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Ed & Sue Kozloff 

Lead the Pack 

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In This Issue 

July/August 2003 Vol. 25, No. 3 

Calendar 

July - September, 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 31 

Features & Departments 

E d i t o ’s r Notes 

By Scott Sullivan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 5 

Michigan Runner’s 25 Top Contributors 

By Art and Jennie McCafferty - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 6 

Running Shorts With Scott Hubbard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 14 

Summer Race Previews 

By Art McCafferty and Scott Sullivan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 15 

We Got Mail - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 17 

In Like Flynn, State’s Top Woman Gears for Marathon Trials 

By Charles Douglas McEwen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 17 

Running with the Dogs 

By Doug Kurtis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 18 

Twin Theories of Running Resourcefulness 

By Bob Schwartz - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 20 

Michigan Runner Race Series 2003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 20 

Beginning Running: Beat the Heat 

By Karrie Alexander - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 21 

Destination Traverse City 

By Tom Henderson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 22 

Running with Tom Henderson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 35 

Special Insert 

The Great Lakes Sports Publications Television Network 

24 / 7 Viewers Guide 

At the Races 

Going to Potawatomie By Tom Henderson - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 24 

Races, Races, Everywhere By Charles Douglas McEwen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 25 

RBR a ‘Red, White and Browne” Affair By Tom Henderson - - - - - - - - - -p. 26 

International Stars Run Hot, Cold at First Year Race 

By Scott Sullivan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 26 

Flyers Vie at Indy 500 Race By Graham Wellman - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 27 

Diemer Speedsters Win Donuts, Cash By Scott Sullivan - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 28 

Malen, Clark Bloom, Top Field By Charles Douglas McEwen - - - - - - - - - - -p. 28 

Striders Rule Rolling, Rural Run By Scott Sullivan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 29 

24th Borgess Gorgeous By Charles Douglas McEwen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 29 

Bi-Polar Marathon Man Heads North By Don Kern - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -p. 30 

Cover photo: Ed and Sue Kosloff with their extensive library of running books and memora - 

bilia, by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios. 

Photo this page: Sunburst Marathon, by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios. 

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Editor’s Notes 

White Bird 

by Scott Sullivan 

We fuel ourselves with ambitions. 

That's what's great about pageant 

beauties who want to heal the sick, 

raise the dead and so on. If they can do so 

smiling nonstop, perf o rming interpretive dance 

to "The Munsters" theme while wearing spike 

heels and sequins, so much the better. 

We fool ourselves with ambitions too. 

Take the sweaty pageant we call a road race, 

in which runners' goals range from doable to 

deranged: 

• I WILL smash world records and make my 

name immortal. 

• I WILL beat the guy ahead of me wearing 

the rutabaga costume. 

I used to write goals in a journal, a la 

Gatsby. Instead of his "Save $5 (crossed out) 

$3 per week," I'd scrawl something equally 

fictional, such as "Run 12 x 400 meters in 

1:25 with 1:00 recovery" and "No quitting 

after three repeats due to Weltschmerz like 

the last time" -- in hope this would lead to 

the green light and orgiastic future of a sub- 

18-minute 5K. 

Gatsby lived fast, died young and left 

Robert Redford's corpse, if you saw the 

movie. My decline has been more a fizzle -- a 

grudging-but-steady acquiescence to reality -- 

if my journal is any clue. 

For instance, this entry: "Bring home 

Sponge Bob and Easter Bunny." Seems my 

daughter Flannery, 3, received both rubber 

figurines in her Easter basket and had clung 

to them like a pink-bottomed pit bull since. 

The only exception was at preschool, 

when she'd become so absorbed pasting 

Cheerios to construction-paper dinosaurs 

she'd lose track of her rubber talismans, 

leave them behind when I picked her up, 

then burst into histrionics that would make 

Tammy Faye Bakker jealous. 

The last time that happened, with a 

Pooping Pig (don't ask), I was forced to 

spend two hours combing dollar stores for a 

substitute, settling for a rubber man's head 

that, squeezed, spewed day-glow green fluid 

from its nostrils, a father-to-daughter gift I 

was proud to give. 

It's amazing what people cling to and 

what the written word can accomplish. Wi t h 

help from my journal I reached my goal, 

bringing home Sponge Bob and the Easter 

B u n n y, but Flannery had lost interest. She 

had taken an alarming turn toward poetry 

instead. 

Seems earlier that day she had glimpsed 

a fellow with a white cockatoo on his 

s h o u l d e r. Suddenly, Snot Heads, Pooping 

Pigs, Sponge Bob and a rubber hare somehow 

linked to the 

R e s u rrection were not 

enough: she wanted to 

possess that which 

could take wing. 

I appeased her with 

TV on arriving home, 

allowing me time to get 

dressed for running. 

"Want to ride in 

the jogger?" I asked. 

"No." Her heart © Brightroom 

had again been stolen, 

this time by an animated 

hamster. We gave the Japanese Hiroshima, 

they gave us "Hamtaro." Call it even. 

"Let's go for a run," I commanded 

/cajoled. 

"OK." 

Turned out she wanted to "run" beside 

me, not ride in the jogger, taking plenty of 

time to not only smell the flowers but every 

grass blade, pebble and discarded candy 

wrapper we found at roadside. At this pace, 

we'd be lucky to run a sub-18-hour 5K. 

Not one to be outwitted by a three-yearold, 

I said, "Flannery, if you ride in the jogger, 

I'll take you to see some birds." 

This appeared to work. She climbed in 

the jogger and I lit out expecting to placate 

my daughter with robin and sparrow sightings 

... but oh no. She wanted a white bird 

to land on her shoulder and ride along while 

she fed it imaginary carrots. When this didn't 

happen, she started screaming. 

This occurred within earshot of a 

p a re n t a l l y - c o rrect woman who asked, "Is 

t h e re something wrong?" when I knew she 

meant, "Why are you torturing this child 

to indulge your sick, running-addict pleasu 

re ?" 

I considered explaining the fault wasn't 

mine, it belonged to the white bird that 

wouldn't land on my daughter's shoulder; 

and if she thought running like this was 

pleasure -- it should be TORTURE for me to 

derive training value from it -- then who was 

she to call ME a sicko? 

But she held her tongue, so I shrugged 

and said, "Kids: Whatcha gonna do?" 

When she gave me one of those "I'm 

going to call the police" looks, I had the 

incentive and Weltschmerz needed to wing it 

home, despite Flannery's yodeling "Daddy's 

naughty," at tempo pace. 

Kids have goals, despite being a parent, 

that you can't see. "The value of all we cling 

to," said a wise guy, "is eclipsed by the 

power achieved when we let it go." 

"Loser," I replied. 

So we beat on -- runners battling the 

rutabaga and fathers trying to fathom 

daughters -- borne back while ceaselessly 

being passed. MR 


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Michigan Runner’s 

By Art and Jennie McCafferty 

Definition of 25: an arbitrary number 

to celebrate an arbitrary milestone. 

In our 25 years of publishing Michigan 

Runner, we've seen people contribute to running 

in many ways: founding clubs or stores, 

coaching, volunteering, directing races ... 

Our thanks to readers who have helped 

us select our top 25 contributors. We’ll take 

a look at media contributions to road-racing 

in the January/February 2004 issue of 

Michigan Runner. Final choices are ours 

alone. 

Club Mainstays 

Ed and Sue Kozloff, Motor 

City Striders — Ed is starting his 29th 

year as president of Detroit's running club. 

Sue, his sole and soul mate, keeps a lower 

profile but has been with Ed every fartlek of 

the way. 

"Ed was there when we used to pay $1 

to run at Belle Isle and Popsicle sticks were 

handed out at the end," recalls Gary 

Wolfram. "He made the Detroit Free Press 

Marathon in the early years. Ed was the premier 

race director for a couple of decades." 

Judging from reader comments, Ed and 

Sue have earned a spot on our cover. 

Bob Figuli, Upper Peninsula 

Road Runners Club — Bob is the 

glue of a running club serving an area larger 

than Delaware, Massachusetts, Rhode Island 

and Connecticut combined. Since starting in 

1970, he has run almost 100,000 miles. 

Bob's "superior" feats include running 

around Lake Superior. It took him 20 days, 

over two years, to circum-ambulate Gitche 

Gumee, which he celebrated after by jumping 

into a pile of sand. 

Tune to Michigan Runner TV this fall, 

when we bring you Bob Figuli who has run 

MORE than 100,000 miles. 

Mark Bauman, Riverbend 

Striders — Mark, who started running in 

1966, launched what may have been 

Michigan's first running store in 1978 when 

he opened his garage to the world of commerce. 

It was a step up from looking at gear 

displayed in his car trunk. 

Mark has contributed time to Flint's 

Riverbend Striders and as a mentor for the 

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Crim Festival of Races. He's bused runners 

to the Boston Marathon start line for many 

years. 

He has run all the Crims, more than 120 

marathons and logs better than 3,000 miles a 

year. Look out Bob Figuli, Mark’s closing in. 

Al Kayner, Bay Area Runners 

Club — Al was the pioneer shaker-andmover 

in Bay City's running scene. He was 

one of the first state directors to put on a 

race for charity, and is credited with inspiring 

then-state House speaker Bobby Crim to 

launch Flint's Crim Festival of Races. 

In October 2001 Al crossed life's finish 

line. The Bay Area Runners Club honored 

him, changing the name of its St. Patrick's 

Day runs to the Al Kayner St. Pat's Races. 

Honorable Mention: Gordon Shafer (Mid 

Michigan Track Club, Lansing), 

Jackie DeVose (USATF-Michigan), Robin 

Sarris Hallop (RRCA-Michigan); 

Marlene Sundberg, Ed and Peg Deyo (Bay 

Area Runners Club), Grand Rapids Track 

Club (now Grand Rapids Running Club). 

National and World Influence 

Keith and Kevin Hanson — The 

brothers were recently featured on page one 

of the Wall Street Journal for funding an 

Olympic-development program from their 

own pockets. Team Hansons offers top postcollegians 

jobs, health insurance, housing, 

coaching, training partners, travel and moral 

support. Team USA cites it as a model. 

"You must include Kevin and Keith for 

their tireless dedication to improving the 

Michigan running scene over the last 10 

years," says reader Dave Weaver. "I cite their 

Olympic-development program, high-school 

coaching successes, four Hansons running 

stores, race sponsorships and training programs 

for runners of all abilities. 

"They are great people with a dedication 

to running," Weaver says. 

Bobby Crim, Lois Craig, 

Sherlynn Everly — It all started 

when then-state House speaker Crim 

assigned Craig, his administrative assistant, 

to create a fund-raiser for the Michigan 

Special Olympics. 

Lois learned a lot from directing her first 

Crim Road Race in 1977. She went on to 

involve the whole Flint community, bring elite 

Bob Figuli 

Mark 

Bauman 

Dolores 

Hensley 

Keith 

Hanson 

Norma 

Harger 

Bobby 

Crim 

Ed 

Kozloff

25 Top Contributors 

Lois 

Craig 

Kevin 

Hanson 

David 

Simms 

Anne 

Gault 

Mike 

Burns 

John 

Gault 

Ron 

Gunn 

athletes to the 10-mile race, add an 8K, 5K 

and Teddy Bear Trot and raise millions for 

Special Olympics during 17 years at the race's 

helm. In the process, she and Crim made decisions 

transcending the sport (see Greg Meyer's 

account elsewhere in this issue). 

When Sherlynn took over as Crim dire c- 

t o r, she checked out its training program firsthand, 

then ran her first 5K. She now share s 

her organizational knowledge as a board 

member for Running USA, which pro m o t e s 

road racing and developing US ru n n e r s . 

Bobby Crim was -- and is -- a committed 

runner. His 1:31:30 in last year's 10- 

miler ranked him fifth among men ages 70- 

74 in MR's 2002 "Best of Times." 

Mike Burns and Dave Simms 

— The two men, who worked for Burns 

Computer Services in Ann Arbor, were paying 

attention when ChampionChiptransponder 

technology was developed by 

Dutch runners for their Seven Hills Run in 

Nijmegen, then used in the 1994 Berlin 

Marathon. 

Mike and Dave landed the North 

American distribution rights to the technology, 

then contracts to use it in the spring 

1996 Los Angeles Marathon and 100th 

Boston Marathon shortly after. 

The now-familiar ChampionChips provide 

runners with accurate timing and quick 

results heretofore unheard of. Race directors 

appreciate this of course, but Dave is 

quick to point out that technology does not 

replace human effort. "I can help a good 

race director be better. I can't make a bad 

race director a good one with the 

ChampionChip," he says. 

Mike and Dave jet-set around North 

America for their business, but you'll still 

find them at the finish line of key state 

events each year. 

John and Anne Gault — The Flushing 

couple embraced and evangelized chip-timing 

e a r l y, changing how races were done in 

Michigan, then Florida, Hawaii, Massachusetts 

and other states. Gault Race Management 

became timer of choice for the 100th Boston 

Marathon, U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials and 

NCAA cro s s - c o u n t y rraces. 

John manages the finish line, Anne the 

technology. John works with Riverbend 

Striders producing dozens of races each 

year. As 1996-99 Crim director, Anne started 

the Festival's training program to introduce 

newcomers to the sport. 

Honorable Mention: Do It Sports. 

'81 Crim: 

Sports 

Milestone 

By Greg Meyer 

In 1981, road racing entered the professional 

age with the Cascade Run Off in 

Portland, Ore., the first major event to 

offer prize money versus the "appearance 

money" that was the norm of the day. 

Michigan's Greg Meyer and Herb Lindsay 

finished 1-2 respectively in that race. 

Because the Run Off challenged rules 

of track's governing body, The Athletics 

Congress, all runners who entered the 

event, and especially those who accepted 

prize money, were banned from further 

TAC competition. 

TAC's "contamination rule" stated further 

that anyone who competed against 

banned runners would themselves become 

"professional," banned as well. 

The first major event of the summer 

that had to face these circumstances was 

Flint's Bobby Crim 10-miler, where Meyer 

and Lindsay would be competing. The 

night before the race, several foreign athletes 

asked director Lois Craig not to let the 

two men run as they would "contaminate" 

the field. 

Craig, who discussed the situation with 

Meyer and Lindsay, saw their efforts as a 

union movement by runners, who had just 

formed the Association of Road Racing 

Athletes so that they would have a unified 

voice in the sport. She recommended to 

race-founder Crim that Lindsay and Meyer 

be allowed to run; athletes who took issue 

with this had the option to not compete. 

The 1981 Crim, as the first battle of 

"contamination," went to the runners. 

TAC, seeing its ban on ARRA members 

would not hold, created a system which 

allowed "amateur" athletes to earn prize 

money and place it in a trust, to be used for 

training and living expenses. Gradually, 

TAC saw the silliness of this trust system 

and abandoned it, whereupon open sport 

occurred. 

The reason we now have pro athletes 

in the Olympics can be traced to that day 

and decision made in Flint. MR 


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Pied Pipers 

Ron Gunn — MR's first-ever Michigan 

Runner of the Year is director of wellness 

activities at Southwestern Michigan College 

in Dowagiac, where his cross country teams 

achieved national renown. 

Ron has established one of our state's 

strongest running communities by creating 

and directing races such as Steve's Run. He 

and "solemate" Hal Higdon have led running 

trips to Hawaii and Bermuda, introducing 

thousands to these wonderful getaways. 

Ron introduced Michiganders to courses 

with hay bales, logs and signs that make 

entrants grin as they edge up another of 

those tough hills. His zeal remains, as 

evinced by his battle cry "Fire Up!" 

Death Valley together and took part in 

Hawaii's Ironman. 

Eventually Emily closed her store and 

moved to Hawaii without Herb. She 

returned here a couple of years ago, trying to 

break in on the Futures golf tour. Herb still 

lives in Canada, we presume. 

Elmo Morales, Ann Arbor 

Track Club — A top miler at the 

University of Michigan, Elmo became a successful 

businessman and teacher, founded the 

Ann Arbor Track Club and was architect of 

the Dexter-Ann Arbor Run. "Elmo, says MR 

columnist Scott Hubbard, "has put race t- 

shirts on a ton of backs and encourages all 

he sees." 

City and Citizens of Flint 

Randy Step — Randy's Running Fit 

stores now number seven, with the latest two 

opening in Traverse City. He has long been a 

running visionary who practices what he 

preaches, volunteering for and taking part in 

events. 

Randy and his team have developed 

remarkable, complex races: Dances with Dirt 

and the Trail Marathon, both in Hell; 

Northville's Martian Marathon, and The 

Arctic Challenge series in East Lansing and 

Ann Arbor. This July, RF began sponsorship 

of the "Doug Kurtis Marathon Training 

Series," now showing on the Michigan 

Runner TV show (http://michiganrunner.tv). 

"Randy Step has been the trail-racing 

version of Ed Kozloff," Wolfram says. "He 

has been a positive force in Michigan running 

for a long time.” 

Al Owens — It's just like Al Owens to 

dedicate his 1996 MR Contributor of the 

Year award "to all the race directors and 

volunteers who make this sport happen." 

Whether it's officiating at National Masters, 

NCAA, World Association of Veterans or 

Michigan high-school track meets, Al is 

quick with the smile, hug and praise. 

Al helped organize the first River Bank 

Run in 1978 and continues to embody the 

fun in road racing. "Deep down," said Al at 

the RBR's 20th anniversary, "all of us who 

got the race going wanted it to be first-class 

and have staying power. The key has been 

the thousands of volunteers who have helped 

through the years." Few have done more for 

the race than Al. 

Emily Gail and Herb Squires — 

Emily, who owned a downtown store, and 

her partner, Herb, were the go-go couple of 

1980s running boom in Detroit. To address 

city image problems, they started the racecum-party 

known as Emilyís Run, then 

sequels, all with the theme "Say Something 

Nice About Detroit." 

They did promotional work by running 

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We'd assign the No. 1 bib in Ann Arbor 

running history to Elmo, as we would for 

Kayner in Bay City, George Kuhn in Traverse 

City, the Kozloffs in Detroit, Gunn in 

Southwest Michigan and Figuli in the Upper 

Peninsula. 

Fred Vanhala — "Relay Fred" organizes 

Front Line race teams, operates the team 

website (http://www.frontlineracingteam.com) 

and inspires runners of all abilities 

to try relays. 

"Fred," says team-member Matt Smith, 

"has been dynamic in the creation, organization 

and maintenance of relay teams through 

the years. He is also responsible for entering 

athletes into the USATF cross-country 

nationals, USATF club nationals (track and 

cross, masters and open), college invitationals 

and hundreds of road races. He has done 

much to continue the joy of running and 

thrill of competing." 

"Fred started me into running and relay 

racing in 1999," adds Marv Phelps. "I 

haven't stopped since, and I cannot thank 

Fred enough." 

