Michigan Runner

18/02/2015

We love sprinters. We love bobsledders, too. We especially love sprinters/bobsledders......from Detroit.

Detroit's Lauryn Williams made history when she won Olympic medals in both the summer and winter Olympic games. Last week, Lauryn announced that she's retiring from sports. Here's our interview with Lauryn just after she won the World Championships in the 100 meter dash.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biq-bznPdUY

23/01/2015

Prize money, anyone? The Martian Meteor 10K and Marathon are offering prize money—over $4000 in the 10K and $3600 in the marathon (must run under 2:25:00 men and 2:50:00 women to be eligible for marathon prize money). Race date/location is Saturday, April 18, 2015 in Dearborn, MI. Complimentary entries to those who qualify for both distances. Contact Rich at [email protected] for details and an application.

05/11/2014

Have you competed in a marathon or half-marathon this fall? Who is already planning a big race for next fall?

14/06/2014

Overheard at the Diemer Family Festival of Races this morning, after the kid's one mile run: "I am NEVER running a mile again!"

31/01/2014

Grant Fisher of Grand Blanc High School is Gatorade's 2013-14 National Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year. Fisher is the 2013 Footlocker Cross Country Champion as well as Michigan's DI LP Cross Country Champion. Fisher was surprised with the news at school by 2-time Footlocker champion Dathan Ritzenhein, who earned Gatorade Michigan
Boys Track & Field Athlete of the Year honors in 1999-00 and 2000-01.

03/12/2013

Here's our video for Ann Arbor's Turkey Trot for Tots. Watch our newest interviewer, 11-year-old Lily Zylstra. We think she's a cutie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56RHrRdxNnY

27/11/2013

Are you Turkey Trotting tomorrow? We'll be covering the Ann Arbor Turkey Trot. If you're there and see cold people with cameras wearing Michigan Runner shirts, come say hello. Happy feasting, everyone!

09/11/2013

Kirsten Olling accomplished a rare four-peat at the MHSAA LP Cross Country Finals at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Saturday, November 2, 2013. The Breckenridge senior won her fourth title in a time of 17:44. Photo by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios.

03/11/2013

Oh my! 'Tis beautiful outside. We all know what's coming, so get out there. :)

21/09/2013

Next Saturday's Hungerford Games will offer half and full marathons, as well as a 50-mile ultra marathon. Brutal, yes, but bows and arrows are not required.

23/08/2013

We're gearing up for several season-culminating fall races. What have you been training for? A fall marathon? First time 5K? Somewhere in between?

20/08/2013

Give it up for Ypsi's Tiffany Porter!

It's safe to say that Tiffany (Ofili) Porter is the most popular Ypsilanti-native in Great Britain. That bet became even more of a sure thing this weekend when the former Ypsilanti High School and University of Michigan track star won a bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2013 World Athleti...

03/07/2013

Nicole Bush is the national champion in the 3000 meter steeplechase. She won the 9:44.53 at the USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Des Moines, June 22, 2013. Nicole won many state championships as a Wyoming/Kellogsville athlete, was named All-American seven times as a Michigan State Spartan. She will represent the US at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics, in Moscow, August 10-18, 2013. Congratulations, Nicole!

Photo by Andrew [email protected]

22/06/2013

Happy Summer! May you have many sprinklers to run through!

08/06/2013

We're handing out the awards for the Michigan Runners of the Year today at the Diemer Family of Races in Cutlerville. Congrats to our winners in seven categories!

13/05/2013

River Bank Run re-cap: Dot McMahan, 36, celebrated Mother’s Day one day early by winning her first-ever USATF title in 1:25:52. The Team Hansons-Brooks, athlete, running in her home state, joined open champ Chemtai Rionoukei, 26, of Ethiopia and Mattie Suver, 25, of Colorado finishing within 10 seconds of each other.

01/05/2013

In cool and breezy conditions, Ian Forsyth, age 41, set a new Canadian
Masters record in the 10,000 meter run at the Hillsdale "Gina" Relays,
Friday, April 26, 2013. Ian's time of 30:03 broke a record that has
been standing for almost twenty-seven years. The old record of 30:10
was set by Chris McCubbins in Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 10, 1986.

Ian is a University of Michigan graduate. He works with Running Fit and lives in Ann Arbor.