July 2009 - Lake Run Club

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July 2009
• Volume 25 • Issue 6
www.lakerunclub.org
VOLUNTEER ROUNDUP
Volunteer in the Spotlight - Jana Kiefer
by Deb McNamara and
Connie Reeser-Hall
The Lake Run Club is blessed with many
dedicated volunteers who spend countless
hours making sure all the wheels & cogs
work smoothly together. One such volunteer
is our outgoing President, Jana Kiefer, who
is retiring after leading the club for the last four years.
Jana has given countless hours to the club both prior and during
her presidency. The club currently has 896 members with 477
households. Some of those members joined the LRC during Jana’s 4
year coordination of our popular Catch The Wave program – which is
how Jana started running herself. After Jana assumed the presidency
of the club, she continued to support CTW by volunteering each year
to be a team leader.
During her stewardship many upgrades and innovations have come
to pass. Our website was upgraded, giving instant access to running
information for all LRC members and non-members. Volunteering
for functions and volunteer point keeping has been streamlined for
both coordinators and volunteers with the on-line volunteer sign up
format. The Lake Run Club, working in coordination with Eric and
Naomi Arndt at It’s Race Time, now has chip-timed races which help
all the finish line volunteers.
(photo courtesy of Jeff Walden)
Jana has helped implement a new circuit race – the CCHS 5K – which
we all enjoy and is often the first race our new Catch The Wavers
experience. She has also aided in bring the trail run option to our
club members with the Thursday night Timber Pointe trail runs.
and was not only a participant but a volunteer in many Lake Run
Club races. She also has been avid about running marathons and in
recent years has engaged in ultra events. Her spirit and enthusiasm
for running has influenced many club members to become involved
both as participants and volunteers.
And of course who could forget our new lovely LRC clothing – you
know we all have to look good for those finish line pictures.
Thank you Jana. The LRC is grateful for all your hard work and
effort.
Jana walks the walk. At one time she too started out as a new runner
Fixtures
Volunteer Roundup . .......... 1
Circuit Races . ................... 2
Member Profile ................. 3
Race Clipboard ................. 4
Sherry's Observations ....... 5
Secretary's Corner ............ 7
New Members/Birthdays . . 8
Race Results .................... 20
50 States Chart ............... 22
Race Applications............ 23
Contacts & Information... 27
Features
Racing Green .................... 6 ABC #45........................... 14
Back of the Pack ............... 9 Four Seconds in Fargo.... 16
26.2 Hour Marathon........ 10 From Pages Past.............. 18
Fitness Test....................... 13
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The Lake Runner • July 2009
Adopt-a-Highway
Clean-Up #3
Come out to the lake after running
the Evergreen Lake 5K
Saturday Aug 8
approx. 9:45 am
Questions? Contact Tammy at 309-454-5746
or tknippenberg@yahoo.com
We meet at the LRC Adopt-a-Highway sign
by the farmhouse
near the intersection of
county roads 1750 East and 2350 North
(1 mile south of Carver’s Corner)
2009 Lake Run Club Circuit Races
CIRCUIT RULES
Not all race dates are confirmed. All races are subject to change.
Date Mar 7 Mar 15 Mar 28 Apr 4 Apr 5
Apr 18 May 2 Jun 13 Jun 20
Jun 20 Jul 4
Jul 11
Aug 8
Aug 16
Sep 20
Oct 3
Oct 25
Nov 1
Nov 15 Dec 12
Race Miller Park Zoo
St Patrick’s Day
CIDA Eat ‘Em Up Lincoln Memorial (f)
CCHS
Eureka Race with your Heart Lake Run Tremont Lexington
Steamboat Classic (f)
Park 2 Park
Dog Days
Evergreen Lake
Danvers Days
Shoreline Classic (f)
Run the Woods
Allerton Park (f)
Canal Connection (f)
Jingle Bell
Deer Run Run
Distance
5K 5K 5K 1/2 Marathon 5K
4M
4.37M, 12K 5K
5K
4M, 15K
5M
5K
5K
5K
5K, 15K
5K
5.5M
10K
5K
8K
Location
Bloomington
Bloomington
Peoria
Springfield
Bloomington
Eureka
Lake Bloomington
Tremont
Lexington
Peoria
Bloomington
Lake Bloomington
Evergreen Lake
Danvers
Decatur
Timber Pt, Lake Blm
Monticello
Utica
Bloomington
Lake Evergreen
(f) indicates featured races organized by other running clubs in Central Illinois.
Having them on our circuit gives our members a chance to see how other clubs
in the area organize their flagship races.
Points
35
35
35
43
35
36
36,40
35
35
36,41
37
35
35
35
35,41
35
37
38
35
37
• Points are awarded on an age group basis. A first place finish in the age group
will award that runner the maximum
number of points for that race. (i.e. 1st
place in age at a 5K will earn 35 points,
2nd = 34, etc.) Points possible for each
race are listed in the far right column in
the table on the left. For races with two
distances, the higher of the points is for
the longer distance.
• Members who participate in 7 circuit
races AND earn 50 volunteer points
will win an award. The top 10 race
scores will count for the final circuit
point total.
• Age group is determined by the age of
the participant at the FIRST RACE on
the CIRCUIT (Miller Park Zoo 5K).
• Age groups for the circuit are as follows
(for both male and female):
14 & under, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34,
35-39,40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 6064, 65-69, and 70 & over.
Profile on
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Steve Beasley
by Jana Kiefer & Phil “Geno” Warlow
Inspired by his cross-country-running
college roommate (and the need to drop
the “freshman 15” pounds), Steve Beasley
began his running career about 30 years ago. Running’s been
good to Steve as you’ll see as you read on…
J & G Team: Steve, who is your running inspiration?
Steve: My roommate in college was a cross-country runner, and
he got me started running. I starting doing some longer runs
around 1999 and I did my first half marathon in May of 2001. I
met Dennis Killian shortly after that, and he inspired me to run
my first marathon – Chicago in 2002. I’ve now completed 16
marathons in 10 states.
J & G: How did you get hooked up with the Lake Run Club?
Steve: Once I started running local races around 2001, I met a
lot of LRC members – and I really enjoyed the camaraderie of the
group, so I joined. Any club that sponsors a run in January that’s
followed by beer and chili is MY kind of club!
J & G: What was your first race like?
Steve: It was a 5K in Berne, Indiana, back in the mid-90’s – very
hot and humid. I placed in my age group, but I don’t remember
the exact time – 19 minutes or so??
J & G: What are you training for right now?
Steve: I’ve just finished the Martian Marathon (Michigan) and St
Louis, so I may try to get in the Madison Marathon in May since
I’ve already done those long training runs. After that, I’m hoping
to help my younger son Kyle train for his first half marathon this
August – the former Chicago Distance Classic, which is now the
Rock & Roll Half. I think I’ve convinced him it will be a great
way to get in shape for the soccer season this fall. (He’ll be a
sophomore and plays for Wesleyan.)
J & G: Who have you been running with lately?
Steve: Some combination of Seanan Alyasiri, Jeff Page, Steve
Pilcher, Kevin Tuuk, Tod Williamson, Kevin McCarthy, and
my son Luke when he’s in town…
J & G: What makes you stay with it and keep running?
Steve: Running helps keep the weight off, but more importantly,
I’m a very “social” runner – I’ll do just about anything to adjust
my schedule to run with others. There’s nothing like clicking off
some miles while catching up with your friends.
And the Lake Run Club is all about that. Thanks for sharing your
thoughts on running with us, Steve. Stay fast!
J & G: Do you have a favorite race?
Steve: It’s probably the Chicago Marathon – I love the views
of the city, the phenomenal crowd support, and there’s always
a fun group of people up there to hang out with before and after
the race.
J & G: Which race really sticks in your mind?
Steve: Easy answer – the Indianapolis Monumental Marathon
this past November. I ran with my 21-year-old son Luke, and
we finished with a 3:09:54. As a father, that’s a pretty exciting
moment when you can qualify for Boston with your child. We’re
planning to run Boston together in 2010.
J & G: How cool is that! What a great accomplishment. Besides
Boston, is there any other race in the world that you’d really like
to run?
Steve: The Paris Marathon – I love Paris, and running through
that city would be awesome.
J & G: We agree! Running in Paris would be a great time!
Speaking of things exotic –have you had a Rich Beal sighting?
Steve: I frequently see Rich – at Medici’s “Wednesday Warriors”
drinking beer. Does he run?? Seriously, Rich is a great guy, and
I’m really looking forward to running the Hood to Coast relay
race this August with Rich, Dennis Killian, Kevin McCarthy
and several others.
Steve Beasley (right) and son Luke.
(photo courtesy of Steve Beasley)
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RACE CLIPBOARD
Many of the forms for these races can be picked up at Often Running in Normal or at Read’s Sporting Goods in Bloomington.
Please call the number given, contact the person listed or check the race form to verify dates and times.
JULY
7/4
Park 2 Park 5M
Bloomington, IL
*Circuit Race* 7:30am Miller Park
Ron B 309-706-8588 RandRBarnette@hotmail.com
7/4
Firecracker Run 10K, 5K
East Moline, IL
7:30am 15th Ave & 8th St Bob C 309-755-6445
7/4
Firecracker 5K
Peoria, IL
7:30am Kelleher’s Irish Pub www.peoriajaycees.org
7/4
7/4
Reagan Run 5K
8:00am Ronald Reagan home 815-284-3306
Dixon, IL
www.dixonil.com/mainstreet
7/4
Beecher Freedom 5K
Beecher, IL
8:00am Community Hall Tom S 708-946-2318
7/4
Champaign County Freedom 5K
Champaign, IL
11:05am Assembly Hall www.july4th.net
Body-N-Soul Sports 217-356-8926
Hopedale Medical Complex 5K
Hopedale, IL
7:30am Hopedale Park Pavilion Andie H 309-449-4500
7/11
Dog Days 5K Lake Bloomington, IL
*Circuit Race* 6:00pm Green Gables
Mitch H 309-452-7749 shoeguy@hotmail.com
Knights of Columbus 5K
8:00am Pells Park Mike B 217-386-2121
Paxton, IL
7/11
Jubilee Trail Race 10K
Brimfield, IL
8:00am Jubilee College State Park Chris D 309-691-7574
7/4
Run for Glory 5K
8:00am City Park Darcy B 815-672-3576
Streator, IL
711
7/4
Run with Walnut Fire & Rescue 5K
Walnut, IL
8am Bureau Valley North Jr High Tina A 815-376-5134
7/4
www.firecrackerrun.com
www.hopedalemedicalcomplex.com
mvbrehm@mchsi.com
dbeals5@verizon.net
Daveandtina40@hotmail.com
7/11
7/11
7/11
tstluka@aol.com
chrisdieker@comcast.net
Run for the Health of It 5K
Chillicothe, IL
7:00am Pearce Community Center 309-274-4209
www.pearcecc.com
Liberty Run Go Green 5K
Oakbrook, IL
7:30am Fullersburg Woods Forest Preserve 847-540-3177
www.liberty5k.com
Fisher Fair 5K
8:00am Fairgrounds David P 217-897-1682
Fisher, IL
www.fisherfair.com/events.htm#5k
Nancy Jo Olds-Bohm 5K
Wyanet, IL
8:00am Memorial Park Karen R 815-699-2474
oldsbohm5k@yahoo.com
7/11
Women’s Distance Festival 2M
Springfield, IL
8:00am Washington Park Susan H 217-502-3992
www.womensdistance.com
7/16
Sundowner 5K
Joliet, IL
7:00pm Joliet Park District – Horticultural Center
Carrie 815-741-7275 www.jolietpark.org
7/18
Run for the Bagel 10K, 5K
Mattoon, IL
7:30am YMCA 217-235-9622 www.mattoonymca.org
7/18
Limestone Rocket Run 5K
Bartonville, IL
7:30am Patty C 309-367-4400 pattycaudill@comcast.net
7/18
MMC Regional Burn Center 5K
8:00am Washington Park 217-788-3330
7/18
Bark in the Park 5K
Geneseo, IL
8:00am Geneseo City Park Chris P 309-944-7600
Springfield, IL
www.memorialmedical.com
www.henrycountyhumanesociety.org
7/18
ONYX Dash for Cash 5K
Ottawa, IL
8:00am Ottawa Waterfront Brianne H 815-343-1601
Onyx.illinois@gmail.com
7/25
The Bix 7
Davenport, IA
8:00am 563-383-2489 www.bix7.com/2009
CLIPBOARD continued on page 7
by Sherry Detloff
The thought of doing a
duathlon might never have
crossed my mind if I hadn’t
run into Ann Wheet at work.
