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|  Chicago Athete Express eNewsletter September 9, 2005
Welcome to Chicago Athlete Express. ************************************* * SPECIAL TRIVIA CONTEST * FOR CHICAGO ATHLETE EXPRESS SUBSCRIBERS ONLY! Can you answer these questions about The Detroit Free Press/Flagstar
Marathon correctly? Send your correct answers to editorial@chicagoaa.com by Monday,
September 12
at 9 a.m. and your name may be drawn to win a complimentary
marathon registration
to this year's Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Bank Marathon as well as one
free night
stay at the host hotel on Saturday, October 22 at the Marriott
Renaissance Hotel-
-within walking distance to the expo, start and finish areas. We will
notify the
winner on Monday. NOTE: This will be good only for a Chicago Athlete
Express
subscriber! Whomever wins will be the only person that can run the race
(e.g., can't give it to a friend). ************************************* LABOR DAY RACING EMERE, CHULAKH WIN PARK FOREST SCENIC 10 MILE And on the north side . . . RUNNER'S EDGE TRAIL HALF MARATHON IN LIBERTYVILLE
************************************* ROAD TRIP RACE RESULTS Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon Top IL Finishers: Click here for race report: For more race results, check out: ************************************* HURRICANE KATRINA CAN'T STOP NAPERVILLE 8K New Orleans-based Premier Events Management, producers of the
Dannon/Daily Herald
Naperville 8K Championships scheduled for September 17, was
slammed by Hurricane
Katrina, and we've heard from race director Bill Burke that the company
is down
but not out. Burke still plans to be in town for the Naperville 8K and he is
looking forward to making it a great event. ADDITIONAL WAYS TO SUPPORT BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY
THE HURRICANE AND INFORMATION
ABOUT HURRICAN RELIEF EFFORTS www.chicagoaa.com/news/hurricanereliefSept05.html
************************************* NIKE'S 2004 NORTHSIDE & SOUTHSIDE MARATHON TEAMS
JOIN FORCES TO REFURBISH
WRIGHTWOOD PARK ON SATURDAY, SEPT 10 On Saturday, September 10, Nike will refurbish Wrightwood Park for the
2004 Nike
Northside marathon team, whose overall average time of 3:26:30 edged
out the
Southside team's time of 3:41:21. This year, the Southside will be
lobbying and
running for payback. For more details, visit: ************************************* CHICAGOAN AND FORMER NIKE EXEC NAMED PRESIDENT OF
DEVINE RACING Steve Miller, former Director of Global Sports Marketing and 10-year
veteran at
Nike, has been named President and Chief Operating Officer for
Chicago-based
Devine Racing. Miller was also a coach at Bloom Township High
School and is a
member of the Illinois Coaches Hall of Fame.
For more information, visit: ************************************* LOCAL RUNNER QUALIFIES FOR WORLD HALF MARATHON
CHAMPS Dot McMahon, formerly of Jackson, WI and the Universal Sole-Reebok
Racing Team,
has qualified for the World Half Marathon Championships, October 1, in
Alberta,
Canada. McMahan recently moved to Michigan where she now trains
and races with the
Hansons-Brooks Distance Project. ************************************ STORK REPORT Last year Marla Runyan finished 7th overall among the women at The
LaSalle Bank
Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:28:33. In case you're wondering why
her name
isn't in the line-up for this year's race, it's because the 2000 Olympic
finalist
and three-time USA Outdoor women's 5,000-meter champion gave birth
to daughter
Anna Lee Runyan Lonergan on Thursday, September 1. It is the first
child for
Runyan and her husband, Matt Lonergan. ************************************* MARATHON COUNTDOWN: DO YOU HAVE YOUR MARATHON
SHOES YET? Mark Buciak, veteran of 49 marathons including the last 26 straight
Boston
Marathons and writer for Chicago Athlete Magazine, has this tip for all
marathoners running the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon or another
marathon this
fall: "Look at your running shoes. How old are they and how many miles do
you have on
them? If you have more than 300 miles and/or if they are older than 3
months, now
is the time to purchase the pair of shoes that you'll run in for the
marathon.
Ideally, you will want to have run 50 to 100 miles in the shoes that you
will wear
on marathon day." For more marathon tips, stop by Momentum on Sunday, September 18,
for a free
seminar featuring Buciak starting at 5 p.m. Seating is limited, so please
RVSP at 773-525-7866. ************************************* REI GRANT HELPS MOUNTAIN BIKE GROUP TAKE ON BIG
PROJECT The Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr) has been awarded a
$5,000 grant from
Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI), the largest single financial
contribution to
CAMBr's trail advocacy efforts to date. The bulk of this grant has been
earmarked
for the construction of a bridge this fall at the Palos Forest Preserve, in
partnership with the Cook County Forest Preserve District. While
primarily
intended for pedestrian, bike and horse traffic, the bridge must also be
able to
accommodate small county vehicles. ************************************* THE WEEKEND AHEAD - TIME FOR IRONMAN WI It's time for all the hard work and training to pay off for hundreds of our
readers who will be racing the Ironman Wisconsin this Sunday.
Chicago Athlete will be up there cheering you on! Good luck to
everyone! For a preview of the women's race: For a preview of the men's race: For more race and spectator information, including a link to LIVE race
day updates, visit: www.ironmanwisconsin.com. For details on other events in the Chicagoland area, check out: ************************************* Wishing you the best in your training and racing!
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