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IN THIS ISSUEThe Marriage of Running and WhiskeyLa Maraton CorrecaminosPsycho Psummer

My First Howl at the MoonHowl at the Moon Race ReportGet to know Nancy Bailey, Sandeep Pulluru

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Hello Second Winders!

The summer Monumental Marathon training and the Beginning Women’s Running Program are both underway. We had the summer cookout on Aug. 23, and the fall pizza party is coming up soon. We’ve run and raced our way through another summer, and fall racing season is upon us.

If you haven’t signed up yet for one of the Monu-mental Marathon weekend races, then now is the time to do so. Second Wind members can use the code SECONDWINDVIP to receive a 10 percent discount on their registration. As we approach that race day, I will send out details for our post-race gathering/meal.

The Allerton Park Trail Run this year will be on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 9 a.m. If you want to receive a shirt, register by the early entry date of Oct. 23. Packet pick-up will be at Body ‘n’ Sole on Oct. 29 from noon to 5 p.m. Start thinking now of what your costume will be this year!

It may seem early to begin thinking about this, but if you are interested in serving on the board or as an officer, please contact me. Perhaps you would like to be involved but not be a board member. Well, there are still ways that you can assist the club if you don’t

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The Mills family vacations are usually centered on visiting family in various parts of the U.S., but this past winter our girls started planning a big trip to the U.K., initially for just the two of them and later including the whole family. While (dad) Pat was concerned about the time away from his work and the cost, I knew he had bought into the idea when he showed me a website for the Fort William Marathon in Scotland, held on one of the last days of our sched-uled trip. Having never done an international mara-thon, I was thrilled with the idea. So this July, Pat and I and our three adult kids headed for the U.K. for two weeks, culminating in the marathon.

The one problem with scheduling a marathon at the end of such a long vacation is that we did almost no running prior to the marathon. We did do a family run to Abbey Road for the required Beatle-like picture of us crossing the famous street, and we hiked up Mt. Snowdon, the highest point in Wales at 3,560 feet and

the location of much of Sir Edmund Hillary’s training for the first-ever conquest of Mt. Everest. Also, ac-cording to family members with Fitbits, we did walk about 14 miles a day. But it was pretty much a two-

week taper. Pat had decided he would run with me, so I had no worries about the hills or distance, but I was feeling a bit undertrained and also was nursing a sore knee. But I figured I’d make it through, despite these concerns.

Whenever we met people in Scotland and told them about the race, their first comments were, “Oh, watch out for the midges. They’re terrible.” Seems midges, or tiny biting gnats, are the scourge of the Highlands and can get into your nose, mouth and ears, biting away. So we followed local custom and bought “Smidge the Midge,” a bug cream guaranteed to keep them away, and just hoped that everyone was exag-gerating. So now I was worried about undertraining, a sore knee, and attacks by “flying teeth.”

We went to packet pickup at a ski/mountain bike area outside of Fort William the day before the race. The race helpers were friendly and helpful and again warned about the midges. The next morning we first dropped our kids off at the foot of Ben Nevis (the tallest peak in the U.K. at 4,416 feet, which they were going to climb while we ran) and then headed to the start line. The race started at 9:30 a.m. (a pretty civi-lized hour to start a marathon, especially if you’re on vacation), so we had plenty of time to lather up with “Smidge,” which the race helpers were handing out like candy. Pretty soon the bagpipes started playing

The Marriage of Running and WhiskeyBy Julie Mills

Pat is not in Illinois anymore.

Julie running through the woods during her Scottish marathon.


and someone yelled “Go” and we were off. Guess the bagpipe playing is their equivalent to our singing of the National Anthem.

It was a beautiful race in the Scottish Highlands, with temps in the 50s and light rain off and on (the rain must’ve kept away the midges, because we didn’t see a single one). The first 12 miles were mostly up-hill, a combination of forest service roads and single-track trail. The narrow trail gave us a chance to talk with people over a series of miles, since you couldn’t pass easily, which was lovely. At the end of this sec-tion, we came to a monument dedicated to the British Commando Forces that were established in World War II and then headed downslope along small country roads to the flat gravel lane that followed the Caledo-nian Canal and its Neptune’s Staircase lock system. At mile 21, we began a demanding 5-mile uphill finish of the race, again on forest service roads and trails. De-spite the rustic course, the miles were clearly marked,

although there were only nine to 10 water stops. Spec-tators were along the roads in the small towns, shout-ing “Well done” and “Well played” as we ran by. You really knew that you weren’t in Illinois (the mountains and fall-like temperatures were a giveaway also).

After the race we sat around outside at the ski resort, talking to people from all over the U.K. and

Europe, and soaked in the sunshine that had finally broken through. When awards were given, I found that I had won my age group (unofficially – old ladies; officially – 60 and over) and was presented with a fifth of Ben Nevis Scotch...much better than a tradi-tional trophy!!! We went to pick up the kids from their mountain hike and headed to Oban, home of the Oban distillery, where we would spend the next 24 hours drinking Scotch and British ales and eating fresh sea-food – not a bad way to recover from 26.2!

Post-race photo in the Scottish Highlands.

Enjoying the rewards of a well-run race.


This past July I found myself in San Jose, Costa Rica, for the La Maraton Correcaminos races, which were advertised as a full marathon, a half marathon and a 10K. After struggling with the registration pro-cess due to my limited Spanish abilities, barely able to order at a Taco Bell drive-thru, the race director finally stepped in to assist even though the registra-tion period had passed and the race was full. How-ever, having a “gringo” in his race was apparently appealing to him and he made an exception and let me register. Additionally, in the true spirit of hospital-ity of the Costa Rican people, he informed me that he would have my race packet with my bib and shirt delivered to my hotel, as I would be arriving about 10 p.m. the night before the race.

I was staying at the Hilton, which was adjacent to the National Stadium where the race would finish (more on that later). My suite overlooked the stadium and as night fell, I was excited to race in the morning. Having raced in many different countries with many fun and interesting stories, I had never raced in Costa Rica. Actually, I had never been to Costa Rica before either.

The marathon, half marathon and 10K all finished at the stadium, according to the race website. The marathon began at 5 a.m., the half at 6:30 and the 10K at 8:30, which I was not thrilled with, given the heat and humidity. With the roads all closed and no efficient way to get to the start, my plan was to sim-ply run the course backwards until I reached the 10K starting line. I woke up excited on race day morning and went to open the curtains. The weather was clear and already sunny, and I soon began seeing some of the leaders of the half marathon flying past the sta-dium, some on the sidewalk, others in the street. The stadium was bare. Okay … apparently the finish line is not in the stadium as I thought. As I watched from my balcony, I noticed cars getting on the course, as well as a public bus or two, so I knew what I was in for.

