October 19, 2004

Local Marathon Results for Chicago and other June -October are now on our Marathon Results Pages!

October 16, 2004

Report from Athens - Many of you know coaching legend George Dales. George was coach of the NCAA Cross-Country Champions of 1964 and 1965 and still lives in Kalamazoo. At 81 he is still active in the coaching scene as President of the International T&F Coaches Association. George's Greek heritage also led to his increased value to the 2004 Greek Olympic Planning committee. George was so good as to provide us some of his thoughts and pictures of the 2004 Olympics. Click Here!

October 13, 2004

FALL GREETINGS KALAMAZOO AREA RUNNERS, BATTLE CREEK ROAD RUNNERS AND RUNNING FRIENDS!

Congratulations to all of our Chicago Marathon finishers! You did it! See www.chicagomarathon.com for all the results! See LOCAL RUNNER HAPPENINGS to see our KAR finishers and Boston Qualifiers!

The Portage Invitational Cross Country Meet is now history and produced some stellar performances among local athletes. Vicksburg High School standout Dan Roberts won the Division 2 Men's Race with a 15:05.3, the fastest time of the day! Freshman Molly Waterhouse, also of Vicksburg High, won the Division 2 Girl's race with a 18:10. In the new Open Division, Will Dobbie was the men's winner with a 15:57.9 while Amanda Portis won the women's race with a 20:10.4. See the LOCAL RUNNER HAPPENINGS section below to check KAR participants and www.portageinvite.com to view all results!

Kalamazoo Area Runners Custom Logo Socks have arrived! The moisture-wicking socks made by Defeet come in several different sizes and will be available at all KAR Special Events for $7.00/pair.

Spooktacular Halloween Hash Run is October 30 at 10:00 am at KVCC! See below in our SPECIAL EVENTS section for more info. Please RSVP Bonnie at besrun2003@yahoo.com if you plan on attending and indicate whether you have children attending our new Kids Hash Run. A separate flyer will be going out shortly with all the gruesome details!

We have set the date for our Club Championship Awards Ceremony and Party!!! Come join us at the Borgess Health and Fitness Center Monday, November 15 at 7:00 pm for refreshments, prizes and more! Championship Series awards will be given to the top 3 in each age group, but all members are invited to come and celebrate! Please note that we will not be mailing awards. If you are not able to attend they can be picked up at the December Club Meeting or the Turkey Trot. To check out where you stand click here. If you notice any errors or omissions, please notify Jay Campbell as soon as possible at webmaster@kalamazooarearunners.com.

This is Your Final Chance: Here is a special message from Gazelle Sports.....you still have time to get your photos in! Want to be immortalized in the 2005 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 reward 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!

Races and Special Events

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/. To check out a special commentary on this event by Jay Campbell, click here.

• 8:30 am Show up at the Campus Classic early and get your Save Our Sports T-Shirt!
• 9:00 am Run in the Campus Classic, celebrate our Sport, and Support BBT
• 10:00 am Awards/Share Performance Excuses/Food
• 11:00 am Walk to tailgate party at Peter Livingstone-McNelis' house. Please bring some $ to chip in on the pizza and beverage. (We dropped the potluck format.) 314 Monroe...Just up the hill from University Roadhouse. Please RSVP your intentions of coming via insidelane@msn.com.
• 12:30 pm Game starts (The time was moved up from 2:00pm)

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 new Kids Trick- or-Treat Mini Hash Run for children 12 and under, and, best of all, it is absolutely free of charge October 17, 2004

Upcoming Marathons

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.com Please 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

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.

The Battle Creek Road Runners are hosting a casual Sunday morning run at 7:30 am. This run features a wide variety of paces and miles and meets behind Team Active Bike Shop in Downtown Battle Creek and runs along the linear path. For questions contact Toni Galligan at jogntoni@jasnetworks.net.

Local Runner Happenings

Gazelles, Gnus and Impalas, you did it! Congratulations to all Kalamazoo Area Runners/Battle Creek Road Runners Chicago Marathon finishers. First time marathoner Annie Stearns (6:32:50) you are awesome! What an inspiration you are. Way to go Bill Gephart (3:51:51), Jennifer Goodwill (4:46:47), Bella Walters (4:30:29), Tammy Mills (4:50:54), Dennis Burrows (4:02:32), Tim Bredahl (4:54:34), Michael Koehler (5:59:30), Tom Schwab (4:19:58), Marathon pro Lisa Barkovich (4:44:46), Catherine Salome (4:07:01), Kelly Derango (4:15:13), Rich Schau (3:48:15), Mark Chicoine (4:13:53), Kevin Biek (3:42:10), Sharon Campbell (4:49:05), Angela Hirshy (5:07:29), Mack Jones (4:44:05), our Saucony Celebrity, Jane Feilen (7:03:49), Marty Feilen (4:41:33), Pamela Secreast (4:49:38), Greg Amidon (4:49:38), Mike Matthews (4:23:01), Wendy Avenetti (3:51:41), Steve Rice (3:54:52), Ken Stastny (4:33:35) Chip Hanson (3:46:36), Adele Pitt (4:25:30) and Cheryl White (5:24:50). Special congrats to all those among the herds that were first-timers - you are now officially marathoners!

We are also happy to say that several KAR members, some of them first-timers as well, qualified for Boston including Cindy Owen (3:42:56), Ralph Meyer (3:30:52), Kelly Elder (3:23:18), Sherry Selby (3:20:17) and Audrey Hill (3:18:37). Excellent runs all!

Some of our friends from the SHufflers were live on the scene as well including Phil Ni, Karen Fuhrman and Gary Butcher.

Closer to home, the Midwest's leading High School Cross Country Runners descended upon Portage West Middle School for the annual Portage Invitational Cross Country Meet. Several KAR/BCRR members came out to show their support by running in the new Open Event including Kalamazoo Area Runners co-ed team of Matt Babbitt, Dave Walch, Jay Campbell, Bonnie Sexton and Teresa Xaundria. We are still trying to figure out if we were the only co-ed team in the running! Awesome runs KAR/BCRR participants Stuart Crowell (Dad was working this time), Max Sine and Steve Penix.

What an awesome turnout we had at Monday night's meeting. Special thanks to Stephanie Millis and Rob Lillie of Gazelle Sports for their informative presentation on Gait Analysis. It was great meeting Jared Glover, Elaine Naegele and Julie Hoffman. Way to stroll the runway Dan Wolf and Charlie Broberg - you've got the catwalk down! We extend a warm welcome to new member Todd Prom. Good to see you again, Robin Carpenter.

Bruce Watson, Jared Glover and Mike Yarbrough have all recently received their Al Sabo Preserve initiation by the Fleet Ones. Let us know if you would like us to introduce you to the trails!

See you on the roads, track and trails.

THE KALAMAZOO AREA RUNNERS
THE BATTLE CREEK ROAD RUNNERS