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Detroit Free Press Marathon
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To help runners, walkers, wheelers and handcyclists eat up the miles during the Free Press Marathon, race organizers position a series of entertainment acts and disc jockeys throughout the course.
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U-M Cross Country, Distance Coach Warhurst Retires
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University of Michigan men's cross country head coach and men's track and field associate head coach Ron Warhurst announced today (Wednesday, July 7) that he is retiring after mentoring the Wolverine distance runners for 36 years. He has been with both the cross country and track and field programs since 1974.
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Winding Down By Luke Humphrey [Blog Entry]
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My nearly one year experiment is finally winding down. After the 26th, I will get some down time and then begin my much anticipated (to me, at least) marathon build-up. It has gone well, for the most part. I have run three track 10k's since the end of October, which was a first since June 2005. They were all faster than that 10k years ago. I set a new road 10k PR of 29:38, which was a solo effort. I also can boast a modest 3k PR. I never really got a good crack at a 5k or mile PR attempt. My last 10k effort in Corvallis was the best I was able to do for a race of 3 people and as Jason Lehmkule can attest to- would have been much better if we had a few more bodies in the race. I didn't break 29 in the 10, but I think if we could have had 2-3 more people in Corvalis, both JAson and I would have been under. But, it is what it is. The training was very good. Working out with the young guys certainly brought some pop back into these old marathon legs. Training has gone very well and I am excited for what the fall can bring. by Luke Humphrey
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Hansons-Brooks: A Day In The Life [User Video]
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Hansons-Brooks: A Day In The Life - Workout day: pre-Boston 2010 via Flotrack
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Pounding the home beat
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Kiwi runner Nick Willis hopes to add to an already impressive trophy cabinet at a Christchurch athletics meeting this week, but his biggest prize is in the mail. The Olympic and Commonwealth Games medallist is in Christchurch for an international track and field event at Queen Elizabeth II Park on Thursday.
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Detroit Free Press Marathon (Detroit Free Press)
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For the 33rd Detroit Free Press Marathon, organizers have made a slight change in the various event categories. They have combined the half-marathon non-competitive walk division with the half-marathon run division. The new division is called the half-marathon run/walk.
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Desiree Davila Of Hansons-Brooks On 2010 [Video]
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Desiree Davila reflects on a breakout 2009 and talks about the year ahead. After running sub 2:28 in the marathon, she's kicked off 2010 with some fast times on the track. This weekend Desi will be running the 3k at the World Championships in Doha. This is her second time representing the US at the World Championships.
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Checking In With Steepler Nicole Bush [Video]
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At the end of a great 2009 Outdoor campaign, Nicole Bush was injured during the USA Championships due to steeple barrier that had been raised to high. Missing out on her chance on the World Team, Bush had to take some recovery time. She sat down with us to talk about dealing with the injury while in the transition of signing as a professional athlete with New Balance. Nicole talks briefly about her season as we are excited to see her back on the track!
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Willis wary of altitude
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Olympic 1500 metre silver medalist Nick Willis told Sportal NZ that he has struggled to come to grips with the role a coach has in sport. Willis, the latest in a line of middle distance stars from New Zealand who came under the influence of coaching legends like Arthur Lydiard and Arch Jelley, said it had taken him years to finally accept just how to use coaching to supplement his talent, but that advice has seen him avoid the rush to take up altitude training.
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Warhurst On The Tools That The Greats Have [Video]
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Michigan's Ron Warhurst talks about tools that he see the best runners having. Some of the tools he talks about deal with training smart, consistency, and leg speed- alls things to help runners get to new levels.
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Detroit marathon deaths caused by heart problems (Sports Illustrated)
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Authorities say two men who collapsed during a half-marathon in Detroit this fall died because of heart problems.
