Friends of Great Lakes Endurance:   This is farewell.  After 26 years of race directing and building Great Lakes Endurance, we have decided to retire from organizing trail running events.  After much thought and much consideration we made the difficult decision to retire.  We will always remember the wonderful friendships we made through organizing our trail running events in such welcoming communities.     We founded Great Lakes Endurance on the concept that trail running could be a very powerful tool to help build ecological awareness and respect for the natural environment. We believe our goal has been achieved through the many unique and beautiful venues in Michigan and Wisconsin.     We are grateful for the enduring and lasting memories we will have from our trail running events and the many participants who have shared their stories of accomplishing a goal, running in memory of someone, in honor of someone or wanted to participate in an ecologically mindful event organized by us.      We are very fortunate to be able to hand over the reigns to Aravaipa Running.  Jamil Coury and his team at Aravaipa have the experience, skills and passion we feel are necessary to take over Great Lakes Endurance. Aravaipa understands and respects the historical traditions established by Great Lakes Endurance and we are assured they will welcome the devoted community of runners and volunteers that we have grown over the years.     See you on the trails,    Jeff Crumbaugh Lois Bressette Great Lakes Endurance, LLC