Michigan Radio's Christina Shockley running the Boston Marathon today
Michigan Radio's Morning Edition host Christina Shockley will be running in the the 2011 Boston Marathon today! Her start time is 10:20 a.m. where she'll run with the "second wave." You can track her...
View Article2012 Olympics: Running down a dream
Nick Stanko is a small guy with a shaved head. He’s an art teacher at Haslett High School, east of Lansing, and he also coaches the track team. Stanko is hard-core about running. He’s tried out for the...
View Article"So much more work to do," says Mayor Bing
It appears that Detroit Mayor Dave Bing will run for office again. As The Associated Press reports:The former NBA great tells the Detroit Free Press... that he "can't fix the problems that the city has...
View ArticleKalamazoo runners plan 'solidarity run' to remember Boston
A group of runners in Kalamazoo will honor victims of the Boston marathon bombing by running together tonight.“Runners who were nowhere near Boston just feel like a piece of their heart has been ripped...
View ArticlePolice beefing up security for 36th annual 5th/3rd River Bank Run in Grand...
“This year, by far, will be the largest security force that we’ve had for a 5th/3rd River Bank run to date,” Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk told city commissioners Tuesday.21,000 runners are...
View ArticleTough Mudder races are filthy, and we're not talking about mud
The norovirus is the latest obstacle that participants in Tough Mudder races have to fight.In June, participants in Brooklyn, Michigan's Tough Mudder race got more than a mouthful of mud. 22,000...
View ArticleCrim Festival of Races begins this evening in Flint
Thousands of runners will take to the streets of Flint tonight and tomorrow. Started in the late 1970’s, the Crim has grown into the fifth largest 10-mile road race in the country.Andrew Younger is the...
View ArticleA runner's long journey to Boston
In 1896, the first modern Olympics in Athens staged a marathon. The next year the Boston Athletic Association followed suit. Just 18 men ran that day, with the winner finishing in about three hours –...
View ArticleVeterans and civilians bond as they run together
The model for Team Red, White, and Blue is simple. Give veterans and civilians the chance to run together in a relaxed environment and let conversations and friendships happen naturally.There are no...
View ArticleMichigan runner trying to cross America in 100 days
It's a key scene in one of the most beloved American films –the moment when Forrest Gump starts running.Barclay Oudersluys, 23, of Birmingham, has decided to do for real what Tom Hanks pretended to do...
View ArticleU of M-Flint partnering with Crim Fitness Foundation
As many as 20,000 runners and walkers will take part in the Crim Festival of Races this weekend in Flint.This week, the Crim Fitness Foundation announced a partnership with the University of...
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