/13/13

TCTC Lighthouse Half Marathon

13.1MR

Traverse City

info@lighthousehalf.com

Tue, 10/15/13

Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays

training

Tue, 10/15/13 Thu, 10/17/13 Fri, 10/18/13

Hansons Group Run - Tuesdays Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Westside YMCA Boo Race Trail 10K/ 5K

Sat, 10/19/13 Sat, 10/19/13 Sat, 10/19/13

5KR/W 26.2MR/Wheel, 13.1M, 5K

Sun, 10/20/13 Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon

26.2 MR, 13.1 MR

Grand Rapids

(616) 293-3145

lighthousehalf.com

hansons-running.com

grandrapidsmarathon.com

Sun, 10/20/13 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 26.2 M, 13.1M, 5K, kids Toronto, ON (416) 944-2765 torontowaterfrontmarathon.com Sun, 10/20/13 Tullymore Duathlon 5KR/ 12MB/ 5KR Stanwood (866) 972-4837 tullymoregolf.com Sun, 10/20/13

Road to the Broad 5K

5KR/W

East Lansing

(248) 613-3274

runningfoundation.com

Sun, 10/20/13 Tue, 10/22/13 Tue, 10/22/13

USA 50 Mile Road Championships Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays Hansons Group Run - Tuesdays

50MR training

Boalsburg, PA Sterling Heights Grosse Pointe

(586) 323-9683 (248) 693-9900

usatf.org hansons-running.com hansons-running.com

Thu, 10/24/13 Thu, 10/24/13 Fri, 10/25/13

Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run Run 4 Your Life 5K Frightful Friday Fun 5K Walk/ Run

5KR/W, kids run 5KR/W

Royal Oak Holland Minden City

(248) 616-9665 (616) 392-3610 (989) 864-3123

hansons-running.com hfhclinic.org mclions5k.webs.com

Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13

Alger Heights Halloween 5K Bad Apple Ultra Clare Pumpkin 5K

10KR, 5KR/W, kids run 3,6, or 12 hour relay or solo R 5KR/W

Grand Rapids Greenville Clare

(616) 929-0190 (616) 835-4364 (989) 386-9190

www.alger5k.com badappleultra.com clarepumpkinrun.com

Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13

Cross County Classic Cross-Country Classic Emily Schmidt Memorial Trunk or Treat Trot

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

Ann Arbor Ann Arbor Clarkston

ronjasmine@aol.com aatrackclub.org/events/ (734) 330-7931 www.aatrackclub.org (248) 625-1611 clarkstonumc.org

Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13

Escape the Terror Xtreme Run Frightening 5K and Haunted Hilly Half Marathon Great Turtle Half Marathon

5KR, kids run 13.1MR, 5KR 13.1 MR, 5.7 MR/W

Gaylord Briston, IN Mackinac Island

(231) 546-2229 (574) 293-1683 (810) 487-0954

Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13

KAR Halloween Hash & Kids Trick or Treat Run Livonia Park Run

5KR/W, kids run 5KR

Kalamazoo Livonia

(269) 383-8761 (734) 642-6664

(517) 546-0693

howellrecreation.org

Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13

Origami Haunted 5K Run Like Hell Halloween 5k

5KR/W/Wheel, 1MW 5KR/W

Mason Ferndale

(517) 455-0264 (248) 269-8759

www.origamirehab.org cff.org/Chapters/detroit/

Sat, 10/26/13 Headless Horseman 5K

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3disciplines.com stonesouppromotions.com runmackinac.com

krvtrail.com parkrun.us/livonia/

September - October 2013 Event Calendar Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13 Sat, 10/26/13

St. Mary 5K The Zombie Dash USA 24 Hour Championships

5KR/W, kids run 5KR 24 hour run

Williamston Grand Rapids Oklahoma City, OK

(517) 803-5420 stmary5krun@gmail.com mark@miadventureracing.com zombiedash.com usatf.org

Sat, 10/26/13 Sun, 10/27/13 Sun, 10/27/13

Wolf Lake 5K Hansons Group Run Hello, Yeti!

