OF DOWNTOWN MT. CLEMENS.
GREAT TO SEE THAT BACK UP AND
RUNNING AGAIN.
Anchor: YES.
Anchor: WHAT DO YOU WANT TO
DO THIS WEEKEND?
COUNTDOWN TO FAT TUESDAY IS ON.
AND YOU CANNOT JUST HAVE JUST
ONE PUNCHKY ON TUESDAY.
Anchor: YOU CAN'T?
Anchor: IT IS HARD.
GET TO WORK TODAY.
Anchor: ON THE WHOLE IDEA
IS NOT TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT
EATING A PUNCHKY ON TUESDAY.
DEEP FRIED JELLY FILLED DOUGHNIS
AM TRAM MCHAS 5TH ANNUAL PUNCHKY
RUN.
WHERE PRIYA MANN IS LIVE THIS
MORNING.
GOOD MORNING PRIYA.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING
SEAN, LAUREN.
IT IS A CHILLY START BUT THINGS
ARE HEATING UP REAL QUICK.
THE FORTH ANNUAL PUNCHKY RUN
10:00 THIS MORNING.
I AM JOINED BY JOAN.
AND START WITH YOUR SHIRT.
CLEAR SHE LOVES AMHAM TRAM MC.
HISTORY HERE WITH PUNCHKY RUN.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
WE HAVE HAD THE COUNTDOWN FOR
11 YEARS AND EXCITED THAT IT
DREW ATTENTION OF THE RUNNERS.
WILL BE OVER 2000 IN THE CITY
TODAY.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE EXCITING.
Reporter: WHAT DO YOU THINK
IT MEANS FOR THE CITY OF
HAMTRAMCK AND 2500 RUN THEORIES
WILL BE HERE TODAY.
I AM EXCITED.
BECAUSE I THINK WE WILL ATTRACT
PEOPLE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE.
COME HERE TO FIND OUT WHAT A
GREAT FUN CITY THIS IS.
Reporter: WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL
PIECES OUT HERE.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT?
WE IMPORT THINGS FROM POLL
LAND IN OUR STORE.
POLAND ART CENTER.
AND THESE ARE NEW ITEMS.
WE ARE BIG IN TO POLISH STONE
WARE OR POT EAST AND WE HAVE A
STORE FULL.
AND FAMOUS SHIRT WITH PUNCHKY.
Reporter: I HAVE TO ASK
WHICH IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR.
I LIKE CUSTARD.
MY HUSBAND IS PRUNE.
TRADITION.
Reporter: PRUNE.
YES.
PRUNE AND ROSE PEDAL JAM IS THE
MOST --
Reporter: YOU ARE LIVING
DANGEROUSLY JOAN.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US TODAY.
PUNCHKY RUN AT 10:00 THIS
MORNING.
YOU CAN REGISTER HERE ON-SITE,
$45 OR YOU CAN DO IT ONLINE FOR
40.
FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS HERE.
FORTY DOLLARS ONLINE.
KICKS OFF AT 10:00.
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT HERE.
AND COMING UP.
WE WILL BE DOING SOME TASTE
TESTING.
I WILL LIT KNOW MY FAVORITE
FLAVOR.
REPORTING LIVE IN HAMTRAMCK.
Anchor: WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT OUR FAVORITE FLAVORS
PRIYA.
Anchor: DO THEY TEMPT THEM
WITH PUNCHKY ON A STRING AT THE
FINISH LINE.
Anchor: PUNCHKY AND BEER AT
THE UNDERSTAND.
Anchor: SIGN ME UP.
Reporter: GOOD IDEA.
SO TONS OF WORK GOING ON AROUND
GREAT LAKES CROSSING.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL PEOPLE ALL ACROSS METRO
DETROIT ARE LACING UP THEIR
SNEAK.
AND GETTING READY FOR A RACE TO
MAYBE RUNOFF FAT TUESDAY
CALORIES.
THEY ARE THINKING AHEAD.
Anchor: GREAT IDEA.
FOURTH ANNUAL PACZKI RUN IN
HAMTRAMCK.
Reporter:ING GOOD MORNING.
2500 RUNNERS EXPECTED AT THE
FOURTH ANNUAL PACZKI RUN.
VICTORIA IS HERE WITH TOUR
DETROIT.
TALK ABOUT THE ROUTE.
THIS WAS VERY STRATEGICALLY
PLANNED THROUGHOUT THE STEVE
HAMTRAMCK.
THE ROUTE ACTUALLY, I RAN
PROBABLY 20 DIFFERENT ROUTES.
COMING UP WITH THE RUN THAT WE
SETTLED ON.
IT IS THE SAME ONE WE SETTLED ON
FOUR YEARS AGO.
THE REASON WE LIKE IT SO MUCH IS
THAT IT GOES PAST A LOT OF
HISTORIC LANDMARKS LIKE SAINT
FLORIAN CHURCH.
MY GRANDFATHER'S OLD STORE SITE.
WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE MORE
WELL KNOWN RESTAURANTS AND
BAKERIES LIKE POLISH VILLAGE
CAFE.