Ann was one of my Catch
The Wave team leaders (along
with Deb McNamara and
Bob King) in 2002. Ann is
training for the Tri Sharks
Triathlon. I asked Ann how
her training was going, and
she told me about a duathlon
in Hopedale on May 16 –
the Hopedale Road Warrior
Duathlon – which consists of a two mile run and a 13.1 mile bike
ride, followed by another two mile run. Ann sent me a link to the
online registration form for the duathlon. That’s when the bicycle
wheels in my head slowly started turning…
I e-mailed my running buddies and asked them how stupid I’d
look riding my Schwinn Cruiser in a duathlon. One of them sent
a one-word reply: “Don’t.” Hmm, lack of a bicycle with gears is
definitely an impediment in a duathlon. So, I put want ads in the
company newsletter and on the Lake Run Club forum: “Wanted
to borrow: women’s hybrid bicycle. Will pay with your choice of
home-baked cookies.” No response – not even with the bribe of
my home-baked cookies.
I’d pretty much shelved the idea of trying a duathlon until I was
driving through the quaint village of Hudson on my way to the
Lake Run. Hudson was hosting their annual community-wide
garage sale, which conveniently seems to coincide with the Lake
Run every year. Lo and behold, one of the garage sales displayed
a row of bicycles lining the driveway! Well, I was on my way
to the Lake Run, so I couldn’t possibly stop to look at the bikes;
perhaps I’d check them out afterwards, on my way home. I drove
a mile past Hudson, then turned around and went back to the
garage sale, because I knew those bikes wouldn’t be there four
hours later! I sat on the bikes and selected a Raleigh. Okay, so it
was a men’s bike; no problem – if I did the duathlon, I certainly
wouldn’t be wearing a dress!
After the Lake Run, I stopped at Casey’s in Hudson to use the
ATM, paid for the bike and stuffed the $25 Raleigh into my
Toyota Corolla. When I arrived at home, I proudly showed my
new bike to my husband Steve, who pointed out that it was a
mountain bike, which is not the same as a hybrid or road bike!
I told him that Hopedale has some pretty vicious hills, so the
mountain bike may come in handy.
Before I actually committed to doing the duathlon in two weeks, I
had to make sure that the Raleigh was roadworthy. So I called on
McLean County Wheeler Blair Hall, who examined the bike and
declared it to be a bargain. (I asked Blair to put that in writing for
my scoffing husband!) Blair’s wife, Connie Reeser-Hall (one of
my running buddies), loaned me a shirt with a zippered pocket to
hold my very first packet of GU, which Connie also graciously
gave me. (Yes, I was a “GU virgin”!)
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After registering online for the Hopedale Road Warrior duathlon,
I consulted my trainer, another McLean County Wheeler – Phil
Warlow (aka “Geno”), whom I bribed with home-baked cookies
and beer. Coach Geno taught me how to shift and use handbrakes
without catapulting myself over the handlebars. Then he took me
on a training ride to Green Gables and back, a distance of fifteen
miles from Geno’s headquarters in Hudson. With only two
weeks to train for the duathlon, Coach Geno gave me different
assignments – sort of like Catch The Wave for bikers – where I
gradually increased my running and biking distances.
My final training session was to practice “transitioning” –
smoothly changing from running to biking, then from biking
to running. Part of transitioning involves dismounting from the
bike, then running with the bicycle to the transition area. You
think running with a jogstroller is hard? Try running with a
bike!
The morning of the duathlon was overcast with temperatures in
the low 50’s, but at least it wasn’t raining as it had the previous
week. As I drove toward Hopedale, the roads were flanked by
flooded fields. When I arrived, I learned that the bike route
had been shortened from 13.1 miles to 12.6 miles (oh, darn!)
because of flooded roads. All 34 of us duathletes were gravely
disappointed, but nobody went home. Little did we know that the
missing half mile would turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
The best part of the Hopedale duathlon was the volunteers. When
I arrived at the registration table, a kind volunteer helped me
remove my bike from my bike rack and parked it in the transition
area for me. Another volunteer was only too glad to exchange the
duathlon’s Day-Glo technical shirt for a different size. Several
more volunteers manned a grill and a food stand where they
sold post-race pork chop sandwiches and hot dogs. (Both the
duathlon and the food stand were fundraisers for youth programs
in Hopedale.)
As we stood shivering in the street pre-race, we couldn’t wait to
start running so we could warm up. The scenic two mile course
wound through the streets and a park in Hopedale. There were
volunteers at every intersection and corner to direct traffic and
point the way. Funny, but I didn’t notice the wind much while
running in town; the buildings and trees must have blocked the
wind. I reached the transition area and, after sucking down my
GU (thanks, Connie!), I mounted my $25 garage sale Raleigh
and started pedaling through town like the madwoman that I am.
Then I reached the open road and…
The first gale-like wind hit me with the force of a fire hose and
literally blew off my sunglasses. Fortunately, there were two
volunteers at the intersection, and I heard one of them shout, “I
got them” (thanks, Jason Cremeens!), so I didn’t have to stop
and retrieve my shades. I just squinted during the rest of the race,
which prevented debris from blowing in my eyes. There were at
least three stretches of the bike course where we were pedaling
directly into the wind.
OBSERVATIONS continued on page 12
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Racing Green
by Kevin McCarthy
I guess it’s important to mention
at the outset that, as physically
healthy and socially conscious
as all of us runners are, our
races can be pretty hard on
the environment when you
consider all the plastic bottles,
paper fliers and advertisements,
plastic bags, etc. that end up
in the landfills. A few years ago Jana Kiefer and I from the
Lake Run Club board and Colleen Klein, local triathlon event
management guru, started kicking around ideas about how to
“green up” our events.
We started looking around to see who was doing what in green
racing and talking to people who might know how to help us.
We informally started reporting back to each other what we
were finding and what we thought we could begin implementing.
Eventually we borrowed guidelines and enough ideas that we had
concrete things to do and resources to help reduce the negative
impact our races were having on our local environment. Below
is a brief summary of what we’ve been doing toward putting on
greener events, and how you can help.
In 2008 we began a recycling effort at the events operated by the
LRC and Tri-Mom Events. Thanks to support from the Town
of Normal we recycled at Lake Run, Park 2 Park, Dog Days and
Dawson Lake as well as Tri-Shark and Evergreen Triathlons.
To address our volume of paper waste we began reducing or
eliminating race packets other than bib numbers and chip timing
instructions at races for which that applied.
Additionally, through local companies, we were able to borrow
flexfuel vehicles (fuel included) to minimize air pollution on race
day from race support vehicles. We also began reducing our use
of single serving plastic containers where possible.
In 2009 the Town of Normal has agreed to continue supporting
our events by providing recycling equipment and processing all
of our collections for free. We are continuing with the drive to
minimize materials in race packets and reducing or eliminating
single serving plastic containers where practical. We continue
to use local food vendors and seek support services from local
companies at every opportunity. We are considering incentives for
runners to carpool and how we may provide shared transportation
to and from our more distant or remote race locations.
We also have been checking into how we can compost our food
waste from events. Although there are no commercial composting
facilities or services available to us in our area, there are efforts
currently underway at ISU and future projects being considered
by ISU and the Town of Normal that may address this need.
Of course our ongoing Adopt-a-Highway program continues
to "green up" our community. You can find more information
about Adopt-a-Highway on the Lake Run Club website at http://
lakerunclub.org/Contacts.htm.
Recycling efforts at 2009 Lake Run
(photo courtesy of Jeff Walden)
Lastly, in conjunction with the Tri-Shark Club, we have begun a
local effort to clean up our stream ways throughout Normal and
Bloomington. Look for information on upcoming cleanup events
posted on the LRC forum!
And now you can win fabulous prizes for helping! ...or at least
you can get points for volunteering. For 2009 we have added
recycling positions to our volunteer opportunities on the Lake
Run Club website volunteer sign-up tool – http://www.jetall3.
com/lrc/Volunteer.aspx. You can now sign-up to help with our
recycling efforts and get volunteer points toward achieving your
circuit award! Even if you are racing, please consider signing up
to help our recycling efforts before or after the event.
So far, our efforts have been very successful. For the past two
years at the Lake Run event we have sent only 3-4 bags of trash
each year to the landfill. This is an amazingly small amount
when you consider well over 1500 participants and spectators are
in attendance each year. Also, our stream bank cleanup project
last year resulted in the removal of over 50 bags (50 gallon size) of
trash as well as 1 shopping cart, 1 golf course hole marker flag, 2
bikes, 3 mattresses, 2 recliners and other assorted oddities.
So come join us in our efforts to minimize our impact. To get
involved contact me at kevin@pathperformance.com or Colleen
at trimomevents@verizon.net.
We welcome any suggestions or input as we strive to reduce
our negative impact on our community and promote safe,
environmentally friendly events.
