Weekly Rundown

September 22, 2004

WELCOME TO FALL KALAMAZOO AREA RUNNERS, BATTLE CREEK ROAD RUNNERS and RUNNING FRIENDS!

We couldn’t ask for better weather ! What an amazing turnout we had for our final Club Championship Series event,The Peacock Strut 10k and 5k. Many of our club members earned age group awards and we are thrilled to announce that KAR ladies won both overall titles. Darla Brown was the 10k Champ with a 44:47 and Teresa Xaundria was the 5k Champ with a 21:37. Congratulations ladies! The men’s winners were Charley Massey in the 10k with a 34:06 and Dan Higgason in the 5k with a 16:14. Awesome times! See the LOCAL RUNNER HAPPENINGS SECTION below to check out the scoop on all our KAR/BCRR participants and www.classicrace.com to see full Peacock Strut Results.

The Club Championship Series Results will be tallied by the end of the month and posted on our website. We will let you know when they are out there so you can verify the information is correct. We will be holding a special awards ceremony in November – stay tuned for more details!

Mark Your Calendar Once! Looking for the perfect shoe or orthotic to mesh with your biomechanics?  Are you a pronator, a supinator, a heel striker, an overstrider?  Come to our Club meeting on Monday, October 11, 7:00 pm at the Borgess Health and FitnessCenter.  Stephanie Millis, staff pedorthist from Gazelle Sports in Grand Rapids, will show us how she does personalized gait analyses.  Stephanie will describe the different foot anatomies, shoe construction, and orthotic devices.  Run Faster, Run Longer!" In addition, dinner is on us! Subs and beverages will be served!

Please RSVP Bonnie at besrun2003@yahoo.com to let us know if you are attending so we can determine how much food is needed.

Mark Your Calendar Twice! Our Spooktacular Halloween Hash Run is coming October 30! See below in our SPECIAL EVENTS section below for more details.

Membership renewal notices have been sent via E-mail to all members expiring in August and September. Please take the time to complete your renewal application and mail it in. We want to keep you on our list and only active paid-up members will be eligible for Club Championship Series awards.

The joint KAR/BCRR Gull Lake Runs are back the first Saturday of every month! The first run around Gull Lake will be held October 2. Meet at the Gull Lake Café at 8:00 am for this scenic run. Best of all, there is a coffee social after!!!For this first run, we askthat you notify Toni or Pat Galligan at jogntoni@jasnetworks.net if you plan on attending so they can determine needed course support.

Here is a special message from Gazelle Sports.....
Want to be immortalized in the2005 edition of Gazelle Sports' Events Calendar? We want to include YOU in the design. This next year, as we celebrate 20 years of operation, we invite you - our friends - to submit pictures or personal memories of events that have impacted you in West Michigan over the past 20 years. The photos and essays we choose from submissions will be part of our 2005 Events Calendar. If we use your submission, we will rew ard you with a $50 Gazelle Sports gift certificate! Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2004. Please label your submission with your name and address, and indicate if you would like your submission returned to you. Send submissions to:

Tessa Emenheiser
Gazelle Sports
214 S. Kalamazoo Mall
Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Or e.mail: temenheiser@gazellesports.com
Questions? E.mail Tessa or call her at 269/342-5996. Thank you!

Don't forget to check out the LOCAL RUNNER HAPPENINGS below to see if your name is there!

Our final formal WMU Track Workout will be held Tuesday, September 28 at 6:00 pm. See you there. Group Contacts will be Dave Walch and/or Steve Hicks. Please avoid getting ticketed! As several folks found out, WMU security has been ticketing. Park on the side street by Roadhouse or at meters if you can locate them! The track will, as always, be open to the public after that date, but KAR will not have an “official group contact.”

Here's what's coming up...

SPECIAL EVENTS AND RACES

Saturday, September 25, 2004

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith,” 2 Timothy 4:7. The Run for the Son 5k Run, Walk and Family Fun Run will be held at the Celery Flats in Portage. For online registration and details check out www.classicrace.com. This is a great one for the kids and raises funds for the Kalamazoo Deacons Conference, a Christian Ministry offering assistance and mercy to those most in need. Packet Pickup and late registration will be Saturday morning between 7:00 and 8:30 am at the Celery Flats Grain Elevator. The 5k Run begins at 9:00.

The first annual Run for the Hounds 10k kicks off at 8:30 today at the Fort Custer Recreation Area. For more information, contact Sue DeHollander at 269-665-9633.

Saturday, October 2, 2004

The Lawton Blue Devil Benefit 5k Run/Walk will be held Oct. 2, beginning at the cemetery on 2 nd Street. The run begins at 8:30, the walk at 8:40 and the fun run at 9:00 am. For more information, contact Dave Stephayn at 269-624-3101.

Saturday, October 16, 2004

One of the areas largest 5k races, the WMU Homecoming Classic 5k Run and Walk takes place October 16 at 9:00 am and there is also a 1k Fun Run/Walk at 8:15. For a fun twist, you can also sign up as a 3 to 5 person team! This one has great prizes and a great post-race spread! For more information and to register visit www.wmich.edu/race/. Also join Bring Back Track in their festivities!