Tony Misfud — Tony has given to running 

for close to four decades, coaching 

teams at Southgate, Allen Park, Henry Ford 

Community College and the University of 

Michigan at Dearborn. He helped launch the 

Downriver Running Club and the Allen Park 

5 and 10K, now in its 27th year. Consistently 

by his side has been his wife Jewell. 

A car crash curtailed Tony's own running. 

Then he resumed and got hooked in 

the 1977 Detroit Free Press Marathon. "I 

had kids racing for a 10-or 15-mile workout," 

he remembers. "As I approached the 

15-mile mark, I heard the 'Rocky' theme 

playing and got so fired up I decided to go 

on. I crossed the finish line in 2:59 and collapsed. 

Ed Kozloff helped me up. It was 

quite a moment." 

Tony has retired from Allen Park 

Schools, but still donates time coaching at 

Dearborn Divine Child. 

Randy 

Step 

Emily Gail & 

Herb Squires 

Elmo 

Morales 

Girls on the Run 

Al 

Owens 

Tony Misfud

Frankenmuth Jaycees 

Harrison 

Hensley 

Gary Burkar t 

(Flagstar 

Bank) 

Jeannie Bocci 

(with Jim Ramsay) 

Doug Kurtis 

Pat Ball 

Heath 

Meriwether 

(Detroit Free 

Press) 

Girls on the Run — This fitness- and 

confidence-building program for thirdthrough 

fifth-grade girls has been a success 

in Holland, Ann Arbor, Leelanau County, 

North Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Muskegon, 

Three Rivers, Whitehall, Isabella County, 

Birmingham-Covington and Cadillac. 

Volunteers spend 10 to 12 weeks coaching 

workouts and activities with the goal of 

having each girl finish a 5K at the end. In the 

process, children are encouraged to grow 

emotionally, socially and academically. 

A North Carolina Ironwoman founded 

GOTR seven years ago; countless Michigan 

volunteers make it go. In the Holland program's 

first year, 391 girls enrolled and 364 

finished their first 5K. Cadillac's GOTR 

involved 285 girls. Other areas have enjoyed 

similar success. 

Honorable Mention: Chris Crowell and 

Bruce Johnson of Gazelle Sports, Dave 

Howell of Total Runner, Curt Munson of 

Playmakers, Kermit Ambrose (coach, camp), 

Jeff Gaft of Running Fit Airport, Traverse 

City, Steve Webster of Striders, Ann Boyd 

Stewart of Athletic Ventures. 

Communities 

City and Citizens of Flint — Flint 

has long been a national model for community 

involvement. Its support for the Crim 

Festival of Races is case in point. Under the 

past and present guidance of Bobby Crim, 

Lois Craig, John Haust, Anne Gault, 

Sherlynn Everly, the Riverbend Striders, 

Dean Howe of the Flint Journal, Jim Gaver 

of the WUOM and the citizens of Flint, the 

event has earned world attention. 

Flint is where schools stay open to serve 

the entire community. Where kids are 

involved in so many activities it was natural 

they'd support a running movement within 

their schools. And they have. That's Flint. 

Frankenmuth Jaycees and the 

Volkslaufe — The Jaycees' creed, 

"Service to humanity is the best work of 

life," has its young men and women leaders 

taking on projects to better their communities. 

The Volkslaufe, a July 4 series of races 

and celebration -- is such an effort. 

For decades, Frankenmuth Jaycees have 

welcomed people from everywhere to join 

them for the holiday. They supply a great 

night of fireworks, lodging, food, beer, cheerful 

music and races with a professional air 

that is second to none. Come see. 

Dolores and Harrison Hensley 

— They volunteer at so many races that 

traveling runners feel like they're home at all. 

There's nothing quite like that moment at 

the Crim 10-mile when Dolores gives you a 

hug and medal. She never seems to mind 

sweaty runners. 

"Dolores has worked every race for as 

long as I can remember," says Dave Peterson. 

"Rain or shine." And those flyers that magically 

appear at many races in Southeast 

Michigan? "Harrison sets up and distributes 

entry forms at nearly every race they 

attend," Dave adds. "They promote everyone's 

events." 

Harrison puts on the Run Thru Hell 10- 

mile and 4.8-mile "weenie race" (as he calls 

it), which are famous for their t-shirts and 

courses. 

Honorable Mention: Phil Loomis, Mike 

McGlynn and JARDA (Jackson Area Race 

Directors Association). 

Spirit of a Race 

Neil Shine, Motor City 

Striders, Detroit Free Press, 

Pat Ball, Doug Kurtis — There is 

a shine to Neil Shine, Detroit Free Press publisher 

when the paper took on sponsorship 

of the old Motor City Marathon. Together, 

The Freep and Motor City Striders laid the 

foundation for what became the Detroit Free 

Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon. 

While the Striders' role has lessened, the 

race has gained energy in recent years from 

director Pat Ball, "Mr. Marathon" Doug 

Kurtis and expo head Bill Ewing. Plus 

Flagstar Bank has signed on of late as a 

sponsor. The new blood, combined with old, 

continue to make this two-country marathon 

shine. 

Jeannie Bocci — OK, every director 

who's guided the same race 32 years, take 

one step forward ... Thank you, Jeannie 

Bocci. Now the rest of you can go home. 

Jeannie has put on the Belle Isle New 

Years Eve Run since its inception. Thousands 

of us have won trophies there just by finishing. 

Jeannie has hung in there with generous 

sponsors and no sponsors, through foul and 

fair weather, with helpful and non-helpful 

island officials, during times when runners 

have shown up by the thousands and times 

(like in Y2K) when they've not. 

Through it all has been her resolve to 

make sure everyone who comes to Belle Isle 

starts out their New Year right. 

Norma Harger — Norma guided the 

landmark Pictured Rocks 11-Mile Road 

Race from its start in 1976 until 1996, when 

a large crowd turned out to say farewell. 

Pictured Rocks' course is challenging, 

brash, forgiving and alluring. Host-city 

Munising is warm-hearted to all visitors, just 

like Norma. And just like Norma, other volunteers 

have picked up the challenge: the 

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Mark Nader — Pietro's Run Fasta Eat 

Pasta was a different race with a different 

name. The Grand Rapids 5K drew elite runners 

with its prize money. But thousands 

more took part because it was fun. 

"Mark, the founding director of Pietro's, 

built it from nothing into one of America's 

top 100 road runs, according to Runner's 

World magazine," says MR editor Scott 

Sullivan. "He introduced kids runs and diaper 

dashes to West Michigan, held pre-race 

pasta feasts and expos, split men's and 

women's races so each would receive attention, 

recruited Kenyans, Russians and U.S. 

Olympic hopefuls. He loved runners, was 

exuberant and a pioneer," Scott says. 

Mark died at age 38 in 2002. Pietro's 

ceased sponsoring the race after 15 years, 

but others have launched a new 5K in his 

memory. 

Mickey 

Fivenson 

George Kuhn and Mickey 

Fivenson — The National Cherry 

Festival 15K was envisioned by the Traverse 

City Track Club, led for 35 years by George. 

Mickey, a notorious TV pitchman in the late 

'70s and early '80s, picked up a sponsorship 

and added his name to the race's title. 

Mickey was always pushing to get the race 

more commercialized, while George tried to 

keep the marketers away and give the run a 

more purist spin. 

Mickey was zany, George no-nonsense: 

the perfect odd couple. The race grew to be 

the success it remains today. 

Old Kent and Fifth Third 

Banks, Greg Meyer, Kristen 

Aidiff — The Fifth Third (formerly Old 

Kent) River Bank Run in Grand Rapids 

draws top world and athletes trying to set 

records at its rarely-run 25K distance. 

But most of the race's thousands of participants 

each year are drawn by its quality. 

Fifth Third continues Old Kent's tradition of 

hiring first-rate leaders, including longtime 

director Kristen and Greg, a seven-time winner 

who recruits elites and promotes the 

event each year. 

The River Bank Run, in its 26th year, is 

one of our nation's best. 

Honorable Mention: Eldon "Pete" Moss 

(Crystal Lake Team Marathon), Bob Baril 

and Nick Papas (Great Lakes Relay), Anne 

Forshee Crane (Ellen's Run), Jim Zanglin 

(Zanglin Downriver Run), St. Ignace 

Kiwanis (Mackinac Island Eight-Mile), 

Muskegon Chronicle (Chronicle Seaway 

Run), Joe Smetanka (Metro Macomb 

Running Series). MR 

Chris Lear 

author of Sub 4:00 

coming soon to 

michiganrunner.tv 

Greg Meyer 

Kristen 

Aidiff 

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Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard 

Trivia: What man 

or woman has won 

the most 

m a r a t h o n s ? 

SI X T H 

GRADE. If 

y o u ' re a pare n t 

wondering when to 

get your child 

involved in org a n- 

ized, competitive 

Scott Hubbard running, I have an 

answer: They 

shouldn't start before middle school, nor be 

allowed more than three out-of-school competitions 

per year. My timeline has been distilled 

after more than 25 years of watching, talking 

with and tracking the "careers" of school-age 

runners, parents and coaches. 

Reasons parents cite in getting kids start e d 

prior to middle school are health, discipline, selfesteem, 

sportsmanship, values of competition and 

such. These parents are, or appear to be, full of 

good intentions. They're guided, maybe influenced 

is a better word, by programs developed for older 

kids and perhaps by their own experiences. 

Trouble is, fun is often squeezed out of 

these youth programs and kids are asked to live 

up to expectations designed for an older, more - 

m a t u re group. This is where things get murky 

and I draw the line. 

Oh, I know pre-middle-schoolers, ageg 

roupers, are capable of daily runs, tough 

workouts, lots of racing and travel. I've seen 

evidence of that. Some of their times are adultfast 

and re c o rd - b reaking. This isn't about 

whether they can but whether they should. 

C h i l d ren are natural runners, but org a n i z i n g 

their running -- telling them how much, how 

fast and far -- turns what's fun too-serious and 

that isn't natural. 

Yes, there are some age-group kids who 

adapt and prosper all the way through school. I 

know some of these kids as adults. They are 

exceptions and in a few cases, desire waned in 

college but re s u rfaced years later. However, for 

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too many age-groupers, there's too much ru n- 

ning, attention and focus which compro m i s e s 

the joy so important in activities for youngsters. 

I know of at least three instances where 

p a rents moved to another school district where 

they felt their kids would be part of a better 

team. In two cases I was asked by the pare n t s 

what I thought of their potential move. I didn't 

tip my hand because I could tell they'd move 

a n y w a y. It's wrong to think of kids as pawns to 

be moved around for best eff e c t . 

T h e re are too many examples of pare n t s 

living through their kids, from age-group to 

high school, to list here. One in part i c u l a r, howe 

v e r, still makes me angry. An acquaintance had 

his child do extra workouts in middle school 

and through high school embarrassed everybody 

in earshot as he ridiculed and ripped his 

child for perceived poor racing. He likely 

sucked the joy of running from the kid as her 

college years were a bust. 

Coaches, too, that enter athletes in three to 

four events per track meet are guilty of dulling 

and sometimes stilling desire to continue at the 

next level, or at all. Kids have it tough enough 

dealing with the demands of running without 

adults adding further stre s s . 

B U S B O Y. Mark Bauman, 53, of Flushing, 

has the fourth-longest consecutive streak at the 

Boston Marathon with 34 in a ro w. He start e d 

his string as a college student and has surv i v e d 

the famous heat of '76, various physical ailments 

between races all the while re-qualifying annuall 

y. Of 35 men who have run at least 25-straight 

BAA Marathons, Mark's one of only three who 

live outside New England or the east coast. Such 

durability and dedication deserve re c o g n i t i o n . 

Add that he's run every Free Pre s s 

Marathon and Old Kent/Fifth Third River 

Bank 25K. There might not be anyone like him 

a n y w h e re with such streaks. For all this attention 

I'm showering on him, he's probably more 

re v e red for organizing a bus from Boston to 

Hopkinton each year. 

YOUR PACE OR MINE. Paula Radcliff e ' s 

w o r l d - re c o rd 2:15:25 at the London Marathon 

in April is astonishing. She managed the pre s- 

s u re and a freak March injury/accident very 

well and remains a vocal opponent of dru g s 

which cast doubt on all great perf o rm a n c e s 

these days. In the weeks before her terrific race, 

t h e re was haggling over the employ of male 

pacemakers in the women's-only field. 

It isn't illegal to have pacemakers so long 

as they are officially entered in the competition. 

The problem in London was the men's race 

s t a rted 45 minutes after the women's, which, 

on the surface, makes it seem clear the male 

pacemakers were in a separate race and not 

p a rt of the men's competition. London org a n i z- 

ers played with semantics and said the pacemakers' 

times would be meshed with the separate 

men's race. This twist of language 

appeased IAAF officials who were originally 

opposed to the idea. 

As in many cases like this, Radcliffe said she 

felt the pacers didn't make much diff e rence. Deena 

D rossin, who set a new U.S. re c o rd behind 

R a d c l i fe, f said the same thing. Fine. If the IAAF 

will approve pacemaking like this, they should be 

OK with men fronting women on the track. 

Gentle readers, the London pacemaking was a 

sham and the illegal-aid rules need re w r i t i n g . 

MUDDER. After coming within yards of 

completing an undefeated year at Novi High 

School in '02, Tim Moore has taken his smart s 

and running talent to Notre Dame. As a pre p 

s e n i o r, Tim was state champ in cro s s - c o u n t ry 

plus the 1600 and 3200 meters in track, competed 

in the World Junior cross meet in Ire l a n d 

and won the Footlocker National 

Championship in cross. 

Tim described his Notre Dame fre s h m a n 

c ross season as, "All right. I would've liked to 

run better at the NCAA meet (63rd place, 12 

seconds shy of earning All-America) but I've 

l e a rned a lot and look forw a rd to applying 

these new ideas in the upcoming cross season." 

In the midst of this past indoor track season 

(Tim's first; he didn't run indoors in high 

school), he ran in the World Junior (19 and 

under) cross qualifying race in Houston in mid- 

F e b ru a ry. Mid-week re p o rts were for weekend 

rain and a muddy course, and conditions went 

f rom awful to even worse. 

Tim's account: "I couldn't get up all those 

s h o rt, steep hills (yes, there are hills in Houston, 

thanks to bayous) fast enough. I was slipping 

helplessly as the few guys up front with me 

seemed to fly up them. After losing about 10 

meters each hill, I'd pretty easily catch up. I 

don't know if the slippage was due to something 

with my spikes, which I noticed were 

m o re caked with mud than my competitors' 

spikes, or my form on the hills. 

"On the last loop, it got to a point where I 

was falling a little and catching myself with my 

hands going up the hills. This was frustrating, and 

-- to add insult to injury -- with about 800 meters 

left, while closing on second and third places, I fell 

down a hill, sprawled and slid on my stomach. 

"This obviously put a bad taste in my mouth. 

I ended the race with my number torn from my 

jersey and soaked in mud. It was something I was 

p roud to be part of because it was a dogfight and 

the course was absurd. The whole thing was thick 

with mud and could only be climbed with spikes. 

My dad fell twice while spectating." 

The top five finishers qualified; Tim placed 

f o u rth. At the World meet in Lausanne, 

Switzerland, he finished second American 

J u n i o r, a pleasing 34th overall. Between the two 

c ross races, the modest star won the Big East 

indoor 5000 meters in a small upset. 

ANSWER: Leslie Watson of 

Scotland, 56. M R

Summer Race Previews 

By Art McCafferty and Scott Sullivan 

Southeast 

Heart of the Hills, Bloomfield Hills, July 26 

Head for the hills for these 17th-annual 5K and 

10K runs, starting 8 a.m. (when weather is still 

relatively cool) and ending at Andover High 

School. For more information, visit www. m o t o r- 

citystriders.com or phone (248) 544-9099. 

Eastpointe Lions Club 5K, Aug. 3 

Eastpointe (near Detroit’s Grosse Pointes) 

hosts this second-annual run/walk at 

Kennedy Park, on Stephens Road, starting at 

8:15 a.m. There’s a mile fun run/walk as 

well. Entry fee includes all-you-can-eat pancake 

breakfast. Phone (586) 776-1918 or 

email schobiek@aol.com 

Run Thru Hell, Hell/Pinckney, Aug. 9 

Nationally-known 10- and 4.8-mile races 

offer one of our sport's most-prized t-shirts. 

Starts 8 a.m. at Hell Creek Ranch, about five 

miles southeast of Pinckney; roads are narrow 

and race is popular, so come early. Visit 

www.gaultracemanagement.com or phone 

devilish director Harrison Hensley at (734) 

878-6640. 

Bill's Run Richmond Run, Aug. 16 

Richmondís Beebe Street Memorial Park 

hosts sixth-annual 8K and 5K races, plus a 

mile fun run. All start at 8 a.m. and are held 

in memory of William K. Hamilton. Entry fee 

includes post-race refreshments and therapeutic 

leg massage. Visit www.ci.richmond.mi.us 

or phone (586) 727-7571, ext. 105. 

Melon Run, Howell, Aug. 22 

Howell’s melons are as famous as these 

Friday-evening 5K and 10K races, now in 

their second quarter-century. Both start at 

6:30 in Howell City Park, near Barnard and 

Thompson streets. L.E.T.S. Transportation 

will shuttle runners. Register online at 

www.gaultracemanagement.com 

or phone (517) 546-0693. 

Crim Festival of Races, Flint, Aug. 23 

The 10-miler, possibly Michigan's premier 

road race, draws world elites and thousands 

of others to tackle the Flint River start, 

Bradley hills and famed brick-street finish. 

There are also 8K, 5K and one-mile 

run/walks, a Teddy Bear Trot, pre-race expo 

and post-race festival, all downtown near the 

start and finish. 10 Mile is part of Michigan 

Runner Race Series. Visit www.crim.org or 

phone (810) 235-3396. 

Milford Labor Day 30K, Aug. 30 

Rarely-run distance makes this a great tuneup 

for fall marathons. Course is mostly dirt 

roads and hilly. Last year’s second-annual 

race drew 162 runners, triple its first-year 

turnout. Proceeds promote Down’s-Syndrome 

awareness. Visit www.laborday30K.com 

or phone (248) 685-7580. 

Witch's Hat Run, South Lyon, Sept. 6 

No, this is not a Halloween Run; race is 

named for South Lyon’s distinctively-shaped 

train depot. Veteran stars Laurel Park and 

Wally Herrala put this 10K and/or 5K on 

their schedules each year. Both start 9:30 

a.m. at South Lyon High School. Visit 

www.slxc.com or phone (248) 437-6254. 

