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Big House Big Heart

10,000 expected in Sunday's race

by Yma Johnson

posted 10/2/2009

"You can't beat finishing in the Big House," says Andrea Highfield. Highfield organized the inaugural Big House Big Heart race two years ago, inspired by the death of her husband Michael's law partner and close friend, Phil Bowen, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease). That first run raised $172,000 for charities, including U-M's Program for

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