August Calendar

*Aug. 1: Chase Corporate Challenge 3.5-mile Team Race, Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool. Contact Dave Oja at (315) 446-6285. Grete Waitz, featured guest.

*Aug. 2: Fishes and Loaves 5K, Honeoye Falls, 7 p.m. Contact Andy Smith, 105 East St., Honeoye Falls, N.Y. 14472.

*Aug. 4: St. Pius Father Murphy's 5K, 3032 Chili Ave., Rochester, 7 p.m. Contact Paul Contestable, 26 Loyalist Ave., Rochester, N.Y. 14624; call (716) 247-5568.

*Aug. 5: Phelps Sauerkraut Festival 20K, Phelps, 9 a.m. Contact Jim Phillips, 26 Church St., Phelps, N.Y. 14532, or call (315) 548-3607.

*Aug. 5: Pete Matzke 5K, Maine-Endwell HS, 8 am. Contact Barbara Ann Turecek, 216 Court St., Binghamton, N.Y. 13901; call 724-1318 or see www.me.stier.org

*Aug. 5: Manhattan Half Marathon, 8 a.m., Central Park. Contact NYRRC, 9 East 89th St., New York, N.Y. 10128.

*Aug. 5: Summer Biathlon: Run 5K and Shoot, Old Forge. Contact Bill Brooker, P.O. Box 677, Old Forge, N.Y. 13420; call (315) 369-6694.

*Aug . 6: The Elmira Savings Bank Y-Athlon: 1/2-mile swim, 18-mile bike, 5-mile run, Park Station Recreation Center, Erin, 9 a.m. Contact Rich Micelotta, Chemung County YMCA, 425 Pennsylvania Ave., Elmira, N.Y. 14904, or call 607/733-7656. Individual & team competition.

*Aug. 6: Honor America Days 5K & 10K, Rome, 8 a.m. Contact Cindy Reynolds, 1101 N. George St., Rome, N.Y. 13440; (315) 337-0753.

*Aug. 10: Tromptown Runs 5K and Half Marathon, DeRuyter, 6 p.m. Contact Connie Skeele, 260 E. Lake Rd., DeRuyter, N.Y. 13045; call (315) 662-7180, see www.tromptownrun.com

*Aug. 12: Rec-Way 10K, South Hill Recreation Way, Ithaca, 9:15 a.m. Contact Barb Bellows at 256-2850 or Jeffrey Juran at jefjuran@lightlink.com.

*Aug. 12: RRCA Avon Women's 5K, Onondaga Lake Park, Liverpool, 9 a.m. Contact Mickey Dockwiller, 124 Meyers Rd., Liverpool, N.Y. 13088; (315) 451-7156.

*Aug. 13: FLRC Loop-the-Lake 5K Run/Walk and Picnic Barbecue, Dryden Lake Town Park, 11:30 a.m. Free to FLRC members, relatives and friends. Contact Audrey Balander, 2671 Clute Rd., R.D. #2, Cortland, N.Y. 13045. (Please pre-register for food count. Come earlier if you want to run 10K or more!)

*Aug. 12: Heritage Christian Home 5K, Webster, 9 a.m. Contact Diane Hill at (716) 340-2086.

*Aug. 12: Sallie Mae Valley USATF National 10K Racewalk Championships, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Contact Jim Wolfe, 220 Lasley Ave., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18706.

*Aug. 13: Sallie Mae Valley Classic 10K & 5KRun, Wilkes-Barre, PA. 8 a.m.. Website at www.salliemae.com/community/classic.html

*Aug. 13: The Great Race, Emerson Park, Auburn -- two or four-person teams. Events:10K run, 19-mile bike, 4-mile canoe, 9:30 a.m. Contact The Great Race, P.O. Box 339, Auburn, N.Y. 13021; or call at (315) 255-1658 or (800) 499-9615.

*Aug 18: Woodsmen's 10K, Boonville H.S., 6.p.m. Contact Phyllis White, P.O. Box 123, Boonville, NY 13309, (315) 942-4593.

