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NEWSLETTER OF THE SECOND WIND RUNNING CLUB
IN PIN PIN PIN PIN PASASASASASSINSINSINSINSINGJuly/August 2005 Volume 22 Number 4
In this Issue: In this Issue: In this Issue: In this Issue: In this Issue: Ultras, Marathons, Road Races . . .
Tracy Thomas at the Western States 100 Photo courtesty of Pete Zinsli
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Outdoor Fun RunsMeadow Brook Park, Urbana (playground parking lot on Windsor)
6:30 PM 1 mile warm up followed by a
1, 2, or 3 mile Fun Run
Fun Run Update
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President: Gabriel Lopez-WalleTreasurer: Stan Shobe
Secretary: Kristy Powell
Joe BailsBill Dey
Beth EisenhauerJeff Kelly
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President’s CornerGabriel Lopez-Walle
Gabrie lGabrie lGabrie lGabrie lGabrie lThank you again,
The summer is here, and all our programs are in full force. We have an activityalmost every day of the week. Fun Runs on Tuesday nights at Meadowbrook Park,speedwork on Wednesdays at the Urbana High School Track, trail runs in Mahometon Thursdays, and the marathon training every other Saturday. If you want to run atlunch time, you can also join a group of Second Wind members and run from IMPEevery weekday. Our Women’s Beginning Run program has been a total success thanks to theeffort of the coordinators and all of our members who volunteered to be mentors atthese runs. I really appreciate all the help, time, and effort that all our volunteers, boardmembers, and coordinators have been giving to the club. We can see the results, andit is really nice to make the running community a better and bigger one. If you want to help, please contact any of our board members or any of ourcoordinators. There are always little tasks and long projects where we need help, andit would be very nice to have you on board of directors. The same applies if youwant to write an article for this newsletter and share your running adventures withus.
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The weather is warm and the days are long and you need to get out and run with your friends. Why not set a newgoal; run a marathon, set a new marathon PR, pace a friend through a marathon or run a 50K. Whatever your goal,you are invited to participate in the Fall Marathon Training.
Second Wind Running Club with Marathon and Beyond will provide training advice, well marked courses,maps, and water and sports drinks on the course.Whether you are training for your first marathon or your 30th, please join us.It doesn’t matter if you are fast or slow, you just have to want to go the distance. Walkers are welcome.
All runs begin at 7AM, walkers may start at 6AM.Saturday, July 2 12 mile at Prairie School, UrbanaSaturday, July 16 14 mile at Hessel Park, ChampaignSaturday, July 30 16 mile at Crystal Lake Park, UrbanaSaturday, Aug.13 18 mile at Meadowbrook Park, UrbanaSaturday, Aug. 27 20 mile at Lake of the Woods CFP, MahometSaturday, Sept. 10 23 mile at Allerton Park, MonticelloSunday, Sept 25 20 mile at Hessel Park, Champaign
The target marathon is the Chicago Marathon on October 9http://www.chicagomarathon.com/
Several other Midwest marathons are in early to middle October, includingTowpath, Indianapolis, Columbus and Louisville. For more information visithttp://www.secondwindrunningclub.org/marathon_training_group.htm
Fall 2005 Marathon Training
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by Kelly Bails
The eight-week Women’sBeginning Running Groupcommenced May 5th at Hessel Park.The program was designed toprepare women to run 3 miles by theend of the eight-week session. Eachweek featured a speaker whopresented on a running related topic,a group warm-up and stretch, agroup run, and a group cool downwith more stretching. All runnersreceived a folder of information thatcontained running tips, training plans,a training log, maps of the HesselPark training runs, stretchingexercises, and tips on buying runningshoes. As the Second Wind BeginningWomen’s Running Coordinator, Iwas in charge of planning the weeklyrunning routes, organizing thevolunteers and speakers,demonstrating stretching techniquesfor runners, and leading the weeklywarm-up and cool down routines.Thankfully, I had a great line-up ofspeakers. Tracy Thomas, a personaltrainer and running coach, gave avery informative talk to the groupabout proper running form. RandyStearns from Body ‘n Sole broughtin running shoes to demonstrate thedifference between cushioned,stability, and motion control shoes.JimiBeth Myers, a Second Windboard member, gave a talk to thegroup on the benefits of joining theRunning Club. Beth Eisenhauer, aSecond Wind board member andyoga instructor, gave a presentationon yoga and weightlifting. Beth
described a balanced fitnessprogram as one that containsflexibility, strength, and cardio.Kristy Powell, a Second Windboard member and doctoral studentin nutrition, gave a presentation onPre- and Post-Exercise Nutritionand Hydration. Joe Bails, a SecondWind board member and racedirector for the August Mahomet 5Kand half-marathon, gave a talk onracing. Thanks to the speakers whotook time out of their busy scheduleto talk to the Women’s RunningGroup. We had an amazing numberof women attend the program. Over50 different new women runnersattended at least one of the sessions.Over 20 Second Wind membersattended at least one session to runwith the beginning runners and serveas mentors. I would especially liketo thank Jan Seeley, Tricia Crowder,Kristen Hansen, Kristy Powell,Tracy Thomas, Carol Miles, andMelissa Raguet-Schofield for helpingout at several of the group runs. Icouldn’t possibly list everyone who
helped make this program possible,but please know that I appreciate allyour help. Program participants (andmentors) provided positivefeedback. The Beginning WomenRunners reported feeling moreconfident as runners, beingphysically stronger, and greatlyappreciating the support andencouragement provided by thementors and other members of thegroup. Based on the positivefeedback and requests from thewomen, a second program will beginin August. We will start an eight-week training program to preparefor the Women’s Fitness 5K Run/Walk, which will be held onSeptember 24 at Crystal Lake Park.
Women’s Beginning Running GroupA success!
Photo courtesy of Kelly Bails
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Beginner Runner’s InspirationBy Andinet Amare
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Faces in the ClubKeeping Pace with TracyThomas …Sort of
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to keepup.” That was the message deliveredby Tracy Thomas explaining herhesitation about participating in grouptrail runs. Seems the new kid on theblock didn’t want to hold up anyone’space and make a bad firstimpression. Talk about sandbagging.When Tracy finally did turn up for a23-mile marathon training run, shewent out with the fast group andproceeded to drop them one by one.It was only then that we learned shehad arrived early and already run 10miles before anyone else started. Sojust who is this person? Tracy Thomas is a personaltrainer and running coach whorecently came to Second Wind fromCalifornia. She owns and operatesBodyMechanic Fitness LLC, and herclients run the gamut fromcompetitive runners and triathletes tononathletes seeking a healthierlifestyle. Before moving to Illinois in 2004Tracy managed the corporate fitnesscenter at Southern California Edison,where she evaluated members’fitness levels, designed customexercise programs, trainedemployees in fitness-related aspectsof workplace safety, originated andmanaged fitness events, andmanaged various fitness centeroperations. She previously worked asthe head trainer at a medical doctor’swellness facility, where shedeveloped particular expertise withobese and HIV-positive populations.Tracy’s expertise in the fitness needsof runners and endurance athleteshas been developed in part throughher own accomplished runningcareer. Tracy began running
competitively in high school in UpperSandusky, Ohio, and also competedon the Long Beach City Collegecross-country and track teams. Herspecialty is the marathon and longerdistances—she has completed morethan 75 marathons, with a personalrecord of 3:10 in the 2004 PacificShoreline Marathon. Tracy was thefirst masters woman finisher at the2004 Los Angeles Marathon, whereshe placed 17th out of 9,000+ femalerunners and 205th overall out of over22,000 participants. Tracy has also run more than 30ultramarathons, races longer than26.2 miles. She twice completed theAngeles Crest 100-Mile EnduranceRun, in 1999 and 2000, and finishedthe 2004 Vermont 100 in 20:56. In1999, she was the first womanfinisher in the Angeles NationalForest 100K. As a result of herdistance running accomplishments,
Tracy has been selected every yearsince 2002 to participate inActive.com’s Active Elitesponsorship program, with corporatesponsorships from Dri-release,ThermaCare, BreatheRight, EggBeaters, and Club Med.And it’s not just running. In 1997,she biked the 575-mile, 7-dayCalifornia AIDS Ride and playedvarsity basketball in high school andcollege. Tracy recently received herMasters Degree in SportsManagement from California StateUniversity, Long Beach. Health/Fitness Instructor (H/FI) and theNational Strength and ConditioningAssociation (NSCA) CertifiedStrength and Conditioning Specialist(CSCS) certifications.She also holds both AmericanCollege of Sports Medicine(ACSM). We recently interrupted one ofTracy’s training runs to get to knowher a little better:
Q: When and why did you startrunning?A: 28 years ago for the health of itand for the challenge.
Q Why did you join Second Wind?A: Needed to meet new runningbuddies.
Q: How long have you lived in theC-U area? If you’re imported,what brought you to our town?A: 9 months—my partner, a privateequity investment wizard, got theDirector of Foundation Investmentsjob at UI…and along I came.
Q: What is your occupation?A: Self-employed owner ofBodyMechanic Fitness. I am aPersonal Trainer and RunningCoach.
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Q: How often do you run?A: 6-7 days a week—occasionallytwice a day.
Q: What is your greatest runningrelated accomplishment?A: Winning the Pacific ShorelineMarathon in 2004 and winning amarathon in Sydney, Australia in2002. Oh…and winning my first100K in 1999…I had never run thatfar.
Q: Where and when are we mostlikely to see you running?A: On the trails and ALL overtown—usually in the middle of thenight and early morning.
Q: What’s the strangest thingyou’ve ever seen while running?A: A naked man.
Q: What other interests, hobbies,or pastimes do you have?A: Ceramics and pottery.
