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** WEST JORDAN, UTAH: 5K Inline Race **

The Race to End Domestic Violence

ACCESS MORTGAGE -MARCWESTERN Inline Race Series #4
4 races 4 money

SATURDAY, September 15, 2007: 8:45am

INLINE SKATING EVENT! Your Last Chance to earn some Cash! This is the 4th of 4 races in the ACCESS MORTGAGE-MARC WESTERN Inline Race Series, skaters compete for cash purse and prizes! This event is part of the "BREAK FREE 5K SKATE" INLINE SKATING EVENT, and you will be able to skate your way to the finish and maybe, just maybe, skate away with some easy money!!

Proceeds from event registrations and dontations go towards helping put a stop to domestic violence, a fundraiser for the West Jordan Victim Assistance Program. Help put a stop to domestic violence.

A special thanks to the City of West Jordan, Victims Assistance Program, and West Jordan City Motor Patrol for their support of the skating event, and their gracious help in making this event happen.

Cash Purse Prizes will be given at each 5K inline skate race event for the Top 3 Men & Top 3 Women overall finishers: $100(1st place) - $50(2nd place) - $25(3rd place).

Medal Awards: for 1-2-3 place Mens' and Women's Age Groups.
Raffle Prizes: cool skate stuff to be given away from our event sponsors!
EVENT: 5K SKATE Race, Roll, and Stroll - open to anyone on skates.
DATE: Saturday, SETEMBER 15th, 2007
TIME: 8:45am
LOCATION: West Jordan UT.
START LINE: Approx 12500 South (Pioneer Rd) & 2200 West
COURSE MAP: see below or visit: http://www.geocities.com/breakfreerun/ map
ENTRY FEE: $15.00 per person, individual rate.
NEW! FAMILY RATE: $15 for the 1st family member, and $10 for each additional family member.
Late Registration: $20 per person, individual rate. and $15 for family rate.
LATE REGSITRATION STARTS: Wednesday, SEPT 12th

No registration day of event, sorry, no exceptions.
Fee Includes T-shirt and goody bag.

ROUTE MAP:

Special Thanks to our event Sponsors:
Access Mortgage - Marc Western and 'the SkateNow shop', LuiginoRacing USA, MATTER Wheels, K2, and RAPs.

BREAK FREE RACE RESULTS: Saturday, September 15th, 2007:
Warm Temps of 62 degrees were a welcome change from last years 39 degree start. A strong southerly wind made for slightly slower overall times, but gave way to a fast ride north with the tail wind. Andrew Love had mixed emotins abotu his 2nd place win. In looking back on the womings event he beleives up to early in the sprint costs him time to Brandon Andrews, a former indoor inlines skate now turned ice speedskater. Both top guys had a cat- mouse race throughout the 5K course, keeping things lively. Coming into the final 1/4 mile loop road, where passing is nearly impossible with narrowed sections of road, Andrew made his move, shortly after feeling Andrew closing the small gap. In the women's race, Stephani Combs skated in alone to the finish with Alejandra just a few seconds off her time.

This course is unique in that it is virtually flat and very fast. Due to the course routing, it is a bit longer than a true 5K.

MEN'S RESULTS:

BREAK FREE INLINE RACE: 5K SEPT 15, 2007 RESULTS
Overall Place	Mens Overall	TIME	BIB #	Last	First	Age	Age Div Place
1	1	10:30:30	116	Brandon	Andrews	20-29	1
2	2	10:31.8	100	Love	Andrew	30-39	1
5	3	12:02.1	101	Anthony	Gilbert	20-29	2
6	4	14:12.9	104	Steve	Johnson	30-39	2
7	5	15:15.0	109	Steve	Fernow	50-59	1
8	6	15:15.9	105	Kevin	Atkinson	30-39	3
11	7	17:21.6	102	Larry	Call	50-59	2
12	8	18:39.5	103	Kyle	Call	11-19	1

WOMEN'S RESULTS:

BREAK FREE INLINE RACE: 5K SEPT 15, 2007 RESULTS
Overall Place	Womens Overall	TIME	BIB #	Last	First	Age	Age Div Place
3	1	11:21.0	112	Stephani	Combs	11-19	1
4	2	11:34.7	110	alejandra	mates	30-39	1
9	3	15:46.2	115	Archuletta	Chanelle	11-19	2
10	4	16:57.0	106	jessica	love	30-39	2
13	5	21:52.2	108	megan	jones	30-39	1
14	6	22.57.8	107	Joanne	Cloud	40-49	3
15	7	24:44.9	114	brenda	mossbarger-rands	30-39	2
16	8	?	117	Jana	Mitchelle	20-29	1
17	9	?	111	sonja	Soo hoo	30-39	?
18	10	dns	113	amy	buckley keate	30-39