Southwest 

Run for Your Health 5K, Muskegon, Sept. 1 

Mercy General Health Partners’ 21st-annual 

Labor Day romp starts and ends at Pere 

Marquette Park, with an out-and-back course 

alongside Lake Michigan that includes a halfmile 

boardwalk. Cool off afterward in the 

big lake and/or refreshment tent at the 

Shoreline Spectacular festival. Last year’s race 

drew a record 351 entrants despite rain, con- 


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vincing sponsors to go with chip timing this 

year. Visit www.mghp.com/news/shoreline_run.shtml 

or phone (231) 739-3948. 

Reeds Lake Triathlon, East Grand Rapids, 

Sept. 6 

This 20th-annual favorite features a half-mile 

swim, 18-mile bike and five-mile run. The 

swim course is flat, others less so. Overall 

winners get $250, runners-up $125 and 

third-place finishers $75. Masters champs 

receive $50 and are eligible for open prize 

money too. Starts and ends at John Collins 

Park. No race-day registration and field is 

limited to 800, so sign up early. Visit 

www.eastgr.org or phone (616) 949-1750. 

Walk-Er Run, Walker, Sept. 13 

The fruit spread after these 5K and 10K races, 

now in their 22nd year, is worth the entry fee by 

itself. Starts and ends at Kenowa Hills 

I n t e rmediate School, 4252 Three Mile Rd., NW. 

You can also donate to the Multiple Sclero s i s 

Society through the Mary Szczepanski "Never 

Give Up" Scholarship. Visit www. c i . w a l - 

k e r. m i . u s / S e rv i c e s / P a r k s a n d R e c / P ro g r a m s / Wa l k - 

erRun.html or phone the Walker Recre a t i o n 

D e p a rtment at (616) 791-6890. 

Northwest 

Cadillac Festival of Races, Cadillac, Sept. 1 

This woods-and-water paradise hosts the 

RRCA 10K and 5K state championships. The 

10K is part of this year's Michigan Runner 

Race Series. First-year Adventure Triathlon 

includes a 5K run, 12-mile bike and two-mile 

kayak. All start and end at Veterans 

Memorial Stadium. Phone (231) 775-4272. 

H a rvest Stompede, Leelanau Peninsula, Sept. 13 

Michigan Runner’s best new run of 2001 just 

keeps getting better. Features seven-mile and 

5K runs through scenic vineyards, plus discount 

for winery tour of region. Tickets sell 

out quickly, so book early. Visit 

www.lpwines.com/harvest-stompede.shtml 

or phone (231) 938-3247. 

Upper Peninsula 

St. Ignace Fitness Expo, Aug. 16 & 17 

Fun and fitness in the beautiful Straits of 

Mackinac include 5K and 10K runs along the 

shoreline Saturday morning, a boat cruise 

with sunset views of the Mackinac Bridge 

that evening, and bike tour crossing "Big 

Mac" next morning. Visit www.stignace.com 

or phone (810) 338-6660. 

Mackinac Island 8-Mile, Sept. 6 

The island, -- a Michigan icon with its historic 

fort, downtown, mansions, and car-less 

roads roamed by bikes and horses -- is a treat 

any time, especially for this race around its 

perimeter. Held for 33 years on the Saturday 

after Labor Day (think "fewer tourists, crisp 

running weather"), it offers breath-taking 

views of the Mackinac Bridge, Lake Huron, 

Arch Rock and other favorites. Typically 

draws close to 3,000 runners and walkers, 

who start in waves based on predicted permile 

pace. Visit www.gaultracemanage 

ment.com or phone (810) 659-6493. 

Northeast 

Mark Mellon Memorial Triathlon, 

Gaylord, Aug. 2 

In its 23rd year, this is one of the longest 

continually-staged swim-bike-run races in the 

world. Features 1K swim in Otsego Lake, 

50K bike with impressive hills, then flat outand-back 

10K run that lets you size up your 

competition. Many athletes camp on-site, 

Otsego County Park; sign up early, if that’s 

your plan. Kid’s Tri and shorter Twilight Tri 

are held in the afternoon and evening. Phone 

(989) 732-6521. 

Silver Valley Trail Run, East Tawas, Sept. 27 

You get a double dose of happiness: a great 

7K or 5K fun run in the Huron National 

Forest, plus a chance to hang out in East 

Tawas and Lake Huron. Views are gorgeous, 

especially if color season has started early. 

Everyone has a chance to win one of four 

random cash prizes. Call (800) 55-TAWAS. 

Central 

Capital City River Run, Lansing, Sept. 28 

Family-friendly fun starts and ends at 

I m p ression 5 Science Center, a hands-on 

museum with displays and events for child 

ren of all ages. Smile Mile Kids Run (ages 

12 and under) starts at 9:30 a.m., quart e r- 

mile Slime Dash (ages seven and under) at 

9:40, 10-mile run (typically for gro w n - u p s ) 

at 10, and 5K at 10:10, all on shores of the 

Grand and Red Cedar rivers. 10 mile is 

p a rt of Michigan Runner Race Series. 

Museum is three blocks east of the Capitol, 

just south of Michigan Avenue on Museum 

Drive. Visit www. c c r i v e r- ru n . o rg or phone 

(517) 332-2681. 

Ohio 

Celebrate Westlake, Aug. 30 

This city of 30,000, just west of Cleveland, 

offers a five-mile run with $1,000 cash prizes 

to overall male and female winners, a 3.4- 

mile walk, kids fun runs and 5.5-mile in-line 

skate. Don't forget music, post-race massages, 

food tent, refreshments and kids activities. 

Michigan Runner will be on hand to see 

what's to celebrate in Westlake. Phone (440) 

808-5700 or visit www.celebrate 

westlake.com. 

River Run 5K & Half-Marathon, Cleveland, 

Sept. 6 & 7 

S a t u rd a y ’s 5K and Sunday’s half-marathon 

showcase Cleveland Metroparks. The 

point-to-point 13.1-miler runs alongside 

the Rocky River in shade from trees, and 

includes theme water stops, music and 

post-race pizza part y. There ’s also a twoday 

expo, Cleveland Browns Kiddie Run, 

in-line skate race and half-marathon re l a y 

option. Michigan Runner will be on hand 

and re p o rt back to readers on this pre m i e r 

Ohio Run. www. h e rmescleveland.com or 

phone (216) 623-9933. MR 

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We Got Mail 

My running has been a big part of my 

life for the past 29 years. Not only do I 

enjoy the exercise part of it, I also enjoy the 

competitive part of it (I’ve competed in 

over 800 races). 

I’m 77 years old now and still training 

hard for races, but I simply can’t compete 

with 70 year olds. When I’m running in a 

race where the five-year age groups stop at 

70 I feel like I’m not even part of that race. 

I feel like I don’t even belong there. 

Recently I took second to a man who just 

t u rned 70 years old. He beat me by one 

minute in a four-mile race. After looking up 

my times from when I was 70, I found that 

my time for a four-mile race was about five 

minutes faster than they are now. If I were 

still 70 I would have won the race by four 

minutes! When you start getting older is 

when you really need the five-year age 

g ro u p s . 

If I could simply stop aging that would 

solve the whole problem. But as we know, 

t h a t ’s not possible. Or I could just sit back 

and remember the “good old days.” But that 

seems kind of silly when I’m still able to train 

and compete to the best of my age ability. 

I encourage race directors to continue 

five-year age groups higher so that everyone 

who has trained hard has a fair chance 

to win their age group. 

If the older generation is to be welcomed 

and included in the world we live in, 

I would hope Race Directors would take 

this matter into consideration when planning 

the next race. 

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Jim Forshee 

In Like Flynn 

State’s Top Woman Gears for Marathon Trials 

By Charles Douglas McEwen 

It didn’t shock Anne Flynn of Augusta to 

run a PR at last fall’s LaSalle Bank 

Chicago Marathon. She had breezed to 

her four best marathon times in the Windy 

City. 

But her 2:44:58 exceeded her greatest 

expectations. “I was just hoping to squeak in 

under 2:48, the qualifying time for the 2004 

U.S. Olympic Trials,” Flynn said. 

She did more than squeak. At age 39, the 

Delton Kellogg High School physics teacher 

s h a t t e red her 1998 previous-best mark of 

2 : 47 : 21 . 

Flynn’s 2:44:58 was the best state 

women’s marathon time last year. She also 

ranked first in 2001 with a 2:48:25. (In 

2000, Flynn moved to Michigan from Iowa, 

where she had owned the top women’s time 

as well.) 

“I’m usually a conservative starter,” said 

Flynn. “When I’m running well, I get 

stronger as the race progresses. I tend to 

enjoy the second part of races more than I 

do the first. 

“At last year’s Chicago, I knew I needed 

to run a 6:24/mile pace to go under 2:48,” 

she added. “I felt great. After 11 or 12 miles, 

I dropped to 6:10s.” 

Flynn, who is married to a pathologist 

and has two daughters, 12 and 10, ran her 

first marathon at age 30 just seven months 

after giving birth. 

“I wanted to do something different,” 

she explained. 

She grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., and ran 

for the University of Iowa, where her best 

times were 16:50 for 5K and 36:00 for 10K. 

Flynn had never run more than seven 

miles in a road race prior to finishing the 

1993 Marine Corps Marathon. “The tough 

part about running so far is the training,” 

she said. “If you’ve done that work, you can 

Stepping Up: Anne Flynn, Michigan’s top woman 

marathoner, trains for Trials near home. 

just let the race unfold.” 

She ran her first 26.2-mile race in 3:17 

and has finished 13 since, including Boston, 

Twin Cities and Grandma’s. 

At the 2000 U.S. Trials in South 

Carolina, Flynn survived a humid, 80-degree 

day to finish 88th of 175 qualifiers in 2:58. 

“I had hoped to run faster. It was very-tough 

day,” she said. 

Flynn hopes for better weather at the 

April 3, 2004 Trials in St. Louis. “It’s a great 

experience and an honor to run with 

America’s best marathoners. The sponsors 

treat the athletes wonderfully,” she said. MR 


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R u n n ing wi th t h e Do g s 

By Doug Kurtis 

Running 

with a dog 

could be 

your answer to 

developing a running 

routine. 

There are many 

dogs that make 

great training partners. 

They don't 

complain, are 

Doug Kurtis 

always excited to 

go running with 

you, are reliable and on time. 

If you don't have a dog, I have several 

recommendations. Your local Humane 

Society has many prospective pets looking for 

best friends. The American Kennel Club lists 

hundreds of breed-rescue groups from which 

to find running mates. Or borrow a friend's 

dog with running experience. All are starts. 

So how do you pick a breed (or mix) that is 

right for you? Dogs from sporting, working 

and herding groups are bred to be active 

mentally and physically from exercise. "Dogs 

that have a job tend to be less destructive and 

develop fewer behavioral problems," says 

veterinarian Ann Cavendar. 

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L a rger terriers such as Airedales, Kerry 

blues (one of which won best-in-show at 

the recent Westminster Dog Show in New 

York City) and soft-coated We i m a r a n e r s 

a re good choices. Dalmatians and standard 

poodles from the non-sporting group are 

g reat for running too. 

Larry Newman of the Bars Running 

group has run as many as 20 miles with 

"Pre," his German short-haired pointer. 

Rocket Dog club member Bart Gregoroff 

often logs 10 miles with his cocker spaniel 

"Sergei." An AKC members' poll listed 

Labradors, golden retrievers and border collies 

as its top three running choices. 

Leg lengths don't necessarily determine which 

dogs run best. Sometimes long-nosed dogs 

breathe easier. Having walked many dogs as 

a Humane Society volunteer, I've found that 

their talents vary. Some are speed demons 

that pull you along, some labor while scarcely 

moving, and some lope effortlessly at 

whatever pace you choose. 

Get your dog a physical before starting a 

running program. Cavendar suggests checking 

the heart for congenital or acquired diseases, 

plus elbows and hips for orthopedic 

problems. Ask vets for recommendations 

based on your dog's build, too. 

Younger dogs may adapt more quickly to 

running regimens, but wait until they're a 

year old so their growing bones and joints 

can endure the stress. Start by alternating 

some running with lots of walking, say 20 to 

30 minutes every other day until your dog is 

in good shape. 

Don't feed your dog large meals before a 

run and start each run slowly. Exercise mornings 

and evenings in summer months. 

Remember, a dog doesn't cool like you do 

and is always wearing a coat. On warm days, 

spray your pet with water and watch for 

signs of tiredness or excessive salivating. 

Pay attention to your dog's re c o v e ry 

time. If he pants excessively or appears 

s t i ff, decrease speed or distance. Like ru n- 

ners, dogs need rest days. Two short ru n s 

may be better physiologically than one 

long, hard workout. 

Offer reasonable amounts of water after 

exercise to prevent dogs from vomiting the 

excess. If your dog has a light-colored nose, 

apply sunscreen to stave off sunburn. 

Avoid running on concrete. Trails are 

great, but make sure your pet's toenails 

aren't too long. Dogs lack the cushioned 

insoles you are used to. Their pads will thicken, 

usually over 6-8 weeks of running. After 

running your pet in snow, wash its feet to 

remove irritating salt. 

Older dogs need more rest and re c o v- 

e ry time for injuries. Stifle (knee) injuries 

a re most common in overweight and 

u n d e r-conditioned pets. Fit dogs are more 

a l e rt and content. They sleep better and 

have more energ y. 

Make sure your dog has identification and is 

licensed. Reflective collars or small flashing 

lights can help at night or when low sun 

reflects off traffic. 

A shoulder-harness may be easier on 

your companion than a leash. One or the 

other is a must when you run your dog in 

suburban areas. Avoid choke collars. There 

are some hands-free leashes available, but be 

confident about your dog's running behavior 

before you use one. 

Cavender suggests training your dog to 

run on a slack lead to prevent collar-pulling 

and, possibly, collapsing the trachea. 

Newman recommends keeping your dog on 

the left side of you, providing enough leash 

to keep its rhythm but close enough that you 

can prepare for a sudden stop. 

Many dogs are extremely loyal to their 

owners. They will follow without complaint no 

matter how much they hurt or need to stop. It's 

up to you to protect your dog by knowing its 

limits. And don't forget the poop bag. 

Columnist Doug Kurtis hasn't gone to the 

dogs quite yet. The 51-year-old Michigander 

won his world-record 40th marathon last 

year, and continues to hound competitors 

half his age on the roads. He may be contact - 

ed at dkurtis@peoplepc.com. MR

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Harvest Stompede, Leelanau Peninsula 

This race is one of the fastest growing 

running events in Michigan. Put on by the 

Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association 

http://lpwines.com , the course is set up to 

run by and through some of Michigan’s 

finest vineyards. 

Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon 

One of the nation’s oldest marathons, 

the Freep as it is called, crosses over the 

Ambassador Bridge, where the course then 

travels parallel to the Detroit River before 

going through the Detroit Tunnel. It is a 

fantastic run and we will bring all of the 

action and drama to you. 

The Crim Festival of Races. Flint 

15,000 runners of all sizes and ages are 

t u rned loose in the City of Flint to celebrate 

yet another Crim Festival of Races. It is the 

top 10 Mile event in the country and brings 

i n t e rnational running stars to our state. 

Steve’s Run, Dowagiac 

This is one of the first trail runs in 

Michigan and it has been going strong for 

decades. We get the chance to catch up 

with Ron Gunn, one of the most outstanding 

coaches in America and see just how 

he prepares one of Michigan’s most legendary 

running courses. 

Celebrate Westlake, Westlake, OH 

Westlake, Ohio is a suburb of Cleveland 

that puts together one of the state’s greatest 

races. Our cameras will be there to 

watch the action and then to, of course, 

celebrate. 

25th Annual Big Bird Run, Roseville 

The Michigan Runner and the Big Bird 

Run, both celebrate their 25th birthday, at 

this terrific 10K event. We follow the 

action and the eventual distribution of the 

big birds after the run. 

Belle Isle 33rd New Years Eve Run, Detroit 

Jeannie Bocci has had people lining up 

on the starting line for this New Year’s 

extravaganza for 32 years. It is a festive 

run and we will let you enjoy the last run 

of the year in Michigan. 

Dances with Dirt -Pinckney 

One of America’s great trail marathons 

and marathon relays, Dances with Dirt, 

attracts people from all over the United 

States. We will follow the runners over hill 

and dale and provide you with all the dirt 

on the race. 

Chris Lear –– Sub 4:00, Alan Webb and the 

Quest for the Fastest Mile 

Chris Lear is one of America’s rising 

stars on the running writers circuit. His 

first book, Running with the Buffaloes, 

was a major hit. 

Hannibal Cannibal 

Michigan Runner visits Mark Tw a i n ’s 

home town of Hannibal, Missouri for 

the Hannibal Cannibal Runs, held during 

National Tom Sawyer Days and the 

4th of July. 

The Doug Kurtis Marathon 

Training Series 

Beginning in July and continuing for 

twelve weekly shows, Doug Kurtis will 

share his marathon training tips with 

viewers 

Week 1: Fitness 

Week 2: Equipment 

Week 3: Motivation 

Week 4: Support Groups 

Week 5: Routine 

Week 6: Endurance / Speed 

Week 7: Preventing Injuries 

Week 8: Fun 

Week 9: Preparing for the Marathon 

Week 10: Tapering 

Week 11: Little Tricks for a Better Race Day 

Week 12: Race Plan 

Now Showing 

Events 

– The Great Race-Elkart, IN, 

– Michigan Indoor Track Series High 

School Championship, Ann Arbor, MI 

– LaSalle Bank Shamrock Shuffle, Chicago 

– Great Wall Marathon , Peking, China 

– Running Fit Trail Marathon and Half 

Marathon-Pinckney, MI 

– F o rest City Road Races, London, Ontario 

– Walt Disney World Marathon, Orlando 

– NCAA Cross Country Championships, 

Terre Haute, IN 

– Standard Federal 10K, Auburn Hills, MI 

– Billy Mills Fun Run, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 

– Zanglin Downriver Run, Trenton, MI 

– Rose Run, Jackson, MI 

– Dexter Ann Arbor Run, Ann Arbor, MI 

– Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Detro i t 

– Frozen Foot Race, Traverse City, MI 

– LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon 

– Witch’s Hat Run, South Lyon, MI 

– Cadillac Labor Day Race, Cadillac, MI 

Interviews 

Doug Kurtis 

– World-Class Wheeler, Jean Driscoll 

– Paul and Jill McMullen 

– Kermit Ambrose, Legendary Track and 

Field Coach 

– Boaz Cheboiywo. one of American Best 

Distance Runners 

– John Goodridge, Eastern Michigan 

Men’s Distance Coach 

– Dick Beardsley: Staying The Course 

– Keith and Kevin Hanson, Olympic 

Development Program 

– Nancy Clark: Food Guide for Marathon 

Runners 

– Frank Shorter, Catching the Cheaters 

– Mark Will-Weber: The Quotable Runner 

– Allan Steinfeld, Directing the New York 

Marathon 

– Collette Liss, LaSalle Bank Shamrock 

Shuffle Champion 

– Shaun Creighton- LaSalle Bank 

Shamrock Shuffle Defending Champion 

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The Michigan Golfer Television Show 

Channel: http://michigangolfer.tv 

“The 

Haig” 


The Golf Architects –– A Series 

Arthur Hills/Steve Forrest & Associates 

Oakland Hills CC, Birmingham 

How do you toughen up a course that is 

about to host a Ryder Cup. Bill Shelton, 

asks that question and more as Art Hills 

and Steve Forrest discuss Michigan’s most 

legendary course. 

