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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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