Secretary’s Corner
by Jen Haggerty
Lake Run Club Board Meeting
Tuesday June 2, 2009
Fiesta Ranchera
Bloomington, IL
Attendees: Jana Kiefer, Cathie
Haab, Kirby Cheek, Rebecca
Payne, Ron Barnette, Bob
Lambert, Tim Rood, John
Traynor, Julie Howell, Mitch
Hobbs, Kevin McCarthy, and Jennifer Haggerty.
Membership (Julie Howell): The club currently has 896 members
with 477 households. There were 22 new members in July.
Treasurer (Bob Lambert): No outstanding issues. Taxes are
complete and sent. Insurance forms are completed for all races.
Billing/Advertising (Cathie Haab): Payments for circuit races
and advertising have been coming in on time. The club recently
received a State Farm grant.
Volunteer Committee (Jill Usiak): Jill asked for permission to
purchase $10 gas gift cards to help reimburse volunteers who
travel long distance to help with races. The board agreed.
Race Reports:
• Eureka Race with Your Heart 4M: 178 finishers in 2009, 143
in 2008, 202 in 2007
• Lake Run 4.37M: 612 finishers in 2009, 556 in 2008
• Lake Run 12K: 379 finishers in 2009, 337 in 2008
LRC port-a-potty at Green Gables: The board discussed
renting a port-a-potty to have from spring through fall for
Thursday night runs at the lake.
LRC clothing: The new line of LRC clothing is now available
at Often Running.
Upcoming Circuit Races:
• Tremont Turkey Festival 5K – June 13
• Steamboat Classic 4M/15K – June 20
• Lexington 5K – June 20
• Park 2 Park – July 4
• Dog Days – July 11
The next board meeting will be at 7pm on Tuesday August 4, at
the Fiesta Ranchera near Best Buy. All meetings are open to the
public.
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
•
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•
•
•
Lake Run (Tim Rood): The only outstanding bill from the race
is for port-a-potties. The board approved the suggested charitable
donation amount to the Kiwanis. Tim and Stacie are on board to
direct Lake Run 2010.
Park2Park – July 4, 7:30am
Dog Days 5K – July 11, 6pm
Evergreen Lake 5K – August 8, 8am
Gibson City Hospital 5K – Aug 15, 7am
Danvers Days 5K – August 16, 7:30am
• Weekly Kids Run volunteers:
Please sign in each week at the event
NO ONLINE SIGNUP for Kids Run
Park2Park (Ron Barnette): All permits are submitted and Ron
is currently setting up road volunteers. He still needs volunteers
for water stops and to drive the supply truck.
TNAM (Kirby Cheek): There are 69 participants in this year’s
TNAM. All is going well.
Photographers – please remember to
contact Connie Reeser-Hall
at illnebr@verizon.net
Trail Runs at Timber Pointe (John Traynor): The runs occur on
alternate Thursdays, starting at 5:30pm. The next run is Thursday,
June 6. The dates of the alternate Thursdays trail runs are shown
on the waiver release form. These continue until November 5, the
last Thursday in daylight savings time in calendar year 2009. As a
reminder, any person under age must have a parent or responsible
custodial adult sign the waiver release form. The form only has
to be signed once for calendar year 2009.
Check out these opportunities
and more, online at
www.lakerunclub.org
Click on “Sign Up to Volunteer”
Stay tuned for volunteer updates each month!
Dog Days (Mitch Hobbs): This year’s race will be Saturday July
11. Mitch is currently looking for volunteers.
CLIPBOARD continued from page 4
7/25
Whitney’s Walk for Life 5K
Brimfield, IL
7:55am Jubilee College State Pk www.whitneyswalk.com
Priscilla S 309-692-1766 ext 16
7/25
Kankakee YMCA 5K
Kankakee, IL
8:00am YMCA 815-933-1741 www.k3ymca.org
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7/25
7/26
Hall Creek Scamper 5K
Rockford, IL
8am Severson Dells Nature Center 815-335-2915
www.seversondells.com
Catfish Days 5K
Wilmington, IL
8:00am South Island Park Pavilion 815-476-2790
www.wilmington-il.com/catfishdays
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Welcome
New Members
Peggy Ameday
Wren Ameday
Amy Brooke
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Mark Fetzer
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Emily James
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Teri Mason
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Lana Meredith
Stacy Miller
Aaron Miller
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Jenna Owen
Jeff Saathoff
Scott Sandage
Paula Virlee
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Mary Howard
Jacy James
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Back of the Pack.2
by John Zaiser
I did it! I ran a marathon in May! Actually, it was two half
marathons and two 5Ks in 3 different states for a total of 32.4
miles of racing. It was a busy month, but a lot of fun.
It all started on May 2nd when I ran the Indianapolis MiniMarathon. This was the first time my wife and I have done this
event. We joined 35,000 other runners and walkers in the nation’s
largest half marathon. As you can imagine the start was pretty
crazy with that many people, even though they had different
corrals based on your race pace. The course was extremely flat
and even took us around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
I have to admit I got goose bumps upon entering the track and
passing by the uniformed men playing the bagpipes.
It was also a pretty cool experience running over the famous
bricks at the finish line of the speedway. You just had to watch
out for those people who felt the need to get down and kiss them.
I thought about it, but at that point – if I went down, I wasn’t
getting up. After 2 and 1/2 miles on the speedway, it was time
for a change of scenery. I really hit a wall from mile 9-10. I’m
not sure if it was a calorie deficiency or just mental, but I was
hurting. I got some Gatorade at mile 12 and seemed to feel a little
more energized. While I didn’t finish first – more like 22,951st
to be exact – we had a great time in Indianapolis and partied like
we won the whole thing. I am quickly becoming a big fan of
Michelob Ultra and their commitment to providing refreshments
for post race parties.
The next weekend was the annual Race for the Cure 5K in Peoria.
I was excited to be running only a 5K after all the training I
had done for the half marathon. This race benefits the Susan
G Komen for the Cure Foundation to fight breast cancer. I am
always moved by the women in their pink shirts indicating they
have survived a battle with breast cancer. While this is largely an
event for women, they added a men’s competitive 5K a few years
ago to get the guys involved. I remember being one of about 30
guys to run it the first year men were allowed. This year there
were over 800 total runners. While the course had several rolling
hills, I was very happy with my time,
finally breaking 34 minutes.
For some reason, possibly while still
delirious from finishing the Indy half
marathon and about 4 beers into the
post-race party, we thought it would
be a great idea to run another half
marathon in Madison, Wisconsin. I
am sure the only reason I agreed to
this suggestion from my wife was
that the annual Madison Brat Festival
was taking place the same weekend.
After the Indy race, this one seemed
small with only 3,687 runners in
the half marathon. But what a great
course! They had clearly put a lot of
thought into what was along the race
route. We ran by Badger Stadium,
through the University of Wisconsin
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campus, by the capitol building, and along the shore of some
beautiful lakes. There was always something to look at to keep
you entertained along the way.
The people of Madison were great; many of them came out to
cheer on the runners. One group was even gracious enough to
pass out glasses of beer to the runners as they passed by about
7 miles into the race. This was also the first half marathon
that I have done where they passed out GU gel packs at one of
the aid stations. I think this helped me avoid that wall I hit in
Indy. While there isn’t an official post-race party, the finish line
is adjacent to the Brat Fest. This was my first time to the Brat
Fest, but I am now a big fan. Live music, cold beer, and great
food (how can you not love fried cheese curds?) made for a great
place to unwind after the race. I even got to buy my brats from
Ron Dayne, the 1999 Heisman Trophy winner who played for
Wisconsin and the New York Giants. This was my favorite half
marathon experience to date.
On the 30th my wife and I did our hometown race, the Washington
Cherry Festival 5K, organized by the Washington Park District.
This was a great 5K; run on a closed, flat course. The entry fee
included a nice technical running shirt, along with a goodie bag,
and entry to the Rotary Club’s pancake breakfast. The weather
was perfect: in the low 60’s with no wind. My wife ran a great
time of 27:04, and I finished in 35:20. Post race fare included
cookies, bananas, oranges, Gatorade, and water; the usual stuff
to get the body refueled.
After writing about all of these races, it’s hard to believe that
we did all of this in one month. Now it is time for a break. I
am looking forward to running the Steamboat Classic on June
20. This race was one of my goals last year, but surgery on my
Achilles tendon didn’t allow for it. My wife has told me great
things about the race and the post-race festivities. Rumor has it
they serve my favorite kind of beer… that would be FREE beer!
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My First 26.2 Hour Marathon
by Val Funk
I know, I know – you’re all thinking a marathon is 26.2 miles –
not hours. That’s what I always thought too, until I was invited
to go on this road trip to Burlington, Iowa to run the 6 mile Great
River Bridge race. This is where I experienced a different kind
of marathon; a one-of-a-kind marathon.
It all started on May 15, a cloudy, overcast Friday afternoon with
the threat of rain hanging over our heads. Kent Lowry assured
me my bag would stay dry as he threw his and my bag wrapped
in a garbage bag into the back of his truck. After taking a glance
at the sky, Kirby and Melinda Cheek quickly stashed their bags
beneath their feet in the back seat of Kent’s truck, assuring us
they had plenty of leg room. The marathon had begun…
Usiak’s bags. They piled in Kent’s truck with us for another
QUICK tour of Birdie Street and Snake Alley, then a short stop
at Mosquito Park. This park is named for its size and is located
on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The view from here
was absolutely beautiful. There was the coolest looking tree at
this tiny park and Kirby said it was a Morus Alba tree, or in plain
English – a Weeping Mulberry, and he and Melinda have one in
their yard.
8:30 – 10:00 pm
Fun City here we come!!! This huge facility has everything –
a 10,000 square foot arcade, 3-D virtual roller coaster, indoor/
outdoor water park, laser tag arena, bowling, billiards, indoor
golfing simulator, gaming lounge, and electric go-karts – which
1:18 – 3:30 pm
We pulled away from Kent’s house. A quick stop in Normal to fill
the gas tank and we were on our way. The drive was very pleasant
and along the way we were amazed at the amount of flooding
in western Illinois, especially along this creek that followed our
roadway for a while. Thoughts of kayaking kept running through
my head. It started raining about halfway there and I was once
again assured that the knot Kent tied in the garbage bag would
keep our stuff dry.
3:30 – 5:00 pm
Over the bridge, down the ramp, and into the town of Burlington
to our first stop – Big Muddy’s – right along the river. This
beautifully revamped building was once the 1898 Burlington,
Cedar Rapids & Northern Railroad freight house. Here we were
pleasantly surprised to find they offered free appetizers on this
Friday afternoon: cheese dip, vegetables, deep fried mushrooms,
meat balls, etc. A friend of Kent’s joined us at Big Muddy’s and
as Matt enjoyed his appetizers, Kirby and Kent entertained us
with magic and tricks of illusion.