Fieldstone GC, Auburn Hills 

This is one of the great ones in 

Michigan and it is just coming into its 

own. Our cameras capture the magic of 

the course and check out the plans for the 

new clubhouse. 

Pheasant Run GC, Canton 

Pheasant Run GC is a 27 hole golf community 

that is the pride of Canton Township. 

Inverness CC 

One of Ohio’s storied courses, Inverness 

played host to the U.S. Senior Open this 

year. Our show will let you in on the significant 

changes that have been made to 

this venerable course. 

Red Hawk GC 

When we started talking about this 

course, both Steve Forrest and Arthur 

Hills were eager to share their knowledge 

of this spectacular layout near Tawas. 

Ray Hearn and Paul Albanese 

Paul Albanese dropped by our studio 

and discussed their newest courses in 

Michigan, The Grande, Ya rrow GC, 

Hemlock and the award winning 

Strategic Course at Fox Hills. 

Tournaments 

Detroit Newspapers Michigan Open-The 

Bear at Grand Traverse Resort 

This will be the second year of our coverage. 

Who can forget the Scott Hebert 

bunker shot on the 17th hole that went in 

for a birdie? http://michigangolfer.tv/- 

2002shows/show20/ 

8th Annual Jeff Daniels Comedy Golf 

Jam, Polo Fields, Ann Arbor 

The Golf Channel and Michigan Golfer 

covered this zany tournament for the first 

time this year. MG writer Craig Brass 

describes the wildest tournament since 

Alex Karras was roaming the fairways of 

Torrey Pines. 

Western Amateur, Point O’Woods, St. 

Joseph 

Our cameras will follow the final day of 

action of the Western Amateur. 

Dick Weber Memorial Open, Michaywe 

GC, Gaylord 

Dick Weber was first of all, an absolutely 

wonderful person. Secondly, he was 

one of the masterminds in developing the 

Gaylord Golf Mecca. This is a tournament 

of love and respect for one of Michigan’s 

finest golf ambassadors. 

Bank of Ann Arbor FUTURES Golf 

Classic, Lake Forest GC, Ann Arbor 

We will cover the final day action of the 

Futures Golf Classic now in its third year 

at Lake Forest GC. 

Bay Mills Open, Brimley-Wild Bluff GC 

The Golf Channel will bring viewers the 

day to day action. Michigan Golfer cameras 

will capture the back story of the 

tournament as we will follow co-directors 

Judy Mason and Mike Husby around as 

they perform their duties. 

Destinations 

Traverse City 

Our cameras take you Traverse City for a 

v i rtual “fam trip” to find out about not only 

the terrific courses, but also about the viney 

a rds and the great “Sip and Chip” golf packages 

that await you at the Park Place Hotel 

Trumbull County, Niles, Ohio 

You have probably seen these fine folks 

at the golf shows, but in case you have 

not, we will take you there to view the 

new monster Avalon Lakes GC redone by 

Pete Dye. We will also visit the latest 

Giant Eagle Classic LPGA Tournament. 

Now Showing 

– A Michigan Golf Architect Family: 

Harley and Greg Hodges 

– Indiana Golf Hall of Fame 

– Michigan Golf Hall Of Fame 

– The Caddies of French Lick 

– Mississippi Golf 

– Grand Geneva Resort and Spa, 

Wisconsin 

– The Bull at Pinehurst Farms - Wisconsin 

– 2002 Michigan PGA Championship at 

Shanty Creek 

– Timberstone Golf Course 

– The Preserve Golf Course 

– Arnold Palmer at the ESPN Par 3 

Shootout 

– 2002 The Detroit Newspapers Michigan 

Open Championship 

– Pheasant Run’s Newest Nine 

– Craig Brass - How to Quit Golf 

– Golfing Ontario 

– Bay Mills Open 

– Michaywe Pines Golf Course 

– The Natural GC at Beaver Creek Resort 

– A Tour of Wild Bluff Golf Course 

– Quail Chase GC, Louisville, Kentucky 

– Sandhills, North Carolina Golf 

– The Tribute 

– 2001 GAM Women’s Senior Amateur 

Championship 

– Wild Bluff Junior Golf Academy 

– The Ryder Cup According to Jack Berry 

– Jack Berry Discusses the Majors 

– Jack Berry & Detroit Golf 

Architects 

– Robert Trent Jones on Treetops 

– Mike Husby Talks About Designing 

Golf Courses 

– An Interview with Ray Hearn 

– An Interview with W. Bruce Matthews III 

– An Interview with William Newcomb 

“The Haig” Returns to Michigan 

–– A Series 

The Michigan Golfer is proud to bring 

you a new series depicting the life and 

times of Walter Hagen, one of the most 

famous golfers of our time. Walter will be 

with us through the 2004 Ryder Cup year. 

– “The Haig”, Vintage Club Golf Classic, 

Elmbrook GC, Traverse City 

– The Haig Returns to Cadillac 

– Walter Hagen and the Ryder Cup 

– The Early Days 

– Watter Hagen Visits Traverse City 

– Walter Hagen returns to Rochester, NY. 

– Walter Hagen and Oakland Hills CC. 

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The Michigan Skier Television Show 

Channel: http://michiganskier.tv 


Michigan Skiing 2003 

Our host, Jim Neff, interviews anybody 

and everybody in the Michigan Ski 

Industry as we get ready for yet another 

great year of skiing in Michigan. 

Getting Geared Up-Don 

Thomas Sporthaus 

The first of two shows on getting ready 

for the coming ski season. The fine folks 

from Don Thomas Sportshaus let us in on 

the latest ski wear. 

Skis, Shoes and Boards-Don 

Thomas Sporthaus 

Bob Thomas, shows us the latest trends 

on what we will wear on our feet for the 

coming year. See the latest on snow skis, 

snowboards, and snowshoes. 

Caberfae Peaks at Cadillac 

One of Michigan original ski areas, we 

visit with the architects who turned it into 

a resort with two peaks, a new lodge and 

a golf course. 

Blue Mountain, Collingwood, 

Ontario 

We cross the border to visit our friends 

from Blue Mountain and catch some of 

the excitement of their multi million dollar 

expansion. 

Mt. Brighton –– Top Guns 

We visit Mt. Brighton, one of the pioneers 

in the utlization of ski guns. The 

area can put a ton of snow on ths slopes 

as soon as it hits 28 degrees. 

Don Thomas –– Michigan Ski 

Pioneer 

One of Michigan ski pioneers, Don 

Thomas established his business around 

the same time that Everett Kircher began 

building Boyne Mountain. Don has a fascinating 

story and we have captured it. 

Now Showing 

– Skiing The Otsego Club 

– Skiing at Crystal Mountain Resort 

– Jeannie Thoren and her Ski School at 

Crystal Mountain Resort 

– Skiing at Treetops Resort 

– Cross Country Skiing in Michigan with 

Mike Terrell 

– Boyne Mountain’s Carnival Days 

– The Everett Kircher Story 

– Michigan Senior Olympics at Treetops 

– Jeep King of the Mountain Series 

– Bob Thomas of Don Thomas Sporthaus 

Tuning Your Skis 

– Michigan Winter Special Olympic 

Games 


Start Up Nation 

Chris Cameron, of WJR’s S t a rt Up Nation 

and The Digital Hour radio programs, visits 

Eagle Crest Resort and the marketing students 

of Eastern Michigan University. Chris is there 

to judge EMU’s Elevator Pitch Contest. 

Trave rse City Vi rtual Fam Tr i p 

We had the opportunity to follow 35 meeting 

planners during a Fam Trip to Traverse City. 

Our cameras visited the Music House Museum, 

Downtown Traverse City, the Grand Tr a v e r s e 

Dinner Train, the Leelanau Sands Casino, the 

Nauticat, five vineyards and the Leelanau Club 

at Bahle Farms golf course. And finally, we had 

the opportunity to enjoy a nice dinner at the To p 

of the Park on the 10th floor of the Park Place 

R e s o rt. We had a great time exploring the city 

and our video should do the same for you. 

Photo above: courtesy of Petoskey- 

Harbor Springs-Boyne Country. 

Right: photo by Art McCafferty. 

Fall in St. Joseph 

Our cameras capture fall in St.Joseph. 

We explore the river, the town, the vineyards 

and we also stop by Pointe O’Woods 

Golf Course. 

Labor Day in Michigan 

We celebrate Labor Day at the Arts, 

Beats and Eats festival in Pontiac, the 

Detroit Montrose Jazz Fesitval and the 

Labor Day Parade in Detroit. 

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The Michigan Travel Television Show 

Channel: http://michigantravel.tv 

Now Showing 

– Snowmobiling at Beaver Creek Resort 

– Halloween on Mackinac Island 

– The Boyne Lifestyle 

– The North American Snowmobile 

Festival, Cadillac 

– Hockeytown Celebrates the 2002 

Stanley Cup, Detroit 

– Internet Advisor 5th Anniversary-Detroit 

– The Michigan Wine and Food Festival 

At Meadow Brook 

– Washtenaw: Your Advantage 

– Ypsilanti Heritage Festival 

– The Michigan Legacy Art Park Crystal 

Mountain Resort 

– Garland Resort Celebrates its 50th 

Anniversary -Lewiston 

– Michigan State Firemen’s Memorial - 

Roscommon 

– Hotel Connectivity in the State of 

Michigan

By Bob Schwartz 

Einstein had nothing on runners. Oh, he 

might have come up with that E=mc2 

thing, whatever that's worth. But runners 

couldn't care less about energy equaling 

mass times the speed of light. We're more 

concerned with our lack of energy if our 

mass expands and produces the speed of 

fright. 

We need more-practical ideas. More-useful 

stuff. That's why I've come up with twin 

theories to keep facts from interfering with 

results. 

The first, the Theory of Running 

Relativity, is needed when we discover 

A2=ST,SOG! (Advancing Age equals Slower 

Times, Son Of a Gun!). Nothing boosts 

motivation like discovering times are relative. 

The same ingenuity that has given us 

waffle-soled shoes and high-altitude sleeping 

tents has blest us with age-equivalent performance 

tables. These calculations aid those 

of us who aren't bursting with enthusiasm to 

run slower times as we get older. They take 

into account your age and present race performance, 

then determine a comparable time 

if you'd run the race at a younger age. 

What a concept! I can be better than I've 

ever been Ö relatively. I may be getting older 

and slower, losing my hair and flexibility, 

and have a decreasing maximum heart rate, 

but with the Theory of Running Relativity 

I'm actually the best I have ever been. 

Information like this keeps me showing 

up at the starting line. What better motivation 

than to discover that with my current 

10K time, I could kick my own butt of yesteryear? 

I can psyche myself up before races 

by trash talking at old photographs of 

myself. Clearly that's the epitome of competing 

against oneself. 

Runners have more than age-based re l a t i v- 

i t y. We also have tables that tell us, based on 

our present time at one distance, what time we 

should run another distance. Take our halfmarathon 

time and determine, theore t i c a l l y, 

what we should do right now in a 5K. 

Life should be so predictable. Plug in the 

fact it took 43 minutes to travel 27 miles to 

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Twin Theories of Running 

Resourcefulness 

the airport during morning rush-hour traffic, 

then be able to determine how long the drive 

should take if done mid-day, in a strong rain, 

with construction eliminating two lanes of 

the three-lane highway for a 4.5-mile stretch. 

That's useful information to have. 

Here's where theory two, the Runners 

Theory of Rationalization, comes into play. 

I recall being disheartened when I couldn't 

meet my theoretically-equivalent 

marathon time based on my 10K time. I 

thought maybe I wasn't pushing myself hard 

enough in the marathon. Maybe I was starting 

out too fast, or wasn't refueling enough 

or tapering correctly. 

Theory two made it clear my running shoe 

wasn't half-empty, it was half-full. I decided 

I wasn't underachieving in the marathon; I 

was overachieving in the 10K! (I can't race 

with the leaders, but I can rationalize with 

the best.) 

Poor times at some races only magnified 

the overachieving brilliance of my efforts at 

other races. The worse I did here, the better I 

was there. I could never fail! 

This theory goes beyond running too. 

The fact I could never get a soufflÈ to rise 

really means I've transcended my natural 

culinary talents getting breadcrumbs to stick 

to my eggplant parmigiana. My inability to 

make origami paper swans actually means 

I'm overachieving when I make paper airplanes 

that fly more than seven feet 

Einstein can have his old postulate about 

physical laws of nature. We've got our own 

physical laws of running with the twin theories 

to help us interpret today's performances 

as better than yesterday's, but not as good as 

tomorrow's. 

We've got the ingenuity. We've got the 

resources. We're willing to do whatever it 

takes for the best of times. 

Excerpted by permission from I Run, 

Therefore I Am -- Nuts! by Bob Schwartz. 

Copyright © 2001 by Human Kinetics 

Publishers, Inc. Available at bookstores, 

Amazon.com, humankinetics.com or 

1-800-747-4457. MR 

Michigan Runner Race Series 2003 

1/2 Marathon — Borgess Run — April 25 

25K — Fifth Third River Bank Run — May 10 

10K — (1 of 2) Rose Run — June 14 

15K — Chronicle Seaway — June 28 

20K — Volkslaufe — July 4 

8K — Allen Park — August 2 

10 Mile — Crim Festival of Race — August 23 

10K (2 of 2) — Cadillac Labor Day — September 1 

5K — John Rogucki Memorial Kensington Challenge — September 20 

Wild Card — Capital City River Run 10 Mile — September 28 

Marathon — Detroit Free Press / Flagstar Bank Marathon — October 5 

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Beginning Running: 

Beat the Heat 

By Karrie Alexander 

Ican remember my first summer running: 

sunshine and temperatures averaging 80 

degrees. What better time to run? 

Then I started pounding the pavement on 

these beautiful days and found it was hard to 

b reathe, I was sweating like crazy and my 

a l l e rgies were making my nose and eyes ru n . 

I began to wonder what other runners 

did when it was so hot and humid. Some 

were still running outside, but I noticed (as 

I ran by clear-windowed gyms) that others 

were running in the comfort of AC too. 

If you're new to running in heat and 

h u m i d i t y, here are tips to help see you thro u g h : 

Get acclimated. If you haven't run in a 

year or more, or if you've been running in 

colder weather, take time to get used to the 

w a rm and often-humid air. Contact your 

physician to make sure you are in good 

enough health to run, and start with short ru n s 

until you feel more comfortable in the heat. 

Don’t run during the hottest times of 

the day, typically 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. 

During this time, you're likely to find more 

sun than shade. Instead, run in the morning 

before work or school, or in the evening. 

Wear synthetic clothing. This is import a n t 

any time of year, but especially during our 

humid Michigan summers. Cotton is the worst 

thing you can wear next to your skin while 

sweating (think of falling in the pool with jeans 

on: yuck). Synthetic fibers, especially those in 

g a rments made for running, wick away moist 

u re from your skin so you can maintain a 

m o re - c o m f o table r body temperature . 

Do I need to tell you that you should 

wear shorts and a tank-top or t-shirt? 

Please don't believe wearing heavy clothes 

will cause you to burn more calories 

because you're sweating more. Sure, the 

next morning your scale may support your 

naive conceptions, but that is only because 

you've lost water weight. Read on — 

C a rry a bottle of water with you, or 

bring some money to buy water at a store 

that is on your route. The best way to beat 

the water in the air is to get water in your 

b o d y. Your muscles need oxygen to run. Since 

water is hydrogen and oxygen, the more you 

drink the less fatigued your muscles will be, 

hence the farther you can to ru n . 

Run in a park or near a body of water: 

both are easy to find in Michigan. Most 

parks have fitness trails lined with trees, so 

you can take comfort in their shade. Most 

parks have some kind of lake or stream 

running through them too, and the breeze 

(if there is one) off the water will tend to be 

cooler than in other areas. 

As always, staying close to home is a 

safe bet. If you start to feel especially 

fatigued or overheated, you can quickly go 


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Destination: 

Traverse City 

By Tom Henderson 

Traverse City -- What's not to love? 

Okay, the traffic on a busy summer 

weekend, trying to get from one end of town 

to the other. 

What's to love? The color of Grand 

Traverse Bay. The numerous groomed fore s t 

trails and paved pathways for running, biking, 

hiking, cro s s - c o u n t ry skiing and snowshoeing. 

The breathtaking views up and down the Old 

Mission or Leelanau peninsulas. Tours and 

tastes of the many wineries. The wide choice 

of great places to eat within a short drive 

(Hattie's in Sutton's Bay and the Leland 

C o u n t ry Inn in Leland, both on the Leelanau; 

Old Mission Ta v e rn and Bower's Harbor Inn, 

both on Old Mission; Tapawingo and the 

Rowe, in Ellsworth; Pearl's in Elk Rapids). All 

the kid-friendly things to do, such as water 

slides, adventure miniature golf, the Clinch 

Park Zoo downtown, go-carts, skateboard 

parks and beaches. 

T h e re are state forests, national forests and 

sand dunes at Sleeping Bear National 

L a k e s h o re that defy imagination and cry out, 

"Climb me if you dare!" There are the seemingly-endless 

vistas of Lake Michigan and its 

incomparable sunsets, and inland lakes every 

time the road turns, with public-access spots 

and public beaches. There are rivers for kayaking 

and canoeing and streams for fishing. 

There's the deep blue of the up-north air; 

the aquas of the lakes, and greens of the 

Above: Bayshore Marathon, 2003, photo 

by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios. 

water; the billions of trees so green in summer 

and so riotous in fall they can burn holes 

in your retinas if you stare too hard. 

There are the endless summer concerts at 

Interlochen, with all those kids so talented 

and accomplished it makes you yearn for a 

life more focused. 

It may seem incongruous in the midst of 

so much nature -- given the politically-incorrect 

nature of the internal-combustion engine 

-- but is there any place in the Midwest more 

suited for just going out for a drive? 

Meander down any road in the Leelanau, 

making sure you hit Pierce Stocking Scenic 

Drive to catch sunset atop the sand cliffs of 

Sleeping Dunes. Or head up Old Mission to 

the lighthouse at the end, rolling up and down 

hills and drinking in views of the orc h a rds and 

both arms of Grand Traverse Bay. Or tour 

a round To rch Lake and its impossible 

t u rquoise, or crest the forested hills and head 

down into Beulah and Crystal Lake, or mosey 

into the Fife Lake forest on hard-packed dirt 

roads and stop to take a walk at the Sand 

Lakes Quiet Are a . 

