Heart of a Spartan

Next Sunday, May 2, I am looking forward to running a 5K race on the campus of Michigan State University (where I earned my Doctor of Musical Arts degree, 1985-88), entitled "Heart of a Spartan." In some ways, it seems to me as though they have kind of ripped off the concept from a race that's taken place here in Ann Arbor the last 3 years, in the fall, called "Big House Big Heart" (I have run it in each year of its existence: 2007, 2008, and 2009) - it finishes through the tunnel into the local university's football stadium, and across the 50-yard-line, while runners are shown on the Jumbotron scoreboard, and even the name, with its use of "Heart," seems borrowed. But, be that as it may, it should still be an enjoyable event. (The accompanying picture is from near the end, when I ran in the first Big House Big Heart, on 9/30/07.)