Q: Do you have any firstimpressions of our club that you’dlike to share?A: People seem very nice…but then,I’m from Los Angeles…everyoneelse anywhere seems nice!
There was so much more we wantedto know, like whether or not it is truethat she wears a weighted vest andsweat suit while running inclinedtreadmill intervals. Alas, Tracyquickly pulled away from ouroutmatched field reporter.Fortunately, she followed up by emailwith her upcoming race plans andparting thoughts:
I am doing the Barryman 50-miler May 28, Kettle Moraine100-miler on June 4-5 andWestern States 100-miler onJune 25-26. (Where are theHILLS around here?!! ☺ )
I also would like to add that Iam SOOOoooo impressed withSWRC member Kelly Bails! Shestarted/restarted a BeginningWomen’s Running Group atwhich I spoke last night (…onproper running form), and Iwas overwhelmed to see about40 women there. How cool isthat??? That is 40 peoplewhose lives can be changedfor the better because of Kelly!They all inspired me to no end!There really are someQUALITY people in this club.Everyone I have met has beenso nice!
Want to run like Tracy? She can bereached [email protected] or(217) 714-1388.
****Tracy finishes the
Western States 10025:44:14
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By JimiBeth Myers
I grew up in a rodeo family. Mydad is a world champion bull riderand former rodeo associationpresident, my mom is a barrel racerwho still serves on the Board ofDirectors for the Women’sProfessional Rodeo Association, andmy brother, sister, and I have allthrown our hats into the ring in oneform or another, as well.I’m a late-comer to the world ofrunning. I started just a couple ofyears back as a new member ofSecond Wind. Right from the start Isaw many similarities betweenrodeoing and running and betweencowboys and runners, which may bewhy I feel so at home with my new“running family.” I know that at first it might notseem as though the two sports are sosimilar. If you think about it for aminute, you might agree with me.First and foremost, cowboys andrunners don’t mind competing in themud—it’s nature’s way of weedingout the weak-hearted. There arechallenging bulls for the cowboysand hills for the runners. Cowboysare always willing to pitch in to makesure that a rodeo performance goesoff without a hitch in the same waythat runners volunteer to make raceshappen. A strong balance ofcompetition and camaraderie isshared with our fellow competitorsalong with an appreciation for painand a willingness to invest time,money, and miles into the sport welove. Growing up traveling the rodeocircuit I always took pride in doingsomething that nobody else did. I
relish in the fact that sharing acommon tough spirit is all that isneeded to be part of the group.Qualifying for Boston is not requiredto call yourself a runner, nor ismaking it to the National FinalsRodeo in Vegas needed to callyourself a barrel racer. I will likelydo neither but love the idea ofparticipating with those who will.Even if marathoning doesn’t appearto be as inherently dangerous asrodeoing, the presence of pain is agiven in both fields, and runners andcowboys alike take a great deal ofhonor in their readiness to meet painwith courage and perseverance.Maybe this is tied to both sports’origins, with running being rooted inhunting, and rodeo coming from oldranching practices. In both casesman is pitted against nature. Withthis said, I have to admit that as arodeo trick rider, I was always
happy to have a cheering crowdin the background as I hung withone foot from a running horse,which is something that ourancestors were never able toenjoy, but an element that is alsoenjoyed by runners. This year I will blend my twoworlds in one weekend, as theLas Vegas Marathon will takeplace the same weekend as theNational Finals Rodeo. I willpull on my starched Wranglersover my sore muscles to head tothe rodeo after crossing thefinish line. I can’t think of abetter way to spend a Sundayafternoon.
Running and Rodeoing
Photos courtesy of JimiBeth Myers
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By Brian Kuhn
McNaughton was my firstDNF in a race, but it was a greatweekend anyway. Second Windwas represented on the coursewith Ken Welle running the 30miles, Don Frichtl doing the 50,and Tim Collins, Chris Migotsky,and myself attempting the 100.Greg Rose made an appearanceand ran 30. Duane Frichtl andcrew provided food, drink, andencouragement at the Heaven’sgate (buffalo) aid station. Helpinghim were Lynne, Meg, Theresa,John Sanders, Jeff Riddle, TomRice, Marla, Zoujun, andSpencer. Also present were someof the younger members, Tanner,Jacob , and Jessica. The course is a 10-mile singletrack loop repeated theappropriate number of times. It isa fairly hilly course overall, butthere are some runable sectionsalong with the very steep hillysections. Much of the course iswooded, but there are also manyopen fields to run alongside. There are three streamcrossings, although you couldkeep your feet dry at two of them(if you wanted to). The weatherwas nice, albeit a bit warm for therunners in the afternoon. Andy Weinberg (the RD)started the race at 6:00 a.m., andwe were off. I felt really good thefirst few loops and had fewproblems. As the weather heatedup, ice under my hat to coolmyself with was my saving grace.I started to slow a bit during mythird and fourth loops. As I wasgetting close to finishing my fourth
loop I heard a buffalo yell behind me.Looking back down the hill I sawCuz’n Don on my heels. I was feelingbetter at this point and managed to stayjust ahead of him to finish the loop. Hefinished the 50 miles in 8:31, goodenough for a third place finish in thatrace. There is a lot of variance in how Ifelt during the run, constantly goingfrom highs to lows. The first half of myfifth loop was defiantly one of thoselows, as I walked most of it. As I cameinto the buffalo aid station, Marla wasthere to run a loop with me. She tookoff and I tried to keep up with her. Icaught up with her and started feeling alot better. All of the tiredness in my legswas gone, and I felt great again. I reallyappreciated having her to help me getback on track. Starting my sixth loop, things werestill going OK. I had been noticing myleft Achilles tendon being a bit sore theprevious few loops, but it was nothurting badly. This changed on the firsthalf of this loop. Going up hills becamequite a chore as each step was startingto hurt when I was going uphill. I wascontemplating dropping after this loopto avoid injuring myself more seriously.The most frustrating aspect was thatotherwise I was feeling great. After Ihad decided to drop, I was talking toHans Dieter and asked him if he hadever had Achilles troubles. He said thathe once had a similar problem, noticingit around mile 20-30 but he kept going.He said that he eventually dropped at77 miles and then couldn’t do anythingfor four days (such as drive his RV oranything). This definitely sealed the dealfor me in my decision to drop. I got
back and finished 60 miles anddropped.. I stuck around the finish area untilTim came through, finishing 70 miles.He was having a great day. I thinkhe was starting to slow a bit at thispoint but was well on pace for asub-24 hour finish. When he camethrough the buffalo aid station at 75miles he still looked good. Ieventually went to bed and woke upat 5:00 a.m. to learn that when hecame through again at 85 miles hewas in bad shape. He elected totake a nap and then got started againaround 6:30 a.m. After the nap, heran well again. Spencer paced him infor the last 5 miles to finish in 28:23. Before I went to sleep theprevious evening, Chris Migotskycame into the aid station finishing 65miles. He was looking worn downbut was making progress, tickingaway at the miles. His knee wasbothering him somewhat but he wasmanaging. When I awoke in themorning, he was sitting around thecampfire at 75 miles. He hadn’tofficially dropped yet but wasplanning to. The combination of hisknee, his weariness, some blisters,and his stomach was too much toovercome this time. I think this washis first DNF also. Even though I was out of therace, I enjoyed sitting around the firewith the buffalo on a nice eveningand in the morning. It was funwatching the runners comingthrough, determined to make theirgoals. By morning, most of theremaining runners were in walkingmode, making steady forwardprogress towards the finish line.
McNaughton Park Trail Runs
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by PatMills
Even after 12 years ofcompetition at this runner’s annualrite to spring, there always seem tobe new twists and challenges tokeep the event fresh and exciting.This year “We Are Not Them ,”which included Second WindersGonzalo Perez and my wife, Julie,was faced with head-to-headcompetition from three familiarchallengers at the 8:15 start: “BuffaloWarriors,” “We Eight the SandBox,” and “Former Team USGS.”Getting smoked early into the raceby the beer drinking, trail running,beer drinking, distance junkyWarriors was expected; the teamwas a herd of strong runners (RandyStearns, Harlee Sorkin, Marty Ern,Tim Gill, Eric Smith, Tony Suttle,and Chris Koerner). After the first few legs, theyofficially were scratched from the listof challengers (9:50 finish time). Themore realistic competition seemed tobe the “Boxers,” which included mydaughter Maggie, two of her highschool friends, and Second WindersJodi Heckel and Don Dodson; and“Team USGS”—which included twopast members of a “Not Them”sister team. Early into the race, itseemed “Not Them” had the upperhand on both teams. Although theaverage age of its members wasabout +10 years that of itschallengers, there was a lot ofrunning experience to count on—including collegiate and high schoolharriers and Boston qualifiers.However, after completion of thefirst cycle of eight runners, reality set
in. Experience don’t mean squat.Youth rules! By mid race, we hadlost site of the “Boxers” (10:30finish time). Yet, there still remained theopportunity for pride and glory.After back-and-forth lead changesthrough most of the race, “NotThem” seemed to have the upperhand on “Team USGS”. With onlyfour legs to go, we were up 5minutes. But then a profoundtactical error was made by “NotThem.” To this point, the challengehad not been formalized. We wereaware of each other’s times, butthere was no accompanyingposturing and trash talking. Withthe false confidence of a seeminglyinsurmountable lead, the time forformalizing the challenge was nowupon us. Our slowest runners wereout of the mix; their runners werebreaking new ground in distanceslogged in a day. Victory wouldsoon be ours. Let the trash talking
begin! Amazingare the dynamicsof truecompetition.Unbeknownst tous, “Team USGS”included a timebomb—theclassic ringer. Onemember, UIgraduate studentChris Evans, hadrun for University
of California-Irvine and was aprevious member of an eliteChampaign R2R team (“CU Later”?).We were soon to discover he reallyhadn’t pushed himself during hisprevious legs, enjoying his stress-freeparticipation with a non-competitiveteam. But like all great runners, lovefor competition and personalchallenge always simmers beneath thesurface. The result? Chris fired up the
Old and in the Way, or We Were “Evanized!”RIVER-TO-RIVER 2005
Julie Mills (left) Cold brew in hand,celebrating a good day with teammembers (“Not Them”).
