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__/ HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

__/ WATCH U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS - MEN'S MARATHON - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3

__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER TV & RUNNING CANADA TV: NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL MARATHON

__/ BROOKS CANADA MARATHON PROJECT

__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE

__/ MRN ON THE ROAD, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO AND BUFFALO, NEW YORK

__/ ANN ARBOR'S MIKE BURNS CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF CHAMPIONCHIP USA

__/ GREAT PERFORMANCES - ROAD RACING

__/ GREAT PERFORMANCES - CROSS COUNTRY

__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER RACE SERIES RESULTS - GREAT TURTLE HALF MARATHON, MACKINAC ISLAND, OCTOBER 27

__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER RACE SERIES

__/ GLSP TELEVISION NETWORK ON THE ROAD

__/ RACE CALENDAR NOVEMBER

__/ HALF-MARATHON & LONGER CALENDAR THROUGH MAY 2008

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================ HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ================= Have fun with this "Pumpkin Simulator" http://www.coasttocoastam.com/timages/page/pumpkin_sim.html

================================================ WATCH U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS - MEN'S MARATHON - SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3 ================================================ Who's hot? Who has a chance to win? One measure is who are invited to press conferences (Michigan athletes in caps):

Tuesday, October 30, 1:00, New York City: Meb Keflezghi, Khalid Khannouchi

Wednesday, October 31, 1:00 Peter Gilmore, JASON HARTMANN, RYAN SHAY, CLINT VERRAN

Thursday, November 1, 1:00 Abdi Abdrahman, Dan Browne, Alan Culpepper, Ryan Hall, DATHAN RITZENHEIN, BRIAN SELL

Watch on TV: - Live start on Saturday, November 3, at 7:35 a.m. on NBC's Today In New York. A half-hour highlights show will be aired on Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. EDT on NBC.

Watch online: http://www.nbcolympics.com/marathon - This is a free Webcast, but you must watch live, in real-time. There will be no post-race video-on-demand.

Lots more information online: http://www.nyrr.org/races/pro/mens_trials/index.asp

======================================== MICHIGAN RUNNER TV & RUNNING CANADA TV: NIAGARA FALLS INTERNATIONAL MARATHON ======================================== Sun, sun, sun, sun, sun-- welcome weather for the Niagara Falls International Marathon after several straight years of pouring rain. Our cameras took advantage of the light and the gorgeous setting. Showing now are the marathon start at the Albright- Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, the half-marathon start on the Niagara River Parkway, the Friendship Run along the Niagara River and the Canadian Horseshoe Falls, the Expo with Scott Sullivan's interview of Kathrine Switzer, the ItalPasta Dinner with John Stanton, the 10K, the 5K and the School Marathon Challenge. http://michiganrunner.tv/2007niagara/ and http://runningcanada.tv/niagara/

============================== BROOKS CANADA MARATHON PROJECT ============================== While we were visiting the Niagara Falls International Marathon Expo, we got wind of the Brooks Canada Marathon Project, a project inspired by and modeled after the Hansons Brooks Distance Project. Seven men and three women are currently training with Coach Hugh Cameron in the Toronto Area. For more information see http://www.brooksrunning.ca/runners_resource/marathon_project_ab out.html

============================================== MICHIGAN RUNNER NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2007 ISSUE ============================================== In This Issue: -- Profiles of 25 athletes with Michigan ties who qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Men's Marthon -- "Beating Heat Tough Feat at Grandma's Marathon", by Grant Lofdahl -- Lots of Crim news, photos and features by C.D. McEwen, Scott Sullivan, James & Carter Sherline -- Profile of Mandi Zemba by Grant Lofdahl -- Beyond the Chip returns with Laurel Park's "Confessions of a Compulsive Personality" -- Sara Deuling's "Fall Run, Muskegon, State Park" -- Dave Foley's "Racing Through the Snow" [on snowshoes] -- Ron Marinucci on Orienteering

And regular columns by -- Scott Sullivan -- Scott Hubbard -- Tom Henderson

-- Race stories and photos of Tacqua Trail Race, Playmakers Autumn Classic, IAAF World Championships in Athletics, Capital City River Run, Run Thru Hell, Crystal Lake Team Marathon, Mt. Baldhead Challenge, Boyne 2 Boyne Marathon and Half Marathon, Milford's Labor Day Runs, The Legend, Howell Melon Run, Kayla O'Mara Memorial Road Race and Grand Island Marathon, Great Train Race, Labor Day Bridge Run, and Playmakers Spartan Invitational.

