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NOVEMBER IS 'TURKEY TROT' TIME
Mom, apple pie and a Thanksgiving Day footrace. The latter is joining the list of beloved American
traditions as the number of "turkey trots" in November proliferate. Besides, a Thanksgiving Day run is
probably the best way to counter the calories in all that apple pie mom piles on our plates this time of year.
What follows is a list of turkey trots on or before Thanksgiving, November 23, scheduled in the upper Midwest. Show up to celebrate, participate in what is often a charity fund-raiser and do your body good.
For more details, refer to the calendar listings at the back of the magazine.
Wisconsin
Nov. 4: DOOR COUNTY TURKEY TROT, 1 mile, 2 mile, 4 mile, 1/2 mile kids, Institute
Nov. 4: MATC TURKEY TROT, 5K XC run-walk, 5 mile XC run-walk, Madison
Nov. 5: BADGERLAND STRIDERS TURKEY TROT, 2 mile, 15K prediction, Greendale
Nov. 5: JANESVILLE TURKEY TROT, 5 mile or 2 mile, 1:30 p.m., Janesville
Nov. 18: TITLETOWN TURKEY TROT FOR SIGHT, 2 mile run, 1 mile walk, downtown Green Bay
Nov. 18: TURKEY TROT, 5K fun run, La Crosse
Nov. 18: RUN WITH THE TURKEYS, 5K, 2.3 mile walk, Pleasant Prairie
Nov. 23: WYLD TURKEY RUN, 5K run-walk, West Side YMCA, Green Bay
Nov. 23 TURKEY TROT, 5K fun run, 3 mile walk, 1 mile kids, Prairie du Chien
Nov. 23: TURKEY TRIATHLON, Pleasant Prairie
Nov. 23: UNITY HEALTH & FITNESS TURKEY TROT, 5K run-walk, Eau Claire
Nov. 23: JUNIOR WOMAN'S CLUB OF M-T TURKEY TROT, 5K, Thiensville
Nov. 23: MAYOR'S TURKEY DAY RUN, 10K, 2 mile run-walk, Kenosha
Minnesota
Nov. 4: MARSH TURKEY TROT RUN-WALK, 5K, 1K, 1/2K, Minnetonka
Nov. 11: DAKOTAH! SPORT AND FITNESS TURKEY TROT, 5K & kids run, Prior Lake
Michigan
Nov. 11: GOBBLE GOBBLE GALLUP, 5K, Oak Park
Nov. 11: MEIJER TURKEY TROT, XC 5K run, 2K walk, Oxford
Nov. 11: TURKEY TOSS 2006, Adrian
Nov. 11: MUSKEGON TURKEY TROT, 5K Trail Run, Muskegon
Nov. 12: TURKEY OPEN, Troy
Nov. 12: ANN ARBOR TURKEY TROT, 10K run-walk, 5K run-walk, Ann Arbor-Dexter
Nov. 18: THANKSGIVING TURKEY TROT AND MASHED POTATO MILE, 5K, 1 mile, Reading
Nov. 23: GRAND RAPIDS TURKEY TROT, 10K, Grand Rapids
Nov. 23: KAR THANKSGIVING DAY TURKEY TROT PREDICTION RUN, 5K trail run,
Kalamazoo
Nov. 23: TURKEYMAN TROT, Lansing
Nov. 23: MARQUETTE TURKEY TROT, 10K/5K, Marquette
Nov. 23: TURKEY TROT, 5K run-walk, 9 a.m., Gladstone
Nov. 23: FIRST SOURCE BANK/YMCA THANKSGIVING DAY RUN, 10K, 5K run-walk, 1 mile fun run, Niles
Nov. 23: DORK BROTHERS THANKSGIVING DAY RUN, 5K, Alpena
Nov. 23: MARQUETTE TURKEY TROT, 5K and 10K, Gwinn
Nov. 23: THANKSGIVING TURKEY TROT, MASHED POTATO MILE AND STUFFING STRUT, 10K, 5K, 1 mile, Detroit
Nov. 23: ZINGERMAN'S ANN ARBOR TURKEY TROT, 3 & 1 mile runs, Ann Arbor
Nov. 23: GRAND RAPIDS TURKEY TROT, 10K, East Grand Rapids
Illinois
Nov. 4: TURKEY TROT, 3 miles, Palos Park
Nov. 11: GOBBLER HOBBLER, 10K and 1 mile fun run, Oswego
Nov. 19: LINCOLNWOOD TURKEY TROT, Lincolnwood
Nov. 19: FOX AND THE TURKEY, 4 mile predictor, 4 mile run, 1 mile youth run, Batavia
Nov. 23: NAPERVILLE NOON LIONS 5K TURKEY TROT, Naperville
Nov. 23: GOOSE ISLAND TURKEY TROT, 8K run-walk, Chicago
Nov. 23: OGLESBY TURKEY TROT, 3 miles, Oglesby
Nov. 23: EDISON PARK TURKEY TROT, Chicago
Nov. 23: CRYSTAL LAKE THANKSGIVING DAY RUN-WALK, 5K, Crystal Lake
Nov. 23: NAPERVILLE NOON LIONS TURKEY TROT, 5K, Naperville
