Sports

The Kutinskys
are making
Sunday's
Detroit-Windsor
Marathon
a transcontinental
effort.

Donna Kutinsky
and Les Kutinsky
train for Sunday's
run.

CART WALDMAN
Special to the Jewish News

A

t age 62, Donna Kutinsky of Novi is going to
achieve a long-time goal: running in a marathon.,.
Although Donna didn't start running until she
turned 40, her routine of four miles a day, six days
a week, has become a central part of her life.
She and her family have a shared interest in running.
"This past summer, our daughter Alexis [Middle], who is 29
and lives in San Francisco, ran a marathon in Alaska with
Team In Training to raise money for leukemia.
"As a surprise," said Donna, "my husband Les and I
joined her in Alaska, and jumped in to run with her toward
the 18-mile marker to pep her along."

That run inspired Donna's marathon ambitions, but she
did not want to train alone. So Les stepped in and said he
would train with her for this weekend's Detroit-Windsor
Marathon. Les is an attorney in Madison Heights and
Donna is the manager of his office.
"I should have trained for something like this 20 years
ago," said Donna. "But, despite the thought of the 26.2
miles, we are just going for it!"
Les has been jogging for 23 years. He found his passion
for running during a family vacation, running on the beach
with daughter Susan, who was then 14.
Susan Herschman, now 37 and still an avid runner, lives
in New Jersey and ran in the New York Marathon a few
years back.
Althouah running is not always fun while you are doing

10/15
1999

Detroit Jewish News

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