I donned my racing singlet and put on my racing flats and took one final leak, as I had been hydrating a

lot and often, concerned about the weather as well as my recent kidney surgery on June 3. I was ready and I was off. Within a few steps of my hotel, I began a slow jog to the start, and a fast downpouring of sweat. About 10 minutes into my jog, my mind was thinking about both the amount of sweat I was dripping as well

as the donkey that had just crossed in front of me. Racers from the half marathon were coming at me in bewilderment as to why this obviously non-local guy was running in the opposite direction as if he was a salmon. As I reached about what would be the half-way point of the 10K, I was in the center of town with the local markets, crowds of onlookers and shoppers, hookers slowly heading back home from a night’s work, food carts and children kicking soccer balls in the street, not to mention vehicles zooming through intersections where there was not a course marshal or armed policeman directing traffic.

It was a good tour of the course in reverse, as well as allowing me to grab water at the water stations, with the only deviation from the course due to a nec-essary pee stop – the first of which had to be rapidly abandoned due to a policeman who appeared out of nowhere. But my pretend stretching worked and he

La Maraton CorrecaminosBy Keith Olson

Keith Olson enjoying Tortuga Island during his trip to Costa Rica.


sent me on my way … still holding it!

I arrived at the starting area about 12 minutes before the start time, and the other 2,500 runners were already packed into the single-lane starting area. After a few quick strides, I forced my way into the first cor-ral saying “Canada, Canada” so I wouldn’t be deemed the “ugly American.” The race, now with one runner more than its limit, was about to begin and I set my watch. Oh crap, I had forgotten my GPS watch and there would no mile markers, only kilometer mark-ers. Oh well, looks like my mathematics degree from the U. of I. would finally come in handy as I would need to calculate my kilometer splits into minutes per mile. The countdown began … diez … nueve … ocho … and finally to … tres!! The runners took off early as the only non-Spanish-speaking runner in the entire event was waiting for the word “uno.”

As I have learned in other races in developing or Third World countries, pacing is silly and it’s not how well you finish, but how fast you can run the first quarter of a mile before you are totally exhausted and then struggle the remainder of the race. At about the 1K mark I began passing people, both those in the

marathon, the clowns that sprinted the beginning of the 10K and those struggling in the half marathon. The course was hilly with some brick and cobblestone at times. Often I would see a few motorbikes “pacing” one of the marathon runners, and on the wider streets a car would pull up alongside a runner, handing him or her some fruit or just offering encouragement by way of blasting some obnoxious Latino rap music. The water stations were efficient and the water was handed out in sealed plastic tubes about the size of a banana. You bite and puncture the tube and then after 30 percent of it sprayed all over, you would down the remaining 70 percent, then toss the plastic, trying not to have it land on a taxi that was buzzing by you, all pissed off that many roads were blocked with us silly runners.

At the supposed 7K mark with all of the hills now completed, we approached the park where the stadium was. I had figured out that we would lap the park one time, then enter the park on a paved path to the finish line and post-race expo area. With major congestion now at this intersection and the crowds five deep, yet

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encroaching onto the course, I was still weaving in and out of marathon runners. Then suddenly about 10 yards in front of me, fists started flying. Two run-ners began fighting and some guy from the crowd jumped onto the course to join the fight and throw some punches. I flew past without having an errant left hook connect and I was in the clear. I was caught by a teenage kid, and while we couldn’t communicate, we somehow still managed to communicate the way runners do. We encouraged each other and I learned he was 17 years old. I hung on to him as long as I could, but I was like a soggy three-day old burrito and he pulled away from me over the last 1K. But I had noticed that he was wearing a GPS watch, and at the finish area he showed me that my 43:05 finishing time for the 6.77-mile 10K race was worthy of a thumbs-up.

Choosing between veering left into the expo or heading straight ahead and cutting through the park back to my hotel, the choice was obvious. Hotel, here I come! Having now run about 14 miles in the heat, humidity and hills, and with planned zip lining in the

rainforest scheduled for later that day, the decision made was the correct one. During the mile or so slow jog back to my hotel, I was asked three times for my race bib. Each time I simply smiled or ignored them as if I didn’t understand Spanish (wait … I don’t!), and as I learned as I was approaching my hotel from a by-stander who spoke English, the request for my bib was so these people could enter the expo area and pillage the free food and goodies.

I ended up second in the 50-59 age division. Each age division had prize money for first place. I in-stead learned two days later from the race director, who emailed me asking me why I didn’t pick up my award at the expo. I hadn’t known nor really cared, but I replied, asking him what the award was, since he mentioned he could have it sent over to the Hilton. My award: A free medical exam at some local Clinica Medica in San Jose. I was able to determine that it said “x-ray extra cost.” I graciously declined the award and suggested that he give it to some other runner that might be in need of it.

Would I return to Costa Rica? Definitely.


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Tom’s Take

I signed up for Psycho Psummer not knowing exactly what I was getting into but finding out soon enough that the elevation change for the race was greater than Clinton by about 600 feet per loop, or so I thought. In the course description, it reads some-thing like “slightly hilly.”

Psycho Psummer, near Kansas City, Kansas, around Lake Wyandotte, offers 10-mile, 20-mile and 50K options. I signed up for the 20-mile, while Mag-dalena had chosen the 50K, naturally, as it was part of the 50K Mashup Trail Race Series that she was run-ning. The race was July 23, 2016.

I had been doing and, sub-sequent to sign-ing up, increased my hill repeats at the Arboretum. Maybe you know it. That little hill with the little singletrack path that runs around it with about 30 feet of elevation

gain, and if you do it about 100 times, you can get some pretty

good hill work. Is it monotonous? Yes. Does it make you dizzy? Yes. Does it qualify as elevation training? I guess so; ask Steve Butler. He’s done about 1.7 mil-lion loops. Between this and some Clinton loops and some Forest Glen loops, I figured I had enough eleva-tion training under my belt.

If you don’t know, “Clinton” is a trail around part of Clinton Lake, 35 miles west of Champaign. There’s a fabulous ultra there in March. Forest Glen is a trail about 11 miles long at the Forest Glen Preserve near Westville, about 40 miles east of Champaign.

The temperature was another matter. I’d been running in hot weather, but I hadn’t been running 20 miles in 100 degrees with 200 percent humidity. So that would be a new thing. Race day started warm, but not crazy hot, after a luxurious stay in an Airbnb that was about six miles from the race.

The accommodation can be well-pictured as a cross between the Brady Bunch house and a Jumer’s Castle Lodge. Dark wood everywhere? Check. Four split levels inside for no apparent reason? Check. Out-side tower-like corner structure made out of stone? Check. Parrot in a cage? Check. In-ground swimming pool in the back? Check. Did I mention doors inside that appear to go nowhere? Check.