Gonzalo Perez – Preparing to shave hisarms in order to “shave” valuableseconds off of his next leg. A real teamplayer (“Not Them”).
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Second WSecond WSecond WSecond WSecond Windindindindindjets for leg 6, averaging about a5:30 mile. “Not Them” was nowdown 40 seconds to “Team USGS.”A leg later, “Not Them” was down2:40. Having run progressively fastereach leg during the day, it was nowdown to me to recapture the leadover the final 3.3 miles of the race.Was there still gas in the tank?Could I handle the pressure?Considering a 6:30 pace might bepossible and expecting a 7:30 orslower pace from my challenger (asall energy drained from his legs inthis foreign-distance territory), it wascalculated that I could overtake himin the final stretch down Main St,Golconda. With head pounding, legsthrobbing, and lungs burning, Isqueezed every drop of speed Icould out of my aging body. Turningthe last corner for the stretch run, fullof hope for glory, I heard “and herecomes ‘We Are Not Them’” blastfrom the PA system. At that moment,I knew the race was over. Do themath—a 6:40 pace does notovertake a 7:00 pace over 3.3 miles.Final result:10:49:07, USGS;10:50:24, Not Them. Yes, once again, the freshnessand resiliency of youth had beat outthe experience of age. Next year theaging harriers of “We Are NotThem” best set our sights on morerealistic competition. A review of theroster suggests several teams thatmight just be what the doctorordered, including: “Back of thePackers,” “Eight Tortoises-SevenWith Hair,” and “Grandma’sThursday Night Running Club.”Look out, here we come!
Coach Don Dodson— Tracking the performance of his team members (the “Boxers”).
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RIVER-TO-RIVER 2005River to River with the BuffalettesBy Karin Gibbs
River to River 2005 was mysecond year “managing” TheBuffalettes. I had learned a lot fromthe previous year’s efforts, yet therewere still a few surprises in store forme again this year. It all started withregistration. I found out the daybefore I was supposed to leave thecountry that registration for R2R2005 opened during my vacation,and I would have no internet accessduring that time! What to do??Quickly, I asked a few teammates ifthey would be able to send in theregistration for me. They both hadmeetings that day and would nothave the time. Now what? I had abrilliant plan! I e-mailed all myteammates, assigned them a number,and asked them if they had a fewminutes, would they enter a team forme with their number? That way, iftwo accidentally got in, we coulddrop one team. So, what are theodds that ALL 8 teammates wouldmiraculously remember theregistration date AND find the timeto enter a team? Well, let’s just say Ishould have bought a lottery ticketthat week, too. Everyone sent onein. And the R2R race coordinatorsweren’t fooled nor amused. We didget a team in, along with a not-too-friendly note telling me they did notcare for my flooding the registrationwith multiple entries, and stronglydiscouraged a repeat performance atnext year’s registration! Oops!Lesson learned. So the planning began. T-shirtswere designed by Danielle and wereagain awesome! She also designedmagnets, and after a fun slogan
contest, we picked the top fourslogans and Danielle cranked outteam magnets too. Learning fromlast year’s other mistakes, wedecided to pool food. Last year wehad 11 dozen bananas (10 dozentoo many), and ran out of water.This year we hoped to do better.We still had too many bananas thisyear, but got the rest right. Race day dawned, and we’reready to go. We found out we hadthe same start time as “thegovernor’s team,” so the plan was to
Buffalettes( L-R) Heather Pulcini, Joan Bessman Taylor, Sara Latta, Danielle Rideout,Alison Latta, Karin Gibbs, Lisa Spanierman, Sue Anderson and Barb Bailey.
Photo courtesy of Karin Gibbs
Buffalo Warriors(L-R) Marty Ern,Harlee Sorkin, Eric Smith, CraigHingle, Tim Gill, Tony Suttle, ChrisKoerner, and Randy Sterns.
Photo courtesy of Harlee Sorkin
stay with or ahead of them all day.We fell a bit short of that goal buthad a blast trying! The weather wasperfect, everyone ran well, and onceagain The Buffalettes had a greatday! How do you sum up a day ofRiver to River? Well, below is thenote I sent to my team thanking themfor another great year at River toRiver. While it may differ fromeveryone else’s experience, itseemed to sum up the BuffaletteR2R experience pretty well. Sothanks again Buffalettes! I’m lookingforward to 2006!
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Second WSecond WSecond WSecond WSecond WindindindindindHi Buffalettes!Yippee! Another great R2R has past, and it’s been a blast! I’m already looking forward to R2R 2006! So, in thespirit of things, here’s a bit of a rundown of the weekend:220 teams80 milesRunner 1: Barb 3.60 (downhill); 3.30 (hard); 3.30 (moderate); TOTAL: 10.20 milesRunner 2: Heather 3.60 (easy); 2.85 (moderate); 3.75 (moderate -hard); TOTAL: 10.20 milesRunner 3: Alison 2.95 (mod-easy); 3.25 (moderate); 2.60 (moderate); TOTAL: 8.80 milesRunner 4: Lisa 3.65 (moderate); 3.80 (moderate -hard); 3.25 (moderate) TOTAL: 10.70 milesRunner 5: Sue 3.35 (hard); 3.40 (moderate); 3.45 (mod); TOTAL: 10.20 milesRunner 6: Joan 3.30 (very hard); 2.50 (easy); 3.80 (Hardest); TOTAL: 9.60 milesRunner 7: Sara 3.00 (hard); 2.95 (moderate-easy); 3.35 (downhill); TOTAL: 9.30 milesRunner 8: Danielle 3.65 (hard); 4.05 (downhill); 3.30 (hard); TOTAL: 11.00 miles
We consumed:1 dozen bagels, 0.5 tube peanut butter, 1 bag pretzels, 1 dozen bananas, 4 oranges, 0.5 can (1 gallon) orangeGatorade, 7 gallons water, 10 double shots, 2 cokes, 1 bag Jolly Ranchers, 0.5 bag twizzlers, 1 bunch grapes (0.5red, 0.5 green), 0.5 bag fig newtons, 9 wraps (6 tomato-basil, 3 spinach-herb), 1 lb turkey, 0.5 tub originalhummus, 0.5 tub roasted red pepper hummus, 0.5 tub roasted garlic hummus, 0.5 tub plain cream cheese, 0.5 tubchive cream cheese, 1.5 rolls toilet paper, 0.5 rolls paper towels, misc amounts of salt pills and ibuprofen, 3 icecream bars, unspecified amount of chocolate, granola bars, power bars, 180 energy drinks, and beer.We needed and didn’t have:Band-Aids
We didn’t need, but had:mayo
WePassed out approximately 40 magnets (minus the ones we kept for ourselves; 1 magnet is rumored to be destined toreside in the Governor’s mansion)Got Angry Beaver temporary tattoosSang “Running with the Governor” (sung to the tune of Van Halen’s “Running with the Devil”)Kept up with the Gov’s team for about 4-5 legs.Held off the Buffaloes until we were in our second round of legsBeat Harlee (Alison)De-pants’ed one BuffaloHelped one runnerStopped to buy lemonade at a lemonade standWaited over 10 minutes to get through one transition areaAlmost missed one handoffDamn near missed another handoffFinished in 12:11:27 for 6th place in the Women’s category, therefore:We beat 2 Women’s teams!Caught and beat the Angry BeaversFinished before dark.Didn’t have the best finishing time, but DEFINITELY had THE BEST TIME!!!!!
Thanks Buffalettes for another great R2R!
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RIVER-TO-RIVER 2005Team Black Socks at R2RBy Wes Seitz
Team Black Socks’s (Pat “juice”and Angi Castle, Dave and KaraHarmon, John Shannon, Shane Hall,Marjory Schmidt, and Wes Seitz)adventure started when we pickedup our van in Arcola. We wereloaded and ready to head southwhen the rental folks did the finalvehicle check. We found the typicallittle smudges until we came to theleft front corner were we notice adent, then a broken turn signal lens,then a bumper that was bent backso much it touched the wheel. (Therental guy said that it must have beenthe owners soon-to-be “X” whowrecked it—got to be a good storythere!) So, they got a tow truck andtried to pull the bumper out—to noavail. So plan B was to use a Saw’s-all to chop off part of the bumper.This exposed some of the mountingholes—which we’ll come back tolater in the story. So, we were onour way. We had a most pleasant drive toMarion, a nice dinner (thanks toKarin for the recommendation), anda good night’s sleep. That evening,we decorated the van with magneticsigns and lots of foam paint writing,including “Champaign—Mt. Level.”Saturday we grabbed a bite andheaded for the start. The nice drivetook us through the morning mist/fogthat slowed us a bit but added to thebeauty of the drive. We got to the“check in” in the nick of time—wedidn’t get to stop for the usual waitat the bottom of the hill. As a matterof fact, our lead off runner had only
three minutes when he arrived forour 7:45 start. While this was justgreat, we really don’t recommendcutting it that close. Our race unfolded along theusual lines with lots of great effortsand “wows” about both thetoughness of the course and thebeauty of Southern Illinois in thespring. The three of us who wereR2R veterans had the joy ofintroducing the rest of the team tothe experience. Our Cobden exchange wasmemorable in that Pat was out doinga warm-up run when John came intothe exchange zone. So we had teammembers off in all directions yellingfor Pat. Of course, we immediatelyforgot this huge tactical blunder andnever mentioned it to Pat the rest ofthe day…accept for yelling “where’sPat?” as we passed him on hissecond leg (smile). In the middle sections of therace, we had the fun of running withthe Buffalo and the Buffalette teamsas our “ships passed in the night.”As runners finished their third legs,some decided it was time for a brew
and we were going to open theHeineken, when we realized theywere not twist tops and we didn’thave an opener. Remember thatbumper trim job that exposed themounting holes? Well, turns out thatone of those holes is just perfect foropening a beer, so the day wassaved and thirsts were refreshed.After we finished and were workingour way through the crowd to haveour team photo taken on the banksof the Ohio, we had a mostmemorable experience. GovernorBlagojevoich (yes, he ran the race)just had to have his photographtaken with our team. So, as you cansee we oblige. Notice the photo ofthe Gov sucking up to the BlackSocks! To celebrate, we all hit one of thelocal nightspots for a brew and a bitof dancing. Then on to a long drivehome and the end of anothermemorable R2R experience. After returning home we receiveda plaque in the mail documenting thatwe finished second in the “City andCounty Division,” beaten only by the“Dekalb Corn Dogs.”