EVENT PICTURES:






Top Male & Female Overall Winners	Top Male Overall Winners	Top Female Overall Winners

* SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH: 5K Inline Race *

ACCESS MORTGAGE -MARC WESTERN Inline Race Series #1
4 races 4 money

SATURDAY, JUNE 16th, 2007: 7:40am

SALT LAKE CITY
GETS FIT
2007

SPONSORED by:

Because you skate..... and, because you like to go FAST!!

This summer YOU could skate away with easy money!

INLINE SKATING EVENT! This is the 1st of 4 races in the ACCESS MORTGAGE-MARC WESTERN inline Race Series, skaters compete for cash purse prizes! This event is part of the "SALT LAKE GETS FIT!" event, skate your way to the finish line and maybe, just maybe, skate away with some easy money!!

Cash Purse Prizes will be given at each 5K inline race event for the Top 3 Men & Top 3 Women overall finishers: $100(1st place) - $50(2nd place) - $25(3rd place).
Medals: finishers medals.

EVENT: 5K SKATE Race, Roll, and Stroll - open to anyone on skates.
DATE: Saturday, June 16th, 2007
TIME: 7:40am
LOCATION: Liberty Park ,Salt Lake City, UT: (entrance: 700 East & 900 South)

ENTRY FEE: $10 on/before Thursday, June 14, 6:00pm. After 6:00pm, on Thursday, June 14 entry fee goes to up $20. No registration day of event. Fee Includes T-shirt and timing chip use.
REGISTRATION: Online at Active.com or send check, made payable to: SkateNow, llc / 3663 E. Capstone Ave. / Salt Lake City, UT 84121 - All Mail-in payments must be received by: June 14th.
NO DAY OF EVENT REGISTRATION.

TIMING CHIPS: skaters will receive a timing chip that must be used in order to place you in the event. Timing chips must be returned at completion of event.

Please contact SkateNow for more details: skatenow@att.net / 801-944-5516

SUPPORT YOUR SKATING SPORTS!

Let's make this a summer of skating to remember!

See you Skating!
Eric & Kim Kraan

owner's, 'SkateNow, llc

A special thanks to the City of Salt Lake for their support of the skating event, and their gracious help in making this event happen under such short notice. And, many more thanks to our event Sponsors: Access Mortgage - Marc Western and 'the SkateNow shop'.

SATURDAY, JUNE 16th: RACE RESULTS:
Thanks to everyone who came out to participate in the race, and to everyone gave their time to volunteer. Again, we would like to express our apologies regarding any finish line confusion. Also, we would like to take this opportunitty to reminded event participants that it is imperative that you be in the Starting Area for Race Instructions at least 4-5 minutes before the start of the event.

RESULTS: Since there was no means to decipher actual times due to the number of skaters that missed the finish stretch, we resolved to cancel awarding any prize money in respect to fairness of all participants, and offered finishers medals in lieu of place medals. This portion of the prize money will now be spread over the next three races. The next race will be held at Draper Park: Saturday, July 21.

TIMING CHIPS: If you did not turn in your timing chips please bring mail them back directly. If you do not turn them in you will be billed by the timing company for $30.

T-SHIRTS & MEDALS: anyone who did not pick up their event t-shirt and finsihers medal may contact SkateNow to make arrangements for pick up. After July 20, all non-claimed medals and t-shirt will be given to local charity.

PICTURES: if you took any pics of the event please share. Submitt pics to skatenow@att.net and we will post them here.

Thanks again everyone for coming out and supporting skating sports!
Eric and Kim Kraan

** DRAPER, UTAH: 5K Inline Race **

ACCESS MORTGAGE -MARCWESTERN Inline Race Series #2
4 races 4 money

SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2007: 6:45am

DRAPER DAYS
5K Inline Skate
2007

RESULTS are POSTED

SPONSORED by:

Because you skate..... and, because you like to go FAST!!

This summer YOU could skate away with easy money!

INLINE SKATING EVENT! This is the 2nd of 4 races in the ACCESS MORTGAGE-MARC WESTERN inline Race Series, skaters compete for cash purse prizes! This event is part of the "DRAPER DAYS" event , and you will be able to skate your way to the finish and maybe, just maybe, skate away with some easy money!!