The race was low-key, as ultras often are, except for the fact that rockstar Kaci Lickteig was there. She had just won the female Western States. There goes Magdalena’s chance at first female, I thought. There was a high percentage of shirtless runners perform-ing in the race, including me! That should tell you something about how hot I thought it was going to be since I ALWAYS wear a shirt. Nic Carter would’ve felt right at home. Temps ended up getting to 100 and something. But it wasn’t as bad as I imagined it was going to be. At one point, I thought I must be having heatstroke because I actually felt cool on the course. I was very well hydrated and was not having heat stroke. The trail being 85 percent shaded helped enor-mously.

The course was chal-lenging in places, being more rocky than any-thing I’d ever run on, with loose pebbles and rocks on the downhills threatening to cause an unfortunate spill. I could just see my knee gashing out on one of

Psycho Psummer 2016By Tom Burton and Magdalena Casper-Shipp

Tom Burton and Magdalena Casper-Shipp at the Psycho Psummer races.

Some really rocky patches along the trail. This was mild com-pared to some areas.


the little mini-boulders. This didn’t happen. At one point along the race, I’m pretty sure I heard someone saying that this loop was not the highest elevation gain loop. Nevertheless, as I crossed the dam bridge, I won-dered when all the big hills were going to kick in?

This was one of the best races I’ve ever attended with respect to aid stations. It was like a PR of aid stations for me. There were something like 10 aid stations. It was very impressive. Even the aid stations that had been marked as unattended on the map had attendants that day, I assume owing to the tempera-ture. I had two favorites. At the MudBabes aid station,

they provided runners with a wet towel that had been soaking in ice water. Apparently I was so into the race, I didn’t notice the guy in the bikini at the ice-towel aid station. At the other, near the end of the loop, they offered to play whatever music you could manage to suggest. I was on my second loop, finishing pretty well, I thought, and asked them if they had any Chili Peppers. They did! And they played it. It was cool.

The second half of the loop definitely had the bigger hills. There were some that inspired multiple runners to stop and appreciate the view, not that there was much to see except that damn hill still going up. Nevertheless, the elevation gain ended up being about 1,200 feet per loop, not nearly as bad as I had feared.

I kept telling myself that all I was going to do was finish the race, running as much as possible and tak-ing it easy so as to not die. But then I realized that Magdalena might be beating me in the 20-mile race.

I suddenly started thinking maybe I should run faster. Has she run way more distance races that I have? Yes. Was she better trained? Yes. But for a 20-mile race, I thought surely I could beat her. I did finish before her in two loops, at 4:10:48, but not by much. After the finish, milling around zombie-like, apparently I did look like I might die, as the aid station people kept hovering around me handing me rubber gloves full of ice and asking me if I was OK. After eating a bunch of food, drinking a large gallon of water and taking about four fizzy tab electrolyte thingies, I started to feel better. Then I was in search of a breeze and shade in which to sit.

Soon after I found a spot to rest, the first overall ultrarunner came across the finish line. Yes, it was Kaci Lickteig, the Western States winner, at 4:23:25! I had figured Magdalena to finish at around 6:15 at the earliest. She finished in 6:29:40 and looked as if she was finishing a 5K! In November, yet! She was all smiles, and should have been smiling, as she had just finished third place female.

All told, it was a great event. I recommend it to anyone interested in a a moderately challenging trail race. As mentioned, they offer 10-mile, 20-mile and 50K options. The trail is beautiful. It’s well-run and its aid stations well-attended. The only thing it didn’t have was real food at the end, which I thought odd since Kansas City is famous for barbecue. Where was the barbecue? If it weren’t for the six-hour-plus drive, it would be a no-brainer to do again next year, assuming perhaps the temperature was a little lower or nonexistent.

MudBabes. Notice the really hairy Babe in the middle.

Tom on the course.

Celebrity spotting: Kaci Lick-teig finished first overall!


Magdalena’s Take

The first twenty miles or so were smooth sailing. I’d been prepared to take it easy and avoid getting too hot, but it was nearly all shaded and I was moving quickly. I ran for a while with a guy who has paced the Illinois Marathon many years in a row. He recognized me and we spent a few good miles debating whether the 2015 or 2016 weather was worse.

When Tom caught up to me around mile 18, I seriously con-sidered picking up the pace and sticking with Tom/staying ahead to beat him at the 20-mile mark and then decided that was a question-able to poor decision, considering the tem-perature was rising and I still had to run another loop. But I didn’t get lapped by a profession-al runner, which was my goal for the day.

The aid stations were fantastic. The volunteers were impressively good (dare I say better than the Iron Bridge Bar and Grill?!), if only because they remem-bered what I’d asked for on my previous loops and I’d never met them before. And the coolers of “boob ice” – with the two last stations being less than two miles apart – I had picked up the pace enough that I still had some cubes left! I’d been expecting it to be hotter and hillier, which made for faster loops than I’d predicted. When I came into the final aid station, I’d just done a couple of 16-minute miles – knowing I had about two miles left, I seriously picked up the pace, dropping from a 16:25 pace for mile 28 to a 15:31 for 29, a 14:02 for mile 30, and the last half mile was a 11:57 pace. I really liked the way the results listed not only lap splits but your place at the end of each lap. I worked my way up from 36th at the end of loop one to 17th at the end of the 50k.

All in all, while the lack of barbecue at the end was surprising (though I was too hot to eat, so it didn’t matter to me), the brewery rep offered to find me a cider out of someone’s cooler when I turned down the beer. I declined and went to rinse off under the pump – one of the top icy cold “showers” I’ve really enjoyed. I’d go back to run another race there despite the six-ish-hour ride!

Magdalena was the third female finisher in the 50K.


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Allerton Park Trail Run October 30, 2016 Sunday, 9:00 a.m.

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5.7-MILE TRAIL RUN AND 2-MILE FITNESS WALK

Take on a challenging trail race through fall-colored forests and past the unique gardens and statuary of Allerton Park, followed by a post-race brunch.

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Before mi d n ig h t October 23, 2016 - $23 w i t h s h i r t or $18 with no shirt option. ($2 discount for Second Wind members, early registration only)

LATE ENTRY (online only): October 24–28, 2016 $25, No shirt. Oct. 29 i n p e r s o n f ro m1 2 - 5 p at Body N’ Sole $25, No shirt

Packet Pick-up Packet pick-up is at Body n Sole (Savoy, IL), Saturday, Oct. 29, noon-5 p.m., or at race day check-in.

Awards AWARDS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE TOP THREE MALES AND TOP THREE FEMALES IN EACH OF THE FOLLOWING AGE GROUPS: 12 & under, 13-18, 19-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70+, Clydesdale Ceramic trophies and Asics running shoes given to overall male and female winners.

Halloween Costumes

We will have a costume contest

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Awards are for male, female,

Those who run all three 2016 Monticello Triple Crown races and register by Oct 23 receive a free premium prize.