AND IT REALLY SHOWS LIKE THE
RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF THE
COMMUNITY.
AND HOW REALLY DENSE HAMTRAMCK
IS.
Reporter: TALK ABOUT WHERE
IT STARTS AND FINISHES FOR FOLKS
THINKING, HEY, THIS IS A GOOD
DAY TO DO A 5K RUN.
WE START IN THE MIDDLE OF
JOSEPH COMPO SOUTH OF HOLBROOK.
AND BASICALLY WE TAKE OVER
JOSEPH COMPO FEW HOURS.
AND YOU CAN FIND THE
REGISTRATION AND INFORMATION.
Reporter: THE TREATS ARE
REALLY AT THE END OF THE RUN?
ABSOLUTELY.
SO IT TAKES ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
IMAGINE THAT.
FOR FASTEST RUNNER.
TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE.
SO AS SOON AS OUR RUNNERS LEAVE
WE HAVE A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS
THAT HAVE TO PULL ALL OF THE --
210 DOZEN PACZKI OUT TO THE
MIDDLE OF JOSEPH COMPO AND BEER
READY FOR THEM.
Reporter: PERFECT.
YOU CANNOT ASK FOR MORE.
REGISTER ON-SITE FOR $45.
OR REGISTER ONLINE FOR 40
DOLLARS.
THE RACE KICKS OFF AT 10:00.
HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT HERE.
REPORTING LIVE FROM HAMTRAMCK.
PRIYA MANN, BACK TO YOU.
Anchor: WE HAVE TALKED
ABOUT PACZKI FLAVORS ALL
MORNING.
SOMEONE TOLD ME THAT A CANNOLI
CREAM FILLED.
Anchor: THEY HAVE THAT.
Anchor: I NEED TO TRY THAT.
Anchor: HAS TO BE FROM A
HAMTRAMCK BAKERY.
GOOD TO SEE THAT THEATER UP AND
RUNNING AGAIN IN MT. CLEMENS.
ALL RIGHT.
HAPPENING TODAY.
IT IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL PACZKI
RUN.
TAKING PLACE IN THE HEART OF
PACZKI TOWN, HAMTRAMCK.
Anchor: I WAS OUT THERE
LAST YEAR.
THIS IS BIG FOLKS.
RUNNERS GETTING READY TO LACE UP
AND EAT PACZKI.
PRIYA MANN IS LIVE THIS MORNING.
THIS IS A REALLY NEAT ANNUAL
CELEBRATION FOR HAMTRAMCK.
Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
MORE THAN 2500 RUNNERS EXPECTED.
THE RACE KICKS OFF AT 10:00 A.M.
REALLY EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT
THE PACZKIS.
YOU CAN GET SOME GREAT DELICIOUS
DOUGHNUTS.
BEER AFTER YOU BURNED OFF SOME
CALORIES.
YOU CAN JUST EAT UP AGAIN.
I AM JOINED BY MAYOR OF
HAMTRAMCK.
MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THIS
RUN MEAN FOR CITY OF HAMTRAMCK?
THIS IS A GREAT EVENT FOR
HAMTRAMCK.
BRINGING IN ALL THE PEOPLE.
SOME OF WHOM MAY NEVER HAVE BEEN
TO HAMTRAMCK BEFORE.
AND GET TO WALK THE STREETS.
RUN OUR STREETS.
AND THEY WILL SEE THAT HAMTRAMCK
IS A WALKABLE COMMUNITY.
IT IS A CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY.
AND WE HOPE THEY WILL COME BACK.
THERE IS A LOT OF MONEY
RAISED FROM THIS RUN.
TALK ABOUT THAT.
SURE.
THE MONEY, THAT THIS RUN RAISES
GOES FOR NON-MOTORIZED TRANSPORT
INITIATIVES.
THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR METRO
DETROIT AREA IN GENERAL.
BUT ESPECIALLY FOR HAMTRAMCK.
WHICH IS ALREADY SO CLOSELY
CONNECTED TO SOME OTHER
INITIATIVES, DEQUINDRE CUT.
úOTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR
NON-MOTORIZED IN THE METRO AREA.
AS I SAID BEFORE, WE ARE A CITY
ALREADY THAT YOU CAN WALK.
YOU CAN WALK ANYWHERE.
TWO SQUARE MINUTES, WALK TO
BAKERY.
ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.
AND GET YOUR PACZKI.
AND YOU CAN WALK TO THE BANK.
DO YOUR NORMAL BUSINESS ON FOOT
AND ON BIKE.
AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO
US.
IT IS PART OF THE FABRIC OF OUR
COMMUNITY.
Reporter: SEAN MENTIONED
THIS IS REALLY A CELEBRATION.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH DO YOU LOOK
FORWARD TO THIS RUN YEAR AFTER
YEAR.
PACZKI DAY IS ONE OF OUR
NATIONAL HOLIDAYS IN HAMTRAMCK.
SO, YEAH, AND IT IS KIND.
A MARATHON FOR US SINCE NOW WE
START EVENTS HERE WITH THE RUN.