And there's plenty else to do on foot 

too, in the form of lots and lots of 

races. Here are some within a halfhour's 

drive or so: 

• The Frozen Foot 2- and 5-mile runs on Old 

Mission Peninsula each January. Many runners 

start training for May's Bayshore 

Marathon with these races, and each year 

sponsors bring in notables to speak Friday 

night, run the race Saturday and pass out 

awards. In 2002 it was Runner's World editor 

Amby Burfoot, last year it was five-time 

Olympian Francie Larrieu Smith. 

• The Kalkaska Trout Festival 5K in April. 

• The Bayshore Marathon and 10K on the 

Saturday before Memorial Day, both with 

splendid views of the east arm of Grand 

Traverse Bay. 

• The Summer Solstice 5K cross-country 

evening run in Traverse City in June. 

• The Cherry Festival 5K and 15K in mid- 

July. The latter features Old Mission 

Peninsula's Mt. McKinley, one of the steepest, 

lung-bustingest climbs in state racing. 

• The Alden 5K and 10K the last Saturday in 

July. Alden is on Torch Lake, so turquoise 

you'll think it's computer-generated or even 

an acid flashback. (The forest portion of the 

10K is pretty impressive, too.) 

• A flat and lightning-fast 5K and 10K in 

Elk Rapids the first Saturday in August, 

when Harbor Days mean street fairs, fireworks, 

amusement rides and laying around in 

the shallow heated waters of Lake Michigan. 

• The Harvest Stompede in mid-September. 

This is my new favorite race in the area, and 

has its third running Sept. 13. Entry fees buy 

you reduced-price tickets for a two-day winery 

tour and tasting. The 5K is scenic and 

tough, but the 7-miler is the one to remember. 

Both start at Ciccone Vineyards and 

head to the nearby Mawby Vineyards. The 7- 

miler adds a jaunt through Black Star 

Vineyards, runners racing through rows of 

vines heavy with their fall harvest. For information 

about the Stompede or wineries, go 

to www.lpwines.com/harvest-stompede.shtml, 

or email Rick Coates at racoates@core.com. 

• The VASA 11K and 25K in late September. 

This wonderful, groomed trail is a paradise 

for winter sports enthusiasts, and not a bad 

place for killer runs in the fall. 

• The Turkey Trot cross-country 5K near 

gorgeous Glen Lake in the Leelanau in 

November. 

The Turkey Trot and June's Summer 

Solstice run are put on by Jeff Gaft of 

Running Fit, whose store near Grand 

Traverse Mall has been so successful that 

Running Fit recently opened a second store 

downtown. You can get information on any 

race in general and running particular by 

emailing Jeff at runfittc@aol.com, visiting 

www.runningfit.com, or phoning the stores 

at (231) 933-9242 or (231) 932-5401. 

The Traverse City Track Club, founded in 

1961, hosts weekly training runs and helps 

put on local races. 

The club's 43rd-annual summer race series, 

member Dave Taylor says, features 10 events 

home, cool off with the hose and resume 

your run. Speaking of hoses, keep track of 

your neighbors' sprinkler habits and run 

when most of them have sprinklers on (probably 

when they get home from work). That's 

a sure-fire way to keep it cool. 

My nose starts running in April with 

t ree pollen and doesn't stop until the first 

f rost. If you are like me, ask your doctor 

which allergy medicine is right for you. 

Most are now available over the counter 

without prescription. This helps a lot when 

I run outdoors. 

Plant water bottles along your ro u t e . 

If you aren't close to home and, by city 

o rdinance, your neighbors aren't allowed 

to water their lawn, you'll have cool 

re f reshment anyway. If you've laid out 

bottles, you'll be motivated to run the full 

distance too. 

Run in the rain. You won't melt. Check 

for lightning and/or emergency weather alerts 

in your area first. There's nothing better than 

taking a run in a nice summer shower (if it's 

just that) on a hot day. 

Running outside is always a great way to 

exercise, and in summer you have the benefit 

of getting a suntan too. Using a little common 

sense can open doors to a lot of fun. 

MR 

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At the Races 

Going to Potawatomie 


©Art McCaf ferty 

Cherry Festival 15K runners climb the road known 

as Mt. McKinley. 

meeting each Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the T. C . 

Central High School parking lot. The cost is 

50 cents per race or $5 for the season. Races 

a re informal, with guys up front trying to put 

in fast times and persons in back maximizing 

their social time. 

The series starts with a 3-mile flat race 

and goes up in distance to 15K, Taylor 

adds. It includes handicap and prediction 

runs, so everybody can come out a winner 

at some point. There is also a corresponding, 

non-judged race-walking series. 

Persons of all abilities are welcome. 

"We usually have up to 120 runners, 

with a core group of 50 on any given 

week," Taylor says. "There are two races 

where the club buys pizza for anyone who 

shows up." For information, email 

tctc@chartermi.net, or visit www.bayshoremarathon.org. 

If you need cross-training advice or 

equipment while in the area, Beulah's 

Crystal Lake Adventure Sports is first-rate. 

Crystal, one of the loveliest lakes in one of 

the most-beautiful spots on earth, is a fine 

place to take a kayak lesson, with classes 

held regularly by the store. CLAS sells 

canoes and kayaks for newbies and whitewater 

daredevils alike, and has a bike-repair 

shop in case you crash on a back road or 

nearby trail. Call (231) 887-2527, or email 

clasinfo@coslink.net. 

If you need a place to stay in the are a 

during summer, book as early as possible. The 

Traverse City Chamber of Commerce has an 

excellent website, www. t c c h a m - b e r. o g, r with 

links to most area hotels, motels and re s t a u- 

rants. The Traverse City Record-Eagle has a 

website loaded with tips on things to see and 

do, at www. re c o rd - e a g l e . c o m . 

Tom Henderson has owned an old oneroom 

red schoolhouse between Kalkaska 

and Traverse City for 30 years and spends 

as much time running, biking and wintersporting 

in the area as possible. MR 

24 J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 0 3 

PINCKNEY STATE RECREATION AREA 

(4/27/03) -- There's danger thrusting skyward on 

the course of the Potawatomie Trail Marathon 

and Half-Marathon. 

R a c e - d i rector Randy Step may need to cancel 

an event he founded in 1988, when 56 ru n n e r s 

took off into the rain to conquer those hills and 

v a l l e y s . 

Clearly geological activity is proceeding at a 

rapid rate. Tectonic plates are colliding, one sliding 

under another, the one on top lifting up, up, up, 

c reating mountains where just a few years ago 

t h e re were hills, and steep, steep descents where 

once there were gradual declines. 

Or at least it seemed that way to a veteran of 

The Pot, as its fans call the trail, who re t u rned this 

year after missing last year. Though, glancing 

a round the finish line, no one else seemed panicked. 

And looking at the winning times, the fro n t - 

runners seemed not to have encountered any new 

mountains. Hmm. Magic at work? 

R o b e rt Mitchell, 24, of Jackson, worked his 

magic in the half-marathon, running in a small 

pack till six miles, then suddenly beep-beeping into 

another gear and pulling away. "He took off and 

schooled us big time," said ru n n e rup Andre w 

Schupp, 22, of Caledonia. "He took us out of the 

race in about 100 meters." 

"I just cruised," said Mitchell. "I felt re a l l y 

g o o d . " 

Mitchell finished first in the field of just more 

than 500 in 1:21:56 (6:15 pace on that tre a c h e r- 

ous terrain), with Schupp coming in at 1:24:01 

and Grant Woodman, 29, of East Lansing, another 

24 seconds back. 

Amy Bork, 26, of Pontiac, worked some serious 

sorc e ry in the half-marathon as well. She disa 

p p e a red, then suddenly was there again and nearly 

pulled out the win, finishing just a second 

behind Cheryl Klotkowski, 27, of Dearborn, who 

won in 1:39:11, a 7:34/mile pace. 

The two women came flying toward the finish 

line, with the crowd going wild, but Bork 

couldn't close anymore on a gap she had whittled 

dramatically in the late going. 

"(Bork) totally surprised me," said 

Klotkowski. "I kept looking back and I didn't see 

her anywhere . " 

"I thought (Klotkowski) was about four minutes 

ahead of me," Bork said. "I didn't see her the 

whole race until about thre e - q u a rters of a mile to 

go. I tried to catch her but I was a tad short . " 

T h e re was no catching P. F. Potvin, 27, of 

Cadillac, who beat a field of 145 in the two-loop 

marathon. "It went really well," he said. "I start e d 

o ff trying to break three hours. It got warm and I 

couldn't do it, but I still managed to hold the 

l e a d . " 

Potvin faded after a 1:30:26 first-half split to 

finish in 3:13:40, but his slowing may have been 

due to those tectonic plates at work. Dylan Clark, 

27, finished second, nearly three minutes back. 

Masters champ Duane Dye, 44, placed third overall 

in 3:17:34. Jaime Kosurak, 42, of Wi n d s o r, was 

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Frog Prince Studios 

Bright sunny skies treated runners-- unusual for 

Running Fit’s Trail Marathon and Half Marathon. 

ru n n e rup master in 3:24:22. 

Jodi Mullet, 31, of Ann Arbor, smoked the 

women's field, hitting a 1:54:01 split en route to a 

4:02:45, good for 18th overall and nearly a 13- 

minute lead over Susan Thompson, 40, of Novi. 

Sue Kempema, 45, of Grand Rapids, was third in 

4:18:44, with yet another master, Deb We b s t e r, 

46, of West Olive, fourth in 4:19:21. 

Fifty-somethings dominated the halfmarathon 

male masters, with Jerry Pro c t o r, 53, of 

Valparaiso, Ind., finishing 20th overall in 1:34:49, 

and Mark Zitzelsberg e r, 50, of Mt. Pleasant, 23rd 

overall in 1:35:33. 

Wanda Gunderson, 44, of Whitmore Lake 

and a veteran here, was top woman master in 

1:45:46, good for more than a nine-minute win in 

the division. 

And how about Hayden Smith, 55, of Albion, 

who was 31st overall in 1:36:55, good for more 

an 11-minute win in the 55-59 division? He must 

have missed those tectonic mountains, too. 

The only thing marring the day was that, for 

the second time in three years, the We s t 

Bloomfield Half-Marathon went head-to-head 

with The Pot, cutting into entry totals for both. It 

would be nice if these popular, early-season long 

races were scheduled diff e rent days, so ru n n e r s 

could do them both. 

But more than balancing that was the glorious 

weather on The Pot, normally known for 

wind, rain, mud and all the nasty stuff trails can 

t h row runners' way. 

The day started out crisp, in the mid-30s, but 

a sun burning down from a crystal-clear sky 

w a rmed things in a hurry. 

" T h e re must be some mistake," said Step. "In 

16 years, it's the first time I think I've seen the sun 

h e re. It's like cheating on a day like this for a race 

d i re c t o r. " 

Want to check out that sun and racing? 

T h e re's a video feed of The Pot at www. m i c h i g a n- 

ru n n e r. t . v MR

Races, Races 

Everywhere 


ELKHART, IND. (5/26/03) -- "Who wants it 

more? 

The race announcer shouted that question 

as two Kenyans came charging up Franklin 

Street toward the finish line of the halfmarathon 

at The Great Race 2003. 

George Kimanthi, 27, had a slight advantage 

when the pair turned the final corner. But 

as they raced to the finish, Peter Nitabo, 34, 

pulled even. The taller Nitabo stretched one 

long leg ahead of Kimanthi at the line for the 

victory. Officially, Nitabo clocked 1:07:53.2 to 

Kimanthi's 1:07:53.5. 

Nitabo and Kimanthi were among 

Kenyans, now training in Hamilton, Ont., who 

vied in the 23rd-annual event. Kenyans also 

were first and second in the 10K. 

In that race, 24-year-olds David Ndungu 

and Samuel Karanja led together through two 

miles. Then Ndungu took command. 

"I try to push myself as hard as I can," said 

Ndungu. His 29:17 fell shy of the course re c o rd 

(28:48) and his own PR (27:50), but was good for 

the win. Karanja took second in 29:33. 

Brothers Kevin Hanson (34:19) and Keith 

Hanson (35:09) of Sterling Heights were among 

top finishers in the 10K. (The two coordinate 

Hansons Olympic Distance Project, a program 

that sponsors elite runners.) 

"The sponsors invited Keith and I to be part of 



the festivities," said Kevin. "We hadn’t run this one 

b e f o re, but they put us up and took good care of us. 

Kim Saddic, 33, of West Chester, Pa., won the 

women's half-marathon, which starts in Goshen 

and ends at Elkhart, in 1:21:33. "Friends fro m 

Goshen encouraged me to run it," Saddic said. 

Lucie Mays, 32, of Carmel, Ind., captured 

the women's 10K in 36:03. "The 10K is my 

favorite distance," said Mays, who won the 

half-marathon last year. 

This year's Great Race -- presented by the 

E l k h a rt Truth newspaper, Gaska Tape Inc. and 

Bank One ñ included 31 events spread over 

Memorial Day weekend. In addition to road races, 

t h e re were tennis, swimming, volleyball, cycling, 

in-line skating, canoeing/kayaking competitions 

and a dog walk. Athletes came from all over the 

U.S., Canada and, yes, Kenya. 

F o rmer U.S. Olympian Gary Morgan, 43, of 

Clarkston, muscled his way to a 10K Power Wa l k 

v i c t o ry in 48:47, 10 minutes faster than second 

place. Another Michiganian, Bill Reed, 50, of 

Scotts (58:42), placed third. Morg a n ’s time was his 

best since winning the 1999 Great Race 10K in 46 

minutes. He set his 41:38 PR in 1988. 

For complete results, go to www.thegreatrace.net 

MR 


25

RBR a 'Red, White and Browne' Affair 


GRAND RAPIDS (5/10/03) -- Dan Browne just 

might have to change his name to Dan Red White 

and Blue. 

The West Point graduate and Ore g o n 

National Guard captain -- also a member of the 

Nike Oregon Project team coached by the lege 

n d a ry Alberto Salazar -- became the first 

American to win the Fifth Third River Bank 25K 

run in seven years, pulling away from Kenyan 

Joseph Kariuki at the nine-mile mark to win by a 

minute in 1 hour, 16 minutes and 13 seconds. 

Pulled away? Nah, "pulled" is too slow a 

verb. Drove off. Rocketed off. Materialized into 

another dimension, more like it. Kariuki had 

s u rged just after six miles and Browne went with 

him. Fellow Kenyan Gabriel Muchiri and 

Michigan's Ryan Shay slipped off the pace, but 

B rowne went with him. 

The two ran stride for stride until nine miles, 

when the Browne accelerated at the beginning of a 

downhill. Kariuki let him go, and from then on it 

was just a matter of how much the American 

would win by. Browne's victory came despite 

steamy conditions of 65 degrees and 100-perc e n t 

h u m i d i t y, which took a toll on many would-be 

contenders, including Kariuki. 

"It was very humid. It killed me," said Kariuki. 

" We have heat in Kenya but not humidity. When 

( B rowne) made his break, I felt the pace was very 

high. I thought if I went with him, I might not finish. 

It was better to slow down and regain my stre n g t h . " 

Albina Ivanova of Russia also surged at nine 

miles to run away with the women's open championship 

in 1:27:28. Christine Clifton, a Kirkland, 

Wash., resident living and training in nort h e rn Italy 

with her boyfriend/coach Claudio Bellini, was second 

overall and won her first national title, in 1:29:30. 

B rowne earned $4,000 for winning the open 

division and another $4,000 for winning the USA 

Track & Field national title. Kenyans had won the 

open division seven-straight years, with Alfre d o 

Vigueras the last American victor in 1996. 

"That was the loudest finishing-line cro w d 

I've ever heard," said Browne, who claimed U.S. 

marathon and 20K titles in 2002 and has also won 

national titles at 15K, 10K and 5K. 

"It was kind of scary. Usually when the cro w d 

is screaming like that, it's because someone is coming 

up behind you," said Browne. "But I peeked 

back to see who was coming and didn't see anyb 

o d y. 

"This is a testament to what we are trying to 

do in America, competing at the highest level," the 

winner added. "I want to make Americans pro u d 

of their runners. That's my goal through the rest of 

the year. I've had a few mediocre races this year, 

but this is a turn a ro u n d . " 

If the Kenyans and much of the rest of the 

running world were stunned by Browne's perf o rmance, 

elite-athlete coordinator Greg Meyer was 

not. In fact, he'd been calling it since Christmas. 

Based on Meyer's predictions, the pre-race media 

kit said this about Browne: "He could be the race's 

first American to win in a long time." 

Ivanova won her first River Bank Run coming 

o ff a sixth-place finish at the recent Boston 

Marathon. She ran with Clifton the first nine 

miles, then put the hammer down and blew the 

race open. "She just took off," said Clifton. "She 

26 J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 0 3 



Dan Browne wins Fifth Third River Bank 

Run and USATF 25K title. 

had a 30-second lead within a mile." 

Clifton had an 84-second margin at the end over 

t h i rd-place finisher Deeja Youngquist of Albuquerq u e , 

but the U.S. title didn't come easy. Clifton cramped 

up at 13 miles and had to walk a bit. 

"It was scary," she said of her forced walk. "I 

was saying, 'Come on, Christine, you better suff e r 

a little.' I looked over my shoulder and couldn't 

see anyone and said, 'Whew!' 

"I came here to win, but am I surprised? I am," 

said Clifton, who was not on the list of contender 

bios passed out by race officials. She ran an impre s- 

sive 2:32 at Chicago in 2000, her first competitive 

marathon, but has done little since then. She 

d ropped out of Twin Cities last fall and stru g g l e d 

for two months after. "I'd do a 20-minute run and 

feel like I was at the two-hour mark on a long ru n . " 

Eventually she was diagnosed with adre n a l 

p roblems caused by an inability to metabolize calcium, 

which left her weak. She changed her diet, 

took a couple months off and resumed training in 

F e b ru a ry. In late April, Clifton paced a friend to a 

1:13 half-marathon, "and I thought 'Finally I'm 

ready to give them a good race.'" 

She came to Grand Rapids and did just that. 

S h a y, a Central Lakes High School graduate 

and ex-Notre Dame All-American, saw the River 

Bank Run as a turn a round as well. After winning 

the national marathon championship in 

B i rmingham, Ala. in Febru a ry, he said he re s u m e d 

racing too soon and had been stale ever since. 

"Each race was getting worse," Shay said. On 

May 2 he hit bottom, dropping out of a 10,000- 

meter track race at the Stanford Invitational. "I 

thought, 'This is ridiculous,'" Shay said. 

He backed off training and made two trips to 

his chiropractor in the days leading up to the River 

Bank. "I had a lot of muscles that weren't firing at 

all," he said. 