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When I signed up for Howl at the Moon in April, I thought it would finally be my chance to run a mara-thon. I also thought it was crazy and I had no business entering an ultra, but I was intrigued. At Howl, you have eight hours to cover as much or as little distance as you want. I kept telling myself I could, and would, stop when I felt I had done enough.

Fast forward to July. Magdalena Casper-Shipp showed Bruce Butler and I the race course, and not long after I met Bruce there again for a 15-mile training run, my longest ever! Bruce also did his longest training run of 25 miles! I was starting to get serious about training and decided my goal would be to run eight loops, which would be my marathon. The run felt great, and I practiced eating real food at the end of each 3.29-mile loop. The difference between real food and a bunch of Gu or Gatorade was huge for me. I felt like I could go so much farther than I had before! Before that training run, I was already starting to have foot pain, which turned out to be plantar fasciitis. Before long, it had become unmanageable.

I wasn’t surprised, because my previous attempt at a marathon was also derailed due to a hip injury. After a dozen half marathons, all I could think about was running a full! The week before Howl, after barely running in July, I began physical therapy. Also that week, my dad had been released from the hospital after having a stroke. Thoughts turned to my foot and my dad, and I had completely ignored the fact that I had signed up for Howl at all. My foot problem and this race suddenly seemed insignificant.

Then the day before Howl, Bruce emailed me about meeting up that morning and what to bring. I almost gave up, but I said I would bring a pop-up tent and see him in the morning. He found the perfect spot to crash, just across from the scorer’s table, and I started to wonder what I had gotten myself into and if I would even be able to finish a few loops.

I started off running and made it through the first loop with a just a little pain. Several ultrarunners had explained that ultras were very different from road

racing in that they didn’t take the same toll on your body because most aren’t on roads. I think this is something you have to experience yourself to feel the difference. It is huge! I was able to run part of the sec-ond loop but then was ready to walk or maybe even make my way back to the tent and spectate and give my foot a rest.

I didn’t really talk to anyone prior to the start and was still doubting why I was there. I ran into Mike Tankersley and Paula Cler and mentioned my foot issue and that I would be walking a lot. I didn’t know either of them very well, but offered my company if they needed to walk. Paula found me somewhere around loop two or three, so I kept going. I was hob-bling along by that time and even walkers were pass-ing me. Paula was nice enough to stick with me. No more running for me!

I decided to change my shoes as I finished one of the early loops. I started out with older shoes because I wasn’t sure how wet the course would be. Since it wasn’t bad, I decided to put on my newer shoes with the most support. On my way to the tent, I thought about all the things I brought and didn’t remember seeing the bag with extra shoes and gel flip flops for afterwards. My lack of planning had caught up with

My First Howl at the MoonBy Laura Owen

Laura Owen and Bruce Butler after finishing Howl at the Moon.


me. I checked the car and unfortunately there was no shoe bag. I would have to continue on in my old, broken-down, last-season shoes, which was not what I needed. Here we go again. Not another setback.

At that point, I didn’t know what to expect. Would my foot hurt so bad that I couldn’t even walk? Would it loosen up after while so that I could at least walk slightly above a snail’s pace? At the end of every loop, I took a very short break and Paula asked if I was ready. Maybe not, but I couldn’t say no. I would keep going until I simply could not.

I continued loop after loop, and finally realized that my foot pain had hit a plateau. It wasn’t getting bet-ter but wasn’t getting any worse. I was still hobbling along, but I was moving. All the time spent talking to Paula had really taken my mind off the pain. I couldn’t believe I had finished seven loops! At some point, Mike rejoined us and I realized I only needed one more loop to make my injury-free self’s goal. I was stoked but also in disbelief that I was still standing, let alone walking. “What do you want to do?” they asked as we approached the scorer’s table. I replied some-thing like, “I can’t possibly quit now.” Somewhere in the middle, we figured out that we were going to have to run to beat the clock. That’s when I thought I was doomed. I was told at physical therapy that if I was limping, I should not attempt running.

I’m sure many of you have had a moment where you felt like you had made it too far to give up, no matter how bad you wanted to. That was my moment. I started running and expected the worst. I had to run/walk the second half of the loop and even man-aged to run the three-tenths of a mile down the line of tents to the scorer’s table. I breathed a sigh of relief when the clock read there were seven minutes left. I couldn’t believe I had just finished my marathon!! I owe it all to my running friends for helping me train pre-injury, Bruce for his enthusiasm and helping me get serious about training, and Mike and Paula for keeping me company throughout the race. I also have to thank Bruce for lending me his spare slide sandals since I couldn’t bear to put on my old shoes post-race. My husband later asked why I was wearing someone else’s shoes in one picture. I responded it was that or barefoot, which was pretty awful. Although not a run-ner, he seemed to understand, but he and a co-worker

joked about it for a week afterwards. Whenever they saw an attractive woman walking, they would say, “I would wear her shoes!” Funny guys.

I didn’t get to run my marathon, but even so, I can’t thank everyone enough for helping me reach my goal. It might sound crazy, but I was still happy with the result even though things didn’t go as planned. I even won an award, which after all that had happened was the last thing I expected!

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“Ultra runners are insane,” I thought as I left the house at 5:30 a.m. to make my way to Kennekuk County Park in Danville. It was already hot and sticky and the race didn’t start until 7:30 a.m. Once I ar-rived, I quickly had a sense of what an amazing and unique event this is, and why many of the participants keep coming back every year.

I can’t say enough good things about the volun-teers. There are volunteers all over the course where possible, offering positive thoughts, all the food and drinks you can handle, and cheering you on. One vol-unteer stood in the same spot for hours with a hose for anyone needing a blast of cool water.

Elvis and Marilyn Monroe greeted athletes as we approached the main food table, and a nearby PA sys-tem played upbeat party music all day long. I brought plenty of snacks, but you really don’t need any. There was watermelon, orange slices, apple slices (I think – I may have been a little out of it), artichokes, Skittles, protein bars, pretzels, olives and so many others that I can’t remember them all. There really was a little of everything! My favorite snack, by far, was Payday candy bars. As for drinks, there was plenty of cold water and Gatorade on the course. Later in the day, there are even FROZEN strawberry-banana margari-tas! Drinking during a race is not normally my style, but this was an ultra and ultras are very different. The margaritas were heavenly after nonstop activity of any kind on a stupid hot day. There were even volun-teers handing out cups of water in the afternoon with ice chunks added upon request. More ice? Bring it on!

The scorer’s table was staffed with cheerful people that didn’t miss a beat. My scorer was John, and every time I completed a loop, I had to check in with him to get credit. He recorded each of my loops before I even reached him to check in. I told him I probably wouldn’t go very far, but he encouraged me after each loop and urged me to keep going and chase that mara-thon distance.