Michigan Runner magazine is available at running stores listed here: http://www.michiganrunner.net/features/stores0304.html

======================================= MRN ON THE ROAD, NIAGARA FALLS, ONTARIO AND BUFFALO, NEW YORK ======================================= The reasons to visit Niagara Falls again and again start with the Falls themselves. Mesmerizing, absorbig, change with the seasons, change with the light, change with the wind direction. Each time we visit we find another vista, another path, another great restaurant. We think of destination races as a "do-it- once" and on to the next one. The Niagara Falls International marathon has everything you want in a destination race, but folks who do the marathon or half-marathon return again and again. Why? beautiful, international course, stunning finish line at the Canadian Horshoe Falls, unique and elegant venue for the marathon start at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, an international field, world-class speakers and running-gear bargains at the expo, and-- best of all-- warm, gracious and persistent hospitality. We congratulate Jim and Ruth Ralston and hundreds of volunteers for putting on a first- class event and we thank the sun-gods for showing up this year-- after a couple of years of pouring rain.

============================================== ANN ARBOR'S MIKE BURNS CELEBRATES TEN YEARS OF CHAMPIONCHIP USA ============================================== "October 28, 2007--ChampionChip(R), the world leader in timing technology, announced that in 2007 ChampionChip will be used to time more than 6,000 events and 6,000,000 athletes worldwide through its network of 178 professional timers who service 58 countries: more events than all other timing technologies combined.

"Every major timing company in the world is using ChampionChip technology," says Marc Roy of SportStats, the official timer of the IronMan events.

The company continues to leverage its technology and create advancements that will further enhance the participant experience. Last year, more than 300,000 athletes participated in races featuring one such advancement, the "Single-Use Chip," which can be customized with a race logo. The single-use chip provides race participants a souvenir of their hard work and eases the workload for race staff by eliminating the need to retrieve the chips after the race.

"ChampionChip has proven through tens of thousands of events, for 13 years, that it works," says Mike Burns, President of ChampionChip USA. "Runners and race directors can and should expect dependable results and continued technological advances to enhance their experiences,"

Since 1997, ChampionChip USA has been providing this technology to the US market. Today, through a network of more than 70 professional timers in the U.S.A., ChampionChip equipment scores more than 3,500 events annually in the United States." For more information, contact: Mike Burns, ChampionChip USA (734) 665-7052 mike@championchip.com http://www.championchipusa.com.

================================ GREAT PERFORMANCES - ROAD RACING ================================ -- Jerry Johncock, age 79, 1st, 75-79 age group, 4:41:36, Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon, Sunday, October 28, 2007. This was Jerry's 100th marathon, age-graded: 3:07:24.

================================== GREAT PERFORMANCES - CROSS COUNTRY ================================== -- Eastern Michigan, Champions, Mid American Conference Cross Country Championships, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Sat., October 27, 2007 - 31 points (1-3-5-10-12). This is the Eagles' 3rd straight MAC Title. -- Josh Perrin, Eastern Michigan, 1st, 24:33, Mid American Conference Cross Country Championships, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan,

======================================================= MICHIGAN RUNNER RACE SERIES RESULTS - GREAT TURTLE HALF MARATHON, MACKINAC ISLAND, OCTOBER 27 ======================================================= Open Women Erin O'Mara, 1st, 1:28:43, 30 points Laura Ankrum, 2nd, 1:29:10, 20 points Jessica Sowles, 3rd, 1:30:38, 10 points

Open Men Stephen Eles, 1st, 1:13:58, 30 points Andrew Schupp, 2nd, 1:15:50, 20 points Steven Gates, 3rd, 1:17:30, 10 points

Masters Women Gayle Kuipers, 1st, 1:33:19, 15 points Ellen Thompson, 2nd, 1:42:18, 10 points - + 3 points senior Marit Janse,3rd,1:43:57, 5 points

Masters Men Kevin Deyo, 1st, 1:21:19, 15 points Roy Pearsall, 2nd, 1:29:48, 10 points Tom Harbaugh, 3rd, 1:30:42, 5 points - + 3 points senior

Senior Women Ellen Thompson, 1st, 1:42:18 (age graded 50: 1:30:39), 3 points + 10 points masters Julie Lapinski, 2nd, 1:49:17 (age graded 56: 1:31:25), 2 points Karen Holappa, 3rd, 2:13:05 (age graded 71: 1:33:01), 1 point

Senior Men Tom Harbaugh, 1st, 1:30:42 (age graded 58: 1:16:42), 3 points + 5 points masters Michael Tiberg, 2nd, 1:32:18 (age-graded 53: 1:21:31), 2 points Steve Webster, 3rd, 1:33:15 (age-graded 53: 1:22:21), 1 point

=========================== MICHIGAN RUNNER RACE SERIES =========================== 2008 Michigan Runner Race Series will be announced January 1, 2008