They fired fine May 10. Shay slipped to fifth 

midway through the race, re g rouped, moved to 

f o u rth and was close to Phillimon Hanneck, 

B rowne's Nike Oregon teammate, at the finish. 

Saul Mendoza of Wi m b e r l y, Tex., won a 

thrilling wheelchair race and $1,000, beating Ern s t 

Van Dyk of South Africa by one second, in 52:45, 

with Krige Schabort of South Africa third another 

four seconds back. 

Winning $1,500 as top masters (over-40) ru n- 

ners were Dennis Simonaitis of Draper, Utah, 13th 

overall in 1:20:47; and Janet Robertz of 

S h o rewood, Minn., eighth for the women in 

1 : 3 5 : 1 6 . 

It was a tough day for defending champions. 

David Morris of Albuquerque was 10th overall 

and Jeanne Hennessy of Mahopac, N.Y., fell to 

fifth after being struck by bouts of asthma and 

having to hit her inhaler six times trying to get 

oxygen into her lungs. 

It was a day of mixed results for top state ru n- 

ners. Shay did well, and Carl Rundell of Te a m 

Hansons was happy with his 14th-place time of 

1:20:51. But it was a tough day for Kyle Baker, 

22nd in 1:23:44 after finishing fourth American 

last year. 

Lori Stich Zimmerman, a former Michigan ru n- 

ner now living in Texas, was sixth in 1:33:51; but the 

only current state resident in the women's top 20 was 

Laura Murphy of Rochester, 16th in 1:37:45. 

It was also a rare bad day for the Kenyans. 

They lost the open title for the first time since 

1996, with Gabriel and Patrick Muchiri both fading 

badly. Jackline To rori also failed to make the 

top 20 for the women. Two other Kenyans, 2002 

champs Te resa Wanjiku and Ronald Mogaka, were 

last-minute dro p - o u t s . 

A total of 4,490 ran the 25K, with another 

3,687 running or walking the 5K. Both were close 

to re c o rds set at the 25th annual River Bank ru n 

last year. MR 

International Stars 

Run Hot, Cold at 

First-Year Race 

By Scott Sullivan 

GRAND RAPIDS (4/19) -- Africans were hot 

and a Russian complained about the cold at 

the first-annual Takin' It to the Streets 5K. 

Women went first at this successor to the 

late Pietro's Run Fasta Eat Pasta 5K, with 

Anastasia Zubova czarina in 16:20. 

Though the Russian Olympic hopeful said 

the mid-40's dampness slowed her, she beat 

top Michiganian Betsy Frens (16:56) and claim 

$600 for her effort. 

Michigan Runner of the Year Laurie Decker 

of Cadillac (18:49) edged Wyoming's Laura 

Vroon (13:52) for top masters money, $150. 

Training partners Musa Gwanzura 

(Zimbabwe) and David Kipngetich (Kenya) 

took turns leading the men's race, Gwanzura 

prevailing. Both covered the multi-turned 

course in 14:32. 

Justin Pfreunder of Grand Rapids was top 

Michigander and third overall (15:35). Bry a n 

Alfonso of Clarkston (16:54) was masters king. 

Lake Michigan Credit Union took over 

sponsorship of this renamed race in memory 

Mark Nader, late director of the Run Fasta Eat 

Pasta 5K. The original, one of Runner's World 

magazine's top-100 U.S. road races, was sponsored 

for 15 years by Pietro's restaurants. 

Runs started and ended at Ottawa Hills

Flyers Vie at 

Indy 500 Race 

By Graham Wellman 

his year’s Indianapolis 500 Mini- 

Marathon was shaping up to be a mem- 

one. The men’s field boasted Torable 

several previous winners, including last year’s 

winner and course record holder, Gabriel 

Muchiri. The Race Directors attributed the 

talented field to Indianapolis television network 

WISH TV’s offer of $25,000 for a men’s 

or women’s world record. With such a large 

jackpot, and race time weather of partly 

cloudy and 55 degrees, conditions seemed perfect 

for a record attempt. 

In the men’s race, Five Kenyans took the 

lead at the gun, running comfortably together 

for the first half of the race. Heading into the 

lap around Indianapolis Motor Speedway, 

1998 winner Joseph Kariuki began throwing 

in slight surges, testing the other competitors. 

Although he lead by as much as 40 meters, the 

chase group consistently made up the distance. 

In the last mile and a half, Kariuki began 

a push for the victory; surging hard and dropping 

everyone except his training partner, 

Gabriel Muchiri. The strain on Muchiri’s face 

was evident, as he ran 5-10 meters off of 

Kariuki’s shoulder. With a mile to go, Kariuki 

quickened the pace and extended his lead. He 

didn’t let up from there, winning by 25 seconds. 

His time, 1 hour 3 minutes and 43 seconds 

was almost two minutes off the course 

record. After the race, Muchiri cited a “stomach 

pain” for his poor performance. Both he 

and Kariuki look forward to faster times at 

next year’s mini. 

The women’s race produced a faster finish 

than the men’s. Only two weeks removed from a 

6th place at the Boston Marathon, Albina 

Ivanova pulled away, heading out of the speedw 

a y, to win in a new course re c o rd, 1:11:24. 

Her eff o rt was 30 seconds ahead of Anastasia 

N b d e reba and good for 26th overall. 

Michigan was well represented in 

Indianapolis. Kenya’s John who lives and 

trains in Flint, finished 9th overall. Doug 

Kurtis, who holds the world records for most 

marathon victories (39) and most sub-2:20 

marathons (76) finished 69th overall. Timothy 

Emmet of Royal Oak and Patrick Foley of 

Commerce were the second and thir d 

Michigan finishers. Emmet ran 1:18:59 to finish 

80th and Foley came in 94th, running 

1:20:01. In addition, the Mini’s directors 

hired Riley McLincha, of Clio, to participate 

in the event. Although the name may not ring 

a bell, anyone familiar with the Michigan 

road-racing circuit will recognize McLincha. 

The self-proclaimed “Professor of Drubbling” 

can be hired to dribble three basketballs while 

he completes road races. MR 

High School, Nader's alma mater, included a 

stretch on the old Pietro's course, and drew 

729 finishers (449 men, 280 women). 

For complete results, visit www.classicrace.com. 

MR 


27

Diemer Speedsters 

Win Donuts, Cash 


CUTLERVILLE (6/7/03) -- You know you are 

in a fast 5K when: 

— 15:59 earns you only ninth place in your 

age group. 

— A three-time Olympian, 41, is just eighthplace 

master. 

The latter was Brian Diemer's fate in his 

14th-annual namesake race. The 1984 steeplechase 

bronze-medalist finished a twisting 

course through his hometown in 16:45 -- not 

bad for an "old man" who gave up competitive 

running years ago. But he had to buy 29 

donuts nonetheless. 

Among come-ons for the Diemer Amerikam 

5K is its namesake purchases pastries for all who 

beat him. Another is the $6,500 purse, including 

$500 each for male and female open and masters 

winners. Fast times, plus the need to re l o a d 

on carbos, are guaranteed. 

Wisconsin's Matt Thull, second here last 

summer to Kyle Baker, led this year's field of 

396 (up from 373) with a sizzling 14:21, 24 

seconds faster than Ian Forsyth of Ann Arbor. 

The women's race on this runner-friendly, 

overcast day was tighter, with Rachel Graybill 

(17:47) holding off Janet Becker (17:54) and 

Andrea Lubberts (18:04). 

Defending-champs Betsy Frens and Baker 

did not compete. 

Malen, Clark Bloom, 

Top Field 


WEST BLOOMFIELD (4/27/03) -- Troy's 

Donald Malen, 33, continues blooming at West 

Bloomfield. 

Two years ago, Malen placed second to 

Doug Kurtis in the half-marathon, running a 

1:14:50. He won last spring's race with a 

1:13:09 PR, then repeated this year in 1:12:30. 

"It's surprising I run PRs on such a hard 

course," Malen said. 

The man of Troy led from start to finish. "I 

wanted to go under 1:13 last year, but the cold 

weather got to me. This year conditions were 

perfect," Malen said. 

Karl Zubal, 37, of Hazel Park, finished a 

The top masters donut went to Mike 

Scannell of Grand Blanc (15:11). Ron Zywicki 

of Traverse City crossed second in 15:40. 

Laura Vroon of Wyoming (18:15) led the 

over-age-40 women. Cadillac's Laurie Decker - 

- who'd run her first-ever marathon, Bayshore, 

two weeks earlier -- was runnerup in 18:40. 

For the record, it was Holland's Jonathan 

Langworthy, 21, who ran sub-16:00 and 

placed only ninth among males ages 19-24. 

But his post-race pastry was no less sweet. 

Complete results available online at 

www.classicrace.com. MR 

distant second in 1:17:58. Third through fifth 

were Kraig Schmottlach, 36, of Mt. Clemens 

(1:18:23); Mike Wilusz, 24, of Royal Oak 

(1:22:53); and masters champ John Tarkowski, 

50, of Garden City (1:24:26). 

The women's race was a barn burner, with 

Highland Park's Barbara Clark, 39, edging 

Kerry Ury, 30, of Waterford, by five seconds. 

Clark, who finished in 1:36:12, ran the first 

couple miles trailing a pack of three. "The others 

went out at a 6:30 pace," she said. "I went 

out in 6:45, which was faster than I wanted." 

Clark passed the leaders after the aid station 

at two miles. "One of them (Ury) stayed on 

my tail the whole way," said Clark. "She was 

tough. I had to hold on at the end." 

"I had a lot left," said Ury, who had given 

birth three months earlier. "I thought I had 

another half-mile to go." 

Following the leaders were Michelle 

Groechel, 39, of Farmington Hills (1:36:43); 

Jeanine McCloskey, 24, of Utica (1:37:52); and 

Diana Fernando, 36, of West Bloomfield 

(1:39:19). Sandy Schubert, 45, of Highland, finished 

masters queen in 1:45:36. 

Adam Mancini, 23, of Ferndale, nipped 

Ben Reed, 17, of Ortonville, in the men's 5K. 

Both were clocked in 17:17. Kim Peterson, 34, 

of Farmington, was women's winner 19:16. 

Monica Czerwinski, 24, of Farmington Hills, 

placed second in 20:41. 

The West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation 

Department presented both races, plus a kids 

fun run. Sponsors included Singh Development 

Co. LTD., PizzaPapalis, La Croix, Cauley 

Chevrolet, Life Energy Health Vitality 

Chiropractic, and Running Fit. MR 

28 J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 0 3

Striders Rule Rolling, 

Rural Run 


WALKER (4/19/03) -- When Team Striders 

lined up front and center for the fourth-annual 

Striders Saturday 10-Mile Classic, I had an 

inkling where this was going. 

Distractions from them disappearing 

ahead of me were generous: 

• A rolling, rural course that went out and 

back, so we mid-packers could see leaders 

midway and shout encouragement to friends 

running fore and aft. 

• Curious horses that romped beside us. 

• Cattle, equally penned, who gazed critically 

at my gait. 

Hillsdale College grad Eric Houghton finished 

the hills and dales here first in 53:50, 

topping Striders teammate and two-time 

defending champion Matt Smith of Holland 

(54:08). 

Maureen Pluger, 40, of Grand Rapids, 

was women's winner in 1:06:44, holding off a 

late charge by Andrea Lubberts, also of GR. 

Masters honors went to Russ DeRoos 

(sixth overall in 56:51) and, in lieu of Pluger, 

Sue Kempema (1:11:15). 

Running still needs and feeds Joe Wolters, 

64, who had a stent put near his heart this 

winter. He won his age group by seven minutes. 

Another master's ace, Tim Zindler, served 

as a race volunteer just months after being 

near death with a torn aorta. 

24th Borgess Gorgeous 


KALAMAZOO (4/26/03) -- Eric Johnson hoped 

to break 1:15 in the National City Half- 

Marathon at the Borgess Run for the Health of 

It. Taking advantage of cool, clear weather, he 

did better. 

Johnson, an Aquinas College senior from 

Flint, won by almost a mile in a personal-record 

1:12:39. 

"I needed to break 1:15 to qualify for the 

NAIA marathon championship May 24," 

Johnson said. "So winning the race and getting 

a PR were icing on the cake." 

Finshing second and third were runners 

nearly twice Johnson' age: masters Chris 

Glowacki of Freeland (1:17:35) and Kris 

Warzawski of Northville (1:18:12). 

Janet Becker of Grand Rapids led pretty 

much start to finish in the women's race, winning 

in 1:23:22. Laura Ankrum of Grand Blanc, 

who gave birth last July, placed second in 

1:25:18; followed by Borgess physical therapist 

Kristin Walstad of Plainwell (1:25:42). 

Robin Sarris-Hallop of Ann Arbor led the 

masters in 1:31:54. 

Portage Northern cross-country coach Dan 

Zindler, easing back into running, said 

that, like Wolters, he didn't mind having lost a 

step or two. 

"It's great being alive," he said. MR 



Borgess 5K runners find a hill beyond the curve. 

Higgason, 33, won the men's 5K in 16:22, topping 

Steve Reffitt of Pinkney (16:33) and top 

master Felix Brooks (16:38). 

Theresa Padilla was women's 5K queen for 

the fifth-straight time, crossing in 19:14. "I felt 

wonderful," said Padilla, 32, of Coldwater. "I 

broke out to get my place and I just kept 

going." 

Allison Wolf of Kalamazoo placed second 

in 20:31, and Peggy Zeeb of Colon third with a 

20:40. 

Ex-Olympian Gary Morgan, 43, of 

Clarkston, won the judged 5K racewalk in 

23:22. It was his 11th Borgess title in 12 

attempts. "I keep coming back because the 

sponsors do a super job putting this race on," 

Morgan said. 

Debbie Topham, 50, of Marysville, defended 

her women's racewalk crown with a 29:14. 

The weekend event, which included a 5K 

Family Fitness Walk, Motivational Mile and 

Kids Fun Run, drew more than 3,300 participants. 

For complete results, visit www.borgessrun.com. 

MR 


29

Bi-Polar Marathon Man Heads North 

By Don Kern 

Michigan's harsh winter provided gre a t 

training for three state men who 

recently ran the first North Pole 

Marathon. Dave Kanners of Rochester, Helmut 

Linzbichler of Harbor Springs, and Don Kern 

( t h a t ’s me) of Martin ventured to the fart h e s t 

n o rth to enjoy this unique adventure . 

I joined my South Pole traveling companions 

Brent Weigner and Richard Donovan 

along with eight other runners for this trip to 

the other end of the earth. Getting there was 

relatively easy, with commercial flights that 

would take us as far as 78 degrees North to 

the small town of Longyearbyen in the 

S v a l b a rd Islands north of Norw a y. Fro m 

t h e re, it was a two-and-a-half hour flight on a 

30 J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 0 3 

Russian Anatov 74 plane to “Ice Station 

B a rneo.” Each year, the Russians set up a 

B a rneo about 60 nautical miles from the Pole 

to accommodate polar expeditions. After 

landing we were shuttled about 7K to the 

campsite via helicopter. We arrived late 

evening Moscow time and were assigned to 

heated tents for our first night on the ice. 

Evening, of course, is only measured on 

our watches, since we had reached the land of 

perpetual sunlight. The next morning at 

b reakfast we were told that we would load on 

the helicopters at 2:30 for the trip to the pole 

to do the marathon. Around 12:30, we were 

suddenly told that we had five minutes to get 

on the helicopter because we were going nort h 

RIGHT NOW. We were beginning to understand 

why they called them ru s h i n ’s as we hurriedly 

grabbed our bags and headed nort h . 

We landed about an hour later, after dro p- 

ping two groups along the way for ski expeditions 

to the pole, and Brent and Richard went 

out to set up the course — a one kilometer 

loop we would run 42 times. After about an 

hour of hurried preparations, setting up a 

w a rming tent and putting up banners, we 

w e re re a d y. Nelsen Petersen of Kibo 

P roductions was there to film the event. 

And so we started, running a marathon in 

the middle of the Arctic Ocean, only a few feet 

of ice separating us from 12,000 feet of frigid 

ocean. After our ceremonial loop of 195 

meters running together around all the degre e s 

of longitude, we started on the course. The 

crisp snow creaked under our running shoes, 

p roviding firm footing for a few steps at a 

time, alternating with ankle twisting ridges 

and soft sugar-like looseness. Every step had 

the potential of breaking through a cru s t y 

layer and burying a leg up to the knee. 

The aid station was almost able to keep 

up with us, melting snow to mix with 

Gatorade powder or boullion soup. After 20 

laps, they stopped me to inspect my nose, and 

seeing that it was turning white, sent me into 

the tent to get it warmed up. A Russian helicopter 

mechanic used a gigantic fist to rub my 

nose for about three minutes before finally 

standing back and declaring, “Is pink.” He 

bundled me back up and sent me out to play 

some more . 

M a rtin Tighe, who trained for this race on 

a treadmill in a deep-fre e z e r, finished the race 

first in just over five hours. Because the helicopter 

had to be started periodically pre v e n t 

f reezing, our Russian hosts stopped the race 

and hurried us back to the camp before the helicopter 

ran out of fuel. Richard managed to 

finish his last couple of laps as we were loading, 

and the rest of us would re s t a rt back at camp. 

My last 16K were on a 1K out-and-back, 

one end of which went around the cere m o n i a l 

N o rth Pole. As I finished my penultimate 

loop, Nelsen told me to do something good 

for the camera when I finished. A few yard s 

f rom the finish I managed to remove my two 

jackets and my shirt to finish bare-chested in 

the 25-below Arctic air. 

We had the whole next day to enjoy the 

A rctic ice, as we explored “Ice Henge” and 

the various leads (cracks in the ice) around the 

camp. Andrey Chirkov from Moscow insisted 

on getting a post-marathon shower, so he 

stripped to his shorts and dumped a sub-fre e z- 

ing bucket of water over his head, followed up 

by some Russian Vodka down his throat. I 

guess my naked pictures at the pole were a little 

tame after that, but, hey, I had a re p u t a t i o n 

to uphold. 

Another “night” at Barneo and we were 

headed south again for a celebration gettogether 

in Longyearbyen. The first marathon 

ever in the middle of a frozen ocean, new 

friends, and great stories. It doesn’t get any 

better than this. 

and the adventure continues . . . MR 

Don Kern, polar bare. 

Photos courtesy of Don Kern. 

Andrey Chirkhov takes post-marathon "bath" 

(to be followed by vodka) .

