A Running Blog by Dave Lemieux of the Muskegon Chronicle.noemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 14 Jan 2009 22:14:41 GMTMovable Type Enterprise 4.29-advance http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/en-usnoA Running Blog by Dave Lemieux of the Muskegon Chronicle.noemail@noemail.orghttp://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2009/01/ffffffffffffreeze_on_exercise.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:37:15 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/racerhead//3299.2048381Baby its cold out there It happens every year around this time. Two weeks into the gung-ho New Year's resolution workouts, the first excuse pops up -- It's too cold, I'm too tired, I just need onedayoff and I'll get...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2009/01/happy_new_year.htmlcat:Runningnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Fri, 2 Jan 2009 00:24:57 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2009:/racerhead//3299.1983820Two newcomers slipped and slid their way to overall wins Thursday at the 34th annual Sergeant Preston/Yukon King 6-mile and 5K runs at the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex. Wyoming's Mark Vandermeer, 23, wearing shorts despite near single-digit wind chills, won...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/11/race_xtra_nov_19.htmlcat:Runningnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:28:39 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1795914 HOFFMASTER 4.3-MILE TRAIL RUNOverall winnersWomenDevan John, 16, West Olive, 31:06MenAaron Stenberg, 19, Muskegon, 26:00 Contributed by Racers Edge Race TimingRunners near the finish of the Hoffmaster trail run....http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/11/race_xtra_nov_12.htmlcat:Runningnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:29:35 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1759990MUSKEGON TURKEY TROT 5K TRAIL RUN (Saturday, Nov. 8 at Orchard View Middle School) Overall winners Women Rachel Steil, 17, Grandville, 20:01 Men Aaron Stenberg, 19, Muskegon, 16:58...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/11/race_xtra_nov_3.htmlcat:Racing updatenoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 4 Nov 2008 04:03:59 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1712713Local endurance athletes turn in notable efforts New York City Marathon Muskegon's Mary Eyke, 34, ran a Boston Marathon-qualifying 3:24:35 at the New York City Marathon on Sunday....http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/10/race_xtra_oct_21.htmlcat:Runningnoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:04 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1640681Marathon standouts North Muskegon's Laurel Dawson heads the list of top local runners on the biggest marathon weekend of the season. Dawson won the women's 50-54 title and finished 18th the women's field at the Indianapolis Marathon in a Boston...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/10/race_xtra_oct_15.htmlcat:Runningnoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:41:17 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1609366Bush sets PR in Chicago Marathon Spring Lake's Chad Bush sliced close to 20 minutes off his personal best Sunday at the Chicago Marathon. Bush finished 21st overall in the wheelchair division in 2:23:32 in nearly perfect conditions....http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/08/race_xtra_aug_8.htmlcat:RACE x-TRAnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:51:18 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1269367Photo courtesy of Runners Edge Sport TimingMuskegon's Pedro Pantaleon, 39, finishes 12th overall (18:06), behind women's overall winner Kristen Brown, 36, of Muskegon (18:04) at the Miles for Meals 5K at Pere Marquette Park on Aug. 2. Brown wins Northside...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/07/july_racing.htmlcat:RACE x-TRAnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:56:45 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1233563TRIATHLON Grand Haven's Dirk Bakker turned in a pair of top multisport performances in July, finishing ninth overall in the hometown Olympic distance duathlon on July 13 and taking sixth overall last Sunday in the Mackinaw City Multisport Mix sprint...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/07/racextra_fireworks.htmlcat:Racing updatenoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 8 Jul 2008 20:23:13 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1159363LINCK'ED WINS Muskegon Catholic graduate Tom Linck ran down Caledonia's Adriano Rosa to win the recent Block 58 Triathlon long course race. The defending champ was in fifth a minute behind Rosa coming out of the .9-mile swim in Bear...