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A nice turnout for this year's Shamrock Run & Walk - starting and finishing on Monument Circle.

This year's Holliday Park Trail Run (march 8) was snow covered for most all the way - still we had a great turn out of almost 500 runners/walkers! Last year was the great flood, this year was the snow.... what will next year bring??

Lisa Knoll bopping
Congratulations to all of you that came out to this year's BOP TO THE TOP! We had almost 1,300 registered people for this years event making the largest ever (last years drew 1,120) - Just over $27,000 was raised for Riley Hospital for Children - way to go!
Results
Indy Star Video
Funny story from a first-timer
Top Pledge list
 

Need a running companion?
This dog might be for you! Check out Hank who needs a home.

 

The Start of the Jingle Bell Run -December 8 - a great turn out of almost 2,000 showed up this year. The Arthritis Foundation was able to raise almost $50,000 as a result of all the entries!

5,000 entered this year's Drumstick Dash event on Thanksgiving Day! The event is expected to
raise about $100,000 for Wheeler Mission Ministries. Thanks to everyone that participated.

 
Ranger Don gets ready to start the Outback Scramble event.  Over 1,000 lbs of food was donated to Gleaner's Food Bank in addition to over $1,750 cash.

  
Check out these two guys....errr lunch room ladies... yes, they did the Run Like Hell event on October 26th and ran the full 3 miles with their full lunch tray (real food!!) - they won the "best props" award - Second place went to the running McDonald's restaurant!

This year's Monster Mash Dash - costume contest finalists.

Congratulations to all that came out to the Race For All Races!

Winners of the Race for All Races - John Poray and Jackie Dikos along with event chairman Glen Kwon

Finishers at this year's IU Mini-Marathon

Top Finishers at the IU MINI
Lindsay Bruick, Dani Prince, Jessica Gall, Camille Herron, Mario Macias, Thomas Frazer, Jonathan Little, Andy Krack
 

Awards at the IU Mini-Marathon
Head coach Kelvin Sampson addressed the participants following the race, commending them on completing the race and helping out a good cause. He then introduced the team to those in attendance before the team began passing out the awards and plaques for the top runners in each age group and division. The players posed for pictures with each of the runners who received plaques and then got together for a group picture with some of the younger participants.
 

Lucie Mays-Sulewski wins the Beyond the Badge event

Top guys and gals from the Unite 2 Fight 5K - Sean Bowman, Abdelaziz Atmani, Mike Farrell, Judy Porter, Jacki Dikos, Dani Prince
 

Tops in the FREEDOM RUN on July 4th - Mark Rode, Renee Masterson, Josh Trisler, Lucie Mays-Sulewski

Over 2,000 people attended the 3rd annual OUTRUN THE SUN event on June 2
Ritter's Frozen Custard and Donato's Pizza where popular items afterwards!
 

Top Finishers at Outrun The Sun
Julie Nelson (2nd) Andy Wilson (men's winner) and Leah Seigel (3rd).

Just over 39,000 people registered this year for the Komen Indianapolis Race for the Cure - making the largest in the 16 year history here in Indianapolis - the previous record was 37,100 in 2003.

Michael Smith winning the Personal Best 5
Congrats to Michael Smith for winning the first ever Personal Best 5 Miler - The event had staggered starts so that it might be a close finish between either Master Women, Open Women, Master Men and Open Men.  Michael made the event a one-man show by easily catching the women and actually pulling away from the open men that started behind him (Michael is a masters male) - it was a fun event with a nice twist from the original format of a run.  See results

 Ripple Run -on Saturday March 31st - come run the Ripple! more info

Climb those Hills!  Fun and this year's Holliday Park Trail Run
Photos    Story of the Big Flood
 

Road Runners Club of America is hosting a Coaching Certification Clinic in Indianapolis on April 20 and 21. For more information go to: 

http://rrca.org/programs/coaching/

Snowy finishers at this year's GET ON THE STICK
What a fun day it was at this year's Get on the Stick 5K in Carmel (Saturday, Feb 17) - The snow was falling and the roads were white with snow and slush. Runners and walkers still showed up and ran the course (almost 75 people paid that day to run/walk!) - The times were not fast, but people still had a good time!  more photos

Come FEBRUARY 3 it will be BOP TIME!
Maybe it's because the COLTS are in the Superbowl? But for whatever reason, this year's BOP will be
the BIGGEST ever with 1,100 entrants!  The previous largest Bop was 875. 
More info on the Bop

Looking back on 2006...

3700 people signed up for this year's Drumstick Dash! 
Thanks to everyone that came out and did the dash with Jerry Gobler (the 6' tall turkey).
A lot of money was raised for Wheeler Mission Ministries... thanks to everyone - volunteers, sponsors, participants, police, and whoever was in charge of the weather!
RESULTS      PHOTOS


Jerry Gobler was wheeled through the crowd just before the start of the race.