July - September 2003 Event Calendar 

July 

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 

Aspen Park 3 Mile Run 

Gaylord 6:00 pm 

Alpine Striders 

(989) 939-8503 

Wayland Road Runners 5 

Mile Run 6:30 pm 

(269) 792.2427 

chefjen@i2k.com 

Thursday, July 3, 2003 

Galyan’s Run Walk Roll 

Grandville 7:00 pm 

5KR/W, 5M Skate, Kids’ R 

Visser Family YMCA 

(616) 530.9199 

Friday, July 4 

Crystal Lake Firecracker 

Beulah 8:00 am 

5K Paul Slymanski 

(231)882-7212 

paul@lakeshoretitle.net 

Dork Brothers 4th of July 

Run 1M, 5K 

Alpena 9:00 am 

(989)354-5634 

Firecracker Mile 

Clawson 9:00 am 

(248) 544-9099 

motorcitystriders.com 

Greatest 4th in the North 

Lake City 8:00 am 

5KR, 10KR, 2KFR 

Lake City Athletic Boosters 

231.839.4969 

Hanover Firecracker 

Hanover 8:00 am 

5 MR, 5KW, Kid’s Run 

(517) 563.2125 

jlheath_hft@yahoo.com 

Harrieta Summer Festival 5K 

Harrieta 5KR/W 

Cadillac Area Visitors 

Bureau (231) 775-0758 

Kiwanis Stars &Stripes 

Howland Township, OH 

5KR/W 8:00 am 

(330)856-6613 

leightnerassoc@aol.com 

Lindsey’s Race 

Richland 5KR/W 

(269) 629.5141 

Medina Twin Sizzler Run 

Medina, OH 7:45 am 

5KR, 10KR, Bike Races 

(330)722-2020 

www.ywcamedina.org 

Patriot’s Day Run/Walk 

Grand Haven 5KR/W 

(616) 850-6249 

g1russ@aol.com 

Tortoise and Hare 5K 

Ann Arbor 8:00 am 

(734) 623.9640 

tortooiseandhareevents 

@hotmail.com 

Volkslaufe 

Frankenmuth 8:00 am 

20KR, 10KR, 5KRW, 2KR 

Ed Foltz (989)652-6104 

efoltz@edzone.net 

wwwvolkslaufe.org 

Whitmore Lake Spash ‘N’ 

Dash 

Whitmore Lake 8:45 am 

10KR, 5KR/W, Splash ‘N’ 

Dash , Tin man 

Al Demsky (734) 449-2081 

Saturday, July 5 

************************* 

Billy Mills 5K/10K Fun 

Run is August 2 

************************* 

Fife Lake 4th of July Run 

Fife Lake 8:30 am 

5KR/W Holly MIller 

(231) 879-4150 

Firecracker 5K and 1M 

Manistee 8:00 am 

Manistee Running Club 

info@manistee 

runningclub.com 

Grand Blanc Festival Run 

Grand Blanc 8:00 am 

5K (810)659-6493 

gaultracemanagement.com 

Hannibal Cannibal 

10KR, 5KR/W, Kid’s FR 

Hannibal, MO, 7:00 am 

888-426-6425, x112 

HRHonline.org 

Maple Heights Race 

Maple Heights, OH 

5KR/W 8:30 am 

(216)663-0552 

wbrantsch@yahoo.com 

MARC 5K/8K 

Cass City 8:00 am 

Michigan Athletic & 

Rehabilitation Center 

(989) 872-2084 

Run For Funds 

Northport 9:30 am 

2MFR,5K,10K,2MW 

George W. Anderson 

(231)386-5188 

gwanderson@chartermi.net 

Sunday, July 6 

Algonac Lions Pickeral Run 

8:00 am 5KR/W, 10KR, 

(810) 794-7309 

piperck@alis.net 

Grand Rapids Track Club 

Richmond Park XC 

Grand Rapids 5K Trail R 

(616) 531-5192 

Tuesday, July 8 

Belle Isle Summer X-C Series 

Detroit 6:00 pm 

5KR, 2MR, 2KR, Kids R 

(313) 610-1188 

channelkats@netzero.net 

Wednesday, July 9 

GHS 2 Mile 



(989) 939-8503 

Hansons Marathon Clinic #2 

Royal Oak Store 7 pm 

Auburn Hills Store 7 pm 

sshoudy@hotmail.com 

(586)323-9683 


Mile Handicap 

6:30 pm Ray Antel III 

(269) 792.2427 


Thursday, July 10 

Auburn Cornfest 5KR/W 

Auburn 6:30 pm 

(989)686-0246 

Clio Fire Department 

Homecoming 5K 

Clio 6:15 pm 

(810)659-6493 


Summer Road Race Series 

Huntington Woods 

6:30 pm 1 and 3MR 

(248) 544-9099 


Friday, July 11, 2003 

Hansons 3 Mile X-C Race 

Sterling Heights 7:00 pm 

(586) 323.9683 



Elsie Dairy Dash 

Elsie 7:30 am 

5KR/W, kids half mile 

989.834.6182 

sheedlos@edzone.net 

Flint Journal Catch Your 

Breath 10KR, 5KR/W 

Flint 8:00 am 

(810) 659-6493 

gaultracemanagement. 

GHS Two Mile Track Race 


2 MR Alpine Striders 

(989) 939-8503 

Keweenaw Trail Running 

Festival (July 12-13) 

Hancock 8:00 am 

10K, 5.8K Hill Climb, 25K 

Jeff Crumbaugh 

(906) 360-2324 

ruskikayak@hotmail.com 

www.keweenawtrails.com 

Kindleberger Summer 

Festival of the Arts 5K 

Parchment 8:00 am 

(269)324-9994 

ggranger3@ameritech.net 

National Cherry Festival 

15K & 5K Traverse City 

7:45 am (231) 947.4230 

www.cherryfestival.org 

Port Austin Run for YFC 

Port Austin 8:30 am 

8KR, 2 MR/W 

(989) 738-8772 

Thuem@aol.com 

Rollie Hopgood’s Midtown 

Taylor 5K 

Taylor, 9:00 am 

(313) 29101199 

chopgood@aol.com 

Runners on Parade 

Fort Wayne, IN 8:00 am 

Mac MacAvoy 

(260) 824-5158 

clanmac@adamwells.com 


Chesaning Showboat River 

Run 5KR/W, Kids’ FR 

Chesaning 8:00 am 

Chris Strait 

(989) 845-3055 

chescofc@centurytel.net 

Gallup Gallop 


5K and 1M 

(734)994-2780 

rolson@ci.annarbor.mi.us 

Keweenaw Trail Running 

Festival (July 12-13) 

Hancock 8:00 am 

10K, 5.8K Hill Climb, 25K 

Jeff Crumbaugh 

(906) 360-2324 

runskikayak@hotmail.com 

www.keweenawtrails.com 

Waterloo Triathlon 

Waterloo 8:00 am 

Portage Lake State Park 

(419)829-2398 

jdjp@sylvania.sev.org 

Tuesday, July 15, 2003 

Belle Isle Summer X-C 



(313) 610-1188 



GHS Two Mile Track Race 



(989) 939-8503 

Hansons Marathon Clinic #2 

Grosse Pointe Store 7 pm 

Utica Store 7 pm 


(586)323-9683 

Wayland Road Runners 

Track Run 6:30 pm 

(269) 792.2427 


Thursday, July 17 

Summer Road Race Series 

Huntington Woods 

6:30 pm 1 and 4MR 

(248) 544-9099 


Friday, July 18 

PowerBar Rock ‘n Roll 

Toronto 7:00 pm 

5KR/W 

(416)250-7700 ext. 140 

www.runnerschoice.com 


Alpenest Run 

Gaylord 8:30 am 

5KR/W and 7.5MR/W, 

Diamond Mile 

Otsego Co. Park & Rec. 

(989)732-6521 

www.gaylord-chamber.com 

America’s Physique 

Running Festival 

Spring Arbor 8:15 am 

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

(517)750-4230 

mlnj@earthlink.net 

Bastille Days Habitat for 

Humanity 

Fenton 5K 

810-659-6493 

RiverbendStriders.com 

Michigan Flavorbest Apple 

Run Sparta 8:00 am 

5KR/W, 5KTeam, Fun Run 

(616)887-8052 

m i c h i g a n a p p l e ru n . c o m 

Rehoboth Ramble 5KR/W 

McBain 8:00 am 

5KR/W, 1/4 MFR 

(231) 775-7943 

pdsterk@juno.com 


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SMAC Sprint Adventure 

Race #2 

Milford 8:00 am 

canoeing, Trekking, MBike, 

Orienteering, Fixed Ropes 

Paul Piorkowski 

(734) 699-5182 

www.smacworld.com 


Cout One / American 

Cancer Society 5K R/W 

Okemos 9:00 am 

(517) 349-1199 

www.courtone.com 

Immaculate Conception 

Perch Run 

Anchorville 8:00 am 

4MR and 2MFW 

(586)725-1762 

Painesville Party in the 

Park 5MR, 2MW 

Painesville, OH 8:00 am 

(440)392-5912 

recreate@Painsville.com 

Summer Breeze Run 

Lansing 8:30 am 

10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR 

(517) 702-0226 

cblock@lcc.ed 

Monday, July 21-July 24 

Hansons HS Day Camp 

Sterling Heights, Dodge Pk 


(586)323-9683 



Detroit 6 pm 


(313) 610-1188 



Ophelia Bonner 

Scholarship Run 8KR/W 

Flint 6:30 pm 

810.659.6493 


Wayland Road Runners 

5K X-C 6:30 pm 

(269) 792.2427 


Thursday, July 24, 2003 

Tim Horton’s Downtown 

Dash 5KR, 2KW 

Burlington, Ontario 7 pm 

(905) 639-8052 

vrpro@sympatico.ca 

Friday, July 25 

Hansons3 M XC Race Series 

Sterling Heights 7:00 pm 


(586)323-9683 

Standard Federal Bank 10K 

Grand Rapids 

10KR 8:30 am 

Carey Pinkowski 

(877) 904.5408 


s t a n d a rd f e d e r a l b a n k 10 K . c o mAlden Run 

Alden 9:00 am 

Venetian River Run/Walk 10K, 5KR/W 

St. Joseph 10KR, 5KR/W Shirley Williams 

(616) 983.7917 

(231)331-6620 

www.venetian.org/run.php swilliams@torchlake.com 

************************* 

Carrollton Charity Road 

Races are Sunday, July 27 

************************* 

Charlevoix Venetian 

Festival 

Charlevoix 8:00 am 

5KR, 10KR, 1MR 

(231)547-4873 

kmplude@freeway.net 

The GRA 10K 

Grayling 9:00 am 

10KR, 1 MFR 

(989) 348-9266 

hanhills@mich.com 

Greater Ionia Fair 

5K Run and Walk 

Ionia (616) 523.1800 

recjsimon@city.ionia.mi.us 

Heart of the Hills 

Bloomfield Hills 8:00 am 

5KR and 10KR 

(248) 544-9099 


Hudson Booster 5K X-C 

Hudson 8:30 am 

(517)286-6931 

lowgrade@hotmail.com 

Life Walk & Fun Run 

Belle Isle-Detroit 9:00 am 

5KFR/W, 1MFR/W 

(800) 482-4881 

Speedway 5 K 

Brooklyn 8:00 am 

5KR/W, kids run 

(517) 788-0695 

tdhilleary@cmsenergy.com 

32 J U L Y / A U G U S T 2 0 0 3 

Steve’s Run 


Dowagiac 9:00 am person 8 Mile Relay 

10KR, 5KR/W, 1 MFR 6:30 pm Ray Antel III 

Ron Gunn (269) 782-1210 (269) 792.2427 

s m c . c c . m i . u s / f i re u p / s t e v e s ru nchefjen@i2k.com 

Tuuri 5K/10K 

Flint 7:30 am 

(810) 659.6493 

w w w. r i v e r b e n d s t r i d e r s . c o m 

Woodland Ridge Coast 

Guard Festival 5K & 10K 

Grand Haven 8:00 am 

(616)842-7051 

ymca@tcfymca.org 

Yale Bologna Run 

Yale 8:00 am 

3MR, 1MFR 

Tom Pemberton 

(810) 387-2225 


************************ 

Carrollton Charity Road 

Races 

Carrollton 6:00 am 

26.2 MR, 20K,10K, 5K 

Craig Douglas 

(989)753-7261 

www.carrolton.k12.mi.us 

************************ 

Ellen’s Race 

East Lansing 9:00 am 

5KR/W, 1 MFR 

Rob Thompson 

(517) 337-4461 

ellensrace@aol.com 

www.ellensrace.com 

Hansons Group Run 

Auburn Hills Store 8am 


(586)323-9683 

Johnnycake Jog 

Painesville, OH 8:30 am 

5MR, 5KW 800-947-2737 

DavidCamerino@msn.com 

www.news-herald.com 


All Comers Track Meet 

Midland 6:30 pm 

Bullock Creek High School 

(989)835-8216 

gsracer@tm.net 




(313) 610-1188 

Wednesday, July 30, 2003 

Aspen Park 3 Mile Run 



(989) 939-8503 

August 

Friday, August 1, 2003 

St John’s Festival 

Essexville 6:30 pm 

5KR/W, 1/4 M Tot Trot 

989.894.2753 

wadebaha@aol.com 

Saturday, August 2 

Allen Park Street Fair Run 

Allen Park 6:00 pm 

8KR, 1MR (734)282-1101 

Tonymifsud@aol.com 

Michigan Runner Race 

Series 8K 

************************* 

Billy Mills Fun Run/Walk 

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 8 am 

10KR, 5KR/W, Kids Runs 

Andrea Walsh 

(906) 635-7465 

bbandrea@saulttribe.net 

www.saulttribe.net 

************************* 

Cabela’s Second Chance at 

Life 5KR/W, 1MR 

Dundee 6:00 pm 

(734) 936-3460 

rgarypie@umich.edu 

Manton Rotary Club 5K 

Trail Run 

Manton 8:30 am 

(231) 824-3183 

ramjs@voyager.net 

Mark Mellon Triathlon & 

Duathlon 

Gaylord 9:00 am 

Tri: .6MS, 31 MB, 6.2 MR, 

Du: 5KR, 31 MB, 5KR 

Michigan Grand Prix Race 

Mike Tarbutton 

(989)732-6521 

www.cooltri.com 

See also Otsego Lake Kids 

Tri & Twilight Tri 

Mt. Morris Challenge 

Mt. Morris 8:00 am 

5KR/W,12KR 

(810)659-6493 


Nautical City Festival Run 

for Health 

Rogers City 8:45 am 

5KR, 1MR Charles 

Fairbanks 

(989) 734-4243 

Otsego Lake Kids 

Triathlon 


50 yd s, 1-2 MB, 3/4 MR 


(989)732-6521 


Otsego Lake Twilight 

Triathlon 


200 yd S, 12MB, 3MR 


(989)732-6521 


Pig Gig “Run for Fun” 