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/06/the_dirt_on_the_state_road_rac.htmlnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:50:31 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1096037Sure, Traverse City-based Hagerty Racing's veteran men's team was going at it tooth and nail in the state road race in Twin Lake on June 8, said team captain Derek Prechtl. But they weren't racing dirty.Photo courtesy of West Michigan...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/06/race_xtra_june_1415.htmlcat:RACE x-TRAnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:46:25 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1095230CYCLING Ride Ride Ride Former Grand Haven resident Chris Ragsdale won his third straight National 24-Hour Challenge bike race last weekend in Middleville, riding 473 miles between 8 a.m. Saturday and 8 a.m. Sunday....http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/06/weekend_update_1.htmlcat:Racing updatenoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:07:49 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1071088Courtesy of Runners Edge Race TimingNot your typical 5K, the Rectifier is one of 22 local races in the Lakeshore Runners Club points series. An unidentified finisher in Sunday's Rectifier. Lakeshore Runners Club Muskegon's John Adams posted his first overall...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/06/tour_of_cedar_creek.htmlcat:Cyclingnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:15:34 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1067473Courtesy of West Michigan Coast RidersRacing during Sunday's Dan Cihak Memorial Tour of Cedar Creek Michigan road championships. 2008 MICHIGAN ROAD RACE CHAMPIONSHIPS Dan Cihak Memorial Tour of Cedar Creek Elite Men Category 1-21, James BRUCE, Lathrup Industries, 3:29:26.43 2,...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/05/weekend_update_too.htmlcat:Racing updatenoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Fri, 30 May 2008 20:22:03 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1033096 Lost in the shuffle Top finishes by a few area racers got lost in the shuffle of results from last weekend's local races. Topping the list is North Muskegon's Laurel Dawson. Dawson, 52, finished second in the women's field...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/05/local_heros.htmlcat:Runningnoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Wed, 28 May 2008 17:56:44 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1024200Greg Gould stopped by the department this morning to chat following the Seaway Run committee meeting.Chronicle photoGreg Gould By the way, entries are up this year (almost 200, so far -- ahead of just over 100 at this time last...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/05/weekend_update.htmlcat:Racing updatenoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 27 May 2008 19:30:05 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1020292It was an up and down weekend for former Holton resident MacKenzie Woodring.Colavita/Sutter Home Racing TeamMacKenzie Woodring Now a pro cyclist with the Colavita/Sutter Home squad, Woodring won the Tour de Gaslight Village in East Grand Rapids on Monday after...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/05/tdel_bayshore.htmlcat:Racing updatenoemail@noemail.org (Tom Kendra | The Muskegon Chronicle)Tue, 27 May 2008 19:00:54 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1020181Bayshore Marathon, Half & 10K Ludington's Joy Reisterer finished eighth in 491-runner women's field Saturday at the 26th Bayshore Marathon in Traverse City. Reisterer, 31, finished the 26.2 mile race in 3:14:27. Marybeth Reader, 39, of Bloomfield Hills was the...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/05/tour_de_leelanau_preview.htmlcat:Cyclingnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Fri, 23 May 2008 16:08:31 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.1011093www.tourdeleelanau.com2007 Priority Health Tour de Leelanau winner Tina Pic, center.2007 Priority Health Tour de Leelanau winners Tina Pic and Garrett Peltonen will defend the titles they won last year for title sponsor Priority Health. But neither will be riding for...http://blog.mlive.com/racerhead/2008/05/woodring_wins.htmlcat:Cyclingnoemail@noemail.org (Dave LeMieux | Muskegon Chronicle)Thu, 15 May 2008 15:31:23 GMTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/racerhead//3299.984250Courtesy Colavita/Sutter Home Racing TeamMacKenzie Woodring Joe Martin Stage Race results * Prologue: 1st in 2.5-mile time trial in 10:28 (1st overall) * Stage 2: 6th in 64-mile road race (2nd GC, :09 off lead) * Stage 3: 3rd in...