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MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS - January 18, 2006 - Vol. 5, no. 16

Sponsored by:

Dundee Internet Services "Stuff that Works" http://dundee.net

Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon & 10K, Sunday, May 21, 2006 Distances: Marathon, Half-marathon and 10K

Web: http://www.clevelandmarathon.com,

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2004clevelandmarathon/

Mackinaw Memorial Bridge Race, Saturday, May 27, 2006

Web: http://www.mackinawcity.com

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2004MackinacBridge/

"The Jogger" by Michael McCafferty Soon to be Made into a Minor Motion Picture

Web: http://www.channel101.com/shows/show.php?show_id=144

Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K, September 24, 2006

Web: http://www.torontowaterfrontmarathon.com/

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2005scotiabank/

Editor: Jennie McCafferty

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__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER TV: MARYBETH DILLON BUTLER INTERVIEWS RED SIMMONS

__/ TRAVERSE CITY TRACK CLUB HOSTS BART YASSO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20

__/ JOHN "THE PENGUIN" BINGHAM, HOLLAND, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19

GREAT PERFORMANCES

__/ BRIAN SELL WINS USA HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS

__/ TOMMY GREENLESS QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS IN DEBUT MARATHON

__/ QUOTE OF THE WEEK

__/ MRN AT HOME - YPSILANTI

__/ CORRECTION: DEBBIE LAZAROFF WAS FIRST IN AGE GROUP OF 376

__/ MRN'S UPCOMING SCHEDULE

__/ RACE CALENDAR - DECEMBER-JANUARY

__/ HALF-MARATHON & LONGER CALENDAR

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__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER TV: MARYBETH DILLON BUTLER INTERVIEWS RED SIMMONS - On Friday and Saturday, January 20-21, 2006, University of Michigan Track and Field hosts the Red Simmons Invitational, named for Coach Kenneth 'Red' Simmons, the Michigan coaching legend who formed the Michigammes women's track and field club in the 1960's. Coach Simmons then convinced Michigan Athletic Director Don Canham to allow women to compete for the University of Michigan. During the Michigammes February 2005 reunion at the home of Karen McKeachie and Lew Kidder, Marybeth Dillon Butler talks with Coach Simmons about his own track experiences and why he started the Michigammes in this two part interview. http://michiganrunner.tv/2006redsimmons/

__/ TRAVERSE CITY TRACK CLUB HOSTS BART YASSO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20 - The Traverse City Track Club continues its "Legends" speaker series with Bart Yasso, Friday evening, 7:00 pm, Haggerty Center. Admission is free.

Yasso has had more running adventures than most of us and he also invented the "Yasso 800" workout. The Club then puts on the Frozen Foot Race, Eastern Elementary School. The five mile race begins at 10:00 am. For details see http://www.tctrackclub.com/.

__/ JOHN "THE PENGUIN" BINGHAM, HOLLAND, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19 - The Holland Hospital Center for Good Health is sponsoring John "The Penguin" Bingham at the Park Theater in Holland, 7:00 pm, Thursday, January 19.

The Theater is on River Ave. between 10th & 11th Streets. Bingham will speak on "Keeping Your Resolution to be More Active." Register online for this free event at http://hollandhospital.org/

GREAT PERFORMANCES

__/ BRIAN SELL WINS USA HALF MARATHON CHAMPIONSHIPS - "HOUSTON - Pre-race favorite Brian Sell of Rochester Hills, Mich., won the second U.S. title of his careerat the USA Men's Half Marathon Championship in Houston, Texas on Sunday. The championship, hosted by the Aramco Houston Half Marathon also featured open athletes with Nicodemus Malakwen of Kenya taking the overall win in a course record 1:02:07. Sell ran a personal best 1:02:39 for second overall, just missing the championship record of 1:02:32 set by Paul Cummings in 1987. Jason Hartmann finished in second, 1:03:07. Sell and his Hansons-Brooks Distance Project teammates Luke Humphrey, Chad Johnson, Clint Verran and Kyle O'Brien won the team title, placing five athletes in the top-thirty."

-- USATF News Release.

__/ TOMMY GREENLESS QUALIFIES FOR OLYMPIC TRIALS IN DEBUT MARATHON

Nick Stanko, Michigan Runner of the Year, alerted us to Tommy Greenless's spectacular debut marathon. At P.F. Chang's Rock n' Roll Marathon, Greenless placed 7th, second American, with a time of 2:21:14. He won $1400 and qualified for the US Olympic Marathon Trials.

__/ QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"I felt like I played in a very rough football game with no hitting above the waist."

