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IN PASSINGNovember/December 2015—Volume 32, Number 6

NEWSLETTER OF THE SECOND WIND RUNNING CLUB

IN THIS ISSUESecond Wind logo contestRetired ... but part of historySecond Wind at Hood to CoastBeginning Running Group

Seeking a BQ at the Chicago MarathonPut some spark into your trainingFarmdale 100 race report

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President’s Corner .......................................................................................................................4RRCA News ..................................................................................................................................5Second Wind logo contest.............................................................................................................6Officially retired ... but part of history........................................................................................7 New Members for June, July, August and September .............................................................7Second Wind and First Gale at the 35th running of the Hood to Coast Relay.......................8My first 5K run...........................................................................................................................10My experience in the Women’s Beginning Running Group....................................................11Women’s Beginning Running Group at the Women’s Fitness 5K photos.............................12Seeking a BQ at the Chicago Marathon...................................................................................14Put some spark into your training.............................................................................................16Farmdale 100: Running on bacon.............................................................................................18Racing Ahead–November and December 2015........................................................................23Race Results ................................................................................................................................24

IN THIS ISSUE


Hello Second Winders!

Even though racing season is winding down, there is still a lot going on. I’d like to say that I’m really proud of how successful the Beginning Women’s Running Program was. We set a record for the num-ber of participants and unfortunately had to even turn some away because we were over capacity. Also, the Women’s Fitness 5k was a great success. It was a lot of fun to cheer for all the women.

It’s time for the fun runs to move to campus. Be-cause Meadowbrook Park closes at dusk, we meet at the southwest corner of the UI Armory beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3, until the spring pizza party. The fun run will continue to begin at 6 p.m. Our winter route is six miles but there will also be a shorter route. We will continue to have a Relaxed-Pace Running Group throughout the winter.

The Monumental Marathon and Half Marathon are almost here. On Nov. 7 many of you will be racing through Indianapolis. As we have in past years, we will gather after the race for food and drinks at Rock Bottom Brewery in downtown Indy where we have space reserved for Second Wind. Come join us and share your Monumental race story with friends.

Our awards banquet will be on Jan. 30 at the La-borer’s Union Hall again. As always, we will have awards for several categories. If you haven’t gotten it already, you will soon be receiving an email asking for your nominations.

Categories include male/female runner of the year, master runner of the year, most improved runner of the year, 100% award for volunteer or service, new runner of the year, ultrarunner of the year and the spirit award for encouragement and enthusiasm.

Details will be coming out soon regarding the mara-thon/half-marathon training programs for the Christie

Clinic Illinois Marathon this spring. If you are an ex-perienced runner and will be able to attend the train-ing runs regularly, consider becoming a pacer.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to email me.

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President’s Corner

Marc Mills with his daughter, Lauren, and his son, Ethan, at the Second Wind Running Club awards banquet in January 2015.


RRCA NewsCompiled by Jodi Heckel

RRCA announces 2015 Roads Scholar grantees

The Road Runners Club of America announces its 20th Roads Scholar® class: Luke Puskedra, Juli Accurso, Eric Fernandez, Lauren Jimison, Griffith Graves and Katy Moen. Since 1996, RRCA has awarded grants totaling more than $500,000 through its Roads Scholar® program. The goal of the pro-gram is to assist American post-collegiate runners who show great promise to develop into national and world class road running athletes. The grants awarded by the RRCA go directly to the athletes to help sup-port their goals and training needs.

Puskedra attended the University of Oregon where he was an 11-time All-American. In 2015, Puskedra won the Rock ‘n’ Roll Portland Half Marathon in a course record 1:05:10, and also won the Vancouver Sun Run 10K in 28:53. Following receipt of his Roads Scholar grant, Puskedra was first American and fifth overall at the 2015 Bank of America Chicago Marathon, finish-ing in 2:10:24, the fastest U.S. time since 2014 for 26.2 miles.

Accurso ran for the Ohio University cross country and track and field teams, achieving Cross Country All-American honors in 2011-13. She was the Great Lakes Regional Runner of the Year in 2012-13 and a six-time Mid-American Conference Champion. This past spring, Accurso ran a PR of 33:16 in the 10K.

Fernandez ran for the Arkansas Razorbacks in col-lege, and during his junior season he was the SEC Cross Country Individual Champion, All-American at the NCAA Cross Country Championships and the SEC Outdoor Track 10,000 meter Champion. He also competed for the USA Junior Cross Country team and contributed to nine SEC Team titles, as well as the 2013 NCAA Indoor Track national title. Professional running highlights so far include 15th place at the 2014 Bix 7 Mile Road USA Championship in 35:35, fourth place at the 2014 Great Harbor 10K in 29:39, and second place at the 2015 Newport 10K, clocking 29:38.