STATE CHAMPIONS!
The Westfield women's XC team came out to run in the Forest Park Step n' Stride event

Kayla McCurdy of Carmel leads the women's field while running thru the field!
This year's Outback Scramble was a fun one! Just over 250 signed up for the event and brought in 750 lbs of food for Gleaners Food Bank - In addition to that, much money was also raised for this worth cause. Thanks for everyone that came out and Scrambled!

Best of Show/most original costume went to "Pigs in a blanket"
Thanks to those of you who came out the UGLY weather to run the "run like hell" event. Dispite the weather, it was still a fun event and lots of great costumes for sure! Be sure to check out the photo page.

Top finishers at the Pleasant Run Run -
Brant Smith, Cindy Harris, Ted Turner and Aziz Atmani

Top finishers at the Spotlight On Nursing event
Aaron Harding, Cindy Harris, Aklilu Wondifraw, Roberta Meyer, John Poray

An active site at the BEYOND THE BADGE event at Crown Hill on Sept 10th.

WOW .... Over 3,000 people entered the first ever IU MINI on September 9th.

Top finishers at the ON YOUR MARK FOR THE PARKS event in Carmel
Matt Sweetman, Judy Porter, Olly Laws, Michael Smith, Cindy Harris.

Fast Crowd - Unite 2 Fight Winners
Lucie Mays-Sulewski, Abdelaaziz Atmani, Ted Turner, Erin Nehus, Nicole Gliem, Thomas Fraizer

FREEDOM RUN winners - Karlene Harrell, Pat McKenzie, Lucie Mays-Sulewski, Aaron Moody, Antonio McDaniel, Leah Durr

Outrun the Sun - top finishers - (from L to R) Racewalk winners Theresa Amerman and Damon Clements -
Deputy Mayor Steve Campbell and Run winners Heather May and Gabriel Rop.
Congratulations to everyone who finished the Outrun the Sun event - Over 2,000 people signed up for this second
annual event to raise money and awareness for Melanoma Cancer.

Top Finishers at the Ripple Run
(from L to R) Karlene Harrell, Matthew Behrensmeyer, Jenny Isenbarger, Jared McQueen, Diann Sutherland

The Start of this year's MINI-MARATHON

and she said....  YES!
Mark Wyatt from Monicello surprises his girlfriend Donna Vail shortly after the Shamrock Run/Walk with the "Big Question"  - using the scoreboard.... and she said "YES"!

UP NEXT is the 15th annual Komen Indianapolis RACE FOR THE CURE - April 22.

Keep the Chip!
If you sign up to do the competitive 5K at this year's RACE FOR THE CURE event, you will get to keep the Chip as a souvenir (it is a single use chip that cannot be used at other events).

Need a running companion?   (posted March 20)
Susha the dog needs a home!  She runs like a gazelle and would make a perfect running mate for someone. She is a doll of a dog. Not all dogs can be a good running dog. Many don’t have the stamina.  Susha does though and she is a beautiful dog.   
Here is her web profile:  http://www.petfinder.com/pet.cgi?action=2&pet=5476767

Did you notice the "ultra cool" awards for this year's Holliday Park Trial Run - hand-crafted stools made by a Holliday Park employee... nice!  Carrie Kirk shows off her age-group award.

Finishing at the RUN TO THE NEW YEAR - December 31st. -

Lined up for the Jingle Bell Run 5K Start - over 1,000 people came out to run and walk on this cold day (yes, there are 2 people on the left in shorts and bare-chests that did the event!)

Jerry "Giblets" Gobbler along with Bob Kennedy before the start of this year's DRUMSTICK DASH.

This year's Drumstick Dash attracted almost 2,400 participants! Thanks to those people, a  lot of money was raised for Wheeler Mission Ministries.

The running Holy Cow School Bus won "best of show" for the RUN LIKE HELL event.

Next up...  is the always FUN/WACKY Outback Scramble - you can still sign up on Saturday morning if you like. This event benefits Gleaners Food Bank.
more info
 

NEW EVENT for the end of this year!  We will be doing a 5K Run/Walk on Saturday, December 31 called
RUN TO THE NEW YEAR. This event is at Cool Creek Park in Westfield IN (basically 151st and Meridian) - It will offer Chip Timing and awards for the run event. Look for details soon at our site.

Hey... are those Tuxedo Socks... very cool !

Volunteers are always needed - If you would like to volunteer for an up coming event, or know of someone that would like to help. Send them our way.
Call 733-3300 or e-mail to tuxbro@indy.rr.com

                       see you down the roads - Don Carr