More than 100 Participants Registered in “Running Green for Crossroads,” Door County’s First Green Trail Run/walk on June 26
Posted on 21. Jun, 2010 by Stephen Kastner in Quiet Sports
Saturday’s 2Km, 5Km, 10Km events take place entirely on wooded trails and open fields in and around Sturgeon Bay’s Crossroads at Big Creek
Earthworks Handmade Wooden Trophy Discs
The local response to Door County’s first “green” running and walking event has been surprising and encouraging to everyone involved in launching the June 26 event, “Running Green for Crossroads.” Sponsors have been enthusiastic in backing it and the public has been excited by a new opportunity to get fit and enjoy the outdoors.
“We’re quite pleased to already see more than a hundred people registered in advance and we’re still a week away,” says event founder Gretchen Schmelzer. “We don’t have any cap on attendance at Crossroads and we expect to see quite a few people register on the morning of the event. This is a great turnout!”
Competitive runners may experience something quite new in shifting from road events to trail running. Since this is a green run, participants are expected to bring and carry their own water vessel. All of the snacks are from local providers. Even the entertainment will be live and local, thanks to Sugar on the Floor Barn Dance Society.
Door County Memorial Hospital, Ministry Health Care provided $1,500 in start-up funding to launch the event and Evergreen Nursery is donating trees to be given away – one to each and every participant. Del Herrbold Insurance Agency is providing liability coverage for the event.
Greg Noldin and Michelle Maras at Earthworks, a local business on Highway 42/57 at the north end of Sturgeon Bay, notable for its wood carvings of bears, furniture and custom signs, is creating a set of custom green trophy disks with the race logo burned and painted on wood.
“Greg had the idea of making the disks,” says Michelle. “When Carol Mullanix came in, she loved them and asked us about doing it for the run.”
Other prizes and awards have been provided by Acme Beads, Door County Natural Ovens, Path and Paddle, Popelka-Trenchard Glass and Dan Swanson who created walking sticks from the wood of an invasive species found on Crossroads land. Other sponsors include Animal Clinic of Sturgeon Bay, Door County Style Magazine, Forbes Funeral Home LLC, Edward Koutnik DDS, Daniel Tomazski MD and Heidi Tomazwski.
The event has even spawned a Facebook support group, the Door County Trail Runners, where you can join with others, “if you are not afraid of a little dirt!” Find them online at www.facebook.com/TrailRunners.
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Door County Trail Runners, Walkers and Wanna-Bees Invited to Learn About Running Green at Crossroads Pre-race Training and Orientation Workouts on June 21
“Trail running satisfies a primal need for movement through nature, presumably left over from our days as hunters,” says author and runner Matthew Frazier.
“When things spin out of control in an age of iPads and Droids, running in the woods is one thing we can count on to be pretty much the same as it’s [...]
Door County’s First Green Trail Run, Introducing the Team that Brings You “Running Green for Crossroads,” June 26
The 2Km, 5Km, 10Km trail walk run on Saturday, June 26, will be staged entirely off-road, in and around Crossroads at Big Creek nature preserve.
After Sturgeon Bay runner, Gretchen Schmelzer took part in a trail run at The Navarino Nature Center in Shiocton a year ago, she got inspired to bring the concept back home [...]
“Running Green for Crossroads,” the first annual eco-aware trail run in Door County, takes place on Saturday, June 26 at 9 am. All of the courses, including a 2Km, 5Km and 10Km trail walk or run are staged on the woodlands and open fields in and around Crossroads at Big Creek. You can download a race packet with trail maps and registration form online at CrossroadsAtBigCreek.org.
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