5KR training 5KR, 1MB

Brighton Lake Orion Parma

(810) 231-4169 (248) 693-9900 (517) 841-8240

Sun, 10/27/13 Sun, 10/27/13 Sun, 10/27/13

Run Thru Hell on Halloween Eve Tim Gordon - Quad A 10 Miler Twin Rivers 5K

8KR, 5KR/W 10MR 5KR/W, kids run

Dirty Herd Fall Classic Hanson Speed Session -Tuesdays

4MR, 2MR training

Plymouth

(517) 702-0226 runningfoundation.com kvnjns71@yahoo.com runningfoundation.com (989) 855-2646 ioniapublicschools.org

Mon, 10/28/13 Tue, 10/29/13

10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR

Pinckney Grand Ledge Muir

Tue, 10/29/13 Wed, 10/30/13 Thu, 10/31/13

Hansons Group Run - Tuesdays Post a PR - Last Chance Cross Country Meet Hansons Beginners Walk/Run & Tempo Run

5KR

Grosse Pointe Brighton Royal Oak

Sun, 10/27/13 Wicked Halloween Run

Grand Rapids Sterling Heights

(248) 345-6168

hamburgfitness.net hansons-running.com run270.blogspot.com

wickedhalloweenrun.com

(616) 940-9888 (586) 323-9683

gazellesports.com hansons-running.com

(248) 693-9900 (734) 649-2091 (248) 616-9665

hansons-running.com a2racemanagement.com hansons-running.com

Featured Future Events Sat, 11/2/13 Sat, 11/9/13 Sat, 11/9/13

SCVMP Veterans Day 5K Run/Walk Original Ann Arbor Turkey Trot Road Hawg Classic

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

Saginaw Dexter Battle Creek

(989) 529-7592 scvmp@yahoo.com (734) 213-1033 a2turkeytrot.com (269) 969-3441 greatlakeschampionchip.com

Sun, 11/10/13 Big Bird Run 10KR, 1MR/W, 4KR Sun, 11/10/13 Clarkston State Bank Backroads Half Marathon and 10K Sun, 11/17/13 Kona Hot Chocolate Run 10KR, 5KR/W

Roseville Clarkston Plymouth

(586) 445-5480 roseville-mi.gov clarkstonbackroadshalf.com (248) 345-6168 konahotchocolaterun.com

Sat, 11/23/13 Grand Blanc Chocolate 5K 5KR/W Thu, 11/28/13 Ann Arbor Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot 5KR/W Thu, 11/28/13 5/3 Bank Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run

Grand Blanc Ann Arbor Detroit

(810) 238-5981 (248) 446-1315 (313) 247-4149

werunthistown.com goodboyevents.com detroitturkeytrot.org

Thu, 11/28/13 Gobbler Gallop Trail Run Sat, 12/7/13 Holiday Hustle Sat, 12/7/13 YMCA Santa Run

Saginaw Dexter Flint

(989) 513-5195 (734) 929-9027 (810) 232-9622

dfbernar@stcs.org runholiday5k.com flintymca.org

Holly Detroit Midland

(248) 328-3200 runlikethedickens.com (313) 886-5560 belleislefunrun.com (989) 205-3813 midlandresolutionrun.com

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

Sat, 12/14/13 Run Like The Dickens & Tiny Tim Trot 10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Run Tue, 12/31/13 5/3 New Year’s Eve Family Fun Run/Walk 5KR/W, 1MR/W Tue, 12/31/13 Midland Resolution Run 5KR/W

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By Tom Henderson

A

hh, the wonders of small-town, northern Michigan racing!

I’ve run international mega-races (London, Rome, New York and Boston marathons, for example) and big state races (17 Detroit Free Press Marathons, a slew of Crims in Flint, a bunch of Detroit Turkey Trots, a couple River Bank runs in Grand Rapids), but there’s nothing as special as stumbling upon a wonderful, small-town race in northern Michigan in the summer.

The Butterfly Day 5K near Mancelona July 6 was a perfect example.

I was looking for a race that weekend on runmichigan.com when the name caught my eye, as did the location: on a lake I had never heard of near Mancelona. Then there was the cost, $10, and cause, a fundraiser for an Au Sable Institute educational program for school kids.

The race was at 8:30 a.m. We got to registration at 7:30 and were worried at the lack of cars in the parking lot. None, to be exact. We were the first ones there, though I wasn’t the first to register. This race was so laid back they didn’t bother with bib numbers, they just wrote a number with a marker on the back of your hand, No. 10 for me.