Bay City 8:00 am 

5KR/W, 1MFR 

(989) 894-8993 

www.piggig.com 

Sunday, August 3 

Allegro Half Marathon 

St. Clair Shores 9:00 am 

W. Raleigh McClendon 

(313)642-0252 

Chicago Distance Classic 

Chicago 7:00 am 

20KR, 20K Wheel, 5KR/W 

877.474.0449 

chicagodistanceclassic.com/ 

Eastpointe Lions Club Run 

Ox Roast 

Eastpointe 8:15 am 

Kim Lubinski 

(586) 776-1918 

schobiek@aol.com 

Grant Woods 5K Trail Run 


Chuck Block 

(517) 702-0226 

cblock@lcc.edu 

Great Outdoors Festival 

5K Run & Walk 

Birch Run 8:15 am 

(989) 686-0246 

R u n Wi l d 1128 @ h o t m a i l . c o m 

Onsted Festival 4 Mi Race 

Onsted 8:30 am 

4 MR, 1MFR 

(517) 812.2711 

bwalz@juno.com 

Run Clark Lake 

Clark Lake 8:25 am 

12KR, 5KRW, Kids FR 

Pat Dwyer 517-782-6106 

patdwyer@prodigy.net


Mayfield Village Youth 

and Family Triathlon 

Mayfield Village, OH 

Triathlon 8:00 am 

(449) 461-5163 

danniy11@hotmail.com 

Rutka 5K Run Like Mike 

Ann Arbor, Gallup Park 

5KR/W 8:00 am 

(734)668-4760 

twodogsrunning@yahoo.com 

www.aatrackclub.org 

Tuesday, August 5 

Belle Isle Summer Cross 

Country Series 


5KR, 2MR, 2KR, Kids Run 

(313) 610-1188 


Wednesday, August 6 

Belle Isle X-C Relay 

Detroit 6 pm 

15K individual or teams 

(313) 610-1188 



Mile Run & Potluck 

6:30 pm Ray Antel III 

(269) 792.2427 


Thursday, August 7, 2003 

Great Pizza Challenge 

Flint 6:30 pm 

5KR/W, 1/4 MR 

810-659-6493 



Cheesetown Challenge 

Piconning 6:00 pm 

5M Run, 2MR/W 

Mary Schultz 

(989)879-5617 

Coopersville Summerfest 

5k Run/Walk 

Coopersville 8:00 am 

Jeremy Annen 

(616) 735-2566 

j a n n e n @ c o o p e r s v i l l e . k 12 . m i . u s 

Crystal Lake Team 

Marathon 

Beulah 8:00 am 

26.2M relay 

Paul Slymanski 

(231)882-7212 

paul@lakeshoretitle.net 

Dwayne Rau Memorial 

Road Race 

West Branch 8:30 am 

5KR/W, kids 2.5KFR 

5KR/W, 1MR 

(989) 345.0901 

raut@usol.com 

Ready Or Not 5K 

Otsego 10:00 am 

(269) 808.0613 

otsegocoach@yahoo.com 

Run for a Wish 

Sault Ste. Marie, MI 

5KR 9:00 am 

(906) 632-2538 

wil_b_running@hotmail.com 

Run Through Hell 

Pinckney/Hell 8:00 am 

4.8MR, 10 MR 

Harrison D. Hensley 

(734)878-6640 

Sylvania SupStars 

Triathlon/Duathlon 

Sylvania, OH 7:30 am 

(419)829-2398 


www.eliteendeavors.com 

Tom Madzy Run 5KR/W 

Berea, OH 8:30 am 

Linda Root, Dustin Gruss 

(440)826-5890 

(www.bereaohio.com 

Wyoming Hot Streetz 5K 

Wyoming 8:30 am 

5KR/W, 5KWheel, Kids R 

W. Eric Thomkins 

(616) 261-3514 

tomkinse@ci.wyoming.mi.us 


Piu Mosso 10MR 

Presto 10KR 

St. Clair Shores 9:00 am 

W. Raleigh McClendon 

(313)642-0252 

Riverbend Strider/YMCA 

Crim Training Run/Walk 

8K, 10M 

810.659.6493 

RiverbendStriders.com 

Run for Your Life 

Bay City 8:30 am 

10KR. 5KR/W 

(989)894-0515 

Sylvania SupStars 

Triathlon/Duathlon 

Sylvania, OH 7:30 am 

(419)829-2398 





6:00 pm (313) 610-1188 


Thursday, August 14 

Joints in Motion R/W 

Flint 6:45 pm 

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

810.238.5981 

riverbendstriders.com 


Bill’s Run Richmond Run 

Richmond 8:00 am 

8KR, 5KW, 1 MFR 

Kelly Osterman 

586.727.7571, ex. 105 

CityofRichmond@massnet.net 

www.ci.richmond.mi.us 

Clarence Catallo Run for 

SCAMP 5KR 

Clarkston 9:00 am 

(248) 620-1882 

scamprun@yahoo 

Falcon 5K , 1MFR 

Dearborn 8:45 am 

Jeanine DeGuzman 

(734 )464.7145 

Fermi Energy Run 

Monroe 8:30 am 

8KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR 

Wendy Spicer 

(734)586.4168 

spicerw@dteenergy.com 

Hackley Health Trail Run 

Muskegon State Park 

5KR 9:00 am 

M i k e Braid (231) 728-4696 

Heritage Park Duathlon 

Adrian 10:00 am 

2M trail R, 10M MB, 4M 

trail R, 

Adrian Parks and Rec 

(517) 264-4872 

Mitchell’s Run Through 

Rockford 

Rockford 9:00 am 

5KR/W Steve Peterson 

(616) 863.9168 

www.nitchellsrun.org 

St. Ignace Fitness Expo 

Run and Walk 

St Ignace 8:30 am 

5KR, 10KR/WKid’s Run 

Race Director, St. Ignace 

Fitness Expo 

(800) 338-6660 

info@stignace.com 

www.stignace.com 

St. John’s Festival 

Essexville 6:30 pm 

5KR/W, 1MR 

Wade Schafer 

(989)894-2753 


Kalamazoo 

10KR 8:00 am 


(877) 904.5408 

standardfederalbank10K.com 


Dundas Cactus Dash 

Dundas, Ontario 10:00 am 

5KR, 1KW 

(905) 639-8052 

Humpy’s Classic Marathon 

Anchorage, Alaska 

26.2 MR, 13.1 MR 

(248) 424-9001, x 232 

cwerner@arthritis.org 

Lapeer Days Race 

Lapeer 8:15 am 

4MR/W, 1/4 MFR 

(810) 667-5610 

kend@mclaren.org 

Lupus Run/Walk 

Woodhaven 9:00 am 

4MR, 2MW 

Shelly (734) 675-4902 

Mary Angela Run for 

Angela Hospice 

Farmington Hills 9:00 am 

10KR, 5KR, 1MW 

(734) 953-6015 

djess@corio.com 

Montrose Blueberry 

Festival 

Montrose 8:00 am 

5 MR/W Mark Bauman 

(810) 659-6493 

St. Ignace Fitness Expo- 

Mighty Mac Scenic Bike 

Tour 

St Ignace 8:30 am 

Scenic Bike Tour 

25MB, 40MB, 50MB 

(800) 338-6660 

906-643-8717 

info@stignace.com 

www.stignace.com 

Vietnam Veterans United 

Run 5KR, 1MR 

Allen Park 9:00 am 

Ray JoAquin 

(734)552-8538 

rjfor1@peoplepc.com 




(313) 610-1188 


Friday, August 22, 2003 

Howell Melon Run 

Howell 6:30 pm 

10KR, 5KR, 1 MFR, Tot 

Trot Beth Howard 

(517) 546-0693 



Crim Festival of Races 

Flint 8:00 am 

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

MR/W, Teddy Bear Trot 

Sherlynn Everly 

(810) 235.3396 

crim@flint.org 

crim.org 

Hart ‘N’ Hand 5K 

Hart 8:30 am 

Colleen (231) 873-1707 

Newaygo County Kids 

Triathlon 

Fremont 9:00 am 

triathlon - varies by age 

(231) 652-1661 

sweeneyk@michigan.gov 

Valley City Street Fair Run 

Valley City, OH 5:00 pm 

5KR Bonnie Weber 

(330)483-3811 

Wabash Cannonball 5K 

Whitehouse, OH 6:00 pm 

(419)877-5383 

rjbukas@whitehouse.OH.com 

Monday, August 25 

Belle Isle Preseason X-C 


(313) 610-1188 


Thursday, August 28 

Kelsey Community 

Wellness Center 5K 

Lakeview 8:00 am 

(989) 352-7510 


Celebrate West Lake 

Westlake, OH 7:45 am 

5 MR, 3.4 MW, 

5.5 M In line Skate, 

1/2 &1M Kids FR 

Rachel: (440)808-5700 

www.celebratewestlake.com 

Durand End of Summer 

Cruisin’ 5K Road Race 

Durand 9:00 am 

Tom Adams 810.266.6910 

totebrja@shiant.org 

Milford Labor Day 30K 


30KR Doug Klingensmith 

(248) 685-7580 

DKlingens1@aol.com 

www.laborday30k.com 

Rockwood Ramble Labor 

Day Weekend Run 

Rockwood 6:30 pm 

5 MR, 1 MFR/W 

(734) 379.9496 

cgregrun50@comcast.net 

Run Like the Wind 

Westland, Hines Park 

5KR, 10KR 

9:30 am Chuck Block 

(517) 702-0226 

cblock@lcc.edu 


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Sunday, August 31, 2003 

Fall Training Run 

Ann Arbor, Travers Village 

10MR, 20MR 9:00 am 

(734) 623.9640 

tortooiseandhareevents 

@hotmail.com 

Hansons Marathon 

Training Run 

Royal Oak 8:00 am 

4-16 MR Sonja Shoudy 

(248) 616-9665 


September 

Monday, September 1 

Cadillac Festival of Races 

Cadillac 9:00 am 

5K, 10K Beth Fargo 

(231)775-0657 ext. 110 

visit@cadillacmichigan.com 

Labor Day Run and 

Potluck 5MR, 5KR/W 

Midland, 10:00 am 

Chippewa Nature Center 

Gary Scott 

(989)835-8216 

Wednesday, September 3 

Belle Isle Classic Invite 


cross country Dan Deyo 

(313) 610-1188 



Training Clinic #3 

Auburn Hills & Royal Oak 

7:00 pm Sonja Shoudy 

(248) 475-9665 


Saturday, September 6 

Dances With Dirt 

Pinckney 6:00 am 

100KRelay, 50KR, 50MR 

Running Fit 

(248)347.4568 

dirtdiva@runningfit.com 

danceswithdirt.com 

Foote Hospital Run 

Jackson 8:00 am 

5 MR, 5KW, Kid’s Run 

517-780-7306 

runjackson.com 

Mackinac Island Run 

Mackinac Island 9:30 am 

8MR/W, 1/2 M kids Run 

(810)659-6493 


Reeds Lake Triathlon 

Grand Rapids 7:30 am 

1/2MS, 18MB, 15MR 

Susan Perry 

(616) 949.1750 

www.eastgr.org 

River Run 10K 


Manistee Running Club 

231-723-8063 

info@manisteerunningclub.com 

Run for Ryan 

Flat Rock 5:30 pm 

8KR, 1 MR/W 

(734)676-4296 

acortiana@heritage.com 

Witch’s Hat Run 

South Lyon 8:30 am 

10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR 

Scott Smith 

(248)437.6687 or 

(248) 437-6254 

slxc@aol.com 

www.slxc.com 

Sunday, September 7 

River Run Half Marathon 

& 5K 

Cleveland 7:50 am 

5K, 13.1 MR, Relay, Inline 

Skate Cleveland Clinic 

Sports Health 

(216) 623-9933 

www.hermescleveland.com 

Trot for Tots 

Royal Oak 9:00 am 

5K and 1/4MR 

(248) 544-9099 


USAT Mideast Regional 

Triathlon Championships 

Indianapolis,IN 8:00 am 

Triathlon (419)829-2398 



Monday, September 

Belle Isle Classic Invite X-C 


313-610-1188 




Training Clinic #3 

Utica & Grosse Pointe 

7:00 pm Sonja Shoudy 

(586) 323.9683 


Saturday, September13 

Firefighter’s Five Alarm Run 

Saginaw 9:00 am 

Firefighter Local 1017 

5M Run, 5KR/W 

(989)792-9499 

Harvest Stompede 

Leelanau Peninsula 

Ciccone Vinyard 9:30 am 

7MR, 5KR Rick Coates 

(231) 938-3247 

rick@lpwines.com 

www.lpwines.com 

John Hansen Memorial 

Gladstone 10 am 

12MR, 5 MR X-C 

(906) 428-4708 

segorski@chartermi.net 

Precious Gifts 

Howard City 9:30 am 

5KR and 2MW 

(231)856-4173 

bethelhc@pathwaynet.com 

St. John’s Applefest 

Fenton 9:00 am 

10K, 5KRW, 1MR, 1/4MR 

Tim and Mary Arthur 

(810)735-9193 



Auburn Hills 

10KR 8:00 am 


(877) 904.5408 

standardfederalbank10K.com 

Step in the Right Direction 

8 Mile Walk 


(810) 227-3845 

dmillar@alexandrabeale.com 

Troy Daze 5K & 10K 

Troy 8:00 am 

Jennifer Tabor 

(248) 625.4519 

jen.tabor@usol.com 

Walk-Er Run 

Walker 9:00 am 

10KR, 5KR 

Walker Recreation Dept. 

(616) 791.6890 


Get to the Point Road Races 

Point Pelee, Ontario 9 am 

13.1 MR, 5KR Running 

Factory (519) 945.3786 

rfactory@on.aibn.com 


Training Run 4-16 MR 

Grosse Pointe 8:00 am 

(313) 882.1325 


Rushford’s Rustic Rhodes 

Bay City 3:00pm 

5K Steeplechase Run/Walk 

Tom Rushford 

(989)684-9299 

Saturday, September 20 

Gazelle Sports Bridge Run 


10MR, 5KR 

(616)940-9888 

gazellesports.com 

John Rogucki Memorial 

Kensington Challenge 

Kensington Metropark, 


15KR, 5KR, 1/2 MR 

Dave Armstrong 

(248) 684.9433 

www.aatrackclub.org 

Michigan Runner Race 

Series 5K 

Mutt March 

866-648-6263 

michiganhumane.org 

North Country Trail Run 


26.2 M, and 50M 

(616)261-9706 

www.striders.com 

Phil Loomis Invitational/ 

Cit Pat Awards Ceremony 

Jackson 8:00 am 

4 MR, 5KW Bob Gilmore 

517-782-2071 

rgilmore@voyager.net 

Tenbusch Fun Run 

Detroit 9:00 am 

Mark Grzybowski 

(313)927-3204 

alumni@uofdhigh.k12.mi.us 

United States Air Force 

Marathon 

Dayton 7:00 am 

26.2 MR, team relay 

(800) 467.1823 

michelle.odell@wpafb.af.mil 

afmarathon.wpafb.af.mil 

Waterfront Trail 8KR 

Burlington, Ont. 9:30 am 

(905) 639-8053 

vrpro@cympatico.ca 


Detroit Zoological Society 

Run Wild 

Royal Oak Detroit Zoo 

9:00 am 5K 

(248)541-5717 

strudell@dzs.org 

www.detroitzoo.org/dzs 

Michigan Big 10 Run 


10M, 5K, 1M, 100yd Dash 

(734)668-4760 

twodogsrunning@yahoo.com 

Tuesday, September 23 

Belle Isle Invite X-C 


(313) 610-1188 



Belle Isle Classic Invite - 

HS, Jr High, grades 4-6 

5KR, 2KR 5:00 pm 

(810) 625-6462 


Diehl’s Ciderfest Run 

Holly 8:30am 

1MR/W, 4MR, 4M Race 

Walk Chris Diehl 

(248)634-2764 

ciderman@tir.com 

Komen Grand Rapids Race 

for the Cure 


5KR/W, 1 MFR 

Joyce Weise 

(616) 752.8262 

Lapeer Regional Hospital 

4 MR 

(810) 659-6493 

riverendstriders.com 

Marilyn Brown Memorial 

Prudenville 10:00 am 

6KR, 5KR/W 

Mark Vick (989)389-0118 

Peter Aliteris Run 

Alpena 8:30 am 

5KR, 15KR Ann Diamond 

(989)356-7591 

www.agh.org 

Silver Valley Trail Run 

East Tawas 10:00 am 

Huron National Forest 

7KR, 5K FR/W 

B u t c h S h o rt (989)362.5850 

Yoplait United Way Fall 

Classic 

Big Rapids 10:00 am 

5KR, 2MW, 1/2M KidsR 

(231)592-4144 

unitedway@tucker-usa.com 


Capital City River Run 


10 MR, 5KR/W, 

20MR(training), 10M 

relay, 1 M, 1/4 M kids runs 

Dick Miles (517)332.2681 

rmileselan@attbi.com 

www.ccriverrun.org 

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I 


've had more than my share of senior 

moments lately. I don't mean forgetting 

where I put my car keys, or the remote, or 

the phone -- I've been forgetting those things 

for years, long before hitting the age where 

AARP sends me membership notices every 

other week (and the local cemeteries send halfoff 

flyers in the mail). 

I mean senior running moments, where age 

is rearing its ugly, wrinkled, balding head and 

toothlessly snarling at me. Einstein became the 

20th century's first science superstar when he 

w rote about the relativity of time, weight and 

the length of things as they travel at diff e re n t 

speeds relative to the speed of light. 

But there is runner's relativity, too, where 

different laws apply to those younger and 

those older, even if they move at the same 

speed. Here are some that apply to me now, 

that younger folks running near me might not 

notice or be affected by: 

• There are no downhill courses. 

• There are almost no flat courses. 

• All loop courses have a net uphill. 

• All loop courses come with a wind in 

your face. 

• There are no tailwinds. 

• There are no short courses, there are few 

accurate courses and nearly all courses 

are long, and getting longer. 

• Car odometers have become woefully 

inadequate. 

I train at eight-minute pace. Always have. 

When I bought my 1989 Ford Probe, I'd go 

for a run, then measure the course and 40 

minutes by foot would equal five miles on the 

odometer, on the dot. A good car, a good 

odometer. 

Now, though, all that highfalutin' electronics 

has produced inferior odometers. Did 

an eight-mile run the other day, hitting 64 

minutes flat on the watch. The car said 7.1. 

Stupid car. No wonder GM is having trouble 

selling Azteks. 

C 

Running with Tom Henderson 

**** 

ongratulations to Detroit native Katie 

Chapman, who won't have to worry 

about senior moments for quite a 

while. A 1997 graduate of Cass Tech and a 

three-time All-American at Ferris State in the 

800-meter run, she has joined the Indiana 

Invaders' nationally-renowned running team. 

Chapman won the Detroit Public School 

League title three times in the 800, was a fourtime 

all-stater in the event, won three conference 

championships at Ferris and holds the 

Bulldogs' school record of 2:06.94. 

She also excelled in the classroom, earning 

a bachelors degree in English education in 

2002. She'll receive another degree in history 

this spring. Chapman plans to move to 

Indianapolis, the club's home base, in July. 

The Invaders are a team of post-collegiate 

elite runners, a la Team Hansons. In 2001, 

in the club's third year of existence, it won 

the national club title in track and field, 

plus the women's national championship in 

c ross country. 

**** 

old weather is common at early-spring 

marathons, but there was nothing com- 

about the conditions that faced 11 Cmon 

runners from six countries and three continents - 

- including two from Michigan -- who ran 

t h rough Arctic winds and over snow and ice for 

26.2 miles at the North Pole Marathon April 17. 

Dave Kanners of Rochester Hills, for 

many years one of the top age-group runners 

in Michigan, finished third; and Don Kern of 

Martin finished 10th. (You can find Scott 

Sullivan's January 2002 story about Kern in 

Michigan Runner's website archives, 

www.michiganrunner.com.) 

Soft, loose snow and still winds that produced 

a wind chill of minus-29 C slowed 

things considerably. Martin Tighe of the 

United Kingdom was first in 5:02:10, Richard 

Donovan second in 5:20:35. 

A helicopter was waiting at the finish to 

take competitors back to base camp, but the 

slow times resulted in the chopper -- which 

had to keep its engine going throughout -- 

running low on fuel. So other runners were 

picked up out on the course, and the distances 

they had covered were recorded. 

After they got back to base camp, they all 

resumed running and finished the required 

26.2 miles. Times were not recorded, though, 

for the last nine finishers. 

Kanners, a drag-car and motocross racer, 

is also a cross-country biker, triathlete and 

ultramarathoner. 

Kern started running at age 38 and completed 

his first marathon a year later, in 1995. 

He has made up for lost time since then, doing 

26.2-milers in the Antarctic, Norway, 

Venezuela and on Mt. Kilimanjaro. 

Results and photos of the North Pole 

Marathon can be found at www.northpolemarathon.com. 

**** 

elly Waldo of Lake Orion was one of 

the unsung stars of the year's Boston 

KMarathon. She was the first Michigan 

woman to cross the finish line on a hot, sunny 

day, in 3:03:19. 

What made her time particularly impre s s i v e 

w e re her age -- at 19 she is young for a 

marathoner -- and training regimen: she didn't 

run for 12 weeks leading up to her 26.2-miler. 

Kelly, a student at Grand Valley, was diagnosed 

during the winter with cysts on both 

hips, which curtailed her running. She kept up 

her fitness by swimming and doing other nonimpact 

exercises. 

In addition, Matt O'Mara, who ran the 

Disney Marathon in 2001 as a fund-raiser for 

the American Diabetes Association, re c ru i t e d 

Kelly to join the Kids at Heart Marathon 

Team, sponsored by the Children's Hospital in 

B o s t o n . 

She kept in contact with two of the 

patients there leading up to the race, took 

them gifts on her trip to Boston, went out to 

dinner with one of the families on Saturday 

night, then ran in their name on Monday. 

Because of the cysts, the race was likely Kelly's 

last marathon. Despite them, her time was just 

a minute slower than what she posted at 

Chicago last fall. 

At the other end of the Boston time scale, 

Dr. Jim Puklin of Detroit, a member of the 

Downtown Runners and an eye surgeon at 

Kresge Eye Institute, made his annual trek to 

Beantown and suffered through the heat to 

finish in 5:54:07, a far cry from his best 

Boston time of 3:07. 

When asked to comment on what the loss 

of speed over the years has meant to him, Jim 

summed it up with an anecdote: The year he 

ran 3:07, he was able to get back to his hotel, 

change, get to the airport, catch a flight to 

New York and be in a seat for a concert at 

Carnegie Hall that evening. 

Nowadays, if he wants to take in a concert 

in New York, it's got to be on Tuesday. 

Jim, I know the feeling. Sounds like some 

more senior relativity, needing two days to do 

what used to require just one. MR 


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