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you’ve pushed your body and mind to the limit,
you can find a way to do more. That’s what fin-
ishing 100 miles taught me. That doesn’t only
apply to running distance races. It applies to life
itself.
”
Evan said he wore several shirts during the A
Day in the Park 100-mile race. The final shirt
had a Star of David on the front.
He admits he had trepidation about wearing
the shirt given the state of the world nowadays,
but with about two hours to go in the race,
knowing he was going to achieve his 100-mile
goal and be the first person to finish the race,
the shirt went on.
“
Another runner saw the shirt and yelled
out, ‘Love your shirt,
’” Evan said. “It was a cool
moment. Everyone was very supportive. I was
proud to wear that shirt.
“Endurance runners are a supportive com-
munity. It’s not competitive. Everyone has
everyone else’s back.
”
Evan also learned after putting on the shirt
that the first-place winner in the women’s 100-
mile race, Logan Mueller from Cincinnati, also

is Jewish. She ran 100 miles in 23 hours, 25
minutes and eight seconds.
Mitch said he and his wife, Jane, are proud of
their son for many reasons.
“Evan is a fantastic son, husband and father
who has always been extremely goal-driven and
determined,
” he said. “He’s set a great example
for his children of reaching goals and not giving
up.
”
Evan played hockey in his younger days. The
Lake Orion High School and Michigan State
University grad was a good hockey player who
had an opportunity to play on a junior team
in Canada before a shoulder injury ended his
career on the ice.
His family attends Temple Shir Shalom. He
and his father play on the Temple Shir Shalom
No. 2 team in the Infer-Congregational Men’s
Club Summer Softball League, and Mitch is one
of the league directors.
Evan is a sales manager for Galderma
Pharmaceuticals.

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Six-year-old
Henry Kline
wrote this note
after falling off
his bike and
getting right
back on it.

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