=================================== GLSP TELEVISION NETWORK ON THE ROAD =================================== -- November 3, MHSAA LP Cross Country Finals, Brooklyn, Scott Sullivan -- November 3, U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Men's Marathon, New York City - Jennie McCafferty & Carter Sherline -- November 4, ING New York City Marathon-Jennie McCafferty, Carter Sherline -- November 11, Big Bird Run Roseville-Art & Jennie McCafferty, Carter Sherline -- November 19, NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, Terre Haute, IN - Jennie McCafferty, Carter Sherline -- November 22, Fifth Third Bank, Thanksgiving Day Turkey Trot, Detroit - Art & Jennie McCafferty, Carter Sherline -- November 23, Fantasy 5K, Howell - Carter Sherline -- December 8, USATF National Club Cross Country Championships, Dayton, OH - Jennie McCafferty -- December 8, Run Like the Dickens, Holly - Carter Sherline -- Belle ISle New Year's Eve Family Fun Run & Walk, Detroit - Carter Sherline

====================== RACE CALENDAR NOVEMBER ======================

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007 * Michigan High School Cross Country L.P. State Finals, Brooklyn, 10:00 am Web: http://www.mhsaa.com/sports/bxc/

* NCAA Division II Cross Country Regionals - Great Lakes, Edwardsville, Illinois, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 10:30 am Web: http://ncaasports.com

* U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Men's Marthon, New York City, 7:30 am Web: http://usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-Marathon-Men/

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2007 * NCAA Division I Cross Country Regionals - Great Lakes, Bloomington, Indiana, Indiana University Cross Country Course, 11:00 am Web: http://ncaasports.com

* NCAA Division III Cross Country Regionals - Great Lakes, Grand Rapids, Calvin College Cross Country Course, 11:00 am Web: http://ncaasports.com

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007 * Roseville Big Bird Run, Roseville, 10KR, 4KR, 1MR/W, 10:00 am, (586) 445-5480, alipinski@roseville-mi.com Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2006bigbird/

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2007 * NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships, Joplin, Missouri, Missouri Southern State University Cross Country Course, 10:30 am Web: http://ncaasports.com

* NCAA Division III Cross Country Championships, Northfield, Minnesota, Skoglund Athletic Fields, St. Olaf College, 10:30 am Web: http://ncaasports.com

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007 * NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships, Terre Haute, Indiana, Wabash Family Sports Center, 11:00 am Web: http://ncaasports.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2007 * Fifth Third Bank Thanksgiving Turkey Trot, Detroit, 10KR, 5KR, 1MR, Cobo Center, 7:15 am Web: http://www.detroitturkeytrot.org

================================================ HALF-MARATHON & LONGER CALENDAR THROUGH MAY 2008 ================================================

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2007 * U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Men's Marthon, New York City, 7:30 am Web: http://usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-Marathon-Men/

SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 * Walt Disney World Half Marathon, 13.1MR, 6:00 am. Web: http:/disneyworldspors.disney.go.com

SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008 * Walt Disney World Marathon, 26.2MR, 6:00 am. Web: http://disneyworldspors.disney.go.com

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2008 * New Orleans Mardi Gras Marathon, 26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 5KR, 7:00 am, Web: http://www.mardigrasmarathon.com/

SUNDAY, MARCH TBD, 2008 * Churchill's Half Marathon, Monclova, OH, 13.1MR http://toledoroadrunners.org

SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2008 * Around the Bay 30K Road Race, Hamilton, Ontario, 30KR, 5KR, 2 & 3 person relays, 9:30 am Web: http://www.aroundthebayroadrace.com Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2007aroundthebay/

SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008 * Martian Marathon, Dearborn Heights, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 8:30 am, Henry Ford Dearborn Heights Center. Web: http://martianmarathon.com

SUNDAY, APRIL 20, 2008

* U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Women's Marathon, Boston Web: http://www.usatf.org/events/2008/OlympicTrials-Marathon- Women/

SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2008

* Running Fit Trail Marathon & Half Marathon, Pinckney, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 7:30 am Web: http://www.trailmarathon.com

SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008

* Flying Pig Marathon, Cincinnati, OH, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 26.2Wheelchair, 10KR, 5KR, kids run, relay, 6:00 am, Web: http://flyingpigmarathon.com

SATURDAY, MAY 10, 2008 * Fifth Third River Bank Run, Grand Rapids, 25KR, 5KR/W, kids run, 8:00 am Web: http://www.53riverbankrun.com

SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008 * Forest City Road Races, London, Ontario, 26.2MR, relay, 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR/W, 2K Family Run Web: www.forestcityroadraces.com

* Mississauga Marathon, Mississauga, Ontario, 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 2K FR/W, kids run, 8:00 am, Mississauga City Hall, 10KR and 5KR on Saturday, May 10, 8:00 am. Web: http://www.mississaugamarathon.com

SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008 * Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon and 10K, 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR, 7:00 am Web: http://www.clevelandmarathon.com

SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2008 * ING Ottawa Marathon, Ottawa, Ontario, 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR; 10K & 5K on Saturday Web: http://runottawa.ca

MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008 * The Great Race Sports Festival, Elkhart, Indiana, 26.2 MR, 10KR, 5KR/W Web: http://thegreatrace.net/ Video: http://michiganrunner.tv/2007greatrace/

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