Team Black Socks (L-R) Pat Castle, Angi Castle, Marjory Schmidt, Wes Seitz, Gov.Blagojevich, Dave Harmon, Kara Harmon, Shane Hall (partially hidden) and JohnShannon. Photo courtesy of Wes Seitz
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by Jeff Kelly
The sun shone down on KristyPowell as she sat amidst thousandsof other runners at the Athlete’sVillage in Hopkinton,Massachusetts. Like the astutetraveler who grows suspicious ofmotel manager Norman Bates’shospitable nature, the Champaignresident recognized an underlyingpotential for menace in theaccommodating balminess.“I was way too comfortable sittingand standing around to have a greatrun,” Powell said of her pre-raceexperience at this year’s BostonMarathon. She would havepreferred conditions of 45 to 50degrees and overcast to those thatexisted on April 18, 2005—83degrees at the starting line and 85degrees at the finish line. The unusualheat was reminiscent, in fact, of lastyear’s Boston Marathon. Lastyear’s race saw several seasonedrunners fall prey to the curse ofslower-than-normal finishing times.Harley Johnson of Urbana was oneof those athletes who made hisreturn at the 2005 edition. Johnson had targeted a finishingtime significantly faster than his 2004performance, but the University ofIllinois professor was forced to settlefor a 3:04:39 that fell far short of hispersonal best for the marathondistance. Johnson still enjoyed hisninth successful Boston journey. “This year’s race experience wasfun, as always, because Boston hassuch a great atmosphere,” Johnsonsaid. “It was a bit of adisappointment, because I finished
Boston 2005far off…my expected time. I justhad a bad day, and never got going.” Chris Byron, 36, of Champaign,was able to hit his target range ofbetween 2:49 and 3 hours, turning ina 2:57:20 on Patriots’ Day 2005. Headmitted that the final two miles, asthey are for most marathoners, werea struggle. “The heat caught up with me,”said Byron, who hails fromMassachusetts and noticed severalfamily members and friends amidstthe sideline throngs.Each year, the powerfulgroundswells of support at Bostonserve to buoy the spirits of even themost stoic of competitors. Men andwomen shout heartyencouragements. Live musicalperformers, including some churchchoirs, offer up rousing tunes for therunners. Many children hold outorange slices or other treats andappear truly excited when a runnerreaches out to take their items.Interacting with the young childrenprovided Johnson with his mostmemorable moments. “My favorite part of the race wasgiving high-fives to all the little girlsalong the course who reminded meof my own two-year old daughter,Elise,” said Johnson. Although Boston is nearly anannual tradition for many runnerssuch as Johnson, the race, forothers, is simply a historic race thatis cherished as a one-timeparticipatory experience. Jim Vohs, D.D.S., 62, ofChampaign, qualified for Boston inhis first marathon at Chicago inOctober 2004. He decided to run
Boston, even though he felt hehadn’t trained enough and wasdealing with a pesky case of plantarfascitis. Vohs still managed a respectable4:43:12 at Boston. He said thehardest aspect of the race (nosurprise) was the infamousHeartbreak Hill. Despite thechallenge, Vohs felt he was takingpart in something special. “For me, it was like…a golferinviting you to play in the Masters,”said Vohs. He was so inspired by hissuccessful completion that, on arecent night, he awoke from a sleepwith the rousing theme from“Rocky” playing in his mind. He feltpumped, vibrant, ready to enter nextyear’s Boston and run a newpersonal record! Some dreams,however, die not as aged, full-bodied creatures but prematurely, asinfants. Vohs’sudden ambition toreturn to Boston to blaze thecourse?“I got over that.”
Kristy Powell shows off her new Boston“rain coat”.
Photo courtesy of Kristy Powell
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Indianpolis, INMay 7, 2005
By Mike Breault
The story of this race began, forme, about two weeks before raceday on May 7. A friend of mine, avery good runner whom I’ll call “TheFacilitator” knew that I hoped tobreak 1:30 at the Mini. She let meknow that another runner she knew(I’ll call her “The Terminator”) wasalso shooting for 1:30. Early on, the Facilitator let dropthat the Terminator had won theMini years ago. I later found out theTerminator’s real name and lookedher up. She coaches a majorDivision I cross-country and was onthe U.S. Olympic team in the5,000m, years ago. But I wasassured that she felt really out ofshape and just hoping to beat 1:30. So we agreed to run together.The Facilitator was going to join usat mile 8, after we exited theSpeedway. She was doing a longrun and would run the last 5 mileswith us. I said I’d try to keep upwith the Terminator to that point, butthat I suspected the two of themwould drop me like a desiccatedsnail. This suspicion proved to beboth prophetic and optimistic. This was my second half. I ranSt. Louis in 1:40:22 and hoped totake off over 10 minutes just 27days later. Stupidity springs eternal.
Prerace:Up at 5:15 a.m., put tape on nips forprotection and am appalled to seethat tape clearly shows through mybright yellow top, but if that’s the
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worst thing the volunteers see today,they’ll be lucky. I get to the racewith 40 minutes to spare, meet theTerminator, and we trot forward untilwe reach corral A. 30,000 entrants, 24 corrals,1,000+ cattle to a corral. Moo.Sunny and maybe 55-60F at thestart. I’d prefer it closer to 40F, butat least there’s not much wind. We cram ourselves into corral A,right behind the elites. They’ve gotus packed like sardines. “Good thingwe’re all skinny,” someone mutters.I start to overheat in the corral. Thenwe’re off.Mile 1 (7:12): Start out with aneasy mile. Our goal pace is about6:53, so this is good. Go over abridge across the White River andstart skirting the Indy Zoo.Mile 2 (7:00): The Terminatorpoints out two pony-tailed heads100 meters ahead, two of herformer athletes. “They always startout fast,” she says. “We’ll get themby mile 5.” We make a turn ontoMichigan Ave, our home for the nexttwo miles. Feeling good.Mile 3 (6:52): The Terminator’ssoon-to-be victims are only about
50m ahead. She points them out tome again. We pass the AllisonTransmission Plant, a monument tothe Early American Ugly school ofarchitecture. Still feeling good.Mile 4 (6:52): We catch up to ourpony-tailed quarry, the Terminatortalks cheerfully with them for aminute; then we move on. We turnnorth, heading toward theSpeedway. I’m feeling some legfatigue, which is worrisome this earlyin the race.Mile 5 (6:54): Starting to feel hot.Legs are noticeably tired. Wonder ifdoing a half marathon at my 10K PRpace is such a wise idea. Early on, Itold myself that it’d be OK, as thatPR was way old. Mile 5 is when Istopped telling myself that.Mile 6 (6:50): Down into and thenup out of an access tunnel and we’reinto the Speedway stadium infieldthen the track. Flat, hot, and boring.I note that we completed mile 6 atmy 10K PR time; only need to doanother 10K at my PR pace, thenanother mile, then I’m golden. Ha!Mile 7 (7:05): Still on theSpeedway. I’m fading fast. TheTerminator asks me how I’m doing.I reply that I’m toast. After a minute,we nod, say “good luck,” and shepulls away, looking really strong.Mile 8 (7:20): I start floundering. Ifeel like I’m doing 10-minute miles;people pass me left and right. I thinkabout walking but keep ploddingalong. Head out of the stadium.Mile 9 (7:42): Heading back eastdown (I think) 10th Street. I feel likeI’m barely moving and gettingpassed by hundreds of people. I’mgetting the same calf twinges that Ihad in St. Louis just before my leftcalf cramped up. Oh joy.
Mike crosses the finish line.
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Mile 10 (7:50): Legs want to stop,calves want to cramp.Mile 11 (7:40): Feel a little moreenergetic, likely from the thought thatit’s almost over. High-five groups ofkids, as I figure I’ll just finish and notworry about my time.Mile 12 (7:30): Runner lying in theroad ahead of me, just before theturn onto New York Street for thefinal mile of the race. He’s beingworked on by four EMTs. Feelbetter than I have since about mile 7.Turn onto NY St. and shuffle towardthe finish.Mile 13 (7:19): Energized, sorta, bythe appearance of the Facilitatorwith 3/4 mile left. She had escortedthe Terminator to the finish and thencame back to find me. I’m told theTerminator made it under 1:30,which cheers me up. The Facilitatorcheers me on and tries to get me togo after various people ahead of me,but I’m not biting. I just want tofinish.Mile 13.1 (0:40, 1:34:46): TheFacilitator peels off with 100 metersto go and I trot it in as best I can.Very happy to finish, as I’d mistakenthe photographers’ cages for thefinish line 1/4 mile ago.End Result:I came in 855th place out of25,000+ finishers. I was 90th out of1,570 in the 45-49 male AG. I wassurprised, as I seriously thought I’dbeen passed by 1,000-2,000 peoplein the last 5 miles. My time of1:34:46 was almost 5 minutesslower than I’d hoped to run.