5:00 – 6:30 pm
On to the Schramm House Bed & Breakfast to drop off
our bags. To my relief, my things were only slightly
wet and would easily be dry by morning. Next we
had a tour of some special places in Burlington: Snake
Alley – Burlington’s most famous landmark and a
portion of our race Saturday; Birdie Street – where
Kent used to live; The Corner - where years ago the
popcorn man meticulously and methodically made
and sold bags of popcorn; the intersection where Curt
and Kent had their motorcycle accident; quaint streets;
old houses; and churches with beautiful architectural
features. What an interesting river town!!
6:30 – 7:45 pm
Les and Jill Usiak are finally here!! We met them at
the off ramp and they followed us to The Sombrero for
dinner. The closest thing to Mexican food was their
Tuesday night Taco special, but we were going for their
famous burgers anyway – which were great. If you
ever get a chance to go, notice the spinning tires on
the ceiling.
7:45 – 8:30 pm
A quick stop at the Schramm House to drop off the
Top: Les and Jill Usiak at the top of Snake Alley
Bottom L-R: Kirby and Melinda Cheek, Val Funk,
Les and Jill Usiak along Snake Alley.
(photos courtesy of Val Funk)
is where we headed. Our group got to be on the track together
and my goal was to pass everyone as I started last in the lineup,
but I think I got passed by nearly everyone instead. It was a blast
just the same. After racing cars we meandered around Fun City
and took a stroll through the Catfish Bend Casino where some
heavy gambling took place. Yes, Les put a dollar bill into one
of the machines and we took turns pushing this button until the
dollar was used up. We didn’t win anything. From the casino we
went to the gaming lounge and played trivia. We won so many
tickets that I got Laffy Taffy, Kent got Laffy Taffy and airheads,
Kirby and Melinda got a glow-in-the dark tiny rubber ducky, and
Les and Jill got a long-legged toy zebra for their dog.
10:00 – 11:00 pm
Martini’s Grille was next. Interestingly, the building housing
Martini’s Grille used to be a hospital and Kent was actually born
there. Martini’s Grille was one of my favorite places – such a
classy place with a beautiful view of the river and a menu offering
USDA prime beef, succulent lobster and premium martinis; but
we went there for their World Famous Chicken Lips!!! Chicken
Lips???? Chickens don’t have lips, do they? I had to wait until
that moment to find out exactly what these famous Chicken Lips
were – and they were definitely worth waiting for and I would go
back just to have them again. You won’t find out from me what
they are – you must see for yourself. Our tour guide Kent said
there were just two more stops left. Les wanted to know what
other stop there was besides the Schramm House…
11:00 pm – 12:30 am
What a treat this trip had been so far – what could possibly
top eating Chicken Lips while looking down over the city of
Burlington with lights sparkling and reflecting off the water?
Jazz!!!! Live music featuring Burlington’s own Patrick Hazell
playing the electrified harmonica along with Janiva Magness
and her band. It was fabulous.
12:30 – 1:00 am
Les and Jill were ready to call it a night, so we dropped the
“serious runners” off at the Schramm House. Were we really in
Burlington to run a race on Saturday May 16, or was this Kent’s
way to boost tourism in his home town?? Kent knew somebody
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every place we went, and he just had to see Sam tonight, so off we
headed to Sam’s establishment – across the river – into Gulfport,
Illinois…
1:00 – 2:30 am
Amazingly I was still wide awake. I hadn’t been up this late for
years!! As we sat around the table at Sam’s I was wondering what
is so special about this Sam that Kent wanted us to see. An hour
later we were enlightened as Sam entered his establishment. Of
course he recognized Kent and was introduced to the rest of us.
He actually spent a lot of time with our table and offered each of
us a beverage of our choice, all while keeping a sharp eye on his
establishment. Sam had a lot of high energy.
2:30 – 5:30 am
We returned to the Schramm House. After laying out my running
clothes I went right to bed and slept really well until 5:30. What
woke me up? Was it a train? Back to sleep.
5:30 – 6:00 am
Woke up again – oh good, I didn’t have to get up yet. I lay there
listening to the traffic noises thinking how sound really traveled.
Must have something to do with the river being nearby. Back to
sleep.
6:00 – 6:30 am
Woke up again. Was that a train blowing its horn? And what’s with
all that traffic? Sounds like it’s right outside the window. Wait…
That’s not traffic; that’s the WIND!!!! I justified the swooshing,
whooshing sounds by the fact that the Schramm House was up on
a hill – surely it wasn’t really as bad as it sounded. Off to sleep
again… sort of…
6:30 – 7:00 am
Fifteen more minutes before the alarm was to go off – I didn’t
have to get up yet. I told myself again that the wind wasn’t going
to be bad.
7:00 – 7:15 am
Finally it was time to get up. The radio station was interviewing
the race coordinators: “Yes, there were strong winds and yes,
they would be in our face coming back over the bridge…” I didn’t
want to get up and race. At this point I was thinking all those
runners would surely need more spectators to cheer them on. I
was ready to volunteer.
7:15 – 8:00 am
Instead I got up and prepared myself for the race, ate my power
bar, and was ready to run. It was really great because we walked
out the door of Schramm House and jogged about five blocks
down to the start.
Val Funk, Kent Lowry and Melinda Cheek overlooking
the Mississippi River in Burlington, Iowa.
(photo courtesy of Val Funk)
8:00 – 8:58:17 am
This was to be a DFL start. It had to be; it was only right. The
race started downhill on the ramp by the highway, went through
town a couple blocks, uphill to Snake Alley, up Snake Alley –
with its 5 half-curves and 2 quarter-curves which rise 58 feet over
a distance of 275 feet – back to the ramp, over the bridge with a
long descent into Gulfport, out and back on this road where we
saw a big squashed toad and a dead bird (Jill comforted herself
by pretending the bird was just sleeping), back up over the bridge
with winds gusting 30+ miles per hour that nearly stopped me in
my tracks, and finally, after cresting the bridge, one of the most
fun descents ever: down the bridge, down the ramp, to the finish
line.
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8:58:17 – 10:00 am
Feelings of elation and amazement were spinning through my
head. I had finished the race. Snake Alley was a piece of cake
compared to coming up over the bridge from Gulfport. The word
brutal kept coming to mind. Post-race food was water, bananas,
apples and “The Drake.” I guess they figured we would be so
grateful to be done we wouldn’t care about food and if we did we
could get it at The Drake. I really didn’t care about the post-race
food – I just wanted to get back to the Schramm House and get
cleaned up and warm again. I knew we had a marvelous breakfast
waiting for us there.
10:00 – 11:00 am
Breakfast at the Schramm House. Food never tasted so good!!
We had egg casserole, biscuits and gravy, sausage, dessert
casserole, orange juice, coffee, rolls and jam. We left the table
with our bellies full.
11:00 – 11:30 am
Packed up our gear and loaded it in the truck. Kent’s friend Matt
invited us to tour his home and see part of the mission he has
been on to help clean up the “slums” of Burlington. Les and Jill
headed back to Illinois at this point.
12:30 – 1:00 pm
Stop at the Kum & Go for drinks and snacks before heading out
on the road again. Sterzings Potato Chips, which are made in
Burlington, were a must buy. The packaging dares you to “tri
some.” I’m thinking the Tri-Sharks club should have these chips
for part of their post-race meal. They would go great with the sub
sandwiches!!
1:00 – 2:15 pm
On the road again until nature called and we had to make a stop.
This rest stop happened to have a little covered bridge, which
we walked over, and a look-out tower, which we climbed, before
heading back to Normal.
2:15 – 3:30 pm
The marathon event came to a close as we pulled into Normal and
made one final stop to fill the truck with gas again before pulling
into Kent’s drive.
To be quite honest, I had never considered myself a “real runner,”
but after that weekend I have changed my mind. What a fun,
enlightening, marathon event with great company. I would do it
all again.
11:30am – 12:30 pm
Tour of Matt’s house and project. It was all very interesting and
worth the stop.
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I was so far behind the other cyclists that I couldn’t see anyone in
front of me. Every now and then, I worried that I was lost in the
middle of nowhere and that I’d be pedaling for eternity. Then I’d
see a yellow “RW” (Road Warrior) and an arrow painted on the
pavement, so I knew I wasn’t lost. At one point, I was biking on
a country road that ran parallel to I-155 and I saw an exit sign for
Delavan. Well, at least now I know where Delavan is.
During my third and final ride into the wind, I prayed for God
to show me a sign He was out there. Soon, I passed a small
country church (yup, a sign from God), and shortly thereafter,
I could see the Hopedale water tower – what a beautiful sight!
Civilization at last! I reached the last rural intersection, where
two volunteers were stationed – one to show me where to turn
(finally, out of the wind!) and the other to chase off the large dog
that was charging at me! (Oh, great! There I was in the middle of
nowhere without pepper spray!) You can bet my last mile on the
bike was my fastest, thanks to Fido! [Note to self: start working
on an invention that shoots pepper spray out of bicycle pedals.]
As I rode into town, I passed a runner who was just finishing
the last two mile run. I had a sinking feeling as I remembered I
wasn’t done with the race yet. I was just glad that I survived the
bike ride. I had the transition area all to myself, so I whipped off
my bicycle helmet and started the longest two mile run of my life.
I learned that you use different leg muscles when you bike than
when you run, and even when you think you have no legs left, you
just move forward, sometimes walking, sometimes running. I set
goals for myself during the last two miles, such as “run to the stop
sign, walk to the driveway.” The course was the same two miles
I’d run earlier, but this time we ran counterclockwise instead of
clockwise. It’s funny how different the course looked, just by
running in the opposite direction. Or maybe I was just delirious
from the bike ride…
Several turns before I reached the finish line, there were three
bored pre-teen volunteers at a corner, pointing the way. One of
them asked me, “Is there anyone behind you?” – not something
you want to hear from the sidelines, especially after you’ve just
finished a lengthy, windy bike ride. I’ve never been so tempted
to clobber a kid in my entire life (okay, so I was bit cranky), and I
think I could have taken him, except he had two friends with him
and a mom sitting nearby in a mini-van, so I was outnumbered. I
wanted to say (but didn’t), “Yeah, there’s about five or six hundred
more runners behind me, and you’re gonna have to stand out here
for two more hours, freezing your butt off!”
I held my tongue for once and briefly thought about stopping at
the Hopedale Medical Complex as I ran past it for the last time,
but I just kept plodding along. As I headed down the straightaway
toward the finish line, I could hear some friends cheering me on
– music to my ears. The first thing I did after crossing the finish
line was use the ATM at the Hopedale Bank so I could buy a hot
dog and a bag of good ol’ salty Fritos. By God, I earned them! I
was still at the ATM when I heard my name called. The awards
were being presented, and I won second place in my age group! I
reached two of my goals: (1) I finished and (2) I finished in under
two hours.
