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Wrapping Up Door County’s 2nd Annual Off-road Trail Event, “Running Green for Crossroads”

Posted on 11. Jul, 2011 by .

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Participants from as far away as Washington, Arizona and Maryland, as well as hundreds of local Wisconsinites gathered for a second year in Sturgeon Bay on Saturday, June 25 to partake in Door County’s only green trail running event held at the 115-acre nature preserve known as Crossroads at Big Creek. Set amidst spruce and [...]

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Wildcat Joe Marden and the 2nd Annual Running Green for Crossroads, a Rain or Shine walk/run June 25

Posted on 23. Jun, 2011 by .

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“Running Green for Crossroads” on Saturday, June 25 headlines the events here at Crossroads at Big Creek this week and with three days of rain, the course should be “interesting.” The second annual presentation of Door County’s only eco-friendly trail walk/run is scheduled to start at 9 am. To learn more about the event, go [...]

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Second Annual “Running Green for Crossroads,” Door County’s only Green Trail Run/walk Slated for Saturday, June 25

Posted on 27. May, 2011 by .

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All ages, all abilities are encouraged to join in 2Km, 5Km and 10Km walking and running events that take place entirely on the wooded trails and open fields in and around Sturgeon Bay’s Crossroads at Big Creek. Last year’s response to Door County’s first, off-road, running and walking event was surprising and encouraging for everyone [...]

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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 .

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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 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 [...]

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This Week at Crossroads: Jackalopes, Whipporsuckers and Lecture, More about Door County’s Groundwater Problem!

Posted on 13. Jun, 2010 by .

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Birds are hatching at Crossroads at Big Creek, causing some of our young visitors to wonder how birds know to mate with their own kind. After all, we don’t find cardna-peckers, whipporsuckers or pileated hummingbirds. Birds of different species have very different habits. For example, a woodpecker would rarely come in contact with a swan. But clearly, birds [...]

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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

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by .

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“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 [...]

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Door County’s First Green Trail Run, Introducing the Team that Brings You “Running Green for Crossroads,” June 26

Posted on 24. May, 2010 by .

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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 [...]

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