Random Thoughts:* Wonderfully organized race: Lotsof crowd support, water, freeparking, nice finish area organization,lots of post-race stuff. Not much
you can do about the start, with allthose people.* The course is fairly ugly. It goesthrough some not-so-nice areas ofIndy and 2.5 miles of that racetrack.* Lots of musical entertainmentalong the way. A nice variety ofbands, though some of the speakerscould have been placed a littlefarther back.* My big takeaway is that how Irace is the best indication of myfitness. When I have a disappointingrace, it means I overestimated myfitness level. I thought I was a sub-1:30 half runner, but I proved tomyself that I’m actually a 1:35 halfrunner right now. I can’t promise tohave actually learned my lesson, butat least I have another data point onmy quest to gain a clue aboutrunning.
One America 500 FestivalMini Marathon 13.1 milesMay 7, 2005Indianapolic, IN
109 Randy Stearns 1:21:00210 Ken Bodine 1:24:46320 Rachel Lindner 1:27:091AG855 Michael Breault 1:34:46895 Phillip Goode 1:35:141104 Jennifer Gapin 1:37:031132 Kristy Powell 1:37:151351 Joseph Gallo 1:38:542112 Brian Kuhn 1:43:342176 Harlee Sorkin 1:43:542298 Frank Gilroy 1:44:302451 Kelly Bails 1:45:382771 Amy Vander Sanden 1:46:473910 Marjory Schmidt 1:51:334AG4251 Jen Stearns 1:52:554280 Marc Mills 1:53:034482 Marla Dewhirst 1:53:484507 Michael Powell 1:53:524947 Tim Clark 1:55:264948 Josh Clark 1:55:275171 John Heemstra Jr. 1:56:135347 Jennifer Heemstra 1:56:485545 Joseph Bails 1:57:226866 Babette Hiles 2:01:379040 Cara Finnegan 2:09:019413 Brenda Mehnert 2:10:2210125 Joan Bessman 2:12:4110150 Ken Taylor 2:12:4510814 James Konopack 2:14:5513040 Mark Stolkin 2:23:0614321 Randy Hinshaw 2:28:56
Kelly Bails makes a loop aroundthe track.
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Green Bay, WIMay 22, 2005
by Melissa Raquet-Schofield
Greenbay (my fifth marathon)was the best organized race I haveever run. From the expo to the finishline, the race organizers thought ofeverything a runner could need. Theentire course was plentifully stockedwith lemon-lime Gatorade and water(at least one aid station every mile),and volunteers were handing outorange slices and GU as early asmile 6. I started off too fast for my 3:45goal, but at the time it seemed like agood idea to quit trying to forcemyself to slow down and instead justgo with it. I also realized that Ihadn’t set my Garmin Forerunner tokeep time continuously—if Istopped or walked, the timer wouldgo on “Auto-Pause” and not resumeuntil I began running again. Ireasoned that the solution to this wassimple: just keep running. Miles 12 to 17 were along theFox River Trail and also into thewind. By this point, my quads werefeeling tired and heavy, and I barelynoticed the scenery around me. Iedged off the pace a bit but still keptit under 8:30. I realized that I wasfading fast. Having previously run 4marathons, I knew this feeling well: Iwould survive, but it wouldn’t bepretty. I thought that if I could justmake it to mile 20, somehow mylegs would get me to the end. Afterthat it would be over, I promisedmyself. Never again would I do
Cellcom Greenbay Marathon“Just Keep Running”
this—I would be done withmarathoning forever. Despite feeling so awful, a 3:45marathon was still theoreticallypossible when I reached mile 20.But realistically, I knew it wouldn’thappen, and I wasn’t evendisappointed. All I wanted was to befinished. After mile 20, I couldn’t keep thepace anymore. I didn’t want theGarmin to stop keeping time though;for some reason, that seemed ofutmost importance. So I didn’t walk,even through the water stations. Bynow the day was becoming quitehot, but I couldn’t stand the thoughtof drinking Gatorade. Aid stationswere everywhere—most of themoffering fruit and cookies as well. Istuck to plain water and tried to fightoff the crazy thoughts. My next goal was making it toLambeau Stadium. Another runnerhad told me that it would be totallycool, even if I wasn’t a Packer fan(which I am not). I just kept running(slower and slower), hoping that acheering crowd in the stadium would
drown out the negative thoughts inmy head and get me to the end. I saw Rob as Lambeau loomedahead, and he ran alongside me untilI entered the cool, dark tunnel thatled to the stadium. When I emergedinto the sunlight again, I saw hugebillboards and the green playingfield. After all the running I’d done,the stadium seemed so small. As Irounded the track, I saw spectatorssitting in the bleachers. There couldhave been 20, there could have been2,000. All I could think about wasgetting to the finish line. As I exited the stadium, I couldsee crowds up ahead. I managed asmall burst of speed at the end andcrossed the finish line with a smile asan announcer called my name. Myfinal time: 3:47:39. Not quite the3:45 of my dreams, but still myfastest marathon to date. I wasn’tdisappointed at all; mainly, I wasamazed that I’d finished this thingwithout sobbing hysterically (as I didin marathons #1, 3, and 4) and thatI’d somehow managed not to walkany part of the race. There was a lot of food at thefinish line, including cold Wisconsinbeer. Though nothing sounded veryappetizing just yet, I tried my best tocommemorate the experience with afew sips of beer. As I made my waythrough the finish area to find Rob,I’d forgotten my mile 20 vow andwas already planning my nextmarathon. Greenbay was a great race. Itwas flat, fun, and very wellorganized. Packer fan or not, givethis one a try!
Photo courtesy of Rob Raquet-Schofield
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Mad City MarathonMadison, WIMay 29, 2005
By Tricia Crowder
It’s 5:00 a.m., and I can see lightpeeking from behind the curtains ofmy motel window. Though it wasutterly amazing to me that I actuallygot some sleep last night, I eagerlythrew off the covers. My first marathon! And I creditthe great folks at Second Wind forhelping me get to this point. Thesupport and encouragement fromseasoned runners from thisincredible community (who alsohave had to endure this newbie’squestions, silly or not) certainlymade me more confident aboutentering and finishing this event. The temperature was in theupper 40s at 6:00 a.m., and I mademy way to Capitol Square via theshuttle bus from Alliant EnergyCenter of John Nolen Drive. I got tothe starting area, located in theshadow of the Capitol buildingdowntown, early enough that no onewas at the porta-potties so I didn’thave to worry about which one hadthe shortest line. Yes, I took the sageadvice about making that last tripand sticking close to them in casewhat you thought was your last tripwasn’t. I found myself a spot in the backof the pack. OK, as far back as thelines at the porta-potties wouldallow. There I enjoyed thecamaraderie of a fellow first-timemarathoner, a couple of college girlsrelatively new to the distance hopingto set a new PR, and a gentlemanrunning his 30th marathon.