ON SATURDAY MORNING.
VERY FIRST EVENT.
AND EVENTS CONTINUE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
Reporter: WELL, THANK YOU
SO MUCH MAYOR.
THE RACE STARTS AT 10:00 A.M.
REGISTER RIGHT HERE.
FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS.
THEN, OF COURSE, YOU CAN HAVE
SOME DELICIOUS DOUGHNUTS AND
BEER AFTER YOU BURNED OFF THE
CALORIES.
REPORTING LIVE FROM HAMTRAMCK.
PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
Anchor: THAT'S MY KIND OF
RUN.
Anchor: RIGHT?
MY ONLY KIND OF RUN RIGHT NOW.
Reporter: SKIP THE RUN AND
EAT.
Anchor: THIS IS A
CELEBRATION.
THIS IS ABOUT PARTYING.
Anchor: WELL, THEY SAY
PACZKI AND BEER AFTERWARDS.
PRIYA THANK YOU.
ALL MORNING LONG WE HAVE
CONNECTED WITH YOU ON FACEBOOK
AND TWITTER.
WAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PACZKI
FLAVOR?
YOU BEAT ME TOO IT LAUREN.
YOU SAID RASPBERRY.
THAT'S MINE TOO.
Anchor: LEMON IS GOOD.
BUT GETTING READY FOR FAT
TUESDAY WHEN LINES ARE OUT THE
DOOR.
WILL WE HAVE SNOW OR COLD
TEMPERATURES TUESDAY.
Weather: YEAH, WE WILL
HAVE SNOW SHOWERS.
KNOW IT BOGS DOWN FAST.
ALL RIGHT.
TIME NOW 7:34.
WE ARE A FEW DAYS AWAY FROM FAT
TUESDAY.
COUNTDOWN IS O ALSO KNOWN AS
PACZKI DAY.
Anchor: LOOK AT THEM.
THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL.
AS WE BEGIN TO BINGE ON PACZKI
THERE IS AN EVENT LETTING YOU
PRE-EMPT SHAME AND GUILT BY
EATING ONE.
PRIYA MANN IS LIVE THERE.
GORGEOUS MORNING.
HI.
Reporter: GOOD MORNING.
ABSOLUTELY.
GORGEOUS DAY.
GORGEOUS DAY FOR 5K RUN.
AS YOU SAID, A LOT OF PACZKI AND
BEER TO BE HAD.
JOINED BY TOM, CAROLYN, DAVID.
FIRST YEAR RUNNING IN FORTH
ANNUAL PACZKI.
WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO
PARTICIPATE?
WELL WE LOVE TO RUN.
WE HAVE BEEN INSPIRING RUN FOR A
LOT OF YEARS.
LOVE TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER AND
LOVE EVERYTHING POLISH.
Reporter: ABSOLUTELY.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE FLAVOR.
PRUNE.
IF YOU ARE POLISH IT IS PRUNE.
Reporter: THAT'S
INTERESTING.
BETWEEN THE TASTE OF A PRUNE AND
VERY SWEET DOUGHNUT.
IT IS.
YOU ONLY GET IT ONCE A YEAR.
THAT'S PACZKI.
UNLESS YOU HAVE TWO OR 3 OR 4
THAT SAME DAY.
Reporter: HOW MANY WILL YOU
HAVE TODAY.
ONE.
Reporter: SO FIRST YEAR
PARTICIPATING?
WHAT ARE YOU ANTICIPATING?
I AM NERVOUS.
I HAVE NOT RAN IN AWHILE.
Reporter: REALLY?
YEAH, I WILL GIVE IT MY ALL.
Reporter: WHAT ELSE COULD
YOU DO, RIGHT?
YEAH,.
Reporter: YOU KNOW THERE IS
A LOT OF FUN TO BE HAD TODAY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS RUN MEANS
FOR THE CITY OF HAMTRAMCK?
WE HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN HERE
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE KID.
IT IS FUN TO COME BACK TO THE
STREETS.
AND VISIT THE RESTAURANTS AND
VISIT THE BAKERIES THAT WERE
PART OF OUR LIVES FOR MANY
YEARS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE HAVE TO
REMEMBER THAT WHILE THIS IS A
FUN DAY WE HAVE FUN AND HAVE A
COUPLE OF PACZKIS AND BEER THIS
WILL BE THE START OF LINT SO WE
HAVE TO REFLECT ON THAT AS WELL.
Reporter: PERFECT WAY TO
END.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU WILL BE FANTASTIC.
NOTHING TO BE WORRIED P AND THE
RACE KICKS OFF AT 10:00.
YOU CAN REGISTER HERE.
FOR $45.
AND THE MONEY RAISED WILL
ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE CITY OF
HAMTRAMCK.
AND SO THERE IS A LOT OF GOOD
STUFF HAPPENING TODAY.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN GET YOUR
FILL OF PACZKI AND BEER.
REPORTING LIVE FROM HAMTRAMCK.
PRIYA MANN, LOCAL 4.
Anchor: HAMTRAMCK KNOWS HOW
TO DO IT RIGHT.
RIGHT?