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Have you finished that fall marathon and ready to add a new dimension to your running? Are you ready for a fun, noncompetitive, relaxing event with lots of comraderie? The Kalamazoo Area Runners/Battle Creek Roadrunners present the annual Halloween Hash Run! Come join us at 10:00 am at the KVCC parking lot above the track area for a spooktacular adventure through the trails of Al Sabo preserve. Bring the family! There will be water, cider, donuts, prizes, a brand newKids Trick- or-Treat Mini Hash Run for children 12 and under, and, best of all, it is absolutely free of charge.

UPCOMING MARATHONS

September 26, 2004

Boulder Backroads Marathon, Boulder, CO www.boulderbackroads.com

September 28, 2004

Fox Cities Marathon, Fox Cities, WI www.foxcitiesmarathon.org

October 2, 2004

Road Runner Akron Marathon, Akron, OH www.akronmarathon.org

October 3, 2004

Lakefront Marathon, Milwaukee, WI www.badgerlandstriders.org/marathon

October 9, 2004

Whistlestop Marathon, Ashland, WI www.whistlestopmarathon.com

October 10, 2004

LaSalle Chicago Marathon, Chicago, IL www.chicagomarathon.com*** Now Closed to New Entrants

October 17, 2004

Des Moines Marathon, Des Moines, IA www.desmoinesmarathon.com

October 24, 2004

Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon and Half Marathon, Detroit, MI www.detriotfreepressmarathon.comPlease note the correction in the Date on this one!

October 31, 2004

Grand Rapids Marathon, Grand Rapids, MI www.cooladventures.net

October 31, 2004

Marine Corps Marathon, Washington DC www.marinemarathon.com

November 7, 2004

New York City Marathon (by lottery or qualifier), New York, NY ***Now Closed to New Entrants

November 25, 2004

Atlanta Marathon, Atlanta, GA www.atlantatrackclub.org

November 28, 2004

Seattle Marathon, Seattle, WA www.seattlemarathon.org

GROUP RUNS

Saturday, September 25

It is taper time for the  Gazelle Sports/KAR Marathon Training ProgramGazelles, Gnus and Impalas! This week’s run will begin from Gazelle Sports at 7:00 am. All herds will be embarking on a 14-ile out and back run. KAR’sCharlie Crouch, CharlieBroberg and Jay Campbell will be providing course support!

 The SHufflers will be meeting at the Milham road entrance of Bicentennial Trail at 7:00 am Saturday for any distance you would like to run. The SHufflers will begin their formal marathon training program in January.

LOCAL RUNNER HAPPENINGS

Kalamazoo Area/Battle Creek Road Runners turned out in droves for the PeacockStrut 10k/5k to earn final points towards our Club Championship Series. Not only did two of our KAR ladies win overall titles as mentioned earlier, but a number of our members brought home age group awards, many of our members participated in one or both of the races and even the kids run was won by one of our very youngest KAR members: nine year-old Michael Sexton won the Peacock StrutKids Caper for the 2 nd consecutive year in row (watch out mom!) KAR/BCRR members entering the winners circle and earning age group plaques in the 10k were: Matt Babbitt (1 st), Bob Smola (1 st), Steve Rice (3 rd), Jay Campbell (1 st), Mike Yarbrough (2 nd) and Dean Wells,( 2 nd). Great runs BrianCampbell, Max Sine, George Granger, Fred Colbert and Steve Penix! In the 5k, KAR/BCRR age group award winners were: Cindy Comer (1 st), Tina Hayward (1 st), Paul Foster (3 rd), Bob Smola (2 nd), Vince McCurdy (2 nd), Jay Campbell (2 nd), Bruce Watson (1 st) and Xavier Cook (2 nd). Awesome Runs Brian Campbell, Paul Stevens, George Granger, Steve Rice and Fred Colbert. Seeing Double? No, it isn’t a mistake! Several members ran both events including Bob Smola, Steve Rice, Jay Campbell, George Granger and Fred Colbert. By the way, we always knew that Fred Colbert was a running machine, but on Saturday he proved it once and for all. Not only did Fred double in the Peacock Strut Events, but then he and Xavier Cook took off for South Bend to participate in a 6-mile benefit run to show support for a friend!

Forty-threeGazelles, Gnus and Impalas of the Marathon Training Group took off down the Kal-Haven trail early Saturday morning on their final 20+ miler. Now its taper time-you know you can do it! Special thanks goes to KAR PresDave Walch for helping out with water stops and transportation. Great pace setting Audrey Hill and Sherry Selby! Cindy Owen, Isaac Jeganathan, Monica Martin, Lori Synder, Tim Bredahl, Tammy Mills and Missy Behnke are all officially ready to tackle their very first marathon. Angela Simcox wins the team spirit award. By the way, Angela is not only a marathoner, but an extremely gifted vocalist and has used her talent in performances and music ministry both near and abroad!

Last of all – Watch out – it’s in the water! At least 4 of our KAR members (that we are aware of) are going to be brand new parents in the coming months! Lots of future runners!!! And we thought the Borgess Kids Run 2004 turnout was large-wait until Borgess Kids Run 2010 rolls around!

KEEP RUNNING WITH US!

THE KALAMAZOO AREA RUNNERS

THE BATTLE CREEK ROAD RUNNERS