The race started promptly at7:30 a.m. We wound our wayaround downtown Madison beforefollowing it through the residentialareas, lakeside trails, and theUniversity of Wisconsin campus (ranby Badger stadium and through theirnoted arboretum drive). Except for acouple of intersections, the coursewas well-marked by orange conesand manned by police, EMTpersonnel, and volunteers. The aid stations were plentifuland well-manned by volunteers of allages. The spectators were scatteredabout on the course. My personalfavorites were the folks who set uptheir lawn chairs at the beginning oftheir driveways and cheered us onwhile sitting comfortably. Othernotables included a young boyplaying his tuba on the sidewalk anda house situated near the crest of ahill that played “Gonna Fly Now,”urging us runners on. OK, it alsotook me until about mile 8 or so tofigure out why the spectators wereringing cow bells. Moo. My least favorite “cheeringstation” was the one on Mile 1,
where the girls put up a signdeclaring “25 miles to go!” Duh! Onthe other hand, it did serve as agood reminder about pacing myselfwell so I didn’t run out of juice bythe time I could smell the aroma ofcooking sausages at the BratFestival located at the Alliant EnergyCenter, where the finish line was setup. Though I can’t personally speakabout this particular experience, nothaving needed to use the facilitiesuntil after I crossed the finish like, Iheard that the porta-potties on thecourse were not as numerous oradequately spaced. About Mile 4, avolunteer asked a group of us abouta runner who had to duck into aservice station to use the bathroom.I also spotted runners exiting andentering the trails in the moresecluded sections of the course.Later that day, I also caught a pieceon one of the local news channelsabout how irked some of the localswere about runners using the bushesin the parks along the race course. The cloudy and cool, breezymorning was the perfectatmosphere, along with the lakeviews, for my first marathon. Icrossed the finish line, along with984 other finishers, in 4 hours, 46minutes and 5 seconds. I cut 4.5minutes of my half time (setting anew PR) and had paced myself well,so that I had enough left in me tosprint the last 1.2 miles. I crossedthe chip mat smiling and havingenjoyed the experience so much Iknew I wanted to do it again. Though I had wondered ifchoosing a smaller marathon for myfirst one was better than running alarge one (say, Chicago’s La Salle
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South Bend, IndianaJune 4, 2005
by Kristy Powell My husband, Mike, and I madethe 3 ½ hour drive up to SouthBend, Indiana, from Champaign onthe afternoon of Friday, June 3.Mike was going to run the half-marathon there, while I was inpursuit of a new marathon PR justsix weeks and five days after Bostonand four weeks after the Indy half-marathon. We rrived at our bed andbreakfast (The Queen Anne Inn)around 5:30 p.m., checked in, andwalked about three blocks to theFootball Hall of Fame, where theSunburst Marathon expo was heldand where the race began. The expowas a no-frills kind of event, as wasthe whole race. The tame expo wasa welcome reprieve compared to theexpos at Boston and Chicago! Ihave always been guilty of spendingtoo many hours perusing the boothsat race expos anyway. We hastily grabbed our bibnumbers, shirts, and ChampionChips and began scouting out adecent Italian restaurant for our pre-race dinner. A pasta feed wasoffered at the expo, but we decidedto pass on that in favor of a nice, sit-down restaurant. We ate penne withmarinara at Ciao’s, paired withseveral glasses of water to drink.Sorry, no red wine tonight!Following dinner, Mike and I brieflyexplored South Bend on foot,before meandering back to the B&B
Sunburst Marathon andHalf Marathon
around 8:00 p.m. Upon returning, we made ourfinal preparations for race day:clothing selections, pinning of bibnumbers to shorts, fastening chips toshoes, and so on. We watchedtelevision until about 9:30, when weattempted to get some sleep beforethe start of the race. I was nervousbecause the forecast called for hot,humid temperatures on race day. Weset four alarm clocks (both ourwatches, a cell phone, and the alarmclock) for 4:00 a.m., so I could getup and eat, then catch a few morezzz’s (yeah, right!) before heading tothe start, which was at 5:45 a.m. Igot up, ate a bagel, a banana, anddowned half of a 32 ounceGatorade, then tried to sleep for 45more minutes. It didn’t work!Finally, we walked to the start withabout 20 minutes to spare. (Mike’shalf-marathon did not begin until
7:15, but he accompanied me to thestart and hung around until his racebegan.) The marathon start was notat all congested. There were 650starters, but only 584 finished. This was by far the smallestmarathon I’ve ever done! Anyway,we were off! My chip time and guntime only differed by 10 seconds, afar cry from the nearly 10 minutediscrepancy at Boston! I felt reallygood from the start. I knew fromearly in the race that I was one ofthe top ten women because thecourse doubled back fairly early on.I tried not to let my early position goto my head though. Everymarathoner knows that anything canhappen in a race this long. Aroundmile 7 in the race, I saw Mikecheering for me from a point in thecourse that was about 1 mile fromthe start. He had decided to run outand back in order to cheer me onand to warm up for his race. Seeinghim was a pleasant surprise. Thingswere a little lonely after that. Therewere very few spectators, due to thetiny race field and the very earlystart. I ran with a few different fellowmarathoners for a while, buteveryone must have been eager toconserve their energy for running,rather than talking. I ran with a guyand girl, who appeared to be runningtogether, for quite some time. Thegirl was wearing one of thosestrange new running skirts andapparently she was becoming chafedfrom it, because I saw her stop forVaseline at one of the aid stations!Note to self: Do not wearimpractical, chafe-inducing run skirtfor future marathons!
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because my legs were crampingbadly. I had never dealt with crampsthis terrible previously. It was ascary, helpless feeling—I thought forseveral miles that my legs were justgoing to stop working altogether!Anyway, I was passed by a womanat the 21-mile marker. Argh! Shortlythereafter, around mile 23 or 24, themarathon course fed into the samecourse as the 5K, 10K, and half-marathon races. Now I had no ideawho my competition was in themarathon, but I didn’t really want toknow, nor did I care at this point! Ijust wanted to finish! The combiningof race courses made the road verycongested, and I had to sidestepnumerous people and say “excuseme” several times to get around slowrunners/walkers who weren’t payingattention. I know the race organizersplanned the races this way so thateveryone could finish on the fiftyyard line in the Notre Dame stadium,but I at this point in a hot, humid,grueling marathon, I was in no moodto deal with additional “traffic.”Upon reaching mile 25 of the race, Ipulled things together for the final1.2 miles and was even able tosprint into the stadium as the fightsong was playing. My finish timewas 3:37. No new PR, but close,and on a very challenging day toboot! Overall, I was very pleased withthe race. My only complaint was thecongestion during the final few miles(Oh yeah, and the weather!). Thecourse, although a bit hillier than I’danticipated, was a fairly scenic jauntalong the Saint Joseph River. Thecourse appeared to be accuratelymarked and volunteers wereknowledgeable and adequate in
number. There were plenty of aidstations offering both water andGatorade. Four aid stations evenoffered GU, although I chose to relyon my own stash of apple cinnamonHammer Gel. Volunteers at the finishline were also top-notch. Upon finishing the race, a medalwas immediately placed around myneck–I didn’t even see the personwho gave it to me in all thecommotion! Shortly after that, a wet,ice-cold towel was draped aroundmy shoulders. Ahhh… moremarathons ought to do this! Afterreceiving the towel, I plopped downon the grass to regain my composureand attempt to regain the strength tobegin searching for Mike, who I wassupposed to meet at the finish line. Ahelpful volunteer cut the chip off myshoe and offered to bring me somefood. I told him I was able to getfood myself… but I was barely ableto get back up! Therefore, he helpedme to my feet and I made my way tothe Gatorade table because I did notimmediately see the food tent.Moments later, I was about to climbup into the stands to get a betterview of the field in search of Mike,when I saw him standing near thefinish line. I told him I thought I’dfinished pretty far up and that Ithought I’d get an age group award.He told me that the race organizershad announced the top 10 male andfemale half-marathon finishers andthat they’d probably do the same forthe full. Considering the final miles of myrace, I didn’t think I’d cracked thetop ten, so I did not mind leaving, Itold him. We decided to hit thestadium restrooms prior to boardingthe buses back to the Football Hall
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The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training™ (Tnt)Program is registering people who like to run or walk to join their Training Team. The TNTprogram offers comprehensive daily training schedules to prepare for a marathon or halfmarathon. Come celebrate your personal achievement and make a difference in the lives ofthousands of people fighting cancer. Training begins in August for these exciting events: TheWalt Disney World Marathon or Half-Marathon and the PF Chang’s Rock ‘n’ Roll ArizonaMarathon in Phoenix. To find out more, attend one of the upcoming Information Sessions:
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of Fame. After that, we peekedback in the stadium one last time justas the top men were beingannounced! The women would benext! Top female finishers wereannounced in reverse order: 10th,9th, 8th... and after they wentthrough the bottom 3, I turned toMike and said, “oh well, I didn’t getit!” We continued to listen, however,and I was shocked to hear that I’dfinished 5th overall and first in myage group! I got a special medal for5th place (unfortunately I was twoplaces away from the money)! I was
Bank), I was convinced it was theway to go for me because the fieldwas small enough that when youcrossed the finish line, theyannounced your name and the townfrom where you hail. For someonewho was there by herself, that was anice touch and pat on the back. Thanks to everyone who helpedthis newbie along. Melissa, thanksfor enduring all my questions and foryour support. It was really great tosee a familiar female face during thetraining runs. To Bill, marathontraining coordinator, I couldn’t havefelt ready to take on this feat withoutthe program (I highly recommend allnewbies to sign up). To everyonewho had the patience to endure mycompany (and the endless race daystrategy questions) the week before
the big day, especially the Fun Runand Women’s Beginners RunningGroup folks and the guys atBodynSole, thanks for listening,understanding and encouraging me.
quite pleased with the race and theend result. And although I did not seta new marathon PR, my husband seta new PR with his half-marathontime of 1:48. I guess one out of twois not all that bad!
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Solo8 Tracy Thomas 21:54:02 1FOA11Brian Kuhn 23:47:3320 Don Frichtl 26:20:46
Teams (mixed-relay)1. Gabriel Lopez-Walle, Eric Smith, Karin Gibbs, Tim Gill20:14:402. Duane Frichtl, Danielle Rideout, Tony Suttle, Kristi Bergman22:31:30
Photos courtesy of Gabriel Lopez-Walle, Brian Kuhn and TMS.
Team K (L-R) Tim Gill, Karin Gibbs, Eric Smith and Gabriel Lopez-Walle. Team S (L-R) Duane Fricthl, Kristi Bergman,Tony Suttle and Danielle Rideout.
Tim Gill, Gabriel Lopez-Walle, Duane Frichtl, Eric Smtih, Annelies(Karin’s Mom), Karin Gibbs and Krsiti Bergman enjoy the viewfrom the porch of their deluxe accomodations. Don Frichtl and Brian Kuhn search for their drop bags.
Tim Gill ponders the meaning of light.
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It’s pouring down rain at 3:30in the morning. I’ve been runningover 21 hours. And I am having ablast. I feel refreshed, and I amrunning faster now than I have theentire race. I can’t believe it. Suchwas the day I had at the KettleMoraine this year in the 100-milerun. The day began very differentlyhowever. Unlike my previous 100-milerun last fall in Arkansas, I did nothave a specific goal for the raceother than to finish and have fun. Ihad several other friends running inthe race which made it special:Don Frichtl, a fellow buffalo fromthe Champaign area whom I train alot with, was running his second100 miler. Two good friends fromthe Lafayette area were runningtheir first 100s: Tony Greig andDavid Jackson. There were alsotwo buffalo relay teams fromChampaign whom I would meetmany times on the trail. Finally, astrong runner, recently to our area,Tracy Thomas, was there and hada great run. The race began uneventfully (asmost races do). I found myselfrunning with Don, after Tony andDavid fell behind us. After about10 miles, Christine Crawfordcaught up to us and ran with us.Christine was planning to run the
Kettle Moraine 100Endurance Runs
100 herself, but had sprained herankle the previous weekend. Shewould end up running the first 31miles of the race anyway before sheheaded back to work at the race. Iran the next 10 miles with Don andChristine. It was very humid, andwhen we got to the open fields, Iwas struggling to stay with them. Iknew that I should drop back, butfor a bit I kept with them. It wasfunny that Christine asked me if mystomach was feeling OK. I thoughteverything was alright, but then not30 seconds later, I had to stop andempty my stomach on the side of thetrail. I guess she knew something Ididn’t. After this, my stomach feltimmediately better (as it usuallydoes), although my legs were stilltired. I caught up with them at thenext aid station, but that was the end
of my running with them. I wanted tolet them go. I was now on my own, about 20miles into the race. I kept asomewhat steady pace going andmade it to the 31-mile turnaround at6:17 into the race. I was feelingsomewhat better than I had been 10miles earlier, but I knew that it wasgoing to be a tough day. I think thetemperature was to get somewhereinto the lower 80s, and I was notprepared for the heat. I was puttingice in my hat—as much as I couldfit. I discovered that about 2 inchesof ice in the hat would last about 50minutes. I stayed for probably 15 minutesand ate a lot of food at the aidstation before heading back out. Ithink Tony and David got ahead ofme at this point. I would be seeing
Brian still looking fresh after 100 miles.
