MICHIGAN RUNNING NEWS - August 18, 2004 - Vol. 3, no. 40

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Crim Festival of Races, August 28, 2004 http://crim.org

Experience the Ironman lifestyle with a visit to the Experience Ironman booth at the Crim Festival of Races, August 26th - 28th. http://www.ironmanlive.com

Ironman Live to Visit Crim Expo Please stop by the Ironman Live Booth During the Crim Expo or Visit us online at http://ironmanlive.com

Run Like the Wind, Hines Park, Saturday, September 4 http://www.runningfoundation.com

Sports Health Cleveland Clinic River Run, September 11-12, 2004 http://www.hermescleveland.com/River_Run/

John Rogucki Memorial Kensington Challenge, September 18, 2004

Kensington Metropark, Martindale Beach http://www.aatrackclub.org

Lake Superior Shore Run Race Against Tobacco, September 18, 2004

http://www.superiorlandskiclub.com

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

Toronto Waterfront Marathon, September 26, 2004 --"a great course to run a PR on..." http://torontowaterfrontmarathon.com

Columbus Marathon - October 17, 2004 More info and registration online at http://www.columbusmarathon.com

Toronto Marathon, Sunday, October 17, 2004 10th anniversary - http://www.torontomarathon.com

Detroit Free Press / Flagstar Bank Marathon, October 24, 2004 http://www.detroitfreepressmarathon.com/

Lansing, Turkeyman Trot, Thursday, November 27, 2004 http://www.runningfoundation.com

**************************************************************** Editor: Jennie McCafferty

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__/ QUOTE OF THE WEEK

__/ CRIM RACE DIRECTOR SHERLYNN EVERLY TO STEP DOWN IN DECEMBER

__/ RUNNING NETWORK TV: OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN - LARRY EDER PREVIEWS THE 100M, POLE VAULT, SHOT PUT, 1500M

__/ KEVIN SULLIVAN IS CRITICAL OF CANADA'S HIGH OLYMPIC STA NDARDS

__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER RACE SERIES

__/ RACE CALENDAR

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__/ QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"My race is next Wednesday, so I will just be sitting around the village and watching the races at the stadium. My mom and brother are coming and they will be arriving on Monday. It is the first time out of the states for the both of them, so I will probably be babysitting those two rookies for the week as well. It is an awesome time."

-- Tim Broe, U.S. Olympic 5,000 meter hopeful

__/ CRIM RACE DIRECTOR SHERLYNN EVERLY TO STEP DOWN IN DECEMBER FLINT--

Sherlynn Everly, executive director of the Crim Festival of Races for six years, will leave the position when her contract ends December 31. Among other ventures, Everly will coordinate Running Rocks Afterschoo l, a joint project of the national nonprofit organizations, Afterschool Alliance and RunningUSA. The pilot project seeks to promote fitness among you ng people in four cities, with the plan to roll out a nation- wide program in spring 2005.

Everly said the program intends to positively affect children's health and address childhood obesity. "If we can get kids running and focusing on their health, we hope we'll instill good habits that will last throughout their lives."

She said she also intends to spend more time kayaking with her husban d, Jim, and playing golf. Mark Yonan, president of the Crim Board of Directors, said Everly "will be hard to replace. "She's done a remarkable job juggling the many demands of managing the Crim," he said. During her tenure, Everl y directed many enhancements to the Crim including: adding the 5K Friday night racewalk, which has become the Michigan USATF 5K Racewalk Championship; moving the Teddy Beat Trot to increase visibility and fan support; increasing training program participation from 217 in 1999 to 780 this year (a nearly 300 percent growth); increasing youth participation by 8 percent; and increasing Crim weekend Friday evening activities by adding the Crim Kids Invitational Race and a Pep Rally.

Everly is credited with generating over $350,000 in grant support for the Crim and broader state and national media coverage of the event. In 1999, the Crim became a founding member of RunningUSA, a trade organization for the running industry. Everly served as the first female board member of the non- profit organization and is completing her second term on its board.