Since the course is a loop, you get familiar with everything very quickly. The course starts at the end of the Lake Mingo trail run, passing by marshes and

through the woods, by a quaint cemetery and along a long dirt road. Unlike other trail races in the area, the Howl course is wide with plenty of room for several

people to run next to each other the entire time. De-spite rain the night before, the course was dry except for a few puddles. During a long straightaway, many drew strength from a memorial sign for Kennekuk runner Scott Hathaway. The sign was decorated with a medal, running hat, and photographs of the ultra runner. The memorial was a powerful source of moti-vation for many, including myself.

The course is a mixture of grass and dirt, with a few sections on roads, and is mostly flat (another draw for me). The exception is the Howl Hill of Death (at least that’s what it is called on Strava). After a long grassy trail, a sharp right turn onto a paved road reveals this steep, long hill. It may seem intimi-dating at first, but if you’ve done the Mountain Goat, it isn’t that bad considering you only have to do it once every 3.29-mile loop. It provides a great work-out even when only walking it. I could feel the effects of that hill for days!

The loop ends with a three-tenths of a mile finish chute where people set up tents and shelters. A few

Howl at the Moon Race ReportBy Laura Owen

Laura Owen after finishing her first Howl at the Moon.


people even brought RVs. After a few loops, you get really excited to turn the corner into this welcome sight, especially at the end of the eight hours. If you don’t have time to complete another loop as the giant clock counts down, you can run half-mile out-and-backs to build up mileage until the last minute if you choose.

After the race, Kennekuk provides an all-you-can-eat dinner and plenty of drinks while they announce awards. As usual with Kennekuk events, there was plenty of beer afterwards. It was so popular, in fact, that they ran out. Not wanting the party to end, of course, people brought in more. The awards ceremony takes awhile because they give an unbelievably high number of awards, even for walkers!

Overall, this is a fantastic event and I highly rec-ommend it to anyone wanting a memorable running, walking or even spectating experience. I hope to see some of you there next year!


This month we are interviewing two runners who have entered the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9. First up is Nancy Bailey. She grew up in a western suburb of Chicago and was a hyper and energetic child. Nan-cy started running her senior year at Lyons Township High School in La Grange, and it took off from there. Without really asking anyone about it, she signed up for her first half marathon, the North Shore Half in Highland Park, in 2011 and ran it by herself less than a week after graduating high school. Nancy’s dad was nice enough to drive her there, then went out to breakfast and came back a little later to pick her up. Nancy went to Western Illinois University to study law enforcement. She signed up for another half, and then she knew she was ready for 26.2. While at college, she worked as a fitness instructor. She com-pleted her internship with the U.S. Marshals in Ur-bana and graduated in May 2015. She took a job here and joined Second Wind. She is currently applying to police departments and enjoying the cheap gas prices of Central Illinois.

1. Why do you run? That’s a loaded question! I run for all sorts of reasons, but one of the main ones is that I discovered in high school how much I worried about the way my body looks. I’ve tried everything, but why worry so much on how you look when your body is capable of so much? I mean, who cares that your face looks like a tomato, your chest is the size of a little boy’s, and your shorts are halfway up your butt when you just got a PR?!

2. Do you have a mentor that has helped? No specific mentor, but I listen for advice from every single runner I meet. I look up to a ton of runners as well. If I’ve run with you a couple of times, chances are I secretly think you’re a rock star.

3. What’s the best advice you ever received? To be patient. I am very bad at that sometimes.

4. Would you rather it be 10 degrees or 85 de-grees? 85. I get cold so easily that I’ve been known to wear winter coats in my office.

5. What are 3 things every runner should know?

Get good shoes, get great running friends and remem-ber to have fun.

6. Trails or roads? Roads. I’ve swallowed too many bugs on trails.

7. What’s your go-to shoe right now? I like Brooks Ghost 7 and 8.

8. Best running book you’ve read? Marathon Woman by Katherine Switzer

9. What is your occupation and how do you fit running around work? I work as an adult protective services worker for Ford County. In the winter I am able to run on my lunch hour, and in the summer I just run before work.

10. What’s the worst running injury you’ve had? I’ve been lucky so far. All I’ve had is a torn meniscus in high school track.

11. What is your second favorite race, behind the Illinois Marathon? The Hot Chocolate 5K/15K

Twenty (or so) questions with Nancy BaileyBy Bruce Butler

Nancy Bailey after her first marathon, the 2013 Illinois Marathon.


in Chicago, because it was a great variety of runners from beginners to elites. Everyone is more focused on having fun and, most importantly, you get a ton a chocolate afterwards since it’s sponsored by Ghi-rardelli.

12. Which PR are you most proud of? The 2016 Illinois Marathon. I worked so hard physically and mentally for that, and ended up with 3:56.

13. Are you a supporter of wearing compression clothing? Nope. To all of those who are, that’s great, but oh my gosh, I think it’s pointless.

14. What’s more difficult, running a 10K in July, or taking off sweaty compression clothing? I just did the Bagelfest 10K this July, and taking off the sweaty clothing for the shower at the Y was ten times more difficult!

15. Current running watch? Garmin

16. Would you rather watch a live sporting event or go on a 12-mile run? Sporting event. Sorry!

17. I’ve heard others talk about how difficult mile repeats are. Any particular workout you dread? Hill workouts are very challenging for me, but they make you stronger.

18. Can you get yourself out the door without a group or running partner? Short runs I just do by myself, but for long runs I need a group.

19. Average weekly mileage? Right now, about 35-40.

20. What’s the earliest you’ve ever started a run? 5 a.m.

21. Longest run on a treadmill , or will you just run outside regardless of the weather? The longest I’ve run on the “dreadmill” is six. I always just go outside regardless.

22. Longest distance where you put the word “just” in front of it when telling your friends how long your run was? Just 12 miles. My family doesn’t really care, but anyone else outside of my friend group immediately responds with “You’re crazy.”

23. Ever lost a toenail? Several!

24. Biggest mistake you ever made in a race? Eating too much pasta before a marathon, THEN drinking beet juice to see if it will help with my endur-ance.

25. Are you excited to be running in the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9? I am so excited I might burst into confetti.

26. So would you trade four toenails for a PR in Chicago? I would definitely make the trade-off of toenails for a PR! Ha ha, I guess that’s when you know you’re a runner.


This month we are interviewing two runners who have signed up for the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9. I spoke with Sandeep Pulluru, who was fairly active in sports when he went to school. But remember, sports in India is completely different than in the U.S., meaning he played for two or three hours a week, not per day. He played ping-pong for three or four years, until age 12. When practicing ping-pong, the coach would make the team run 1K or 2K about once or twice a week. That was the extent of Sandeep’s run-ning, except maybe stretching it out to 3K a couple of times. This was his running career until 2012, when he started practicing for a 5K. One of Sandeep’s office colleagues wanted company, and he was more confi-dent than Sandeep was that he could run the 5K.