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Warhurst On What's Common In The Best Athletes [Video]
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This is a piece from an interview we did a while back with Ron Warhurst that I thought would be good for people to think about going in to Championship Race season. The ability to race and be mentally ready to perform is an important piece to success, especially at the end of a season. via Flotrack
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A Brief Chat With Nick Arciniaga
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Nick Arciniaga, 26, of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project ran a personal best 2:13:46 for eighth place at the ING New York City Marathon on November 1. His previous best marathon was a 2:16:13 in Boston in 2008. His marathon debut was a 2:16:58 in Chicago in 2006.
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Duel In Detroit By Chad Johnson [Blog Entry]
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My race with Nick Stanko in the Detroit marathon will obviously never be famous like Alberto Salazar and Dick Beardsley in Boston, but on a smaller scale it gave me a little taste of what it would be like. Even though I didn't win and it wasn't one the of major marathons I had a great experience. by Chad Johnson via Flotrack
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October Track Racin! By Luke Humphrey [Blog Entry]
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The segment wrap up! Well my 2009 racing season came to a close this past Saturday on the track on the campus of IUPUI. Many of my friends have asked to tell them about the race. What better place to do that than with a blog. The race was part of the Indiana Invaders track series. by Luke Humphrey via Flotrack
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Stanko edges Johnson for men's marathon win
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They had been running together for much of the race, taking turns with the lead a mile at a time. But as men's marathoners Nicholas Stanko and Chad Johnson both knew, the strategy of maintaining their pace and helping each other would have to end sometime.
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A Brief Chat With Brian Sell
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Brian Sell of the Michigan-based Hansons-Brooks Distance Project, a 2008 U.S. Olympic marathoner, will compete in ING New York City Marathon, which is the USA Men's Marathon Championship, on November 1, along with his teammate Nick Arciniaga. Sell's fastest marathons were in 2006 - a fourth in Boston in 2006 in 2:10:55 and a 2:10:47 for sixth place in Chicago.
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Marathon Deaths Spark Questions (NPR)
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Last weekend, three runners died during a half-marathon in Detroit. All three were reported to be healthy, and two of them were young. Michele Norris talks to Dr. E. Lee Rice, medical director of the San Diego Rock 'n' Roll Marathon and the Lifewellness Institute. Rice says there are more people running marathons than ever before, and it is inevitable that we will hear about more runners dying ...
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Autopsies expected today for 3 Detroit marathoners
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Families and friends of the three men who collapsed and died in a 16-minute span while running the 32nd Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon could find out today what went wrong. Autopsies are expected today on Daniel Langdon, 36, of Laingsburg, near Lansing; Rick Brown, 65, of Marietta, Ohio, and Jon Fenlon, 26, of Waterford. All were running the half marathon. "On a day when so many people bring such energy and challenge themselves to do their utmost, this news is very difficult to hear," said Free Press Editor and Publisher Paul Anger.
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Cross Country. XC Prepares for Pre-National Meet (Michigan State Spartans)
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The Michigan State cross country team will travel to Terre Haute, Ind. this weekend to compete in the Pre-National meet hosted by Indiana State University on Saturday, Oct. 17. The men's blue 8K race is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m., with the women's blue 6K race following at 12:20 p.m. The women enter the event ranked 24th nationally, and continue to hold on to second-place spot in the Great ...
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Some people believe that Ohioans gave Michigan the nickname “The Wolverine State” around 1835 during a dispute over the Toledo strip, a piece of land along the border between Ohio and Michigan. Rumors in Ohio at the time described Michiganians as being as vicious and bloodthirsty as wolverines. This dispute became known as the Toledo War.
Another reason given for the nickname is a story that has Native Americans, during the 1830s, comparing Michigan settlers to wolverines. Some native people, according to this story, disliked the way settlers were taking the land because it made them think of how the gluttonous wolverine went after its food.
Another nickname for Michigan is the “Great Lake State.” Michigan's shores touch four of the five Great Lakes, and Michigan has more than 11,000 inland lakes. In Michigan, you are never more than 6 miles from an inland lake or more than 85 miles from a Great Lake. From 1969 to 1975 and from 1977 to 1983 Michigan's automobile license plates featured the legend, GREAT LAKE STATE.
source: http://www.sos.state.mi.us/history/michinfo/michfaq/michfaq.html