Nov. 23: EDISON PARK TURKEY TROT, 5K, Chicago
Nov. 23: TURKEY TROT, 8K, Chicago
Nov. 23: BLOOMINGTON TURKEY TROT, 3 miles, 1.5 mile walk, Bloomington
Nov. 23: RUNNING FOR KICKS TURKEY TROT, 4 miles Palos Park
Iowa
Nov. 18: RETURN OF THE TURKEY TROT, 8K and 4K walk, Marion
Nov. 23: TURKEY TROT, 5 or 1 mile, Davenport
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TO CLEAR BWCA'S BANADAD SKI TRAIL
Join one of this year's trail maintenance crews clearing the summer's accumulation of brush and downed trees along the Banadad Ski Trail. The Banadad, located along the Gunflint Trail in northeastern Minnesota,
is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area's longest ski trail. Most of the trail runs through BWCA, where the use of power equipment for maintenance is prohibited. As a result, it requires some 600 to 650 hours of hand
labor o get the trail open for skiing each year.
Weekend ski trail maintenance trips are scheduled October 27-29 and November 17-19. You provide
work clothing, sleeping bags and labor. A minimal fee of $60 is charged to cover the cost of food and two nights' lodging. Cash donations are accepted. Checks should be made payable to the Banadad Ski Trail
Committee and sent to 11 Poplar Creek Dr., Grand Marais, MN 55604.
Call 800/322-8327 to reserve your space on the trail crew. For more information, e-mail bct@boundarycountry.com or visit www.boundarycountry.com/trailwork.html.
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BRAZEN DROPOUTS TO HOST STATE CYCLOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Brazen Dropouts Cycling Club and its sponsors are pleased to host the 2006 Wisconsin State Cyclocross Championships on November 19. The race is the eighth and final race in the Wisconsin Cycling
Association-Planet Bike Cyclocross Race Series.
The race will be held at the Angell Park Motor Speedway in Sun Prairie. First used in 2003, the venue
offers up a real challenge, providing racers and spectators everything they love in a "cross" race. Plus, indoor facilities will make it a fun event for all, no matter what the weather may bring.
Over $2,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded, as well as Wisconsin state champion titles. An additional $3,500 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the Wisconsin Cycling Association-Planet Bike Cyclocross
Series' top five overall points leaders in each category.
Complete Series and Race details are posted on www.wicycling.org and www. brazendropouts.org. For
more information, contact the State CX Champs race promoter by e-mailing jpebikes@gmail.com or calling 608/438-6707.
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MINNESOTA SKINNYSKI SERIES EXPANDS TO SIX RACES
After a successful inaugural season last winter, the Minnesota Skinnyski Series (MiSSeries) has expanded.
The 2007 MiSSeries will feature six races, including two classical format events.
The new events to MiSSeries include the 22-kilometer Seeley Hills Classic held on the Birkie Trail in
northwestern Wisconsin and the 25-kilometer Governor's Cup in Little Falls, which features one of central Minnesota's best trail systems. The now 25-kilometer City of Lakes Loppet Hoigaard's Classic will also be
featured this year.
In conjunction with the six-race format, MiSSeries is moving to a best four out of six race-scoring system.
