Two-time Olympian Frank Shorter will compete in Saturday’s Alamo Kidz 5K Run-Racewalk at Esplanade Park.

The 1972 marathon gold medalist says it’s more than a race: It’s his chance to bring attention to child abuse, of which he was a victim in Middletown, N.Y.

Each $12 race entry fee goes to Kids In Distress, treatment programs for abused and neglected children. The 3.1-mile run is being underwritten by race sponsors, so all the cash benefits the children.

Last year’s run raised funds for the new Kids In Distress Treatment and Living Center. The race had 700 runners.

The run is 8 a.m. in downtown Fort Lauderdale at SW Second Street, across from the Broward Performing Arts Center. The men’s and women’s winners win two American Airlines tickets to anywhere in the country and a rental car for seven days.

Alamo Marketing Director Marc Cannon said that Shorter, 45, the father of seven, donates his time and prizes. Race organizers expect 700 to 1,000 runners.

“This race is very personal to him,” Cannon said. “He is someone who survived it all.”

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The Broward County Association of Physical Educators Home Depot 5K Scholarship Run-Walk is Saturday at Lockhart Stadium, 7:30 a.m. The race is being held to raise funds for the BCAPE Scholarship Fund. Entry fees are $8 and $10.

The third FIU-Texaco Ecology 5K, postponed last month because of the hurricane, will be Nov. 22 at the FIU south campus at 8:30 a.m. There is a $2,050 purse. Proceeds benefit the Wildlife Rehabilitation and Environmental Education Center to rebuild its animal clinic, destroyed in the hurricane.

CYCLING

Jeff Miller, 33, of Fort Lauderdale set a course record in the West Palm Beach Bicycle Club’s 40 Kilometer Time Trial in 57:27 at the Wellington Polo Club. It was Miller’s first record-breaking victory in the 30-39 age group. Miller rides for the Fort Lauderdale Bicycle Club. Kenneth DeMott of Fort Lauderdale was second in 58:08. Lorie Schuman of the Boca Raton Bicycle Club won the Masters 40-49 title in 1:17:16… About 120 riders raised $1,200 at Petrie Chiropractic’s Tour De Innocent 50K and 100K bicycle tour. The money went to Fort Lauderdale triathlete Al Goldberg’s legal defense fund. Goldberg is awaiting trial for second-degree murder. Goldberg allegedly was attacked by two people while delivering newspapers and is charged with killing one of them.

IRONMAN

Jerry Mandello, 42, of West Palm Beach, fulfilled a dream of finishing Saturday’s Ironman Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Mandello’s time was 12 hours, 17 minutes. His splits were 1:15 for the 2.4-mile swim, 6:15 for the 112-mile bike and 4:12 in the 26.2-mile marathon… Dale Ruby, 30, of Lauderhill, completed his first distance triathlon, the Clermont Half-Ironman in 6:05.

MARATHON

Longtime New York City Marathon race director Fred Lebow will be running his 69th marathon in New York Nov. 1 to celebrate his 60th birthday. It is the first time he has run the five-borough course. Lebow has been fighting brain and thyroid cancer. As a birthday gift, retired Norwegian distance runner Grete Waitz, nine-time winner of the event, will run with Lebow. Both will be raising funds for cancer research… Mary Level Menton of Coral Springs, nursing the effects of a cold, was forced to drop out of last Sunday’s Columbus Marathon at the 14.5 mile mark… Joan Benoit Samuelson, 35, won Columbus in 2:32:18 despite hip problems. She trained only 30 miles or less per week for it. It was her first marathon since her record 2:21:21 in 1985. Samuelson is considering running the Boston Marathon in April.

SWIMMING

The U.S. Maccabiah team is looking for swimmers 35 and over to compete in th Masters Division of the 14th World Maccabiah Games, July 5-15 in Israel. For information, call the U.S. Committee Sports for Israel at 215-561-6900.

YOUTH RUNNING

John I. Leonard freshman Ramona Saridakis is featured in the November issue of Runner’s World in the Human Race section. Saridakis, 14, is portrayed as a young running phenom. The article mistakenly says her high school is in West Palm Beach instead of Lake Worth… The AAU Gold Coast Association is holding a cross country meet Nov. 7 at the Broward Sheriff’s Youth Program Center in Lauderhill. The event is open to boys and girls with age groups ranging from 10-and-under to 17-18. Course tour is 9 a.m., the first race 9:30 a.m. For information, contact Terry Snipes at 305-782-8347.