Cash Purse Prizes will be given at each 5K inline race event for the Top 3 Men & Top 3 Women overall finishers: $100(1st place) - $50(2nd place) - $25(3rd place).

Medal Awards: for 1-2-3 place Mens' and Women's Age Groups.

Raffle Prizes: cool skate stuff to be given away from our event sponsors!

Pancake breakfast following event, then enjoy the Draper Day's festivities afterwards!

EVENT: 5K SKATE Race, Roll, and Stroll - open to anyone on skates.
DATE: Saturday, July 21st, 2007
TIME: 6:45am
LOCATION: Draper Park, UT.
START LINE: 13800 South & 1300 East
ENTRY FEE: $18
Late Registration: July 18-20: Entry fee goes to up $25 on July 18th.
No registration day of event, sorry, no exceptions.
Fee Includes T-shirt and goody bag.
REGISTRATION: Online at SPORTSNUTS or send check, made payable to: SkateNow, llc / 3663 E. Capstone Ave. / Salt Lake City, UT 84121 -
All fees are non-refundable.

Please contact SkateNow for more details: skatenow@att.net / 801-944-5516

Let's make this a summer of skating to remember!

See you Skating!
Eric & Kim Kraan

owner's, 'SkateNow, llc

SUPPORT YOUR SKATING SPORTS!

RACE COURSE MAP

DRAPER 5K POST-EVENT COMMENTARY:
July 21, 2007: 10:07am   RACE RESULTS:

83°'s at 5:00am and strong winds blowing out of east-south east, made for the warmest and fastest (tailwind) race this course has had yet to offer skaters. Overall top men's skater, Andrew Love, also Draper Days 2006 winner, sailed across the finish line, winds pushing him thru the chute setting a new course record time of 7:20:85, dropping over 1:10 off his previous course time (8:24:60). And, the Personal Best's did not stop there. John Loquia(07:21:69) and Mike Stein (07:35:95) hunted down 2nd and 3rd postions, while James(Clay) and Uel (uel knocked 0:45 off his 2006 course time) closed in behind them grabbing 4th and 5th postions.

In the women's divison, overall top women's skater, Stephani Combs (07:39:77) captured her win in course record time for women skaters. Alejandra Mates (09:38:31), took 2nd along with a bit of road rash after taking spill off the first turn, but no worries. Brittany Heise (10:10:54), Salt City Derby's very own NOS, captured 3rd postion.

The top 3 overall men and women skaters shared some sweet cash from the purse sponsored by Access Mortgage-Marc Western, and there were lot's of give-a-way prizes from skate event sponosors raffled off to all the skaters. I shared a moment afterwards with overall winner, Andrew Love, buying him a pancake breakfast in the park (the least I could do for him, he was still ridingn high on adrenalin). We talked about our favorite topic: skating, and looked ahead to the 2 other skate races we have in the summer series.

The course was exceptionally fast with a consitent tailwind that made for exciting record course times. The downside to speed is that it can be troublesome, particulary when you combine a fast downhill with a right turn, then add into the mix an unknown, say for instance: a handful of unexpected lesiurely cyclsits.   Unfortunately, a few skaters took to the pavement during the turn from 13800 South to Fort Street, partly due to cyclist interfering with the race. Cyclists had rode thru the start line with only less than a minute to go. When they came thru the start staging area, they were again instructed to clear the course, keep left, and stay left. They muttered something about how skaters would not catch up to them.....they were wrong! The lead pack had to divert around them at speeds of 30-35 mph (top speed was clocked at 37mph) on the downhill before the turn, and in the right turn onto Fort Street a skater got taken out trying to avoid a cylcist on the course making the same turn north. As result the young man, and very experienced skater, landed himself in the hospital this morning. It's unfortunate that this group of cyclists knowingly rode through closed roads, ignored signage, and verbal instructions and warnings, then litterally blew through the startline of our event, with an elitist attitude of having every right to be there. Under special event permitting the road access was shut down and closed to though cars/traffic (cyclist included) for the participants safety. Those [cyclist] that interfered with the race should be cited for violation of entering closed roads, and causing undue harm to a skater. We have video of the 12 cyclists passing thru the start line when we were counting down the start with 30 seconds or less to go. With that, we will submitt those pictures to the local news media and ask for names, or if nothing else to make a clear point to cyclist and others that poor judgement in passing thru an event start line was not only disrespectful, but dangerous to participants.

We hope the future we can bring more awareness about inline speed skating to the community and pulic eye. Inline Skate racing is very serious and speeds are obtained of well over 30-35 mph on downhills, such as the hill coming west on 13800 South to Fort Str. in Draper.   As skaters we assume inherent risks associated with our choice of sport, but during competion events we never exepect our safety to be jepordized by cycling groups putzing along the course thru the midst of our event. Had the cyclsit that morning had any sense of their own legal responsiblity as riders [reference: Utah motor vehicle code and cyclist repsonsibility code], they would have made a point to stop or get out of the way "as instructed" and not interfered with the event. Instead, they blatantly chose to be oblivious to it all, with an attitude. Sadly enough, the value of bad decison making equates to hosital bills and healing time for the young skater. We all send prayers and wishes for the young skater to heal up fast and come back soon!!

Shirts and Medals: If you did not receive an event shirt, you may pick it up at Salt Lake Running Co. in Draper [1132 E Draper Parkway / Ph: 801-676-0844] after July 28, or contact SkateNow to make other arrangements. Medals: If you placed in your age division and did not receive your medal, please contact SkateNow to arrange to pick it up.

A huge mega-super-sized thank you goes out to participants and volunteers, and family and friends that came out to make this event a sucess. A special thanks to the City of Draper, and Draper City Motor Patrol for their gracious support of our 4th year for hosting the skating event. Please look for a copy of the Deseret News - the Top 3 Men & Women Skaters were interviewd and photographed - this is just the kind of media support our sport needs!!

See you Skating!
        Kim & Eric Kraan

TIME RESULTS:

DRAPER INLINE RACE: 5K JULY 21, 2007 WOMEN's RESULTS
Overall Place	TIME	BIB #	Last	First	Age	Div Place
1	07:39:77	3827	Combs	Stephani	11-19	1
2	09:38:31	3825	Mates	Alejandra	30-39	1
3	10:10:54	3829	Heise	brittney	20-29	1
4	12:04:22	3814	Archuletta	Chanelle	11-19	2
5	12:49:07	3831	Love	Jessica	30-39	2
6	13:25:05	3868	Jimerson	Larissa	30-39	3
7	13:43:91	3826	Cloud	Joanne	40-49	1
8	16:15:07	3817	Young	Leah	30-39	4
9	22:53:82	3870	Huntington	Angela	30-39	5

DRAPER INLINE RACE: 5K JULY 21, 2007 MEN's RESULTS
Overall Place	TIME	BIB #	Last	First	Age	Div Place
1	07:20:85	3811	Love	Andrew	30-39	1
2	07:21:69	3864	Loquai	john	20-29	1
3	07:35:95	3866	Stein	Mike	20-29	2
4	07:39:15	3867	Cholewinski	James	20-29	3
5	07:42:14	3812	Archulleta	Uel	30-39	2
6	07:57:50	3869	Oswald	Brian	30-39	3
7	08:27:00	3828	Lineback	Eric	40-49	1
8	08:33:06	3862	Lopez	Inacio	30-39	4
9	09:05:44	3820	Jarvis	Michael	30-39	5
10	09:06:31	3810	Nahrwold	Paul	11-19	1
11	09:16:03	3830	Jackson	Jay	40-49	2
12	10:09:96	3865	Ruelas	Arnim	30-39	6
13	10:10:54	3863	Mutter	Tom	40-49	2
14	10:11:49	3823	Vanzante	Craig	40-49	3
15	10:16:12	3815	Johnson	Steve	30-39	7
16	12:03:22	3821	Staker	Robert	50-59	1
17	12:06:71	3824	Atkinson	Kevin	30-39	8
18	12:14:46	3819	Houck	Ken	50-59	2
19	12:37:17	3816	Johnson	Eric	11-19	2
20	12:33:91	3822	Miner	Shane	11-19	3
21	14:48:52	3818	Young	Rick	40-49	4
22	14:51:18	3847	Rose	Riley	11-19	4
23	15:25:54	3848	Rose	Casey	11-19	5
24	DNF	3813	Archulleta	Uel -jr	11-19	0

EVENT PHOTOS: if you have photos to share, send them to skatenow@att.net and we will post them here.












Stephanie -women's overall 1st	Alejandra - women's overall 2nd	Brittany - women's overall 3rd
Andrew - men's overall 1st	Paul standing-in for Mike Stein Men's 2nd	John - men's overall 3rd