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L

onny Zimmerman says he's
not very athletic.
"I wasn't a very good soft-
ball or racquetball player," he said.
"That's why this is so surprising!"
"This" is Zimmerman's ability to run
long distances and be competitive in
races at age 61 even though he started
running only about 10 years ago.
The West Bloomfield resident ran
in the renowned Boston Marathon in
April. He was timed in four hours and
13 minutes, only six minutes slower
than the legendary Bill Rodgers, anoth-
er 61-year-old who previously won the
marathon in 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1980.
Zimmerman's family was in Boston
to watch him run. There was his wife,
Gail, Jewish News arts and entertain-
ment editor, and son Dan, 31, who
lives in Boston, and his daughter Julie,
28, who flew in from Washington, D.C.,
to surprise him. Dan's fiancee, Shirin
Ali, also was there to cheer on Lonny.
Boston was Zimmerman's third
marathon. The architect and vice pres-
ident of SiegallTuomaala Associates
in Southfield also ran in the 2007
Detroit Free Press Marathon and the
2008 Marine Corps Marathon in
Washington, D.C.
Zimmerman qualified for the
Boston Marathon at the Marine Corps
event He needed to run 4:00:59. He
finished in 4:00:33, making the Boston
cutoff by 26 seconds.
"I thought I missed the qualifying
time, but Julie, who was at the fin-
ish line, checked the results on her
BlackBerry and found out that I had
made it," Zimmerman said.

Zimmerman isn't done running mar-
athons. He wants to run another one
later this year. He hoped to run in the
New York Marathon, but he missed out
in a lottery So he's thinking about run-
ning in the Free Press Marathon again,
or perhaps the Air Force Marathon in
Dayton, Ohio.
"I'll keep running marathons until
I can't do it anymore," Zimmerman
said. "I love running. When you finish
a race and you're exhausted, there's
a huge sense of accomplishment.
Running is a great sport for a goal-ori-
ented, Type A personality like myself."
Zimmerman also enjoys the fit-
ness aspect of running and his fellow
runners. "There's a great camaraderie
among runners," he said. "People are
very encouraging, not competitive."

Off To Israel
Aaron Shencopp has never been on
an airplane. There's no doubt he'll
remember his first trips by air for the
rest of his life.
With his brand new passport in
hand, the 17-year-old Berkley High
School junior will fly to Newark,
N.J., and then Israel next month to
compete in the World Jewish Hockey
Championships in Metulla.
Shencopp found out a few weeks
ago that he was needed to fill a roster
spot on the U.S. junior division (age
17-and-under) team. His feet haven't
hit the ground since then.
"I'm so excited," the Berkley resident
said. "I want to become a better hockey
player, and this is a fantastic way to do
that. There are some great players on
our team from all over the United States,
but I know I'll be able to keep up. And it
will be so cool to represent the U.S."
Shencopp played hockey for Berkley
High the past two seasons. He was a
defenseman and forward. He describes
his hockey style as not flashy, but fun-
damentally sound.
"I think I'm a pretty good skater, and
I try to forecheck and backcheck hard. I
also like being a playrnaker," he said.
Paul Lubanski of Farmington Hills
is the coach of the U.S. junior team. His
son Brett Lubanski is on the roster.
Sam Greenblatt of Walled Lake is the
team's assistant coach and director of
player personnel and his wife, Helen
Greenblatt, is the team hostess.

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