In 2000, Everly joined the Crim training program for the first time. She and husband Jim Clark now lead an 8K training group. Everly said she will remain on the Crim staff until a replacement is found. She has 20 years of professional experience with Michigan departments of public health, mental health, and social services. Prior to joining the Crim, Everly was the director of the Michigan Renaissance Festival for two years. August 28, the Crim Festival of Races will celebrate its 28th running on the historic bricks of downtown Flint. Since 1977, it has grow n to be the largest three-day running festival in Michigan, attracting the finest distance runners from around the world, and winning acclaim and respect throughout the international running community.

The Crim Festival of Races is USA Track & Field sanctioned and is a founding member of RunningUSA. The Road Runners Club of America named The Crim as one of its Twenty Great Races Across the Nation in 2002, and Running Times recommended The Crim in its May 2004 issu e, "Summer Race Guide - Classic Races".

For more information about the Crim Festival of Races, call (810) 235-3396 or www.crim.org.

__/ RUNNING NETWORK TV: OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN - LARRY EDER PREVIEWS THE 100M, POLE VAULT, SHOT PUT, 1500M

The shot put began earlier today in the ancient stadium in Olympia. Larry Eder, Publisher of American Track & Field, Cal Track and Running Network President, provides his expert and informative overview of the Olympic Games and gives some Olympic predictions. His previews focu s on the 100m a nd 1500m runs, the pole vault, and the shot put.

http://michiganrunner.tv/2004olympictrials_track/

__/ KEVIN SULLIVAN IS CRITICAL OF CANADA'S HIGH OLYMPIC STA NDARDS

Canada's best female marathoner, Nicole Stephenson, met the Olympic "A" Standard twice, but even she could not meet the Canadian Olympic Committee's higher standard. Ca nada is sending no marathoners to Athens. Among the athletes who are critical of Canada's standards is Canada's top miler, Kevin Sullivan. Here's what Kevin had to say at http://www.runnersweb.com/ :

"It's fine for people like me who can make the high standard, but it does nothing to develop other athletes for the 2008 Games. Going to an Olympics as a developin g athlete provides important experience for future Games." Sullivan sees many good middle-distance runners following in his wake but feels little is served by the best of the bunch watching the Olym pics at home due to COC qualifying standards that exceed international criteria and most other national benchmarks.

"And if the COC isn't going to send athletes to the Olympics, there has to (be) some commitment to getting them to other high profile events instead. I don't see that happening."

Sullivan also finds it a bit rich, by the way, that Canada's male rowers criticized track athletes for complaining about the overly demandi ng COC standards.

"There are only about 100 countries who participate in rowing versus 218 in track and field, and figures I saw indicate only about 50 na tions are really competitive. It's a much more competitive pool in track be cause all you need are some shoes, not an expensive boat and seven t eammates."

The real truth is that in some events in rowing, there are only a dozen to 15 really competitive boats while Sullivan's event, the 1500, is arguably one of the deepest in the Olympics. "There's as many as 30 guys who are just a few seconds apart. So I can't look too far ahead in my event. My goal is to make the final 12, then see what happens."

__/ MICHIGAN RUNNER RACE SERIES

Crim Festival of Races, Flint, 10 Mile, August 28

Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon, October 24

__/ RACE CALENDAR

August 18-29

* Olympic Games, Athens, Greece http://www.olympic-usa.org/, Athletics (track & field) begins August 18.

Saturday, August 21 - CANCELLED

* St. Ignace Classic, St. Ignace, 8:30 am, 10KR, 5KR/W, http://www.stignace.com

Saturday, August 28

* Crim Festival of Races, Flint, 8:00 am, 10RM, 8KR/W, 5KR/W, 1MR/W, Teddy Bear Trot, http://www.crim.org, Michigan Runner Race Series 10 Mile

Sunday, August 29

* Hansons Marathon Training Run, Auburn Hills, 8:00 am, 2-16 MR, http://hansons-running.com

Saturday, September 4

* Celebrate Westlake, Westlake, OH, 7:45 am, 5MR, 3.4MW, 5.5 M Inline Skate, Kids Runs, http://celebratewestlake.com

* Run for the Riffs, Ford Detroit Jazz Fest 4 Mile Run Detroit, 8:30 am, Doug Kurtis, http://www.musichall.org

