In response to
yesterday's story about the improper conduct of the Elk Rapids News, regular Yuba Post contributor Jeff Richardson has announced he will not be taking part in this year's Harbor Run. The Harbor Run is an annual road race in Elk Rapids, taking place on the Saturday of "Harbor Days" - the city's four-day celebration of its historic harboring of Rapid City outlaw Ralph Stern during the summer of 1974. The Yuba Post has always supported Harbor Days, and Jeff Richardson in particular has run the Harbor Run 5K every year for the past seven years. So it was a great shock to many when he announced his plans to boycott the race.
Richardson bravely attempts to pass an 11-year old girl during the 2005 Harbor Run. He was unsuccessful.
When asked how, exactly, boycotting the race affects the editorial choices of the Elk Rapids News, Richardson replied: "That's exactly the question [the Elk Rapids News] will be asking themselves. And when they do that, well, then I've won." Richardson claims his withdrawal from the Harbor Run will "greatly affect the competitive level of the event" - this, despite the fact that he has never come close to winning and his times have been progressively slower the past two years.
Richardson bravely attempts to pass an 11-year old girl during the 2005 Harbor Run. He was unsuccessful. 
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In addition, Norweigian runner Eric Miller will absent from this year's event. His publicist says he has given up on the course due to "the complexity of the course" after getting lost the past three years, over-running the turn around point and ending up running into dangerous neighborhoods in the south end of Elk Rapids, the notoriously gang-infested area.
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