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32nd Anniversary - April 11th, 2010

Fools Five is a Minnesota certified 8K race (4.97 miles), as well as a 1 mile race. Walkers and wheelchairs are welcome to both distances, but pets, rollerblades, and bicycles are not allowed. Participants are encouraged, but not required, to raise pledges. Silent and live auctions take place Friday evening preceeding race day. All pledges and proceeds are donated to cancer research.

“Of course, I’m proud to know there’s a race I’ve won 13 times with victories in four different decades. I can’t say that about any other race. I will always be fond of Lewiston and the Fools Five because this is where I first learned about the power of giving. Serious athletes are, by nature, pretty self-centered, so it wasn’t easy to learn that there were bigger reasons than personal glory for racing. If in some way I have helped to send the message of the importance of being thankful for our gifts and the value of sharing our abundance with others, then every hard fought mile trying to bust through your crazy country winds was all worth it.”

- Tony Schiller, winner of Fools Five in the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s, and 00’s

2010 Entry

The 32nd Anniversary Fools Five Road Race in Lewiston, MN is April 11th, 2010. Entry fee: $10.00 for 8K race, $6.00 for 1 mile race, $3.00 for entrees 12 years or under for either race.

“Download the Adobe PDF Entry Form, here to view and print the form or register online with Active.com.”

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How Race Time is Calculated

The official time shall be the time elapsed between the start of the watches or timing devices resulting from an appropriate start signal [gun] and when the athlete reaching (sic) the finish line. The actual time elapsed between when an athlete reaching (sic) the starting line and finish line can be made known to the athlete, but will not be considered as official time. (USATF 245) Finish Line Recording and Timing

National Marrow Registry

Join the National Marrow Registry at the Fools Five Road Race April 11, 2010 in Lewiston, MN.

Give the gift of life to a patient in need. Join the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) this season. During this year's race, the Fools Five is partnering with the National Marrow Donor Program to register donors to provide a cure for those in need of transplants due to a fight with blood cancers and other life-threatening illnesses. The registration event will be held from 10am to 3pm in the Lewiston-Altura High School. Because of generous donations from the community and the NMDP, the cost of tissue typing will be waived for the first 200 people (it usually costs $52), so bring a friend. Since donors and recipients need to be of the same ethnic background, there is a urgent need for donors of color. To find out more about joining the National Marrow Registry, please visit www.marrow.org or call 1-800-MARROW2.

2010 Guest Speaker Kenechi Udeze

With the 20th pick in the 2004 NFL Draft, the Minnesota Vikings selected Kenechi Udeze, a defensive end from the University of Southern California who had become as good as any at his position.

Over three seasons at USC, he had 135 tackles, 51 of them for a loss, pushing opposing offenses back a total of 245 yards. His school record 28 sacks claimed 185 of those yards and his 14 forced fumbles all but gave him an honorary position on offense. In 2003 alone, Udeze recorded 16.5 sacks for an astounding 115 yards, which helped the Trojans to a share of their first national title in 25 years while becoming the first USC defensive lineman to earn All-America honors in 15 years. Turning professional was a matter of logic.

Udeze was considered one of the best defensive linemen in the ‘04 draft, undoubtedly the fiercest pass-rusher, and was projected to go early in the first round. When he slipped to 20th, the Vikings didn’t hesitate selecting him.

Few people realized that on draft day, Udeze had beaten the odds. He was never supposed to be the best pass-rusher in the draft; he was more likely to be an average run-stopper, the big guy to swallow up everything between the tackles, and for a time in high school, it looked like he perhaps had swallowed everything between the tackles. At his heaviest, Udeze weighed about 380 pounds, but he worked tirelessly from high school through college and became that 280-pound first-round draft pick.

Udeze had a solid rookie season with 36 tackles and five sacks. He was injured in the third game of his second season and steadily recovered over the following two seasons, tying the team lead with five sacks in 2007 and adding 47 tackles. He was showing the same progress in the NFL that he had in college. But just after the Super Bowl in early 2008, Udeze was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a fast-growing cancer of the white blood cells.

Treatment required chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant. About 25 percent of bone marrow transplant recipients find their donors among family, and once again, Udeze beat the odds. His brother Thomas was a perfect match.

He was remarkably resilient and optimistic throughout treatment and recovery. Before he could undergo the marrow transplant, his body had to be free of cancer. It disappeared like a common cold, just as he had told Coach Childress it would, and in November of 2008, ten months after his diagnosis and five months after the marrow transplant, Kenechi returned to the Metrodome as an honorary team captain and announced his intentions to return to the field.

Again, he worked tirelessly to get back into shape, fighting neuropathy and regaining strength. He trained first at USC, then with the Vikings, making remarkable improvements to get to the team’s first required mini-camp. On schedule for a comeback from leukemia, people were frenzied. But it was much harder to get into shape this time. Neuropathy is nerve damage to the peripheral nervous system caused by chemotherapy. It affects every patient differently. For Udeze, it meant that his feet would no longer support the rigors of professional football. On July 30, 2009, he retired.

Recently, Udeze was named assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Washington. In him, they’ve acquired the embodiment of strength and conditioning, and for that reason, one can’t help but consider the daunting affair that awaits the players he will coach. They’ve got an awful lot to learn.

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