Once he knew that he could run at least a 5K, Sandeep signed up for the Illinois Half Marathon in 2013, and so began his running hobby. Sandeep tries to be home before my family is up at 7 to help his wife with their two young sons, 4 years and 2 months old, so he mostly runs early morning, starting before 6, and he enjoys the company of the entire WWT group. WWT is a running subgroup of Second Wind that runs Whenever, Wherever, Together. Sandeep is usually running with the WWT group, led by Shirley LeMay, or with one of the Second Wind long run groups, or if nobody else is available, Bruce Butler and Sandeep have been know to run together. (If you want to join the WWT Facebook Page, talk to Sand-eep or Shirley LeMay.)

1. Why do you run? Physical exercise and to so-cialize. Plus, runners are amazing!!

2. Do you have a mentor that has helped? Phil Gables encouraged me to aim for a marathon. Bruce Butler and Shirley LeMay have been a great influence and the reason why I continue to run.

3. What’s the best advice you ever received? Not every run is a race! Enjoy the run and the company.

4. Would you rather it be 10 degrees or 85 de-grees? Of course, 10. Growing up in Hyderabad, In-dia, I am used to heat, but humidity is not something

that I prefer while I am doing strenuous activity. I also do not like carrying water bottles while I am running.

5. What are three things every runner should know? Hydrate; do not stretch yourself; have fun. I think these three would go a long way in keeping us fit, motivated and healthy to run for a long time.

6. Trails or roads? For now, roads. I would love to run more trails, but right now it’s more about time commitment, considering we need to travel 10 to 20 miles away from town to run trails.

7. What’s your go-to shoe right now? Hoka Clif-ton

8. Best running book you’ve read? Not a book, but the movie McFarland, USA.

9. What is your occupation and how do you fit running around work? I work in the tech industry. Having great running partners like Bruce and Shirley helped me run early mornings. Or sometimes in the middle of the night.

10. What’s the worst running injury you’ve had? Shin splints

Twenty (or so) questions with Sandeep PulluruBy Bruce Butler

Sandeep running the 2016 Illinois Marathon.


11. What is your second favorite race, behind the Illinois Marathon? I have not run any race outside the state of Illinois more than once. Maybe the In-dianapolis Monumental, just because I traveled and stayed with a group.

12. Which PR are you most proud of? My first marathon – the 2015 Illinois Marathon – running in rain and thunderstorms for four and a half hours. (Yes, I kept running.)

13. Are you a supporter of wearing compression socks? Neutral - no preference.

14. What’s more difficult, running a 10K in July, or taking off sweaty compression clothing? 10K in July

15. Favorite running app? Runkeeper

16. Current running watch? Microsoft Band 2

17. Would you rather watch a live sporting event or go on a 12-mile run? I guess I prefer to run. I am not much into live sporting events, especially in the U.S., considering I hardly understand the three major sports.

18. I’ve heard others talk about how difficult mile repeats are. Any particular workout you dread? Maybe running a second loop in a long run close to my house in the summer. I might find an ex-cuse to run home.

19. Can you get yourself out the door without a group or running partner? No. Maybe I should try harder.

20. Average weekly mileage? 20 to 25 miles.

21. What’s the earliest you’ve ever started a run? 4:30 a.m.

22. Longest run on a treadmill , or will you just run outside regardless of the weather? I would rath-er run outside regardless of weather. I think running on a treadmill hardly gives any chance for a conversation and limits our thoughts, which makes us conscious of our run. Bruce and I tried really hard to run on a treadmill a few times, and we always ended up talking about how hard it is to run even a mile and how we keep counting the minutes to the end of the run.

23. Longest distance where you put the word “just” in front of it when telling your friends how long your run was? My mid-week runs, just seven miles.

24. Ever lost a toenail? Lucky, not yet.

25. Biggest mistake you ever made in a race? Pretty common one – running too fast at the begin-ning.

26. Are you excited to be running in the Chicago Marathon on Oct. 9? Yes! I think it’s about the expe-rience of running a premier event. All the marathons that I’ve run had 5,000 or 6,000 marathoners. Chicago might be a spectacle every mile. I am looking forward to having fun and experiencing the crowds.


FUN RUN: 6:00 P.M.Meadowbrook Park, Urbana (Corner of Windsor & Race) Meet at parking lot/playground area on Windsor Road

PIZZA PARTY: 7:00 P.M.Jupiter’s at the Crossing

2511 Village Green Place, Champaign(Watch Google Groups emails for updates)

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Tuesday, October 25


Racing Ahead–September and October 2016Saturday, Sept. 10Arcola Broom Corn Festival Races10K, 5K, 5K recreational walkArcola

Eastern Illinois Half Marathon/5K ClassicHalf marathon, 5KCharleston

Saturday, Sept. 17Viking 5K Classic5KDanville

Shoreline Classic15K, 5K, tot trotDecatur

Saturday, Sept. 24Wild Wild Wilderness Trail Run7.45 milesKickapoo State Recreation Area, Oakwood

Prairie Center 5K Run/Walk for Recovery5KChampaign

80s/90s Run5KStephen’s Family YMCA, Champaign

Swifty Swine 5K Trail Race5KWeldon Springs State Park, Clinton

Frolic 5K Run 5K run, 1-mile walk Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site, Lerna

Saturday, Oct. 1 Run For Your Life Halloween 5K5K, kids fun runRantoul

Saturday, Oct. 8 Wade’s 5K for 5p5K, kids fun runMonticello

Saturday, Oct. 15 Heartland Harvest 5K 5KNormal

Sunday, Oct. 16 Women’s Fitness 5K 5K, kids dashUrbana

Saturday, Oct. 22 Fisher Bunnies 5K5KFisher

Sunday, Oct. 23 University of Illinois 5K5KUniversity of Illinois Arboretum, Urbana

Saturday, Oct. 29 Halloween Hobble5K run, 1-mile fun walkWashington

Sunday, Oct. 30 Allerton Park Trail Run5.7-mile run, 2-mile walkAllerton Park, Monticello


Race ResultsFarm Park Trail Challenge, MarathonDerwood, MDMay 7, 2016

Marathon3 Pat Mills 4:16:30 3OA

3-Hour RunMaggie Mills 15.54

Bigfoot Triathlon, sprint distance (bike and run only) Lake Geneva, WIJune 25, 2016131 Jodi Heckel 1:21:49 3AG

Oakland 4th of July Freedom Celebration Tri-athlonOakland, ILJuly 2, 2016

2 Nicholas Heller 1:03:06 1AG11 Tom Eaton 1:09:26 3AG

Champaign County Freedom 5KChampaign, ILJuly 4, 2016

4 Nicholas Heller 16:12.6 1AG12 Tom Gelsthorpe 17:01.0 1AG28 David Owen 18:34.232 Michael Davis 18:53.5 1AG44 Jeff Kohmstedt 19:49.2 2AG45 Bennett Anderson 19:51.846 Richard Tapping 19:52.0 1AG53 Nic Carter 20:30.8 2AG76 Ank Michielsen 21:34.2 1AG80 Donald Owen 21:50.882 Carl Larsen 21:54.4 2AG85 Scott Silverman 22:09.789 Derrick Clark 22:26.292 Eric Berlin 22:38.1