The marble paperweight I received sits on my desk at work, a
reminder that I can do anything I put my foolish mind to – even
with only two weeks of preparation – as long as I have my village
of friends behind me. The Beatles were right; I can get by with a
LOT of help from my friends! Thanks, Friends!
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Getting That All-Important Fitness Test!
by Peg Stark
After my recent Fitness Test at Illinois State University, given
by Laura Vedeen, I wanted to share the insight that I learned
there from her. By the way, she is awesome in her knowledge and
profession and is willing to help guide you to becoming a fitter
and healthier athlete!
As the past season of "The Biggest Loser" ended, I reflected on how
they trained and what I had learned about my own fitness. I had
to ask myself, "How in the world can anyone go through
such brutal treatment to lose weight?" All for $250 grand…
I had been a runner for the past seven years, and had always
believed that I was quite healthy and fit. But I was always
trying to push myself harder, to train harder, because I wanted
to run faster! However, all my efforts weren't working in
my favor – either in speed or weight loss. Often I didn't
worry about what my heart was going through in the process.
Sometimes you just don't want to know those things. (And
with a family history of heart-related problems, I should know
better.) So long as you’re feeling good, your focus on getting
faster and losing weight must be good, right? Wrong!
If you continue to work out in a high heart rate zone, you will
eventually find yourself feeling more tired and fatigued each day,
wondering why you’re burned out and maybe even beginning to hate
running or exercise! Plus it's not helping your heart in a healthy way
either. You may even wind up with other physical injuries as well.
There is a purpose for those heart rate zones. They are set
up according to your current physical fitness, age, height, weight,
etc.
Zone 1 – aerobic base training. Approximately 80% of my
total training or exercise workouts should be here. This zone is
especially helpful for increasing your capillarization for better
oxygen delivery and increasing the efficiency of your heart:
oxygen consumption and delivery. As you’re working out, your
breathing should be somewhat easy and you should be able to
speak a full sentence. You should not be gasping for air or huffing
and puffing. Your workout should be enjoyable. You should be
able to maintain this workout zone for at least 1.5 hours, and
repeat this workout 3-4 times a week to get the full benefit of
your Calorie Fat Burning Goal. For me, my heart rate should be
between 135-160 bpm (150-155 ideal).
So far it's been kind of interesting to note that when I programmed
my heart rate monitor for my Zone 1 and went out for a run, I was
quite amazed how different I felt. I could breathe much better and
running was actually easier than I thought it would be! The only
minor frustration I have is that my pace is 1 to 2 minutes slower
but I'm assured that it will get better and faster.
Zone 2 – threshold /tempo. Approximately 15% of my total
training should be here. This zone will help "push" the lactate/
aerobic threshold so that you can handle a higher intensity
for longer periods of time. I can increase my heart rate up
to 165-175 bpm by doing exercises such as tempo runs or
open road biking or stationary spin biking. As a beginner
in this type of speed work, I can do up to 40 minutes of a
tempo run or 2x10 in Zone 2 with a 5 minute warm up and 5
minute recoveries in between, followed by a cool down.
(photo courtesy of Merlin Anderson)
Zone 3 – V02Max/interval training. Only about 5% of
my training should be in this zone. If you’re an elite athlete
training for specialized race events then you would use
this type of training, which is mostly conducted on a track
or measured distance doing 8x400 laps. For me, my heart
rate would exceed 175bpm. My predicted max is 188bpm.
What I didn’t realize is that I was often doing my workouts in
Zones 2 and 3! Heck I just went out for a run… Often times, I
would be huffing and puffing, gasping for air. I found myself
taking more walk breaks lately just so I could catch my breath. I
would feel very tired and fatigued afterwards, and I had
more muscle soreness, body aches and pains as well. This is what
happens when you’re not breathing right, and not getting enough
oxygen, especially to the heart!
If you want to keep fit and lose weight, you really need to do
it right! Follow your heart and burn those fat calories in the
Training Zone that is right for you.
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Adventures Benefiting Children
ABC # 45
by Merlin Anderson
ABC #45 was great! The storms passed through in time for 56
participants to attend. The Baby Fold received an amazing $1,240
in contributions, including a nice contribution from Starcrest
Cleaners (thanks to Leo Hermes and Mary Wurth). Thanks to
everyone for participating and for boosting contributions to reach
a “month of May PR.” In five years, we’ve raised a total of $3,174
for The Baby Fold.
Employees of The Baby Fold (including Kathy Berry, Nancy
Hannah, Jenny Keen, and Dara Williamson) did a great job of
planning, hosting, and participating. They provided coolers full
of cold beverages to go with Meg’s coffee cake and the other food
that was provided by the participants, The Baby Fold, and Ropp
Jersey Cheese.
For some runners, ABC stood for “Adventures Buying Cheese”.
Some who ran either the one-way 10K or completed the 20K round
trip ended up making it a “cheese run” and bought cheese at the
Ropp Jersey Cheese Store. The Ropps and The Baby Fold have
a long standing relationship. Thanks once again to the Ropps for
being willing partners in this and other adventures.
Because there was a 20 mph NW wind, Jenny Keen offered to
drive people to the cheese store so they could run back with the
wind. Steve Schultz did the one-way 10K as originally planned
and had to run into a stiff wind. There was also a net elevation
gain, so it’s no tall tale if Steve tells you about running uphill,
into the wind, all the way.
The run began without incident except for the kidnapping. I was
missing the grandkids so I kidnapped Asa Lotz, son of Erin
Furimsky and Tyler Lotz. They were easy marks – I just offered
to push their baby jogger. Minutes later, I raced up to challenge
Matt Beaver and his daughter Cordova in the baby jogger
division. Then when I passed Bill Hahm and taunted him about
getting passed by a baby jogger, Bill claimed he would deny this
ever happened and that Larry Schumacher and Bob Lambert
would back him up on this.
Asa was a good sport about the whole kidnapping incident. He
liked racing and I think I may have taught him some trash talking
techniques before returning him to Erin and Tyler. This was
Asa and Tyler’s first ABC run as well as the first ABC run for
eleven others: Dan Anderson, Sheldon Bane, Cordova Beaver,
Patty Frank, Nancy Hannah, Katie Hartman, Lori Snodgrass,
Sandy Vail, Dara Williamson, Teague Williamson, and JL
Woelke. Welcome, and join us often!
A highlight for me is that I backed off to give Mike Heffron,
20 years my junior, a fair chance, and he still couldn’t catch
me! Mike has been steadily gaining on me in terms of lifetime
mileage. We were planning for this ABC run to be our “parallel
run” (running together with the same lifetime mileage). Mike
needed to make up 30 miles between Monday and Friday, so I
didn’t run those five days. But Mike was so busy that he fell 10
miles short, requiring us to postpone the parallel run.
It was such a great day that I hate to mention the accident.
Wendy Anderson was biking and fell while attempting to
pass a group of runners. Dan Anderson let me know that
the doctor said nothing was broken but that Wendy suffered a
badly bruised shoulder and would need to use a sling for a few
days. This may be a reminder to all of us to stay to the right
and use no more than half the trail when running with others.
Back to the food – I’m happy to report that even with 56 participants,
there was some of Meg’s coffee cake left. Laura Beavers said they
saved it for me. Elated with my good fortune, I wolfed it down. Then
(photos courtesy of Merlin Anderson)
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I felt so guilty when Kevin Tuuk came back after his 20K cheese
buying adventure and noted that all the coffee cake was gone that
I responded by doing what I do best – blaming in on Tom Crain.
Thanks again everyone, for making this a memorable experience
and helping make it possible for The Baby Fold to do so much for
children in Central Illinois.
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Four Seconds in Fargo
by Pam Walden
What can you do in 4 seconds? Not much. For instance, you
can’t grab your disposable camera out of your Race Ready shorts,
steady yourself, take a picture and return the camera to your
shorts. You can’t run to the other side of the road to “High 5!”
just one more kid. You can’t stop to remove your long sleeved
shirt and tie it around your waist to display your bib # pinned to
your singlet. And you certainly can’t duck into a port-a-potty
and take even the quickest pee of your life. These are all things
I contemplated doing during the 2009 Fargo Marathon and I’m
so glad I didn’t. If I had, I would not have met my seemingly
unreachable goal of breaking a 5 hour marathon.
The Thursday before Mother’s Day
weekend Cheryl Dwyer, Dawn
Dieckgrafe, Bob Catanese, my husband
Jeff and I all hopped into our car and
drove to Fargo, ND. Cheryl and I ran
the marathon and Dawn ran the half
marathon. Jeff & Bob? They enjoyed a
round of golf on one of the few courses
that was still above water. As you
may know, the town of Fargo has been
recovering from the Red River flood
earlier this year.
constant reassurance that this was my race to break the 5 hour
barrier allowed me to actually entertain the idea that maybe I just
might be able to do it this time.
What really got my head engaged was listening to the speaker
at the pasta dinner the evening before the race. He said a few
things that really spoke to me: (1) he gave a few suggestions on
how to keep your pace even when you’re tired; (2) he encouraged
everyone to share their goals with friends and family because so
long as you give it your all on the course, it really doesn’t matter
if you reach the goal or not; the important thing is that you had
a goal and you tried; and (3) there *will* be a day when it all
falls into place and you will reach that goal. I also have to admit
that watching The Biggest Loser contestant, Tara, run a marathon
This was my 16th marathon. Whenever
someone would ask, “What’s your goal?”
my answer was always the same… “To
finish.” That was the truth. No matter
how hard you train and how many miles
you run, you never know when you’re
going to have a bad run. I’ve seen plenty
of people drop out of marathons before
and I never wanted to be so smug as
to assume I would finish any of them.
But I did have a secret goal. I wanted
a marathon time that started with a “4”
but I was too scared to say it out loud to
anybody, even my running buddies. But they all knew. I guess
I was afraid that I’d never get there and then I’d be humiliated
having to come back and tell everyone I failed.
The truth is, after running 15 marathons I wasn’t really sure
I could do it. I wasn’t allowing myself to think along those
lines because many of my marathons have been closer to
starting with a “6” than a “4”. My mind wasn’t even thinking
of breaking that 5 hour barrier this time until Cheryl brought
up how much stronger I had been running lately. When I’d
get tired on my marathon training runs, I’d focus and make
myself run just a bit faster, just for maybe 10-20 seconds,
trying to convince myself that I was training myself to keep
running even when I was tired.
The turning point for me – when I allowed myself to think
that maybe it might be within reach – was running the outer
loop at the Lake Run this year. I can’t remember the last time
I finished any race with a sub-10 min/mile pace, but this year
at the Lake Run I did. Hmmm… Maybe I am a stronger
runner this year? This accomplishment, along with Cheryl’s
Top: (L-R) Cheryl Dwyer, Bob Catanese, Jeff and Pam Walden,
Dawn Dieckgrafe
Bottom (L-R): Dawn Dieckgrafe, Pam Walden and Cheryl Dwyer
(photos courtesy of Pam Walden)
distance in 4 hours and fifty six minutes was plain humiliating!