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Second WSecond WSecond WSecond WSecond Windindindindindthem a lot during the next 31 miles. Idon’t think any of us were feelinggreat, and we were walking a lot. Iwas wondering how I was going tomake the full 100 miles being astired as I was. I did not recall beingthis tired in my other 100 mileattempts. It was defiantly the heatthat was taking it out of me. Halfwayback to the starting area, Tony’swife, Lu, had stopped atMcDonalds and picked up somevanilla shakes for the three of us. Itreally hit the spot. Thanks, Lu! It was a bit after this that Tonyand David decided to split up. Davidseemed to have some extra energyand went on ahead. I would not seehim until back at the starting area.For those not familiar with thecourse, it is a 31-mile out and back,followed by a 19 mile out and back.The first/last 7.5 miles of the courseis the same for all legs, and is on aNordic ski trail with plenty of shortsteep hills. The rest of the course ison a single track trail with prettygood footing for most of it. Thereare a few sections with some rocks(which I did not mind too much).The course has some hills on it butnothing particularly long orchallenging. I did have a few good runningperiods during the rest of my runback to the start area. With 8 milesleft I was feeling better and wasinformed by other buffalo thatDanielle (one of the buffalo relayrunners) was less than 10 minutesahead of me and was reallystruggling. I managed to catch up toher with 3 miles to go, but then shegot her energy back, and with 2miles to go, took off and that wasthe last I saw of her. I jogged/walked into the start area aid stationaround 14:12.
While there, I changed my socksand washed my legs in a tub of coldwater. Boy did that feel goodstanding in the cold water! I changedinto a dry shirt and got my lightsready for the night running. I thenheaded over to the aid station andpulled up a chair—literally. Christinewas working there and kept servingme food. The chili tasted reallygood. All in all, I spent 35 minutes atthe aid station before I headed backout for the last 38 miles. One of the things I learned a fewweeks ago while running Ice Agewas that I run much much betterwhen I have eaten enough.Throughout the day I was eating asmuch as my stomach could handleand taking some GU. At this point, Ihad a lot of GU packs left anddecided that I was going to get intothe routine of taking one of theseevery half hour. I did this at the endof my Ice Age run and the resultswere impressive there. I left the start area for the secondtime and was feeling much betterthan I had when I came in. I knewthat there was no chance of makingit in less than 24 hours, and I wasjust out to have fun. The sun wasgoing down but I decided to runwithout my light for as long as Icould. The trail here was wide andhad excellent footing. It remindedme of a trail we run on in Mahomet.Every full moon, we go out thereand run the trail in the dark withoutlights. This trail eventually got to bedarker than it ever does atMahomet, since we were in thewoods and it was a new moon.Anyway, I was having fun and couldstill manage to make out the traileven after it was completely darkout. This worked fine and I made itto the Bluff Road aid station without
using my light. This aid station is also known asMargaretville, so I decided to try totake them up on it. I was out to havefun and was not concerned aboutmy time. I had to ask a few timesbefore they would actually give me acocktail, since they did not think Iwas serious. I didn’t see exactlywhat they fixed me to drink, but itwas cold and tasty. I was feeling better and started torun a good steady pace from thispoint. I could see the lighting in thesky and was wondering if it wasgoing to rain. There were a fewopen fields on this part of thecourse, and I remember running veryfast through them when there waslighting around. About 12 miles intothis part of the run the rain started. Itwas more of a heavy drizzle at first. Iwas running steadily and having fun.I met Tracy as she was headingback just before the Hwy 12 aidstation. She said that Don wasn’tthat far ahead and she thought Iwould catch him. This of course wasa bit of a motivator for me and Ikept up the steady running. The GU I was taking every halfhour was really helping me keep myenergy level up. I was alsoalternating between a bottle of waterand a bottle of Succeed! Amino,with a salt capsule every hour. The last part of this course issomewhat technical, with somerocks and steps on it. The rain hadstopped and about a half mile beforethe turn around at Rice Lake, Ipassed David and his pacer. Helooked good but said he didn’t likethe rocks very much. I was flying atthis point and took off. Before Iknew it I was at the turnaround andwho did I see but Don and Ellen (hispacer) there. We talked for a few
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Co-Race Director, Jason Dorgan,congratulates Brain on a well deserved
finish.
Photos courtesy Brian Kuhn
minutes but I decided I wasfeeling so good that I wanted to getback to the trail. At this point I was19:51 into the run. I did a quickmental calculation and somehowdecided that I only needed to run therest of the race at a 15 min/mile andI could make it in less than 24 hours.I started to really push myself. Aftera mile or so, however, I realized mymath was wrong and that there wasno way to make it in less than 24unless I ran around a 12 min/milepace. I knew that I could not dothat, since that was the pace thatkilled me in the first 20 miles. I againslowed down a bit but still running asteady pace. With probably about 12 miles togo, the sky just opened up and itwas pouring. It was at this point thatI suddenly realized how great I wasfeeling. My legs felt like I had juststarted the race and I could doanything. It totally shocked me to befeeling this good, this late in a 100mile run. I was on a long downhilland I started running as fast as Icould down it. I passed severalother runners who were walking(and wearing rain jackets). I almostran over one of them as I camearound a turn, but managed to passon the side of the trial. I felt badabout this and did find her after therace and apologized. She didn’teven remember. When I got to the Duffin Roadaid station, I realized that I had 2hours and a bit over 10 miles to go.It was at this point that I realized thatI actually had a legitimate shot atmaking it in less than 24 hours. If Icould run at a 12 min/mile pace Iwould have it. I took off, running
with everything I had, both up anddown the hills. I kept the pace upand made it to the Tamarack aidstation (5 miles to go) with 1:10 togo. I knew at this point that I wouldmake it unless I completely crashed.I figured that I had done the last fivemiles at about a 10 min/mile pace,and I only needed to finish with a 14min/mile pace. I still ran hard, but asI got closer and knew that I wouldmake it, I let off a bit. My legs wereOK, but I could feel a bit of wear onthem. Earlier in the day, I had thought itwould be fun to finish the racewearing my buffalo hat. I hadstashed it in a bag a mile from thefinish. When I got to a mile to go, Istopped and put it on and ran in withit on. There were a few people outon the trail and I got some funnylooks. As I approached the finishline, I let out a buffalo yell. Thisworked out well, as Christinemanaged to get some good picturesof me finishing, officially at 23:47:33. Tony had decided that he hadhad enough after 100K, but he wasthere to greet me in the morning. Hesaid that he plans to try another 100.David finished in 25:40 (his pacerdropped after about 30 miles due toa blister or something). We waitedaround for Don, expecting him tofinish at any moment. He made it inat 26:21, also wearing a buffalo hat!Tracy had a great run, finishing firstfemale in 21:54. And to top it off,the two buffalo relay teams againswept the mixed relay division. Thanks go out to all of thevolunteers and to the race directors.This is an extremely well organizedevent and I couldn’t have asked foranything more. All in all, it was a great run that Iwill remember for a long time. I was
totally shocked that I was able torun so well the second half. Iremember last fall at Arkansas, Iwas so completely dead at the endof the race. It is definitely more funwhen you feel good at the end. Theone thing that is really sticking withme from this race is that myperformance is primarily limited bythe amount of energy I can get intomy body. I plan to work on this inthe future. Now to figure out whatrace is next.
