Race Guide Update

4/12/10 Posted in Race Guide  |  0 Comments

Start your week out strong with Healthy & Fit Magazine’s local race update. Races include 5Ks, 10Ks, half-marathons, marathons, cycling races, triathlons and dualthlons. The weekly race update lists upcoming races and even features longer articles about individual races. Whether you are an avid runner, or aspire to begin, the weekly race update will give you the tools you need to find the best races in 2010.

Saturday April 24

Borgess Run for Health Half-Marathon/5K – Kalamazoo – Borgess Health & Fitness Center –Start Times Vary

For more than 30  years, the Borgess Run for the Health of It has been Southwest Michigan’s premier springtime celebration of health and fitness.  In 2009, the event attracted more than 4,500 participants!  From school-age children and families to cancer survivors and world class athletes–there’s an event for everyone at the Borgess Run for the Health of It.  Please join us for another year of community fun and wellness. Sign up today, just for the health of it!

Visit www.borgessrun.com for more information.

Saturday April 24

Steps for Courage 5K – Owosso – Memorial Healthcare – 9:00 a.m.

Third annual 5K run and competitive walk. Sponsored by the Memorial Healthcare Auxillary. All proceeds to go toward cancer screenings for the uninsured or the underinsured in the Memorial Healthcare service area.

Visit www.runningfoundation.com for an entry form.

Saturday April 24

Interact 5K – Howell – Old Howell High School Track – 9:00 a.m.

Join us for the 9th Annual Interact 5K. This great local event is good for newbies and veterans. Course is road and trail on the Howell Schools Campus. Easy access from Grand River Ave or M59. Awards to all finishers. Come Join The Fun!!

Visit www.playmakers.com for more information.

Sunday April 25

Running Fit Trail Marathon/Half-Marathon – Pinckney – Silver Lake in Pinckney Recreation Area – Start Times Vary

The Course is a 13.1 mile single track loop through lower Michigan wilderness. Constant hills and beauty including views of 10 lakes. It’s a wide, well used trail with opportunity to pass.  

Go to www.trailmarathon.com for more information.

Sunday April 25

Komen Greater Lansing Race for the Cure 5K – Lansing – State Capitol Grounds Downtown Lansing – 2:00 p.m.

NOW is the time to start planning your team for the 2010 Komen Mid-Michigan Race for the Cure. Our goal this year is 7,500 participants and forming TEAMS is the way to get there! A team can be made of ten or more family members, friends, coworkers, classmates or any group. Rally around someone you know who was just diagnosed, someone who has fought the battle, or someone who may have lost the battle. Run for future generations in hopes that breast cancer will one day be a thing of the past. Run for their lives. Run for your life. 

Visit www.komengreaterlansing.org to learn more and register for this event.

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