*Aug. 19: Cow Pie Run 5K, Spafford Fire House, 9 a.m. Contact Teri Wise, 1093 Woodworth Rd., Skaneateles, N.Y. 13152.

*Aug. 19: Good Shepherd Adventure Challenge, 9 a.m., Good Shepherd Church, Webster. Events: 3-mile cross country run, 5.5-mil mountain bike, 1-mile road bike, obstacle course. Conact Dan Novak at (716) 872-2281.

*Aug. 19: USATF Men's and Women's Half Marathon National Championship, Parkersburg, West Virginia. Website at www.ccmh.org

*Aug. 20: Monster Marathon and Half Marathon Trail Runs, Virgil State Forest, 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. staggered starts by age/gender. Contact Fred Knewstub, 2599 Agard Rd., Trumansburg, N.Y. 14886; call 387-3308.

*Aug. 20: Half Wit Half Trail Marathon, Reading, Pa., 9 a.m. Contact Pretzel City Sports, 112 W. 36th St., Reading, Pa. 19606; call (610) 779-2668.

*Aug. 20: Fulton Lakeside Triathlon, Fulton War Memorial, 9 a.m. Course: 10K run, 20-mile bike, 4-mile canoe -- teams of one, two, three or four people. Contact Greater Fulton Chamber of Commerce, P.O. Box 148, Fulton, N.Y. 13069.

*Aug. 20: Savoy Mountain Races: 20 miles and 4.5 miles, Savoy State Forest, Mass., 9 a.m. Contact F. Mach at (413) 743-5124.

*Aug. 20: TCRC Sunday Track Meet, Maine-Endwell High School, 5 p.m. Contact Ron Slocum at 625-5873.

*Aug. 20: Glimmerglass Triathlon, Cooperstown. Contact Carol Ronovech, 1527 County Highway 31, Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326; 547-8662.

*Aug. 20: YMCA Wing Ding 5K, 9 a.m., Batavia. Contact Greg Larson, Genesee YMCA, 209 East Main St., Batavia, N.Y. 14020.

*Aug. 23: TCRC 10K Run, Marshland Rd., Apalachin, 6 p.m. Contact Ron Slocum at 625-5873.

*Aug. 24: Tour De Pain 5K, Rochester. Contact Pete Glavin, 160 Laney Rd., Rochester, N.Y. 14620; call (716) 242-9031.

*Aug. 26: Hamlin Beach 5K, 6 p.m., Hamlin Beach State Park. Contact Dave Boutillier, Yellowjacket Racing, 261 South Ave., Webster, N.Y. 14580.

*Aug 26: Steamboat 15K and 5K, 9 a.m., Fulton YMCA, 715 West Broadway, Fulton NY 13069

*Aug 26: Great Potato 10K Race/5K Spud Walk, Wayland Victory Park. Contact Tom Quinlan, 6775 Mead Hill Rd, Wayland NY 14572, (716) 728-2250

*Aug 26: Old Tyme Canal Days 5K, Oxford NY. $50 for first place male and female. Contact Cathie Ives, 120 West State Rd, Oxford NY 13830, (607) 843-6802.

*Aug. 27: Fourth Annual Michael A. Padula Memorial Road Race "Pud's Run" 5K, Stewart Park, Ithaca, 10 a.m. Contact Linda Martin, P.O. Box 4926, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850, 272-1951. Website at www.pudsrun.com

*Aug. 27: Chris Thater Memorial 5K, Recreation Park, Binghamton, 8:30 a.m. Contact Broome County Stop DWI, Jim May, P.O. Box 1766, Binghamton, N.Y. 13902; (607) 778-2056; or Grace Tabeek, 4116 Marietta Dr., Vestal, N.Y. 13850; call (607) 722-8744.

*Aug. 27: Hamlin Beach Triathlon (.9-mile swim, 25-mile bike, 10K run), Duathlon (5K run, 11-mile bike, 5K run) and 5K Run, 9 a.m., Hamlin Beach State Park.

*Aug. 27: Mt. Toby 14-Mile Trail Run, Sunderland, Mass., 9:30 a.m. Contact P.O. Box 153, Sunderland, Mass., 01375.