{"id":1097,"date":"2012-09-17T12:09:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T16:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2022-03-25T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T17:06:09","slug":"soo-to-kazoo-in-62-50-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/soo-to-kazoo-in-62-50-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Soo-to-Kazoo in \u201962: 50 Years Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1098\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1098\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/onSchneiderBike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1098 size-full\" src=\"\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/09\/onSchneiderBike.jpg\" alt=\"Jean Chin and Don Schneider\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1098\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jean Chin and Don Schneider retraced by bike Don\u2019s famous cross country training run.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the fall of 1962 Kalamazoo College Cross-Country Coach Warren \u201cSwede\u201d Thomas loaded his Hornet harriers in a van (a.k.a. the Blue Goose) and drove the team to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula. The team\u2019s mission: run the 287 miles back to campus in 10 days. Well, not every mile (some portions were driven), but a good chunk was traversed by sneaker sole, including the five-mile span of the Mackinac Bridge (you could do that back then on days other than Labor Day).<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Blue-Goosed Soo-to-Kazoo in \u201962&#8221; training trip had a hometown trajectory because the team made stops in hometowns of as many team members as possible. Fifty years later, team member <strong>Don Schneider \u201963<\/strong> honored the early-September anniversary\u2014albeit by van and tandem bicycle\u2014with his wife, Jean Chin. The commemoration kept the hometown theme, and Don and Jean visited former teammates <strong>Dave Bellingham \u201963<\/strong> (Jan), <strong>Bill Atkinson \u201963<\/strong> (Linda), and <strong>Dennis Lamb \u201963<\/strong> (Pat) in Rapid City, Suttons Bay, and Frankfort, respectively. \u201cThose were wonderful visits,\u201d said Don. He and Jean also made sure their biking routes included Saugatuck (hometown of teammate <strong>Bob Brackenridge \u201963<\/strong>), Plainwell (hometown of <strong>Dick Payne \u201965<\/strong>), Whitehall (hometown of the late <strong>Tom Schaaf \u201965<\/strong>), and Muskegon, where Don starred on the Muskegon High School cross country and track teams. In all, the couple biked a little more than 300 miles, including some rides of astounding scenic beauty near Charlevoix, Traverse Bay, Ludington, and Crystal Lake.<\/p>\n<p>The bike trip was a nice way to honor the memory of &#8220;Swede&#8221; Thomas, who also taught physical education and directed the Career-Service Center at K. Said Schneider: \u201cWe also hope the anniversary ride stimulates attendance at the Class of 1963 reunion at next year\u2019s Homecoming (October 18-20, 2013).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the fall of 1962 Kalamazoo College Cross-Country Coach Warren \u201cSwede\u201d Thomas loaded his Hornet harriers in a van (a.k.a. the Blue Goose) and drove the team to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula. The team\u2019s mission: run the 287 miles back to campus in 10 days. 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in a van (a.k.a. the Blue Goose) and drove the team to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula. The team\u2019s mission: run the 287 miles back to campus in 10 days. Well, not every mile (some portions were driven), but a good chunk was traversed by sneaker sole, including the five-mile span of the Mackinac Bridge (you could do that back then on days other than Labor Day).<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Blue-Goosed Soo-to-Kazoo in \u201962&#8221; training trip had a hometown trajectory because the team made stops in hometowns of as many team members as possible. Fifty years later, team member <strong>Don Schneider \u201963<\/strong> honored the early-September anniversary\u2014albeit by van and tandem bicycle\u2014with his wife, Jean Chin. The commemoration kept the hometown theme, and Don and Jean visited former teammates <strong>Dave Bellingham \u201963<\/strong> (Jan), <strong>Bill Atkinson \u201963<\/strong> (Linda), and <strong>Dennis Lamb \u201963<\/strong> (Pat) in Rapid City, Suttons Bay, and Frankfort, respectively. \u201cThose were wonderful visits,\u201d said Don. He and Jean also made sure their biking routes included Saugatuck (hometown of teammate <strong>Bob Brackenridge \u201963<\/strong>), Plainwell (hometown of <strong>Dick Payne \u201965<\/strong>), Whitehall (hometown of the late <strong>Tom Schaaf \u201965<\/strong>), and Muskegon, where Don starred on the Muskegon High School cross country and track teams. 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Said Schneider: \u201cWe also hope the anniversary ride stimulates attendance at the Class of 1963 reunion at next year\u2019s Homecoming (October 18-20, 2013).\u201d<\/p>\n","comment_info":"No Comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1097"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9829,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1097\/revisions\/9829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1097"},{"taxonomy":"post_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_formats?post=1097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}