Contact Brian Dobbie at brian.dobbie@gmail.com to participate or obtain more info!
The Blue Planet Run is coming through this area and you are invited to join in! Safari Team Leader Brian Dobbie's son, Will, is running a leg and has extended an invitation to anyone who would like join him in supporting this worthy cause on Friday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Here are the details: The run begins at M-66 and K Ave in East Leroy (take M-66 south from I-94) There's an elementary school about 100 yards from the start point where there is a parking lot. The run starts on M 66, which is a busy road, but there's a wide, paved, shoulder. Once the route turns onto Capital Ave, it's mostly residential with some heavy commercial areas near I-94 and also near the end of the run. There's lots of parking at the end of the run, either at the Ben Franklin (the 'official' end point) or at a church next door. Depending on the size of the group, it might be a good idea to have some cars parked at each end so we can shuttle each other back and forth. There are lots of potential bathroom facilities near the end of the run, fast food places, etc. But the facilities at the beginning would be of the 'behind the trees' variety. Overall, the run is reasonably scenic and relatively flat. When Brian talked to Will yesterday, he mentioned that a small group can easily be handled with the normal Blue Planet Run escort services--they try to have a van or a motorcycle accompanying the runner(s). It's a 10 mile leg, which Will is planning on running at an 8:30/mile pace. This link will take you to an interactive map of the route through the U.S. You can zoom in and find the exact location of the leg. This leg goes from East Leroy into Battle Creek. It's leg number 1311 of the run. http://peerwater.org/run/map/country/na
To learn more about the Blue Planet Run visit http://blueplanetrun.org/run
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