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Come Run with Our Group!
It’s running season (really, it’s ALWAYS running season!) Big House Big Heart 5K/10K? Chicago Marathon? Detroit Marathon? Boston Marathon? Come run with us!
Currently, we have a small group running regularly 6 days a week training for various races. We can accommodate various distances and paces. We run all year-round and are ready for the fall marathon season – email us if you are interested in running with our group or in joining a fundraising team to get ready for all those running events coming up in the calendar.
April 1st – 2nd Annual Twinkie Run!
This 5K run will always be held on April 1st, whatever day of the week that turns out to be. This year’s 5K run will be held in Gallup Park with the start near the canoe livery. With Twinkies at the start and again after mile 1.5, we had a lot of fun!
COME GET YOUR TWINKIES WHILE YOU CAN! LONG LIVE HOSTESS!
• Friday, April 1st, 2012
• Gallup Park
• 2:00 pm Race Start
• Early registration (by midnight, March 27th) : $15.00 for adults; $10 for youth (12 years old and under)
• Late registration after March 27th and race day (T-shirt availability not guaranteed): $20 adults; $20 youth
• Youth Relay Option: $15 for 2-person team early registration; $30 late registration
• Optional T-shirts: $15.00 for adults,$12 for kids; (T-Shirt design is currently TBD.)
• Order shirts by March 27th, 9:00am to be guaranteed a shirt. Limited quantities may be available race day.
• Awards: Custom age group awards for adults and youth (individual and relay teams)
Please join us immediately following the run for post-race goodies, a homemade Twinkie contest, and awards!
Find and order photos, and check out last year’s Twinkie Run results here: TWINKIE RUN RESULTS
Check out this article about last year’s event from the Ann Arbor Chronicle: Monthly Milestone: Internet Twinkies
AnnArbor.com also published some photos: Images from the Twinkie Run held Friday evening at Gallup Park
Questions about the run or about A2A3?Visit www.a2a3.org or contact A2A3 at twinkierun@a2a3.org.
April 15th – Big House Big Heart with the A2A3!
The Big House Big Heart 5K/10K/1M is coming on Sunday, April 15th, 2012.
The Big House Big Heart Run was originally conceived in honor of Burns Park resident and parent Phil Bowen, who lived on Granger near Burns Park and died of ALS just days before the first running of the event in 2007.
Many of us have participated several times in this great event with A2A3 as runners and volunteers as we help raise awareness of our mission. JOIN US AGAIN THIS YEAR WITH OVER 12,000 FRIENDS as we run through the tunnel and to the finish on the 50 yard line at the Big House! Click to donate online to our A2A3 running team fundraiser.
A2A3 has limited numbers of running team shirts for the Big House Big Heart and other running events – but we will be ordering more! Both adult and youth sizes are constructed of moisture-wicking technical fabric and cost just $11.99! Email running@a2a3.org if you are interested in purchasing a shirt!
First Annual Electric Bolt 5k!
The First Annual Electric Bolt 5K was held on Sunday, July 31st at 7:45am (race start). A2A3 greatly appreciates the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee for working with the Ann Arbor Track Club to help create this fundraising opportunity research for Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
The finest electrical workers in the country receive their training through the National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). In the past, NJATC trainees have raised money for Food Gatherers and participated in Habitat for Humanity projects while in Ann Arbor. Now, they are expanding their community involvement to include A2A3. Welcome – and thank you, NJATC!
RESULTS – Make sure you get awards (pint glass) if you finished in the top three of your category!
Electric Bolt 5K 2011 Age Group Results
PHOTOS! Find yourself and download free!
ELECTRIC BOLT EVENT PAGE Questions about the run or about A2A3? Visit www.a2a3.org or contact A2A3 at running@a2a3.org.
A2A3 at the Detroit Marathon!
Several A2A3 runners ran the Detroit Free Press/Flagstar Marathon (or half-marathon) on October 18th! You may still sponsor their efforts by donating below. Join our training team by emailing running@a2a3.org. If you wish, we will add you to our fundraising team for the Detroit Marathon as well. Support their effort by clicking here!:
Notable past efforts:
Matt Barnes ran the Detroit Marathon in 3:19:55 and qualified for the Boston Marathon – which he has now run two times!
Support his A2A3 fundraising effort by donating here:
Jen Conine ran three long-distance trail races (a 25k, a 50k and a 50-miler) over six months – and her husband Nate Kearns did three century bike rides!
Support their A2A3 fundraising effort by donating here:
