Crim Festival of Races

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Crim Festival of Races
Location Flint, Michigan
Event typeroad
Distanceseveral (10 Miles)
Primary sponsorHealth Alliance Plan
BeneficiaryArea 13 Special Olympics
Established1977
Course recordsm: Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Kamau  (KEN) 45:43
w: Flag of the United States.svg  Vicoty Chepngeno  (USA) 51:35
Official site crim.org

The Crim Festival of Races is an annual road running event with several races and walking events. The original distance was 10 miles (16 kilometers) and is the marque race as "The Crim" with its infamous Bradley Hills [1] and blue line to keep runners on course. [2] The Crim has been held in August in Flint, Michigan since 1977. It draws runners from around the world from countries such as Kenya, Russia, and Ukraine. The race attracts approximately 50,000 people each year. The festival is one of the Flint Parade of Festivals. [3]

Contents

The races and walks are Michigan Mile Series, 5K, 5 Mile, 10 Mile, the Teddy Bear Trot and Lois Craig Invitational Special Olympics Race.

The race has hosted the United States national 10-mile championship race on two occasions. The 2009 women's U.S. title was won by Molly Huddle, while the 2010 men's title was won by Fasil Bizuneh.

History

Bobby Crim, then speaker of the state house, and Lois Craig, Crim's administrative assistant, were looking for a fundraiser in 1976 for the Special Olympics program that was just starting up. The fourth Saturday in August 1977 was selected with a start time of Noon with Craig serving as race director. That first Bobby Crim Road Race had 707 runners and raised $30,170 for Special Olympics. While expecting to be a one time event, Crim wished to continue the event to raise more money. [4] [5]

In 1979, the race had 34,000 runners and spectators from all over the world. [4] In 1985, race organization was incorporated as The Crim Road Race, Inc. to increase the number of charities assisted. Additional races were added in 1987, the 8K Race and in 1988, the 5K Family Walk and Teddy Bear Trot. From 1989 to 1992, the Crim 8K Walk, the Friday night concert the night before, carnival rides and post-event entertainment were added. [6]

Crim Festival of Races

In 1992, the Road Race event was renamed along with its corporate organization to Crim Festival of Races. [7] The Festival continued to expand adding a one-mile run, 8K race/walk, 5K run, Competitive Walk, Neighborhood Running Clubs, Crim Kids Classic, the Crim Training Program, Beyond 2000 community fitness Program and The Feelin’ Good Mileage Club school fitness program between 1992 and 2008. [6] With the 1993 event raising $1.3 million, Craig stepped down as race director to go to work for Area 13 Special Olympics. A Special Olympics race that is held as a part of the Festival on Friday was named in Craig's honor, the Lois Craig Invitational Special Olympics Race. [4]

In 2013, the Michigan Mile Series was moved from Saturday to Friday night before the rest of the races with a separate heat for professionals, the Professional Mile, with a purse of $10,000 and a new course going around the University of Michigan–Flint. [8]

Due to Flint River remediation work in 2017, the 10 mile race route had well-received changes. For the 2018 festival, the 8K race/walk was replaced with a 5 mile race or true "half Crim". Routes of the 5 mile and the 5K races will overlap more with the 10 mile as to reduce traffic issues adding the Chevy Commons and Mott Park neighborhood, while the 10 mile route would retain the 2017 changes. [9]

Past winners

Key:  Course record  U.S. championship race

EditionYearMen's winnerTime (m:s)Women's winnerTime (m:s) [10]
1st1977Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Kenyon  (GBR)50:05Flag of the United States.svg  Kim Merritt  (USA)58:41
2nd1978Flag of the United States.svg  Greg Meyer  (USA)48:00Flag of the United States.svg  Celia Peterson  (USA)59:30
3rd1979Flag of the United States.svg  Herb Lindsay  (USA)48:00Flag of the United States.svg  Joan Samuelson  (USA)55:42
4th1980Flag of the United States.svg  Herb Lindsay  (USA)47:07Flag of the United States.svg  Patti Catalano  (USA)53:40
5th1981Flag of the United States.svg  Herb Lindsay  (USA)47:15Flag of the United States.svg  Patti Catalano  (USA)55:35
6th1982Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Steve Kenyon  (GBR)46:43Flag of the United States.svg  Joan Samuelson  (USA)53:18
7th1983Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nick Rose  (GBR)46:58Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lisa Ondieki  (AUS)55:07
8th1984Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Nick Rose  (GBR)46:59Flag of the United States.svg  Janice Ettle  (USA)55:16
9th1985Flag of the United States.svg  Ken Martin  (USA)46:55Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Lisa Ondieki  (AUS)53:48
10th1986Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Eyestone  (USA)47:36Flag of the United States.svg  Lisa Rainsberger  (USA)54:47
11th1987Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Brian Sheriff  (ZIM)48:09Flag of the United States.svg  Lisa Rainsberger  (USA)55:02
12th1988Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Eyestone  (USA)46:44 †Flag of the United States.svg  Lisa Rainsberger  (USA)53:10 †
13th1989Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Brian Sheriff  (ZIM)46:23Flag of the United States.svg  Cathy O'Brien  (USA)51:47
14th1990Flag of the United States.svg  Ken Martin  (USA)47:44Flag of Germany.svg  Uta Pippig  (GER)53:56
15th1991Flag of Kenya.svg  Steve Kogo  (KEN)47:15Flag of the United States.svg  Lesley Lehane  (USA)54:02
16th1992Flag of Kenya.svg  Simon Karori  (KEN)46:21Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Markova  (RUS)53:17
17th1993Flag of Mexico.svg  Alejandro Cruz  (MEX)47:05Flag of the United States.svg  Lynn Jennings  (USA)52:53
18th1994Flag of Kenya.svg  Benson Masya  (KEN)46:22Flag of the United States.svg  Anne-Marie Lauck  (USA)53:42
19th1995Flag of Kenya.svg  Thomas Osano  (KEN)46:06Flag of Kenya.svg  Delilah Asiago  (KEN)53:08
20th1996Flag of Kenya.svg  Joseph Kamau  (KEN)45:43Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)52:50
21st1997Flag of Morocco.svg  Brahim Lahlafi  (MAR)45:45Flag of Kenya.svg  Hellen Kimaiyo  (KEN)53:34
22nd1998Flag of Kenya.svg  John Korir Kipsang  (KEN)46:15Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)53:33
23rd1999Flag of Kenya.svg  John Korir Kipsang  (KEN)46:54Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)54:22
24th2000Flag of Kenya.svg  Mark Yatich  (KEN)47:36Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)53:01
25th2001Flag of Kenya.svg  Laban Kipkemboi  (KEN)46:41Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)52:36
26th2002Flag of Kenya.svg  Simon Rono  (KEN)47:13Flag of Kenya.svg  Catherine Ndereba  (KEN)52:09
27th2003Flag of Kenya.svg  John Korir Kipsang  (KEN)46:22Flag of Russia.svg  Lyudmila Biktasheva  (RUS)51:52
28th2004Flag of Kenya.svg  Linus Maiyo  (KEN)48:06Flag of Kenya.svg  Leah Malot  (KEN)54:35
29th2005Flag of Tanzania.svg  Fabiano Joseph  (TAN)47:46Flag of Russia.svg  Alevtina Ivanova  (RUS)53:34
30th2006Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Kiplimo Kosgei  (KEN)46:49Flag of Russia.svg  Alevtina Ivanova  (RUS)53:06
31st2007Flag of Kenya.svg  Festus Kioko Langat  (KEN)47:11Flag of Kenya.svg  Angelina Mutuku Mutheu  (KEN)54:53
32nd2008Flag of Kenya.svg  Stephen Koech  (KEN)48:04Flag of Kenya.svg  Irene Limika  (KEN)55:49
33rd2009Flag of Kenya.svg  Enock Mitei  (KEN)46:50Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Alemitu Abera Begna  (ETH)53:49
34th2010Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kiprotich Kogo  (KEN)47:06Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Mare Dibaba  (ETH)53:52
35th2011Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kiprotich Kogo  (KEN)47:15Flag of Kenya.svg  Everlyne Lagat  (KEN)55:15
36th2012Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kiprotich Kogo  (KEN)46:45Flag of Kenya.svg  Caroline Rotich Cheptanui  (KEN)53:43
37th2013Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kiprotich Kogo  (KEN)45:55Flag of Kenya.svg  Aliphine Tuliamuk Bolton  (KEN)54:28
38th2014Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kiprotich Kogo  (KEN)46:36Flag of Kenya.svg  Aliphine Tuliamuk Bolton  (KEN)52:48
39th2015Flag of Kenya.svg  Leonard Essau Korir  (KEN)47:00Flag of Kenya.svg  Caroline Rotich  (KEN)53:06
40th2016Flag of the United States.svg  Dathan Ritzenhein  (USA)47:24Flag of Kenya.svg  Joan Jepkorir Aiyabei  (KEN)55:37
41st2017Flag of Kenya.svg  Julius Kiprotich Kogo  (KEN)47:01Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Buze Diriba  (ETH)51:49
Preceded by
Back to the Bricks 		Flint Parade of Festivals Succeeded by
Flint Festival of Quilts
Preceded by
In Your Face Steeplechase
(June)		Crim RacesSucceeded by
Run Your Ice Off
(February)

Crim Fitness Foundation

Crim Fitness Foundation, Inc.
Founder Bobby Crim
Lois Craig
TypeNonprofit corporation
Area served
Genesee County, Michigan
Website crim.org
Formerly called
The Crim Road Races, Inc.
Crim Festival of Races, Inc.

The Crim Fitness Foundation, Inc. (CFF), formerly The Crim Road Races, Inc. and Crim Festival of Races, Inc., is a 501(c)3 non-profit promoting fitness in Genesee County, Michigan, and is the operator of the Crim Festival of Races. The Foundation grew out of the race organizing group of the Crim 10 mile race.

History

Bobby Crim, then speaker of the state house, and Lois Craig, Crim's assistant, started the Crim as a 10-mile race in 1977. The early years' planning committee of 14 volunteers was known as the Kitchen Cabinet by Craig. [4] In 1985, race organization was incorporated as The Crim Road Race, Inc. to increase the number of charities assisted. Big Brother/Big Sisters of Greater Flint, Fair Winds Girl Scouts, Shelter of Flint, Genesee County Literacy Coalition and the Crim Youth Development Program were some of the charities assisted. [6]

In 1992, the multi-race Crim Road Race event is renamed along with its corporate organization to Crim Festival of Races. [7] In 1994, the first annual Crim Kids Classic was run. [11] In 1997, Marti Austin was hired as youth development coordinator to run the Kids Classic. [12] In the early 2000s, the Crim Training Program designed the Hurley Foundation's Tuuri races as an official training races. [13]

Fitness Foundation

In October 2005, the Crim Festival of Races, Inc. changed its name to the Crim Fitness Foundation, Inc.

On April 16, 2008, the Crim Foundation signed a purchase agreement for the Character Inn, a 16-story former Hyatt Regency hotel. [14] With the owners not signing off on the purchase, the Foundation transferred the option to buy to the CS Mott Foundation. [15]

Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson proposed a half marathon modeled after the Crim Festival in his 2007 State of the County address. After losing his son, Brooks Stuart Patterson, the half marathon was named Brooksie Way Half Marathon with the Crim Foundation coming on board to help run the road race with the first held October 5, 2008. [16] In 2009, two new 5K races were run in Flint, Start Heart in May and Auburn Hills, Michigan, Glenda's Glide in June. [17] After the 2011 Brooksie Way, the Foundation ended its contract to run the event. [18]

In 2010, the Hurley Foundation ran its last Tuuri road race with some interest in the Foundation in taking over the race, [13] but was replaced without CFF taking over in 2011 by the Atwood Stadium Road Race on the calendar and as a vouchered race for the Crim Training Program. [19]

On May 20, 2012, the Crim races expanded with "The Qualifier" event in Midland and Bay City added to the Dow Run/Walk to become the Dow Weekend of Races, [20] however the Foundation was not involved in 2013 when the race became the Great Lakes Bay Marathons. [21] On July 22, the Foundation ran the third annual Le Champion Pave bike race downtown taking over from the bike race organizer of Le Champion Pave and the Maillot Jaune Bicycle Road Race. [22]

On May 11, 2013, the CFF held the first annual Health Plus Tour de Crim bicycle/obstacle challenge to give non-runners a taste of what the 10 mile Crim course is like. [23] With the June 2013, the Crim Kids Classic was renamed the Marti Austin Kids Classic. [12]

The Foundation wanted a race during the winter months to promote year-round fitness, so they started the Run Your Ice Off 5K race as the first race of the Grass Roots Race Series to take place during the Fire and Ice Festival in Downtown Flint starting with the second festival on February 22, 2014. [24] Additional Grass Roots Races Series events were to be scheduled in June, July and September, each with different themes and to lead up to the Crim Festival. The festival itself will be adding the Crim Half, running the 10 mile and 5K to make a half marathon. [25] Its Grass Roots Series by January 2014 pick up the Huckleberry Hustle, a July race, from the Genesee County Parks and Recreation Commission. [26] The In Your Face Steeplechase had its inaugural run with 100 "people turned out" on June 26 for this race with obstacles run in conjunction with and AS a fundraiser for Mott Community College cross country team. [27]

A Bobby Crim statue was created and installed the weekend before the 2014 Festival of Races north of the finish line on Saginaw Street. [28]

In 2018, the foundation began managing CANUSA Games' finances. [29] The Ally Challenge and CANUSA Games organizations and the foundation agreed to start holding a 5K race, CANUSA 5K Challenge. [30]

Crim race series

Former race events

  • The Brooksie Way Half Marathon & 5K (2008- [17] 2011) [18]
  • Genesee County Start Heart Walk and Crim 5k, 5K (5/30/2009, 5/22/2010) Flint [17] [32]
  • Glenda's Glide, 5K run/walk (06/27/2009, 06/26/2010) Auburn Hills, Michigan [17] [33]
  • The Qualifier (2012) This event has two races, A half and full marathon, both of which will start at Dow Diamond in Midland, and end in downtown Bay City at the intersection of Midland and Dean. The Qualifiers are both part of a larger event called the Dow Weekend of Races with their addition to the Dow Run/Walk races in their 27th year. The race is called the Qualifier as it is line up to serve as a qualifying race for the major marathon races, Boston, New York and Chicago. [20] Currently called the Great Lakes Bay Marathons [21] not affiliated with the foundation.
  • Le Champion Pave Criterium (2010-2012) 3rd annual bicycle races of varying distances held on July 22, 2012. The event was named after Albert Champion, a road bicycle racer and founder of AC Spark Plug. [22]

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