This Sunday morning, July 15, a very special event will take place on the roads of Plainview -- the 4th annual Heart & Sole 5 Kilometer Run ñ and we are asking for your cooperation to help make the Run successful and safe.

Our Club will be staging the Run on behalf of the Plainview and Syosset Hospitals of North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System, in memory of Colleen Leszcynski, with the proceeds earmarked to support the Plainview/Syosset Scholarship Fund and to improve facilities at both Plainview Hospital and Syosset Hospital.

We expect that the Run will attract more than 300 runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes, and we need your help to ensure the safety of these guests in the Plainview community. Please, please, avoid driving along the course while the runners, walkers and wheelchair athletes are passing through. The Run will start at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Middle School at exactly 9 a.m. on Sunday, and the last participant will cross the finish line back at the School no later than 9:45 a.m. although most of the streets along the route will be clear long before then.

We hope that as many of you as possible will be on hand to cheer the participants along their way. There will be lots of folks doing a 5-kilometer run for the first time, and they will need all the help and encouragement they can get! This is a great opportunity to show athletes from all over Long Island what a friendly community Plainview is.

Thanks very much in advance for your understanding and your cooperation. If you have any questions about the Run, please donít hesitate to call us at 349-7646.

Mike Polansky, President
Greater Long Island Running Club