-- Alan Page on running his first marathon in 1979. Page is a Minnesota Supreme Court Justice, member of Minnesota Vikings Purple People Eaters, the NFL Hall of Fame and the first active NFL player to run a marathon.

__/ MRN AT HOME - YPSILANTI We attended two extraordinary events at home this week-- the first being Eastern Michigan Men's Cross Country Banquet on Friday evening; the second was Alan Page's Martin Luther King Day Keynote at Eastern Michigan's Pease Auditorium.

Many in the crowd for Eastern Michigan's cross country team banquet Friday night were there to honor Tony Mifsud, who was named 2005 Eastern Michigan Man. Coach John Goodridge did a masterful job of recognizing both current cross country athletes and alumni. Among those attending were a who's who of Michigan running: Boaz Cheboiywo, Aaron Bartee, Gavin Thompson, Jordan Desiletes, Steve Crane, Fred Vanhala, Ron Buchanan, Ed Kozloff, Lindsey Gallo, Harry Lindbach, Landon Peacock, Scott Hubbard, Gary Morgan, Mark Scoles, Karen Blackford and many more.

Alan Page, the man with the world's most interesting resume, delivered the Martin Luther King Day keynote address. Page was the first National Football League defensive player to be Most Valuable Player and the first active NFL player to run a marathon. Page is currently a justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Justice Page has worked to improve access to education and one of the anecdotes he mentioned brought home the need: a new assistant coach asked nine defensive Viking linemen to read the NFL playbook. Although the "big words" in that playbook were "offense" and "defense", five of the nine players could not read the book.

__/ CORRECTION: DEBBIE LAZAROFF WAS FIRST IN AGE GROUP OF 376 - I made a mistake in last week's report about Debbie Lazaroff. She finished first among the 376 people in her age group at the Disney Marathon-- not 66 as reported. Debbie said about her race, "It sure was a magical day and a very special moment for me. It sure feels good when you set a goal and can accomplish it!"

__/ MRN'S UPCOMING SCHEDULE

-- Jan. 20-21, Traverse City Track Club's Legends: Bart Yasso and Frozen Foot Race-Art and Jennie McCaffferty

-- Mar. 24-26, Around the Bay Road Race, Hamilton, Ontario-Art & Jennie McCafferty

-- April 1, Martian Marathon, Half Marathon and Meteor 10K -Art & Jennie McCafferty

-- May 28-29, The Great Race, Elkhart, Indiana

-- July 29, Steve's Run, Dowagiac

-- July 29, Grand Island Trail Marathon and 10K, Grand Island (near Munising)

-- Aug. 11-13 - ING Edmonton Marathon, Edmonton, Alberta

-- Aug. 25-27 - Crim Festival of Races, Flint

-- Sept. 2 - Labor Day 30K, Milford

-- Sept. 22-24 - Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Toronto, Ontario

__/ RACE CALENDAR - JANUARY-FEBRUARY

Presented by Running Fit - http://runningfit.com

Note* Our online calendar listings are provided as a value added service to our Michigan Runner clients. If you are interested in becoming a client please contact Art McCafferty at artmccaf@glsp.com.

Friday, January 20, 2006

* Traverse City Track Club Legends Series: Bart Yasso, Maritime Academy Haggerty Center, 7:00 pm.

Saturday, January 21, 2006

* Frozen Foot Race, Traverse City, Michigan, 5MR, 2MR, 10:00 am,

Web: http://www.tctrackclub.com/

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2005frozenfoot/index.html

Saturday, January 28, 2006

* Bigfoot Boogie 5 & 10K Snowshoe Race, Traverse City, Timber Ridge Nordic Center, 8:00 am, http://runsnow.com

Saturday, February 4, 2006

* Running Fit 501 Training Runs, Ann Arbor, Running Fit, 123 E. Liberty St., 8:00 am, out & back, runner determines distance,

twodogsrunning.com/running/

Sunday, February 5, 2006

* Mardi Gras Marathon, New Orleans, LA, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 5KR, 7:00 am, http://mardigrasmarathon.com

* Superbowl 5K, Novi, Novi Running Fit, 5KR, 9:00 am

http://runningfit.com/superbowl5k/

Wednesday, February 8, 2006

* Bumper Run, Stoney Creek Metro Park, Washington Twp, Boat Launch, 6MR, 6:15 pm, don.richmond@juno.com, (248) 628-4036