To officially kickoff the 2007 MiSSeries, citizen skiers Jenni Mead and Amy Wyman roller skied the 156 kilometers (about 96 miles) – the full length of the entire MiSSeries – in one weekend.
Mead and Wyman, who sometimes answer to Meadman, started their adventure in Mora, Minnesota, on September 29. Paralleling the distances and techniques in this year's MiSSeries events, the Meadman Team
skate-skied 35 kilometers in Mora, 25 kilometers in Little Falls, 25 kilometers in Bemidji, 24 kilometers in Biwabik and then classic skied 22 and 25 kilometers respectively in Seeley and Minneapolis.
The MiSSeries Series races
• Jan. 13, 2007: Seeley Hills, 22K classical. The largest classic-only event in the Midwest is run on the American Birkebeiner Trail.
• Jan. 20: Pepsi Challenge, 24K freestyle. Held in Minnesota's Iron Range near the Boundary Waters at Giants Ridge Resort.
• Jan. 27: Governor's Cup, 25K freestyle. Held at Camp Ripley.
• February 4: City of Lakes Loppet, 25K classical. The largest urban ski race in North America takes place at Theodore Wirth Park within sight of downtown Minneapolis and finishes on the streets of Uptown,
Minneapolis.
• Feb. 11: Mora Vasaloppet, 35K freestyle. Includes wooded trails, and a downtown Mora finish line.
• Feb. 17: Minnesota Finlandia, 25K freestyle. Held at the Buena Vista Ski Area just miles from the headwaters of the Mississippi River.
Other series highlights
• A best four-out-of-six race format, with bonuses for completing the fifth and sixth races.
• Age-indexed overall competition with winners going to Iceland to ski the Fossavatn Ski Marathon,
courtesy of Icelandair.
• Age class competition with winners receiving traveling trophy skis, courtesy of Wood-N-Skis.
• Competition between teams of up to six men and six women and a traveling trophy for the winning teams.
• The 2007 Minnesota Cross Country Ski Banquet, featuring MiSSeries awards and Minnesota Nordic Ski
Association Lifetime Achievement Award.
Find out more at www.minnesotaskin nyskiseries.com.
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COLLEGIATE CUP TO DEBUT AT 2007 BIRKIE
The American Birkebeiner Ski Foundation (ABSF) and Lake Superior College in Duluth, Minnesota, have collaborated to launch the new American Birkebeiner Collegiate Cup during the 2007 Birkie, February
22-24.
If you're a college student or staff from an institution of higher learning, you are invited to participate in the new Collegiate Cup in either the 51K Birkie or the 23K Kortelopet.
Here's how it will work:
• There is no limit to the number of members on a team, but teams must have at least three members.
• Team members must be registered in the same race, i.e. either the Birkie or the Kortelopet.
• At least one team member must be a woman.
• Team members must be current students or staff from an institution of higher learning, i.e. post high school.
• The team's finish position will be based on the total combined time of the three fastest finishers, including at least one woman.
• Individual team members will be placed in start waves based on the same individual criteria used for all other skiers, and, therefore, will not necessarily be starting together or with other teams.
• There is no additional fee for participating in the team competition.
In the future, depending on the success of the Collegiate Cup, ABSF may expand the team competition to
include high school, corporate and club teams.
For more info, go to www.birkie.com.
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Outdoor Adventure Expo in Minneapolis, Nov. 10-12
Another November means another Midwest Mountaineering Oudoor Adven-ture Expo offering silent sports enthusiasts both inspirational speakers and seasonal sales on equipment. The retail store Midwest
Mountaineering, near the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis campus, will host the expo November 10-12.
Speakers will include artic explorers Rune Gjeldness, Lonnie Dupree and john Huston, extreme skier Alison
Gannett, mountaineer Peter Whittaker as well as adventure hikers Rod and Sharon Johnson.
The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour will also make a stop at the expo November 10 and 11.
Advance tickets are $12 at the store.
The expo will also feature dozens of exhibitors – manufacturers, organizations, resorts and destinations and publications.
Go to the Outdoor Adventure Expo website at www.outdooradventureexpo.comfor the most up to date information.
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