I had been watching the weather forecast constantly. The past
few marathons I ran were warm and I run much better when it’s
cold outside. I was praying for cold weather. I might have prayed
just a little too enthusiastically because at one point there were
actually snow showers forecasted for race day! Hurray, at least it
wouldn’t be 80 degrees! When we walked out of the hotel room
that morning it was 37 degrees… perfect! I let out a yelp of joy
and thought, “Just maybe today will be my day.”
I have to admit that I didn’t like the idea of not running next to
Cheryl. We’re usually joined at the hip during marathons but
she’s always told me, “If you think you can do it, GO!” She’s
been nursing a sore hip and wasn’t sure what pace she’d be able
to keep. Since the half and the full started at the same time, the
three of us hugged and wished each other luck just before the race
started. It made me sad to look back and see her a few rows of
runners behind me but I knew she wanted me to meet my goal.
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awesome crowd support! There were bands, signs, spectators,
and other various entertainments all along the course. Truth be
told, a lot of this support vanished on the “second lap” (hey, it was
still in the 40’s and beginning to drizzle a bit – can’t blame them!)
but there were still a few bands and groups of people cheering
along the route, which helped a lot.
I checked my watch constantly, knowing that I had to keep an
11:27 pace/mile to meet my goal. I knew that I would slow down
in those upper miles so I was glad that I had a lot of miles that were
sub 11:27 during the first 15 or so miles. At mile 25 I was at 4:46,
meaning I had to cover 1.2 miles in about 14 minutes. Knowing I
had never, EVER, run the entire last mile of a marathon without
at least a little bit of walking, I was a little nervous and pissed at
myself for not leaving any wiggle room for a short walk break. If
I walked at all, the goal was down the tubes.
Dawn and I ran the first 5 miles together and then we got separated.
Gulp. I never had to run alone for that long before. It was a scary
thought because when you’re alone, tired and sore, all you really
think about is how alone, tired and sore you are.
I was also worried because the streets were slippery with a very
thin coating of mud from the rain. After a few more checks of
the watch I knew that I had to kick it into gear if I wanted that
sub 5. Thankfully the last stretch outside before you head into
the Fargodome (to finish inside) is a slight downhill. I saw my
husband Jeff, barely gave him half a wave, and just ran as fast as
I could until I crossed the finish line.
Because of the floods they had to re-route the marathon course
this year. We ended up running the same 13.1 mile route twice.
This was a blessing because I knew what I was in store for the
second time around. The other cool thing is that Fargo has
The time on my watch? 4:59:59. No joke!!! I didn’t care if my
official results showed a 5:00:01; it was a 4:59:59 as far as I was
concerned. My official time ended up being 4:59:55. Whew! 4
seconds can make all the difference in the world.
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From Pages Past
Part 8
by Merlin Anderson
It’s been over a year since the last time I dug into the archives of
The Lake Runner. Time to dig in and see what was happening
about 10 years ago.
January 1999 issue
A member profile article shows Tom Nylund on a climb at the
Upper Limits Climbing gym. Tom explained that his current
running program began when his rock climbing partner suggested
running to lose weight. Tom soon progressed to doing long runs
with Karen O’Rourke and Carrie Young (now Carrie Hymer)
in preparation for the Chicago Marathon.
Paul Gorden reported on what he learned while streaking
(running every day in 1998).
February 1999 issue
Bob Brandt welcomed the newest member to our LRC family –
the Lake Run Club website!
At the 1999 Chilly Chili race, both Doug Gillam (2nd male) and
Stephanie Gillam (3rd female) won sweatshirts for placing in
the top three. The “least dressed” winners were Louie Tieman
and Ann Lefevre. Other winners included Tod Williamson
(Chili Can), Leo Hermes (Cat in the Hat), and Angie Erswell
and Tammy Allen (Wonder Women).
March 1999 issue
The fifth Awards Banquet was hosted by LRC President Mark
Rayburn and emceed by Pat Dunagan and Dave Hawkinson.
The 1998 award winners were:
Female Runner of the Year: Maureeka Lambert
Male Runner of the Year: Paul Gorden
Most Improved Runner: Diana Brandt
Best New Runner: Carla Meeker
Volunteers of the Year: Bob Brandt and Mitch Hobbs
Nelson Newsletter Award: Carrie Young (now Hymer)
April 1999 issue
Doug Gillam was the overall winner of the 1999 St Patrick’s
Day 5K in 16:34. Six days later, Doug was leading the Miller
Park Zoo Stampede 5K when his streak of 70 sub-17:00 5Ks was
snapped when his femur snapped just 20 yards from the finish.
Doug wrote a poignant article, “Falling Short,” emphasizing the
following advice: “Listen to your body. If you are having pain,
back off from your running.”
A profile on Roger Aukerman states that Roger started running
in high school for track and cross country and that he credits
the Catch The Wave program for helping him “get back the
motivation I needed to make running a regular event in my
weekly schedule.”
May 1999 issue
Lake Run race director Rich Beal reported a record 998 runners.
The 12K winners were Dan Gray (38:33) and Lisa Menninger
(46:33). The 4.37 mile loop winners were Scott Klasen (22:26)
and Helen Alexander (28:41).
Dennis Killian wrote an article about running the Paris Marathon
in which he wrote, “I love Paris” and “I will go to great lengths
to do this race again.” Dennis was true to his word as he ran the
Paris Marathon again and also has been to Paris eleven times.
Meg Anderson wrote about running the Lake County Half
Marathon with our daughter, Tanya. The photo shows Meg and
Tanya both looking good toward the finish. Nigel Keen also
looked good in that race, winning his age group and setting a PR
of 1:19:53.
The profile was on Kevin Daugherty, a Catch The Wave
participant who finished the 4.37 mile loop in 42:51 (9:48 per
mile). Kevin had great things to say about the CTW program
then and has stuck with running as evidenced by his 2009 pace of
8:22 per mile in the 12K event.
June 1999 issue
Larry Nelson wrote about running his age: running 60K on his
60th birthday. Larry started his first of five trips around the lake
at 4:20am. When Larry’s wife drove by at noon and Larry asked
for first aid, she smiled and said, “This was your stupid idea. I’m
just here to check on where your life insurance policies are.”
Larry reported that he was glad he did it (and he’s glad he went
metric). Larry ended by quoting Dylan Thomas – “Do not go
gentle into that good night, old age should burn and rave at close
of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.”
Jim Williamson ran the Ice Age Trail 50 miler in White Water,
Wisconsin. I wrote about the joy of running the Bayshore
Marathon with our daughter, Tanya. Becky Roesner, in her
profile, said her favorite race was the Sand Rat Trail Run in
Lawrence, Kansas. The length varies from 7-10 miles based on
trail conditions. The prizes are large rubber rats (in real rat traps)
spray painted gold, silver, and bronze. Road trip, anyone?
Mark Rayburn finished his term as LRC President by thanking
everyone for their many hours of service. No one was in line
to serve as President so Vice-President Kirby Cheek would
preside.
July 1999 issue
Winners of the Gridley Fest 5K were Mike Heffron (16:58) and
Lisa Menninger (18:12). We miss the Gridley Fest 5K but you can
still get the sweet rolls by going to the Lexington 5K.
Scott Shook responded in a runner profile that he is from Hobart,
Oklahoma and moved to Normal in 1993. The corporate trainer
at State Farm also said his #1 running related goal is to stay
healthy. Scott succeeded in that he is still healthy, running, and
turning in some good times.
Mike Froman earned a gold medal in the 10K run in the
Special Olympics World Games held in Raleigh, North Carolina.
August 1999 issue
“1,000 by 2000 is Here!” was the headline of an article by Bob
Brandt, crediting the hard work of Doug Gillam for helping
the LRC grow from just over 500 members in about two years.
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This made the LRC the fastest growing running club in Illinois.
Anyone remember the membership party held at Green Gables to
celebrate this accomplishment?
Jim Williamson described his adventure of completing 70 miles
of the Mohican Trail 100 mile run. He wrote, “The last 50 miles
that we had just finished were by far the hardest 12 ½ hours of
my life. Now all we had to do was run another 50 miles, mostly
in the dark.” Jim later described getting lost in the middle of
the night and the effects of hypothermia. Is this where Donna
Creditor and Paul Hanaki-Martin got their idea that this might
be great fun?
The Royal Treatment You Deserve
September 1999 issue
Mike Heffron and Lisa Menninger were the winners of the
Dawson Lake 5K which raised $2,446 for the Children’s
Discovery Museum. Thanks to former governor Blago, this race
will become the Evergreen Lake 5K in 2009.
Kids Run Directors Lisa Goeken and Beth Galowski reported
another successful year with an average attendance of 230 kids.
The Kids Run is still going strong with over 600 kids running in
the first Kids Run of 2009.
James King, our 1,000th member was profiled. James crosstrained by placing 50 pound weights in his backpack and climbing
the stands in the ISU football arena.
October 1999 issue
Jen Ho reported on a successful Run the Woods 5K that had a
record 137 finishers in the 5K and 26 finishers in the kids 1 mile
run. The winners were Bob Clary (17:53) and Sue Granato
(20:53).
November 1999 issue
Winners of the Katie McGuire DARE 5K were Steve Houseworth
(16:58) and Katie Norman (21:52). Doug Gillam won the Paws
for Cause 5K in 18:41 (nice start on a comeback from the broken
femur – just another couple of minutes to cut off).
A total of 71 LRC members completed the Chicago Marathon,
led by Nigel Keen in 2:57:14. Tom Nylund, Judy Oein, and Steve
Struck wrote articles describing their
experience. Two of them credited the
LRC Marathon Training Group for
their success.
December 1999 issue
The Jingle Bell 5K had 621 finishers
and the winners were Scott Clasen
(15:28) and Meghan Braffet (18:34).
