| Centra and Garry's Gym launch Clogher charity 10K
Owner John McDade, his staff and the team at Garry's Gym in the town have joined forces to plan the 10K running event and walk for Clogher, which will take place on Saturday, September 12th. The registration fee paid by participants will benefit Action Cancer's Health Action health programme for young people, which is sponsored by Centra and its 86 independent retail partners across Northern Ireland. Health Action has been designed to educate young people on healthier lifestyles, including exercise, healthy eating and the dangers of smoking and alcohol. The fee will also benefit Marie Curie Cancer Care in recognition of the great work that they do with cancer patients as Garry from the gym, who lost his mother to the illness, can testify. John McDade called for runners and walkers to join the event.
Belding Chosen for Nike+ Human Race 10k
BELDING � Hundreds of thousands of runners will toe the line on Oct. 24 for a globally coordinated 10k running event, and Michigan is on a list of select locations. Race ponsor NIKE announced this week that two dozen cities around the world were chosen as sites to run this joint event.� .
500 youths expected at Friday's one-miler
This weekend is truly a celebration of running in the area.
After the Elementary One-Mile come the two largest running events in Fort Wayne each year: Fort 4 Fitness and New Haven Classic. Fort 4 Fitness consists of a half-marathon and a 4-mile run totaling more than 5,000 runners and walkers. The New Haven Classic is a middle school and high school cross country invitational with more than 2,100 runners competing in eight races.
"I think it is phenomenal that there will be so many people running and walking in such a short span of time," Bird said of the three events. "It really says a lot about our community as runners, coaches, volunteers, fans, parents."
It all starts with Bird and the little guys at his cross country event. Yes, the races are on grass and spikes are allowed.
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The couple started running for fitness and then their son encouraged them to participate in running events. Since then, they have averaged some 50 events a year. Dick was in retail business for many years and after retirement, drove a school bus and is still driving. Barbara has been a homemaker. The couple has a son and a daughter and two grandchildren.They received the Fred Baxter Award (honoring a long-time Longview Event participant) in 2006.Not many participants since Harvest Classic began under guidance of Jim Stephens and Judy Bain have taken part for 22 years.Since 1998, 2,863 runners/walkers have taken part and a total of $44,510 has been raised for the HELP Warehouse, local food bank. A total of 444 took part in 2008 and $6,200 was raised.Race information is available from Dave Coons, 360-431-4630.Your support is appreciated.Kay GreenCommittee MemberLongviewWhy dig up the past?This letter is in response to those who have written on behalf of murdered residents of Cowlitz County.
See Dustin run, and run, and run, and run
Some are timed events, in which competitors run as far as they can in, say, 24 hours. Birdsong has three ultrarunning events under his belt from last year: a 40- miler, a 50K (31 miles) and a 100K (62 miles). All were in preparation for the Heartland Spirit of the Prairie 100-mile race Oct. 10 in the Flint Hills town of Cassoday, in northern Butler County. Birdsong also competed this year in the Pikes Peak Ascent, a 13.1-mile race up Pikes Peak in Colorado. He reached the top of the 14,110-foot mountain in 3 hours, 48 minutes. "That was my personal best," he said. He's run the ascent before, as well as the Pikes Peak Marathon, which is held the day after the half-marathon ascent. In 2007, he did both: the ascent one day; the marathon the next.
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