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Race Results...Jog for Josh 5KApril 24, 2005Urbana, IL
Michael Powell 22:13
McNaughton Trail UltraApril 16, 2005Pekin, IL
100 miles15 Tim Collins 28:23:27
50 miles4 Don Fricht 8:31:0122 Brian Kuhn 11:12:0029 Chris Migotsky 12:25:29
30 miles15 Ken Welle 05:32:1449 Gregg Rose 06:52:10
Lake Geneva Marathon 2005Marathon RelayLake Geneva, WIMay 7, 2005
Steve Long, Lisa Ainsworth, KateLoverin3:33:05
Flying Pig MarathonMay 1, 2005Cincinnati, OH
9 Jeff Kelly 2:45:46 2AG48 Andre Webb 3:00:46 4AG728 Tim Collins 3:44:57
Lake RunMay 7, 2005Lake Bloomington, IL
12K
11 Patrick Nowlan 46:13.3 2AG48 Hansel Gillis 52:53.0 6AG112 Charlie Grotevant 58:55.7 3AG201 John Pool 1:06:58.8
4.37 miles
19 Mike Monson 28:42.7 3AG24 Paul Martin 29:11.7 3AG53 Que Harbor 32:30.7 1AG85 Tom Brownlow 35:21.994 Robert Pool 36:06.2 1AG121 Charles Kennedy 37:30.4 2AG187 Mike Brandt 39:58.8
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Phoenix Zoo 5k,May 15, 2005Phoenix, AZ
5. Dan Beaver 17:30 1AG
Twin City Twosome 5KMay 15, 2005Urbana, IL
Team RunDan Niemerg & Ken Dan Bodine 35:13.1 1AGKristy Powell & Michael Powell 42:47.2 1AGJune Linder & Rachel Lindner 42:58.6 1AGJake Seeley & Clif Boldridge 44:54.1 1AGDavid Burleson & Don Dodson 45:12.9 3AGJoseph Bails & Kelly Bails 45:32.6 2AGPhilip Goode & Geri Goldberg 48:11.7 1AGJohn Pool &Robert Pool 49:00.4 3AGCharles Kennedy & Wayne Weaver 49:20.6Brittany Scheid & Bill Scheid 50:46.4Melony Barrett & Jane Domier 51:11.3 1AGShelly Yambert & Mike Lindemann 52:17.3 2AGRory Mills & Aubrie Luesse 54:24.4 2AGSpencer Nelson & Tanner Nelson 55:00.7
Open Run1 Steven Butter 18:44.4 1AG3 Mike Monson 19:47.9 3AG13 Jennifer Gapin 20:44.9 1AG19 Bill Thornhill 21:09.726 Audrey Ishii 21:34.7 3AG87 Alison Liss 24:30.1135 Mark Stolkin 26:49.3152 Caitlin Liss 27:14.0220 Beth Scheid 30:22.4262 Susan Abrams 33:53.8
Open Walk1 Michele Neill 37:35.325 Kristin Hansen 48:49.445 Heather Nelson 51:28.8
Team WalkAron Dougar & Paul Seeley 40:44.8 1AGScott & Kelly Hendren 45:39.7 2AGRoma & Don Chenoweth 39:36.7 1AG
May Madness Triathlon 20050.25 mi. swim 13 mi. bike 5K runMay 15, 2005Effingham, IL
24 Harlee Sorkin 1:11:2331 Andy Singer 1:14:14 3AG36 Rachel Lindner 1:15:28 1AG54 June Lindner 1:20:34 1AG
Green Bay MarathonMay 22, 2005Green Bay, WI
242 Melissa Raguet-Schofield3:47:39
Terra Haute TriathlonMay 21, 2005800 Meter swim - 40K bike - 8K runTerra Haute,IN
148 Duane Kimme 1:54:01222 CJ Pitts 2:23:42 2AG
Berryman 50 MileMay 28, 2005Mark Twain National Forest, MO
Tracy Thomas 9:17:453rd OA Female1st masters female finisher
Race Results...
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Mad City MarathonMay 29, 2005Madison, WI
Full105 David Schug 3:27:42120 Alp Sehirlioglu 3:29:15209 Ed O’sullivan 3:42:01816 Tricia Crowder 4:46:05859 Srinivas Muthekepalli 4:52:04
Half53 PatrickNowlan 1:31:3558 Mike Monson 1:32:13508 Ruth Wyman 1:53:301284 Tom Watembach 2:14:24
Memorial Day 5KMay 30, 2005Danville, IL
21 Lucas Rose 19:58.3 3AG34 Michael Powell 20:45.3 1AG35 Kristy Powell 20:47.353 Que Harbor 22:24.2 1AG66 John Pool 24:02.0 1AG68 Andrea Appleton 24:10.8 2AG69 Dave Soucek 24:11.770 Robert Pool 24:15.7 2AG72 Curt Chambers 24:38.077 Bonnie McElwee 25:00.7 1AG83 Pat Webb 25:20.4 2AG87 Cindy Harris 25:45.188 Stan Shobe 25:46.895 Katelyn Rose 26:58.6114 Kelsey Rose 28:24.7115 Gregg Rose 28:25.4121 Lynn Troost 29:52.8 3AG135 Susan Abrams 34:04.3
Tri-shark Triathalon600 yds swim – 13 mile bike – 5KrunJune 4, 2005LeRoy, IL
3 Gabe Hamer 1:01:151AG
40 Duane Kimme 1:08:313AG
149 Rachel Lindner 1:17:302AG
163 Jennifer Welsh 1:18:131AG
180 June Lindner 1:19:471AG
210 Paul Martin 1:22:06239 Thomas Rice 1:24:11
3AG270 CJ Pitts 1:27:28
3AG402 Paul Rodgers 1:49:58403 Bruce Rodgers 1:49:58
Rock ‘n’ Roll MarathonJune 5, 2005San Diego, CA
Dan Beaver 2:55:08Mary Knot 4:02:00
SLAM 2 mile Open Water SwimJune 12, 2005Potosi, MO
18 Rebecca Dey 1:05:382AG
Sunburst Half MarathonSouth Bend, INJune 4, 2005
Michael Powell 1:48:23
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Lake Mingo 7.1 Mile Trail RunJune 11, 2005Danville, IL
5 Ken Bodine 46:51.0 5MOA6 Paul Hobbs 47:57.8 1Master Male15 Steve Butler 50:38.7 2AG22 Hansel Gillis 53:26.2 3AG26 Matthew Snyder 54:26.5 3AG30 Rachel Lindner 55:25.0 1Female37 Don Frichtl 56:16.645 Lucas Rose 57:12.3 2AG52 Ken Welle 58:46.0 2HW58 Gregg Rose 59:33.0 3HW64 June Lindner 1:00:46.1 1Master Female72 James Konopack 1:02:01.173 Bill Jones 1:02:03.178 John Heemstra Jr. 1:04:27.379 Uma Patel 1:04:29.1 1AG88 Curt Chambers 1:05:28.889 Marcie Ridgway 1:05:51.7 2AG92 Bill Dey 1:06:04.194 Wesley Seitz 1:06:15.2 3AG96 Jane Domier 1:06:21.0 3AG107 Tom Brownlow 1:07:42.8109 Janak Patel 1:08:01.3131 Hannah Snyder 1:10:47.8 2AG147 Marjory Schmidt 1:12:38.6 3AG150 John Pool 1:13:01.1155 Rebecca Dey 1:13:29.1158 Dan Slack 1:14:44.3166 Julie Howell 1:15:52.7169 Katelyn Rose 1:16:30.8 3AG170 Nathan Domier 1:16:40.6175 Robert Pool 1:17:57.3179 Melony Barrett 1:18:23.3181 Jennifer Heemstra 1:18:29.8184 Stan Shobe 1:19:04.3192 Chris Duval 1:22:30.5196 Stuart Jackson 1:23:33.9236 Sarah Jackson 2:02:39.4
Grandma’s MarathonJune 18, 2005Duluth, MN
77 Mike Mallon 2:47.50767 Mary Toohill 3:29.201356 Paul Martin 3:41:316233 Mark Stolkin 5:21:05
Kona Hawaii MarathonJune 19, 2005Keauhou-Kona, Hawaii
Mary Knot 4:07:00 (9th female O.A.) (3rd A.G)
Glass City MarathonApril 10, 2005Toledo, OH94 Tim Collins 3:38:47
Trail MarathonApril 24, 2005Pickney, MI51 Tim Collins 4:03:58
Flying Pig MarathonMay 1, 2005Cincinnati, OH728 Tim Collins 3:44:57
Bayshore MarathonMay 28, 2005Traverse City., MI157 Tim Collins 3:28:15
Tim Collins In Marathon Maddness
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RACING AHEAD. . .
July August
Howl at the Moon8 hr timed run3.29 mile loop7 AMKennekuk County Park,Danville,ILwwww.kennekuk.com
Dawson Lake 5K8:00 am Moraine View State Parkwww.lakerunclub.org
Saturday, August 20
10th Annual Mahomet Race5K or 13.1 miles7 AMMahomet, ILhttp://maycrace.home.mchsi.com/
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Liability WaiverI know that running and volunteering to work in club races are potentiallyhazardous activities. I should not enter and run in club activities unless I ammedically able and properly trained. I agree to abide by any decision of a raceofficial relative to my ability to safely complete the run. I assume all risksassociated with running and volunteering to work in club races, including falls,contact with other participants, the effects of the weather including high heat and/or humidity, road and traffic conditions of the course, all such risks being knownand appreciated by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts, and inconsideration of your acceptance of my application for membership, I, for myselfand anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the RRCA and theSecond Wind Running Club from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising outof my participation in these club activities, even though that liability may ariseout of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver.
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Second Wind membership is open to anyone interested in running,walking, and fitness. The goals of the club are to provide social events,quality local races, companions for exercise or racing, and informationand advice related to running, walking, and fitness.
EVENTSWeekly Fun Run/Walk every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at MeadowbrookPark in Urbana from April through October. Winter runs are held at theU of I Armory at 6:00 p.m.
Marathon Training Group during the summer and winter meets everyother Saturday for long runs on well-marked routes.
Club board meetings are held monthly. In winter the club holds itsannual member awards and recognition dinner.
RACESThe club organizes the Buffalo Trace Trail Race in the spring, theWomen’s Fitness Run/Walk (October), and the Allerton Trail Run(October). In addition, the club provides finish-line equipment andvolunteers for the Uni High 5K (May), Twin Cities Twosome (May),Freedom 5K (July), Champaign Mini-Triathlon (August), and MahometHalf Marathon/5K (August). The Buffalo Trace Trail Race, Twin CitiesTwosome, Freedom 5K, and Allerton include a walking event.
NEWSLETTER & WEB SITESecond Wind’s bi-monthly club newsletter, In Passing, contains a racecalendar, race results, articles, and photos. The Second Wind Web site atwww.secondwindrunningclub.org keeps you up to date on club activi-ties.
DISCOUNTSClub members are entitled to discounts at Body n’ Sole and at club-sponsored races.
MEMBERSHIP RATES The annual rate for an individual membership is $15; a family membership is $25. Membership begins on Jan. 1. Rates are half price after Aug. 1 for the rest of the year.