At race time there were 50 of us or so on a glorious day, northern summer perfection. Sunny, not too hot, not too humid. The course was delightful, one lap around Big Twin Lake on a challenging, rolling road that offered a dirt shoulder the whole way for both my black lab and aging legs.

The race finished on a little beach on the lake, perfect for a swim. Then we all went across the lake road to the Au Sable Institute, a small nonprofit tucked in the woods on a hillside, with a cool little butterfly house (big tent, actually) you could go in and ogle a bunch of cool butterflies.

There was plenty of post-race food and all entrants got a small native potted plant.

Then came the post-race treat: a slow, enjoyable kayak around the lake.

I offered the race director one bit of advice after the race, despite the perfect morning: “Next year, charge $15.”

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nothing will prepare you. And nothing will prepare you for the stretch on the Escarpment Trail, which runs parallel to the north shore of Lake in the Clouds, high above it, with unencumbered views for many miles.

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eff Crumbaugh was justly named Michigan Runner magazine’s 2010 Contributor of the Year for the kick-butt series of runs and snowshoe races he puts on in Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula.

I’ve raved about the three-race trail fest he used to put on in the Keweenaw Peninsula, and more than a few years ago wrote a big spread on it for Runner’s World, with Carter Sherline shooting photos. And I’ve raved repeatedly about the glorious 10K he puts on each August from the Lower Tahquamenon Falls to the upper falls, a must-seeto-believe mix of gruesome toughness and eyeblinding beauty.

His best is likely yet to come. On Oct. 5, just as the colors begin to pop, Crumbaugh is putting on the first annual Porcupine Mountain Trail Marathon.

I’ve run or hiked most of the trails in Porkies and can attest: There may be no prettier, or tougher, marathon in the history of state marathoning. The Potawatomie Trail in the Pinckney State Recreation Area is pretty special — I ran six miles there yesterday with the dog as I write this — but the Pot is boring compared to the Porkies and route Jeff has laid out there.

There is also a half marathon, 5K and kids 2K. Registration is only available online.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources actually approached Jeff and asked him to put on a fall event in the Porkies. Having run in them, he says there was no better place he’d rather put on a marathon.

The marathon is limited to 200 and the half to 300. As of deadline, both races were still accepting entries.

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t’s nice to know I can still set personal records. On a steamy day in mid-July, the sun blazing down following two days of torrential rain, the air smelling like a Hawaiian rain forest, I did four mygod-is-it-hot miles with the dog on the trails at Kensington Metropark.

There were clouds of deerflies on both us when we started. By the end, the two separate clouds had gathered on my brand-new deerfly patch. There were 35 of the suckers stuck to the strip of tape, surpassing my previous 4-mile record of 18.

The best 50 cents I ever spent.

Here’s some cut-and-paste from his website, http://greatlakesendurance.com.

“The marathon starts in front of the Porcupine Mountains Ski Lodge and ascends the mountain via cross country ski trails to the Union Spring Trail and aid station one (5.5 miles). Runners pass Trap Falls before heading west on the Government Peak Trail.

Runners arrive at Mirror Lake for aid station two (13.5 miles).

“The trail doubles back for a mile before joining the North Mirror Lake Trail, which takes runners on a climb to Lake of the Clouds and aid station three (17.5 miles). Heading east on the Escarpment Trail, runners will enjoy wide sweeping panoramas of the Carp River Valley and Government Peak to the south.

“The last aid station is reached at Cuyahoga Creek (21.6 miles) before runners return to the ski lodge via the Overlook Trail and cross-country ski trails. The course is well marked with colored flags, directional arrows and mile markers.”

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elcome to the far end of the other slide of the slope.

When I first got into running at age 33, my goal was to eventually beat all the kids, which happened a year or so later. Then to one day beat all the women in a race, which ended up happening too. Then to win my age group, then to win a race overall.

All accomplished.

Now? Kids kick my butt. Old ladies fly by me.

In the Alden 10K July 27, an old man wearing cotton shorts with a heavy set of keys jangling in one of his pockets zoomed by me on an early uphill. I couldn’t catch all the kids or old ladies, but at least I was able to reel in a senior citizen with a pocketful of keys.

Thankful, I am, for small victories.

If you’ve ever been to Lake in the Clouds, you know how astounding the view is. If you haven’t,

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