Vicki King wrote an article about
running six 5K races with her husband
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Lake
Run
Club
Race
Results
Lake Run Club finishers at recent races:
Circuit Results
Tremont 5K • Jun 13 • Tremont, IL
Buffalo Marathon * May 24 * Buffalo, NY
753 finishers
328 George Brown 4:03:18
Overall Male - Josh Banistr 16:41.5
Overall Female - Brittany Carius 19:47.8
First Male Master - Ed Ricca 17:55.4
First Female Master - Lisa Sparks 23:08.8
San Diego RnR Marathon * May 31 *
San Diego, CA
13387 finishers
2825 Matt King 4:02:07
12439 Michele Chlada 6:42:21
Total Finishers: 312
Total LRC Finishers: 36
% LRC Finishers: 11
Runners, send your non-circuit race results
to: newsletter@lakerunclub.com
12 18 28 29 58 78 83 85 89 91 95 97 102
103
108
115 130 137 149 150 167 171 182 183 208 211 214 241 249 257 259 264 267 297 301 302 Brad Horton Nigel Keen Julie James Merlin Anderson Andrew Williams Bill James George Brown Paul Armstrong Lisa Sparks Miles Bertsche Rob Johnson Ramona Hartweg Christine Johnson Janet Connelly Tom Cinnamon Brad Hibbert Grant Rucker Celestia Kenerley Michael Holzworth Lanny Lobdell Aaron Curtis Jim Fruin Meg Anderson Ken Swanberg Michelle Ritter Alyse Lanier Jeff Lanier Annette Lobdell Katie McKinney
Bill Semlak Becky Glinka Sherry Detloff Kay Caldwell Sandra Theobald Alexis Lanier Rexie Lanier 18:43.3
19:09.9
20:15.1
20:16.4
22:05.6
22:35.1
22:52.9
22:58.5
23:08.8
23:17.2
23:26.7
23:30.9
23:47.1
23:48.0
23:56.1
24:13.9
24:47.7
24:53.7
25:32.3
25:33.0
26:11.4
26:16.8
26:58.9
27:04.2
28:21.6
28:25.7
28:29.5
29:59.5
30:26.0
31:04.4
31:24.6
31:38.9
31:54.2
35:20.2
37:09.1
37:10.4
Non-Circuit Results
St Louis Go 1/2 Marathon * April 19 *
St Louis, MO
8546 finishers
3238 Quincy Carolan 2:06:51
3239 Nicole Byers 2:06:51
Nashville Marathon * Apr 25 * Nashville, TN
4145 finishers
2134 Matt King 4:54:06
Circuit Standings
(as of May 2, 2009)
Erika Arnhart
Kathleen Davis
Kerri Marsh
Jaime Skaggs
Natalie Dean
Megan Namoff
Sarah Isbell
Ellen Rehn
Paulette Dawson
Michelle Chlada
Diana Myers
Barbara Feeney
Amy Beirne
Jamie Rucker
Laura Roethle
Ginger Shepard
Lesley Davis
Kim Barman
Jodi Pomis
Kendra Knapp
Melinda Shadday
Alissa Schwermin
Melissa Juvinall
Julie Shumaker
Joy Hershberger
Katie McKinney
Amie Mouser
Female 1-14
Julie James
Alyse Lanier
Alexis Lanier
Athena Kulb
Bethanie Namoff
Bekka Rood
#Races Top 10
2
69
2
62
2
56
1
35
1
31
1
28
Female 15-19
Jennifer Holzworth
#Races Top 10
1
38 Female 35-39
Laura Griffin
#Races Top 10 Celestia Kenerley
4 126 Nancy Beaty
2
75 Aimee Dziekan
1
35 Rachael Kerrick
1
26 Stacie Rood
Jill Overholt
#Races Top 10 Shelley Marsaglia
5 147 Leah Horchem
3 113 Brandi Peterson
4 103 Mary Jo Roop
3
98 Gina Bianchi
4
87 Michelle Mancias
2
72 Becky Roesner
3
61 Angie Stafford
2
49 Tricia Williams
2
43 Michelle Chong
2
39 Kitty OBrien
1
35 Kathy Berry
1
32
1
28 Female 40-44
1
23 Ramona Hartweg
1
17 Melissa Adams
1
15 Kelly McBride
1
15 Chris Corpus
1
15 Jennifer Nickrent
Christy Chamberlain
#Races Top 10 April Matthis
6 186 Danielle Treanor
5 163 Robbin Veitengruber
4 136 Rexie Lanier
3 100 Cheryl Dwyer
4
91 Gina Detmers
3
78 Tamarra Rennick
3
72 Michelle Kisandi
Female 20-24
Rachelle Cantin
Kelsey McCollom
Katy MacMann
Kayla Bryan
Female 25-29
Leann Steidinger
Emily DeWald
Michelle Ritter
Nicole Byers
Erin OGrady
Jessica Gieson
Andrea Hoxsie
Lyndsay Taylor
Kim Nemec
Sarah Kirby
Jessica Manier
Emily Ketelsen
Melisa Case
Megan Leopold
Emily Roberts
Casey Scott
Cynthia Wagner
Michelle Runyon
Female 30-34
Christine Johnson
Casey Faro
Julie Howell
Natalie Wyse
Becky Simpson
Melissa Costello
Becky Glinka
3
2
3
2
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
70
57
51
46
44
42
34
32
32
31
30
30
30
30
30
30
23
19
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
#Races Top 10
6 201
4 116
3
78
2
70
3
64
2
62
2
62
2
61
2
42
2
41
2
40
2
39
1
32
1
27
1
19
1
15
1
15
1
15
1
15
#Races Top 10
4 134
4 127
3
98
3
77
2
67
3
62
2
61
2
61
2
58
3
57
3
54
2
45
2
44
2
41
Mary Howard
Lynn Shook
Stacy Brandt
Tammy Knippenberg
Mardell Wilson
Lisa Ehlers
Pam Walden
Kim Guttschow
Chris Chenoweth
Jennifer Henderson
Linda Regnier
Diana Brandt
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
39
35
32
30
29
28
26
20
15
15
15
15
Female 45-49
Debra Lowell
Deb Aukerman
Carrie Hymer
Dawn Wasson
Carol Pratt
Robyn Walter
Carolyn Simpson
Kay Caldwell
Connie Reeser-Hall
Shelly Rud
Carolyn Sutter
Laurel Schumacher
Sharron Thornton
Jennifer Keen
Lisa Ross
Karen Shinville
Donna Johnson
Jackie Wellwood
Lisa Sparks
Tamara White
Denise Goff
Beth Lamb
Dawn Dieckgrafe
Theresa Kulb
Amy Smith
#Races Top 10
4 141
5 136
4 129
4 126
3 116
3
88
3
77
3
70
3
66
2
66
2
61
2
54
2
54
2
52
2
46
2
45
2
43
2
42
1
41
1
39
2
33
2
31
1
28
1
22
1
18
Female 50-54
Jeanne Gleason
Wendy Anderson
Susan Hood
Peggy Stark
Shari Bell
Bev Schweinberg
Melinda Cheek
Diane Meek
Zora Esposito
Cathie Haab
Patty Solberg
Debbi Feid
#Races Top 10
4 118
4 109
3
98
4
98
3
95
3
90
3
76
2
69
3
63
2
58
1
33
1
23
Female 55-59
Janet Connelly
Kathy Alexander
Sherry Detloff
Mary Pinkham
Melody Stonier
Sherry Hill
Deb ORourke
Dana Eagan
Judy Killian
Linda Doornbos
Jill Keller
Vicki King
Barbara House
Deb McNamara
#Races Top 10
5 176
5 163
5 161
3
99
2
81
2
76
2
64
2
54
2
54
2
43
1
38
1
35
1
33
1
30
Phyllis Stein
Jana Kiefer
Female 60-64
Meg Anderson
Rose Marsaglia
Female 65-69
Annette Lobdell
Chris Piazza
Suan Guess-Hanson
Margaret Kampfner
Sandra Theobald
Male 1-14
Trevor Arbogast
Andrew Williams
Avery Martin-Chadwick
Jack Henderson
Patrick Williams
Male 15-19
Trevor Hahm
Male 20-24
Tony Collins
Justin Hubbart
Male 25-29
Quincy Carolan
Seth Gieson
Paul Armstrong
Geoff Ower
Ryan Case
Cody Ketelsen
Jacob Harlow
Bill Leopold
Jared Wagner
Male 30-34
Rob Johnson
Mark Griffin
Trent Runyon
Tom Smith
Craig Isaacs
Eric Arndt
Ryan de Freese
Damon Dusin
Shawn Beaty
Grant Rucker
David Mouser
Greg Baumann
Male 35-39
Brad Horton
Jim Stelte
Seanan AlYasiri
Kevin Tuuk
Giovanni Bernetti
Tim Davis
JD Skaggs
Tony Marsaglia
Paul Peacock
Matt King
Miles Bertsche
Stephen Pilcher
Michael Pettorini
Scott Davis
Jason Chambers
1
1
26 David Wyse
21 Jason Overholt
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1
1
15
15
#Races Top 10 Male 40-44
#Races Top 10
3 105 Jeff Hatten
6 127
2
70 Mike Heffron
3 114
David Triphan
3
75
#Races Top 10 Mark Johnson
3
74
5 177 Brad Secord
3
73
2
69 Tom Arbogast
3
72
1
38 Jeff Lanier
3
69
1
35 Bob Brandt
2
63
1
34 Tim Rood
2
60
David Hopfensperger
2
48
#Races Top 10 Steve Schulz
2
45
1
35 Wally Ward
1
34
1
32 Kevin McCarthy
1
33
1
29 David Quinn
1
32
1
29 Troy Justice
1
31
1
25 Mark Cervantes
1
31
Dave Wilson
1
29
#Races Top 10 Chuck Treanor
1
29
1
35 John Emmert
1
28
Kevin Daugherty
1
22
#Races Top 10 Jeff Walden
1
16
1
38
1
34 Male 45-49
#Races Top 10
George Brown
4 115
#Races Top 10 Vince Donohue
5 113
3
71 Steve Beasley
3 109
2
67 Ken Swanberg
4
99
2
46 Jack Capodice
3
92
1
38 Dennis Cler
3
87
1
35 Pat Sheridan
3
83
1
33 Larry Schumacher
2
70
1
30 Les Usiak
2
66
1
15 Duane Brown
2
58
1
15 Randy Bales
3
55
Kevin Henderson
2
50
#Races Top 10 Sam Kelch
2
48
6 162 Tony Greenlee
2
42
4 119 Chuck Croxton
2
40
3 106 Tom Holthe
1
39
2
70 Randy Gleason
2
38
2
69 Rob Nickrent
1
33
1
33 David Oskam
1
33
1
30 Brian Eades
1
30
1
29 Chris Haggerty
1
29
1
24 Bill Wasson
1
28
1
23 Mike Sennett
1
26
1
18 Brad Hibbert
1
22
1
15 Michael Fazio
1
21
Brad Vissering
1
17
#Races Top 10 Chris Magnuson
1
15
5 171 Gregg Chadwick
1
15
6 143 Scott Shook
1
15
3 109 Mark Wilkins
1
15
3 106
3 102 Male 50-54
#Races Top 10
4 100 Nigel Keen
5 176
2
59 Chuck Van Hoorn
5 162
2
54 Bruce Sutter
4 103
2
49 Ron Schweinberg
3 100
1
32 Larry Livingston
4
99
1
28 Michael Holzworth
3
85
1
26 Bob Clary
2
81
1
25 Bill Hahm
2
61
1
23
1
18 CIRCUIT STANDINGS continued on page 22
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CIRCUIT STANDINGS continued from page 21
Bill James
Roger Aukerman
Leo Hermes
John Kastigar
Brian Nelsen
Mike Steele
Michael Colliver
Bob Lambert
Dennis Killian
Joe Morrow
Male 55-59
Rich Beal
Kirby Cheek
Bob Hanna
Bill Mullins
Peter Hood
Tony Egleton
Jim Fruin
Dan Anderson
Jeffrey Bell
James Robinson
Michael McGuckin
2
3
2
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
57
56
43
40
38
33
28
27
26
25
#Races Top 10
5 149
5 117
3
99
4
91
3
87
3
85
3
82
3
80
3
76
4
74
3
70
Paul Gorden
Gary House
Kent Lowry
Patrick Dunagan
Jim Ginzkey
Ron Greene
Bill McNamara
Denny McDowell
Greg Yount
Jim Williamson
Loren Keim
Steve Snyder
Curt Lowry
Howard Hill
William Bey
Male 60-64
George Ford
Merlin Anderson
Phil Lovell
Tom Cinnamon
Randy Ehlers
John Runge
2
2
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
65
65
64
60
42
36
35
31
27
25
25
25
18
17
15
Keith Doornbos
2
John Lamarra
1
Bob Keller
1
Bob King
1
Bill Semlak
1
John Chambers
1
Ed Wells
Male 65-69#
Lanny Lobdell
Charlie Grotevant
John Steele
Sheldon Nicol
Gary Campbell
Jim Willard
#Races Top 10 Male 70+
5 175 Robert Pool
4 150 Donald Deters
3 110
3
99
2
70
2
60
56
37
36
30
30
28
127
Races Top 10
5 172
2
82
2
73
2
60
1
34
1
33
#Races Top 10
5 177
1
35
2009 Evergreen Lake 5K Run & Kid’s ½ Mile Fun Run
Lake Run Club Sponsored Race – Circuit Race #13
Saturday August 8th Shotgun start: 8:00 a.m.