Saturday, February 11, 2006

* Running Fit 501 Training Runs, Ann Arbor, Running Fit, 123 E. Liberty St., 8:00 am, out & back, runner determines distance,

twodogsrunning.com/running/

Sunday, February 12, 2006

* Hypothermic Half Marathon, Sarnia, ON, Holiday Inn, 13.1MR/W, 8:30 am, runningroom.com

Friday & Saturday, February 17-18, 2006

* WWJ Michigan Runner Treadmill Challenge, Detroit, Boll Family YMCA, 30 hours/ 2 days, 1 hour treadmill run or teams; pledge during WWJ's Radiothon for THAW Heat & Warmth Fund, http://wwj.com

Saturday, February 18, 2006

* Running Fit 501 Training Runs, Ann Arbor, Running Fit, 123 E. Liberty St., 8:00 am, out & back, runner determines distance, twodogsrunning.com/running/

* Snowshoe Stomp, Suttons Bay, Ciccone Vinyards, 4M snowshoe, 2M snowshoe hike, 8:30 am, http://www.lpwines.com

Saturday, February 18 and Sunday, February 19, 2006

* USA Cross Country Championships, New York, NY, World Championship Team Qualifier

Saturday, February 25, 2006

* Running Fit 501 Training Runs, Ann Arbor, Running Fit, 123 E. Liberty St., 8:00 am, out & back, runner determines distance,

twodogsrunning.com/running/

* Snow Mondey Snowshoe Race, Traverse City, Traverse City West Senior HS, 8K snowshoe, 4k snowshoe, 9:00 am, http://runsnow.com

__/ HALF-MARATHON & LONGER CALENDAR

Sunday, February 5, 2006

* Mardi Gras Marathon, 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 5 KR, 41st running will donate all net proceeds to hurricane relief.

http://mardigrasmarathon.com

Sunday, February 12, 2006

* Hypothermic Half Marathon, Sarnia, ON, Holiday Inn, 13.1MR/W, 8:30 am, runningroom.com

Sunday, March 19, 1006

* Churchill's Half Marathon, 13.1 MR, Monclova, Ohio, 1:00 pm, tbayford@charter.net, http://toledoroadrunners.org

Sunday, March 26, 2006

* Around the Bay Road Races, 30K Run/Walk/Relay, 5K, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,

Web: http://aroundthebayroadrace.com.

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2005aroundthebay/

Saturday, April 1, 2006

* Martian Marathon and Half Marathon, 26.2, Miles, 13.1 Miles, 20 Mile Training Run, 10K, Dearborn Heights,

Web: http://www.martianmarathon.com

Video: Michigan Runner TV will cover the 2006 races

Sunday, April 9, 2006

* Spirit of St. Louis Marathon, half marathon, marathon relay, 5K and fun runs,

http://stlouismarathon.com

Saturday, April 29, 2006

* Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon, Mini Marathon & Relays, Louisville, Kentucky,

http://www.derbyfestivalmarathon.com

Sunday, April 30, 2006

* Running Fit Trail Marathon and Half Marathon, 26.2 Miles, 13.1 Miles, Pinckney,

Web: http://www.trailmarathon.com/

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2003trailmarathon/

Sunday, May 7, 2006

* Flying Pig Marathon, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, relays, Cincinnati, Ohio. (10KR, 5KR & kids'runs are scheduled May 6, 2006, http:// flyingpigmarathon.com.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

* Mississauga Marathon, 26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR, 2KFR/W, corporate relay,

http://www.mississaugamarathon.com/

Sunday, May 21, 2006

* Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, Cleveland, 7:00 am

Web: http://www.clevelandmarathon.com/

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2004clevelandmarathon/index.html

Saturday, May 27, 2006

* Bayshore Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, Traverse City, 7:00 am, http://bayshoremarathon.org

Monday, May 29, 2006

* The Great Race, Amish Country Half Marathon and 5K & 10K, Elkhart Indiana, 7:45 am, 24 hour entry form "Hotline" 574-296-5890

Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2005greatrace/

Saturday and Sunday, July 8-9, 2006

* Keweenaw Trail Running Festival, Copper Harbor, 10K, Hill Climb, 25K, 2K Kids Race, 8:00 am Saturday @ Gratiot River North (GRN) Trailhead, Allouez Township, 2 K Kids Race 9:00 am Saturday @ GRN Trailhead, Hill Climb 7:00 pm Saturday @ Eagle Harbor Beach, 25 K 7:00 am Sunday @ Keweenaw Mountain Lodge, Copper Harbor

Saturday, July 29

* Grand Island Trail Marathon and 10K

Web: www.algercounty.org

Video: Michigan Runner TV will cover the 2006 race

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