* Run Like the Wind, 10KR, 5KR, Westland, HInes Park, Nankin Mills Picnic Area, 9:30 am, http://www.runningfoundation.com

Monday, September 6

* Cadillac Festival of Races, 10KR, 5KR, Kids Run, Triathlon: 5KR, 12MR, 2M Kayak, Glenn Bathrick, (231) 775-4272

* Governor's Labor Day Bridge Run, Mackinaw City, 7:00 am 5MFR, Michigan Fitness Foundation, http://www.michiganfitness.org

* Mercy General Health Partners Run for Your Health 5K Muskegon, 8:30am, 5KR, (231) 739-3948, http://www.mghp.com

Wednesday, September 8

* Hansons Marathonn Training Clinic #3, Auburn Hills & Royal Oak 7:00 pm, http://hansons-running.com

* Hansons Youth Camp, 2nd-8th grade, Rochester & Sterlings Heights Sonja Hanson, (586) 822-8606, http://hansons-running.com Saturday, September 11

* Dances with Dirt, Pinckney/Hell, 6:00 am, 100 KR, 50KR, 100K Relay, http://danceswithdirt.com

* Deaf Arts Festival 5K Walk &7 10K Run, Plymouth, 10:00 am http://www.deafartsfestival.org

* Mackinac Island 8 Mile Road Race, 9:30 am, 8MR/W, kids runs, http://gaultracemanagement.com

* Reeds Lake Triathlon, Grand Rapids, 7:30 am, 1/2MS, 18MR, 15MR, Susan Perry, (616) 949-1750, http://www.eastgr.org

* River Run, 5K, Cleveland, 7:50 am, (2 days- 1/2 marathon is 9/12) http://www.hermescleveland.com/River_Run/

* Running Fit-Detroit Titan Cross Country Invitational, Northville, 10:00 am, 5KR Cross Country, Guy Murray, (313) 993-1724, http://www.DetroitTitans.com

* Witch's Hat Run, South Lyon, 8:30 am, 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR Sue Massuch, (248) 437-7254 Sunday, September 12

* Hansons 16 Mile Marathon Training Run, Grosse Pointe, 8:00 am, http://hansons-running.com

* River Run Half Marathon, Cleveland, 7:50 am, (2 days- 5K is 9/11) http://www.hermescleveland.com/River_Run/ Tuesday, September 14

* Running Fit 101, Class for the Beginning Runner, Northville, 6:30 pm, Running Fit Shop, http://runningfit.com Wednesday, September 15

* Hansons Marathon Training Clinic #3, Grosse Pointe & Utica, 7:00 pm, http://hansons-running.com Thursday, September 16

* Running Fit 101, Class for the Beginning Runner, Ann Arbor and West Bloomfield, 6:30 pm, Running Fit Shop, http://runningfit.com Saturday, Septembedr 18

* Harvest Stompede, Suttons Bay, 9:30 am, 7KR/W, 5KR/W, Ciccone Vinyards, Rick Coates, (231) 938-3247, http://www.lpwines.com

* John Rogucki Memorial Kensington Challenge,Milford, 8:30 am 15KR, 5KR, 1/2MR, Dave Armstrong, (248) 684.9433, http://aatrackclub.org

* Lake Superior Shore Run Race Against Tobacco, Marquette, 10:30 am, 13.1 MR, 5KR, Kids Run, Jim Harrington, http://superiorlandskiclub.com

* Mt. Baldhead Challenge, Saugatuck, 9:00 am, 15KR, 5KR/W, Scott Kierzek, (616) 857-1389, http://mtbaldhead.com Sunday, September 19

* Hansons Marathon Training Run, Royal Oak, 8:00 am, Sonja Hanson, (248) 616-9665, http://hansons-running.com Sunday, September 26

* Capital City River Run, Lansing, 9:30 am, 10MR, 5KR/W, 20MR (training), Dick Miles, (517) 223-2681, http://www.ccriverrun.org

* Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon, Toronto, 6:15 am, 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR, 5KR, http://torontowaterfrontmarathon.com

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