96 Scott Hendren 22:48.898 Ed Roy 22:49.8 3AG106 Bryan Snodgrass 23:06.6107 Kather-

ineMeacham 23:09.9 2AG

108 Larry Adelston 23:10.3109 Mark Nelson 23:12.3111 Sam Atkinson 23:18.1123 David Ammer-

mann23:42.8

125 Emily Floess 23:47.3 3AG134 Jeff McGill 24:00.4138 Daniel Snyder 24:19.1139 Juan Salas 24:33.4147 Kirk Bedwell 24:49.1162 Nikita Borisov 25:25.5169 Maggie Falenschek 25:33.9174 Kathy Feser 25:42.2 2AG181 Lori Heller 25:52.6 3AG190 Erin Grogan 26:13.1194 Brad Giffel 26:21.5195 Merwin Kirby 26:25.6199 Martha Willi 26:56.5200 Peggy Emkes 26:56.6214 Laura Owen 27:51.0218 Susan Mynatt 28:09.7236 Mike Atkinson 28:49.2248 Laura Armstrong 29:16.8250 Julie Mills 29:23.3 3AG251 Rory Mills 29:23.7253 Rose

MaryWentling 29:25.7

271 Naser Salas 29:52.0332 Vickie Hemann 32:37.7345 Nancy Yeagle 33:26.4361 Julie Robinson

Schaeffer34:17.0

382 Cathy Giffel 36:29.1386 Corinne Lawson 36:46.7389 Barry Holley 36:57.9


Race Results—continued

396 Tina Ammer-mann

38:13.0

417 Richard Brannon 44:33.1432 Don Chenoweth 58:27.0

Correcaminos Mini-Marathon 6.5 mileSan Jose, Costa RicaJuly 10, 2016

Keith Olson 43:05:00 2AG

Rodney T. Miller Lakeside TriathalonDecatur, ILJuly 10, 2016

Sprint Distance19 Elizabeth Atkinson 1:36:54 2F

Intermediate Distance57 Tom Eaton 2:23:27 2AG

Duathlon17 Sam Atkinson 1:43:54 1AG43 Brad Giffel 2:12:53

Fisher Fair 5KFisher, ILJuly 16, 2016

7 Tom Gelsthorpe 17:10.8 1AG22 Jeff Kohmstedt 19:37.8 1AG28 Jim Fair 20:22.429 Nic Carter 20:26.439 Jay Bennett 20:55.951 Carl Larsen 21:50.9 2AG52 Scott Silverman 21:51.6 3AG62 Scott Hendren 22:23.0 3AG65 Marcus Lockhart 22:39.467 Nancy McCarty 22:47.8 1AG71 Kather-


72 Ivan Fink 23:01.0 1AG75 Mark Nelson 23:09.5 3AG82 David Ammer-

mann23:40.1

84 Emily Floess 23:48.787 Stephen Long 24:00.6 1AG88 Juan Salas 24:01.396 Scott Reed 24:33.3105 Borisov Nikita 25:13.6108 Merwin Kirby 25:24.7119 Peggy Emkes 26:30.4142 Barbara Jones 28:06.1154 Stan Shobe 29:00.3162 Joel Plutchak 29:31.2253 Christina Johnson 37:11.4285 Jenny Lokshin 43:49.5299 Barry Holley 46:48.0

Run for the Bagel 5KMattoon, ILJuly 23, 2016

23 Ivan Fink 23:13.37 1AG45 Scott Reed 24:55.2255 Lori Heller 25:19.54 1AG

Run for the Bagel 10KMattoon, ILJuly 23, 2016

1 Nicholas Heller 0:35:39.00 1OA7 Jim Fair 0:44:05.35 1AG11 Nic Carter 0:45:35.81 3AG18 Carl Larsen 0:47:24.98 1AG20 Jeff Kohmstedt 0:47:28.30 2AG21 Scott Silverman 0:48:18.92 3AG23 Eric Berlin 0:48:41.78 2AG31 Nancy Bailey 0:49:47.64 3AG35 Kather-

ineMeacham 0:50:27.95 1AG

46 Juan Salas 0:52:02.49 3AG



64 Merwin Kirby 0:56:27.51 2AG

Hot Hairy Hilly 50KKenosha, WIJuly, 30, 2016

10 Nic Carter 5:41:3714 Jeff Rohde 5:47:4225 Amber Anderson 6:39:36

Iron Abe Triathlon, Olympic distanceSpringfield, ILJuly, 30, 2016

101 Jodi Heckel 3:14:26

Fort William MarathonFort William, ScotlandJuly 31, 2016

Pat Mills 4:28:03Julie Mills 4:46:38 1AG

SJO 5KSt. Joseph, ILAug. 6, 2016

23 Mike Tankersley 20:12 1AG24 Ryan Anderson 20:23 1AG38 Jay Bennett 21:12 2AG39 Nic Carter 21:17 3AG51 Scott Silverman 22:3155 Carl Larsen 22:35 1AG56 Scott Henderen 22:35 2AG110 Kirk Bedwell 25:38 2AG163 Rose-

maryWentling 29:09 1AG

Champaign Park District Mini-TriChampaign, ILAug. 6, 2016

101 Jodi Heckel 1:03:07103 Audrey Heckel 1:03:19

KMC Sage City Sprint TriathalonMonticello, ILAug. 13, 2016

44 Tom Eaton 1:23:35

Hamster Endurance Run, 6-hour raceBellingham, WAAug. 13, 2016

Letitia Moffitt 28.6 2FLaura Armstrong 23.4

Howl at the Moon 8-Hour UltraKennekuk Cove County Park, ILAug. 13, 2016

7 Jennifer Burton 48.5617 Sarka Petrickova 44.2722 Laura Carlson 43.2730 Andrea Stack 41.4832 John North 41.4833 Nancy McCarty 40.9837 Gen-

evieveLong 40.98

40 Jim Fair III 40.9846 Magda-

lenaCasper-Shipp

40.48

52 Nic Carter 39.9854 Scott Hendren 38.6977 Michael Tankersley 36.6984 Marc Mills 35.486 Janak Patel 35.493 Bruce Butler 34.4115 Don Frichtl 33.9136 Heidi Carmichael 32.9183 Paula Cler 30.11211 Nikita Borisov 27.32227 Laura Owen 26.32