Presented by:
The Lake Run Club benefiting McLean County Parks & Recreation
Accurate 5K (3.1 mile) course on paved roads near beautiful Evergreen Lake @ COMLARA Park
near Hudson, Illinois.
Age Divisions for Awards:
Women: 0-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44,45-49, 50-54, 55-59, & 60 and over.
Men: 0-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65 & over.
• Overall winners are excluded from age group awards.
• Fun Run is non-competitive and all participants receive prizes.
Registration: Race day 7:00 - 7:45am at the boat ramp. Please arrive early!!
Entry Fees: $18 for 5K if postmarked by Saturday July 25th
$20 for 5K on Race Day or if postmarked after Saturday, July 25th
$3 for Fun Run
$2 discount for Lake Run Club Members for 5K race
First 200 entrants for 5K race receive a Custom Designed Dry Release T-shirt
First 200 entrants receive a race day goodie bag
Special Awards for 100th and 200th Finisher
Questions: Randy Ehlers 309.827.8084 or Lisa Ehlers 309.824.1250 Or
www.lakerunclub.org
-----------------------------2009 Evergreen Lake 5k Run & Kid’s Fun Run Entry Form-----------------------Name: __________________________________________________ Phone: _____________________
Address: _____________________________________________________________________________
City: _____________________________________________ State: ______ Zip: __________________
Circle one:
5K
LRC member Y
Fun Run
N
____Male
Age on 8.08.09: _________ DOB: ________
____Female
T-shirt size (circle):
S
M
L
XL
XXL
For the safety of all participants, please No dogs, strollers, or headsets!!
In consideration of the foregoing, I for myself, my executors, administrators and assignees, do hereby
release and discharge the Lake Run Club, McLean County Parks and Recreation Department, and
other sponsors and supporters for all claims and damages, demands, actions and whatever in any
manner arising out of my participation in the Evergreen Lake Run or Walk. I attest and verify that
I have full knowledge of risk involved in this event and I am physically fit and trained to participate
in this event and abide by the rules of this race.
Signature (parent if under 18) _____________________________________________Date: ______________
Mail Payment and Form to:
Randy Ehlers 500 Amherst Normal, IL 61761
Make checks payable to: LRC
DANVERS DAYS 5K RUN/WALK
SUNDAY, August 16, 2009
7:30 a.m.
(Race Day Registration starts@ 6:15 a.m.)
Entry fees:
· $20.00 for pre-registered runners · $22.00 after 8/7/09
· $1.00 discount for Lake Run Club members and faculty, staff, students or parents of Olympia CUSD No. 16.
· Mail (checks payable to Olympia North Elementary) to:
Olympia North Elementary School
205 N. State St.
Danvers, IL 61732
AWARDS: Overall male & female finishers; and 1st, 2nd & 3rd place male & female finishers in the following age groups:
0-14, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55 & over
.
Your race bib is your “free ticket” to the PTO breakfast in the school cafeteria immediately following
the race. Breakfast tickets for your family and friends can be purchased at the door.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Last Name___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
First Name___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
Address ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
City___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ _______ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ State____ ____Zip___ ___ ___ ___ ___
SEX: (circle one)
Telephone___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Lake Run Club Member? ______
Birth Date ___ ___ /___ ___ /___ ___
Adult T-Shirt:
(Circle One)
Small
Medium
Age ___ ___
Large
X-Large
F
M
XX-Large ($1 extra)
In consideration of my entry, I intending to be legally bound of myself, my heirs, executor, and administrators, waive, release and forever discharge the Village of Danvers,
Danvers Days, Olympia CUSD No. 16, Olympia North Elementary PTO, the Lake Run Club, and any and all sponsors from any liability arising from illness, injuries or damages I
may suffer as a result of participation in this event. All persons under 18 years of age must have written consent of their parent or legal guardian to compete in this event.
SIGNATURE_______________________________________________________________________
Lake Run Club Board
President:
...........................................................................................................
Vice President:
Kevin McCarthy.....Kevin@PathPerformance.com .. 309-451-9927 .
Secretary:
Jennifer Haggerty...........JHaggerty72@verizon.net .. 309-827-6767
Treasurer:
Bob Lambert........................... boblambo@aol.com .. 309-838-0691
Newsletter Editor:
Vicki & Bob King.....newsletter@lakerunclub.com .. 309-728-2350
Membership Coordinator:
Julie Howell............................... jdh6877@aol.com .. 309-825-6877
Billing/Advertising Coordinator:
Cathie Haab.............................. cathie@haabs.com .. 309-726-1475
Volunteer Coordinator:
Jill Usiak ............................... jrschn2@yahoo.com .. 309-451-1840
Lake Run Race Directors:
Tim & Stacie Rood.............t.rood262@yahoo.com .. 309-451-3309
Member at Large:
Tom Arbogast...........................tkarbo@verizon.net... 309-829-6342
Member at Large:
Mitch Hobbs...................... shoeguy@hotmail.com .. 309-452-7749
Member at Large:
Rebecca Payne...................... ecdevil2@gmail.com .. 309-376-4011
Lake Run Club
P.O. Box 742
Normal, IL 61761
www.lakerunclub.org
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Other Club Contacts
Adopt-A-Highway Coordinator:
Tammy Knippenberg.... tknippenberg@yahoo.com.... 309-454-5746
Catch The Wave Coordinators:
Bill Hahm............bill.hahm@countryfinancial.com.... 309-820-9824
Larry & Laurel Schumacher .llshoes2@gmail.com.... 309-664-3903
Jack Capodice.................capodicedrjack@aol.com.... 309-663-2526
Kids Run Coordinator:
Nancy & Shawn Beaty nancybeaty@hotmail.com ... 309-830-2150
Marathon Training Coordinator:
John Kastigar............................. john@kastigar.net.... 309-531-7351
Ride The Wave Coordinator:
Tom Arbogast...........................tkarbo@verizon.net.... 309-829-6342
TNAM Coordinator:
Kirby Cheek . ................ kirby_j_cheek@msn.com.... 309-378-3401
Circuit Pointmaster:
Michelle Chlada..... pointmaster@lakerunclub.com .. 309-825-0079
Volunteer Pointmaster:
Jill Usiak................................ jrschn2@yahoo.com .. 309-451-1840
Webmaster:
John Kastigar............................. john@kastigar.net.... 309-531-7351
Chilly Chili Director:
Deb O’Rourke............................................................. 309-662-3195
St. Pat’s Directors:
Bill Read..................................................................... 309-663-0355
Jill Usiak................................ jrschn2@yahoo.com .. 309-451-1840
Park 2 Park Director:
Ron Barnette.............. randrbarnette@hotmail.com.... 309-706-8588
Dog Days Director:
Mitch Hobbs...................... shoeguy@hotmail.com .. 309-452-7749
Evergreen Lake Director:
Randy Ehlers........................... rbelaw@yahoo.com .. 309-827-8084
Lake Run Club Group Runs
Advertising Rates
Sundays..................10:00 am.......... Green Gables...............Feb-May
Tuesdays.................5:30 pm............ Tipton Trails................. Apr-Oct
Tuesdays.................5:30 pm............ M&M Anderson’s........Nov-Mar
Thursdays...............5:30 pm............ Green Gables................ Apr-Oct
Thursdays...............5:30 pm............ Often Running.............Nov-Mar
Would your company benefit from advertising your products or
services directly to an active group of people in the Bloomington/
Normal area? The Lake Runner is published 11 times a year
and is circulated to over 900 members in more than 500 homes.
Program Runs:
Catch The Wave.......Wed 5:30 pm..... ISU Capen...................... Mar-Apr
Ride The Wave.........Wed 5:30 pm..... White Oak Park.............. Mar-Apr
Kids Run..................Fri 6:00 pm........ CCHS Track....................Jun-Aug
Marathon Training...Sat & Sun am.... Triangle.......................... Jun-Sept
Check the Lake Run Club website, www.lakerunclub.org, for more
opportunities to run with others.
Listen to WJBC
WJBC 1230 AM radio has
agreed to be the official voice
of Lake Run Club events. If
you have questions regarding
upcoming LRC events, listen
to WJBC.
Monthly Advertising Rates
Double-sided Insert ............$100
Full Page ...............................$65
Back Half Page .....................$60
Half Page ..............................$45
Quarter Page .........................$25
Business Card .......................$15
Send your ad work to:
newsletter@lakerunclub.com
-orLake Run Club
P.O. Box 742
Normal, IL 61761
Deadline for submission is the 1st of every month.
For more information, contact Cathie Haab at
cathie@haabs.com or 309-726-1475
Lake Run Club
P.O. Box 742
Normal, IL 61761
NON PROFIT
U.S. POSTAGE
PAID
PEORIA, IL
PERMIT NO. 969

July 2009 - Lake Run Club

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