KALAMAZOO KLASSIC'S MISSION:    Promote diversity, community and overall health and well-being while raising funds that benefit individuals with disabilities.
Are you interested in being involved with one of Kalamazoo's premier events?  There are outstanding promotional opportunities available for the 2008 Kalamazoo Klassic!

 For more information on sponsorship and benefits please call MRC Industries at:  269.343.0747

or e-mail us at:  mrcpr@mrcindustries.org

For more information on the Klassic and other racing events, check out the Kalamazoo Area Runners' website.
A big "Thank You" to all of our sponsors who made the 2008 Klassic possible:
History
Benefitting MRC Industries, Inc.
A 30-YEAR TRADITION

 When the gun sounded for the first Kalamazoo Klassic at precisely 8:57 a.m. on June 30, 1979, 650 runners sprinted off on a 10-kilometer course of what is now the oldest running event in Kalamazoo.







photo by Kalamazoo Gazette

Twenty-five years later, on June 21, 2003, hundreds of runners celebrated a quarter century of success by gathering yet again for competition and personal pleasure on the top of Maple Street hill for another sounding of the classic Klassic gun. Many things have remained unchanged since 1979: Maple Street Hill, all-volunteer sponsorship by the local running club, and the excitement of the field. But many things have changed: the addition of the 5K run, electronic timing (the "chip"), the finish in South Middle School Fields, and the increasing number of women and older runners.