234 Ryan Krows 26.32235 Keith Schinkoeth 26.32245 Mike Lindemann 23.03270 Barry Holley 18.45

Mahomet 5KMahomet, ILAug. 20, 2016

18 Jay Bennett 22:15.4 2AG22 Scott Silverman 22:48.8 3AG26 Nic Carter 23:16.6 3AG32 Ivan Fink 24:00.1 1AG37 Mark Nelson 24:20.8 1AG42 Kather-


54 Juan Salas 25:36.9 2AG65 Kirk Bedwell 26:04.972 Brian Moline 26:25.2103 Jim Smith 29:20.8 3AG105 Rose

MaryWentling 29:25.7 1AG

109 Naser Salas 29:50.1213 Jenny Lokshin 44:23.1

Mahomet Half MarathonMahomet, ILAug. 20, 2016

4 Jeff Kelly 1:23:26.0 2AG5 Tom Gelsthorpe 1:25:04.2 3AG

8 Michael Davis 1:37:06.8 1AG10 Jim Fair 1:38:00.1 2AG12 Richard Tapping 1:41:57.6 2Mast21 Jeff Kohmstedt 1:46:37.9 2AG27 Ank Michielsen 1:48:11.8 1AG28 Sarka Petrickova 1:48:49.5 2AG32 Eric Berlin 1:50:05.2 1AG39 Jill Waldhoff 1:51:56.6 3AG41 Carl Larsen 1:52:49.1 1AG42 John North 1:53:24.7 2AG47 Bruce Hajek 1:55:53.153 Don Dodson 1:56:59.3 2AG71 Jeff Rohde 2:01:28.182 Andrea Stack 2:04:12.586 Nikita Borisov 2:04:55.394 Maggie Falenschek 2:08:51.298 Jane Domier 2:10:08.1 1AG121 Louis Mesker 2:16:16.5158 Wayland Morgan 2:32:00.2161 Shawna Barbee 2:34:14.9173 Taryn Eickmeier 2:43:27.8187 Teresa Dunmyer 3:09:54.5


Post-Race PartyThe awards presentation and post-raceparty are held at the registration area.Enjoy Pepsi, Coors Light, Miller Lite,great food, prizes and music. The usualKRR good time with food fromLickskillet Catering. Food and beveragefree to runners and workers, $5 for friendsand family.

Awards Kennekuk Trophies plus special awards from Body ‘n’ Sole will be

presented to the: • top 3 men and top 3 women • first male and female masters • first male and female grandmasters • top Heavyweight (190-209 lbs) • top Super Heavyweight (210 lbs +) • top Amazon (female 140 lbs +)

Additional awards will then be presented to the top 3 men and top 3 women in each of the following age groups: 00-19 30-34 45-49 20-24 35-39 50-54 25-29 40-44Plus Women 55+ & Amazon;, Men &Women 55-59, 60-64, 65+;;,;Heavyweight & Super Heavyweight(Amazon, Heavyweight, and Super Heavyweight winners are excluded from age group awards)

This is also our final 2016 Grand SlamEvent, and awards will be presented at the post-race ceremony.

LocationJoin us at Kickapoo State Recreation Area, west of Danville, Illinois. Take I-74 to Exit 206 or 210 and follow the signs to the park.

CourseThe race starts at 10:00 a.m. The 7.45 mile course, which is 95% trail, heads east out of the park before turning into the woods, where the adventure really begins. You will climb and descend steep hills, cross creeks and bridges, and if you are lucky, see deer and other wildlife. This is a scenic and challenging run.

Race Director

Pre-RegistrationComplete the form on the back of this flyer or register online with the link at http://kennekuk.com. Pre-registered runners may select a beautiful, long-sleeve T-shirt. To guarantee a shirt, entry must be postmarked by September 17, 2016.

Race Day RegistrationRegistration located at the Meadow Shelter in the northeast corner of the meadow area used for parking and near the finish area. Race Day entries accepted from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.

HotelThe Days Inn Danville, 217.443.6600

CampingKickapoo has two major campgrounds for tent and trailer camping, with 184 sites. About half the sites have electrical hookups. Two shower buildings and a sanitary dump station are available. A limited number of walk-in sites are available for primitive campers, but several campsites can be reserved by writing the site or by applying in person. All campers must obtain a camping permit before entering the campgrounds.For more information go to:http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/parks/r3/kickapoo.htm

RegulationsNo bandits, radios, strollers, or dogs are allowed. No shirts or awards will be mailed. No refunds. You must be present to win drawing prizes during post-race party.

Special ThanksPlease join us in thanking the Kickapoo State Recreation Area Staff, all of our dedicated volunteers, and our loyal sponsors. Kickapoo staff

Wild Wild Wilderness7.45 Mile Trail Run

The Kennekuk Road RunnersPresent the 34rd Annual

Sunday, Septemb66666er 2777787, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Final 2014 Grand Slam Event!Awards presented at Post-Race Party

Tom Peterwas, [email protected] or call217-260-9898 (cell).

will provide some picnic tables,so feel free to bring your ownchairs, blankets, etc. to thepost-race party.

ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA

36th AnnualWild Wild Wilderness

7.45 Mile Trail Runat Kickapoo State Recreation Area

Saturday, September 24, 2016at 10:00 a.m.

Final 2016 Grand Slam Event!Awards presented at Post-Race Party

Race is onSATURDAYthis year!!!

The Wilderness is on a SATURDAY this year!Hope to see you there!!!


Entry Fee: KRR members deduct $1

No shirt $15

With shirt $25

After Sep 18 or onRace Day (No Shirt!) $25

Join us in supporting our sponsors

James M. Kurley, M.D.Board Certifi ed Plastic Surgeon

2111 W Park CtChampaign, IL 61820

217-356-3850

http://www.jkurleymd.com

Terrence R. MilesAttorney at Law

301 W. NorthDanville, IL 61832

217-442-3947 Fax 217-442-5274

In consideration of my participation, I hold harmless race sponsors, Kennekuk Road Runners, Kickapoo State Recreation Area, Illinois Dept. of Con-servation and others associated with this difficult event from all liability for injury to property or person suffered during this event. This is binding upon my heirs, executors and administrators. I also understand my name and/or photograph may be used in conjunction with

Signature of Participant Date Signature of Parent/ Guardian if participant is under 18 Date

KRR presents WILD 2016 Pre-entries must be postmarked by September 17, 2016. Official Use Only

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Shirt SizeWeight DivisionsHeavyweight (190-209 lbs)

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alan.puzey@countryfi nancial.com205 S. Main, PO Box 148, Fairmount, IL 61841

Phone 217-733-2154 Fax 217-733-2371

Alan L. PuzeyAgent

Make checks payable to: Kennekuk Road RunnersMail to: Wilderness 2016

Kennekuk Road RunnersPO Box 1701Danville, IL 61834

results or futurepromotions of this event.

Alan L. Puzey

ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA

Member SponsorsKEN BODINE

MIKE LINDEMANNBRENT RADOMSKI & JULIE

LICKSKILLET CATERING


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