MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS - January 3, 2003 - v.2, no.9

Sponsored by:

2003 Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon http://www.detroitfreepressmarathon.com

The Great Race, Elkhart, Indiana http://www.thegreatrace.net

Dundee Internet Services http://dundee.net

__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/

__/ HANSONS RUNNING SHOPS' OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TOPS MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS IN 2002

__/ LAURIE DECKER IS MICHIGAN RUNNER MAGAZINE'S RUNNER OF THE YEAR 2002

__/ FROZEN FOOT RACE & FRANCIE LARRIEU SMITH, TRAVERSE CITY, JANUARY 16-17 Jennie McCafferty-Editor

__/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/

__/ HANSONS RUNNING SHOPS' OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM TOPS MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS IN 2002

Hanson's Running Shops Olympic Development Program successes are Michigan's biggest running story of 2002. The program that Keith and Kevin Hanson finance themselves is getting results. The Hansons team won its second straight USATF Cross Country championship and individual team members claimed top spots at USATF championship races, the Boston Marathon and the Chicago marathon. The program expects to have contenders at the 2008 Olympics. The program's success comes in the context of people bewailing the state of American distance running. Coaches Keith and Kevin Hanson are doing something about American distance running and making a difference in the lives of post-collegiate runners. Their story is an ongoing one which reaches far beyond Michigan borders. --Art McCafferty, Publisher, Michigan Runner --Scott Sullivan, Editor, Michigan Runner --Jennie McCafferty, Editor, Michigan Running News

__/ LAURIE DECKER IS MICHIGAN RUNNER MAGAZINE'S RUNNER OF THE YEAR 2002

Michigan Runner magazine named masters runner, Laurie Decker of Cadillac, Michigan, the Michigan Runner of the Year 2002. Laurie finished among the top three women masters in every race she ran in 2002, including the Fifth Third River Bank 25K and the Crim Festival of Races 10 Mile. The January/February 2003 issue of the Michigan Runner includes Charles Douglas McEwen's feature about Laurie and more:

* Kyle Baker, Male Runner of the Year, by Tom Henderson

* Robin Sarris Hallop, Master Runner of the Year, by Tom Henderson

* Krys Warszawski, Master Runner of the Year, by Ron Marinucci

* Nancy Cassel, Senior Runner of the Year, by Robin Sarris Hallop

* Jerry Johncock, Senior Runner of the Year; Boston: Father, Son and Grandson by Bill Johncock.

* Anne Gault, Contributor of the Year, by Bill Khan.

The print edition of the Michigan Runner is available at running stores throughout Michigan or by subscription. See http://michiganrunner.net/

__/ FROZEN FOOT RACE & FRANCIE LARRIEU SMITH, TRAVERSE CITY, JANUARY 16-17

This out and back five miler, coordinated by the Traverse City Track Club, starts at 10:00 am in front of Eastern Elementary School on Eastern Avenue. There's also a two-mile fitness walk. Courses are flat and fast. On January 16, the Traverse City Track Club will offer its sixth- annual Bayshore Marathon In-Training Kickoff at Northwestern College, featuring guest speaker Francie Larrieu Smith, a five-time Olympian. Phone Chuck Bissell at (231) 929.1736 or visit http:// www.tctrackclub.com.

--Charles Douglas McEwen

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

* Michigan Running News is published weekly. Please feel free to pass this email on to anyone you think might be interested.

* To reply, please send email to jennie@glsp.com.

* To unsubscribe, please send email to leave-michiganrunningnews- 15232535I@lyris.dundee.net

Jennie McCafferty, Online Editor Michigan Runner, Michigan's statewide road running magazine since 1979 Michigan Running News

(734)507-0251 * (734)434-4765 FAX * jennie@glsp.com