Jimison attended Azusa Pacific University, where she was an 11-time All-American, a five-time indi-

vidual national champion in the 5000/10,000 meters, and won three team national champion-ships in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Join-ing the Mammoth Track Club after college, Jimison ran 1:14:29 half marathon, securing her spot for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. In 2014, Jimison took ninth at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, clocking a PR 2:34:38 as fifth American. At the 2015 USA Half Marathon Championships, Jimison finished ninth in a PR 1:12:01 in her build-up to the USA Marathon Championships in Los Angeles, where she took seventh place.

Graves was a part of the first men’s team ACC Cham-pionship in Syracuse University history to win the cross country title in the fall of 2013. With Graves running for Syracuse, the team went on to finish tenth at NCAA Cross Country Nationals. In 2015, Graves qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials at the USA Half Marathon Championships. He was the top American finisher at the 2015 Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, placing eighth in 2:20:51.

Moen ran for Iowa State University, where she won two Big 12 championships, two All-American honors and was awarded the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Midwest Women’s Regional Track Athlete of the Year. She finished in first place at the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Championships 5000 meters in 17:01, and was runner-up at the 2015 Big 12 Outdoor Championships 10,000 meters in 34:23. She joined Team USA Minnesota to pursue her post-collegiate distance running career.


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The September/October 2015 In Passing newslet-ter announced the retirement of the Second Wind Running Club symbol. The history of the symbol is on the About Us page of the club website. A small portion follows: “The symbol representing Second Wind Running club (SWRC) was an appropriate, if not controversial, Chinese character...meaning ‘wind (from bowels)’ or colloquially ‘buttocks.’ SWRC an-ticipated the trend of adopting Chinese characters in amusing and often unintended ways. In this case, the choice was an interesting and meaningful one, even if a number of club members are averse to wearing the word ‘fart’ on their clothing.”

To me, the above is a playful nod to a second wind. My opinion about this intended playfulness of the symbol or the symbol’s retirement is not the same as everyone. That fact, and the fact I disagree with the process by which the retirement decision was reached, is not the point. The SWRC Board has made a call for new logo submissions to be voted on by the Second Wind Running Club membership. Once the logo is approved, I will most likely wear club-issued apparel

with the new logo and accept prizes or promotional pieces support-ing OUR Club and celebrating running in our community. As a SWRC mem-ber and self-proclaimed “old fart,” I will also at times wear my old apparel -- my hat and my shirts with the retired “fart” symbol. Whether my runs take me to the roads of C-U, trails of Mahomet, Danville or Clinton, or to events in other cities, I will know if I see you in your “fart” hat or your “fart” shirt that YOU too are an “old fart.”

Happy Running, SWRC!

Officially retired ... but part of history By Nancy McCarty, an “old fart”

After running the Boston Marathon, next up on my running bucket list was Hood to Coast, the iconic annual overnight 198-mile relay from Mount Hood to Seaside – the Mother of All Relays. My chance came when a team headed by Tim Ulbricht, an Illini now living in Portland, was short of runners. His team has been predominantly C-U and former C-U runners for the past eight years. It included two very successful local distance runners, Peter Goldsmith and Shane Cultra. Luckily Tim had two places to fill. This meant that my youngest son, Patrick, also an Illini and for-mer Second Winder now living and working in D.C., was able to join me. He was in training for the Marine Corps Marathon and the D.C. Ragnar, so the timing worked well.

The team stayed together at Tim’s the night before, which was a great chance to get to know everyone. The relay requires 12 runners divided between two vans. We were assigned van #1 and set off from Port-land at 7 a.m. for our start time of 10 a.m. The start is at Timberline Lodge in the shadow of Mount Hood. There are start waves every 15 minutes.

Patrick, with two of the youngest knees, took the first of our 36 legs. This sounds easy, a steep downhill run for about 7 miles. But as most will know, while a gentle slope is your friend, an unrelenting steep slope is not, and a totally unfamiliar experience for C-U and D.C. runners.

The start had a great party atmosphere, with some teams in fancy dress and others clearly aiming for the fastest time possible. The start of our 198-mile relay came, and we cheered our runner off and departed for the van and what would be a process we would repeat 18 times. On most but not all legs, the van takes the same route as the runners, and so we were delighted to see Patrick out in front of the 10 a.m. wave and catching the rear of the previous wave as we passed and cheered our runner on. We then parked at the first exchange.

My leg was #4, and by the time I took over, the route had become largely level and it was now over 80° F. Luckily the adrenaline allowed me to turn in a respect-able time, urged on by being able to add 20 to our tally of “road kill,” the term for the number of teams that you pass on your leg. Once our six runners had each completed their legs, we handed over to van #2 and had time to clean up with baby wipes, change, get some lunch and nurse aching limbs.

Four hours later we took over from van #2 in the center of Portland, running along the river. Although it was not yet dark, lights were required, and by the time I take over we were out of Portland and it was dark but still in the 70s and very humid. More “road kill,” but now one or two strong teams were appearing and making me their “road kill,” although the net was still encouragingly very positive. It was wonderful to reach the point in the dark where a volunteer reads your number with a torch and relays “878” to the change-over. You know at this point that you are almost done and ready to hand over the yellow baton.

At about 10 p.m., our last runner handed over to the first of van #2. While waiting to see the hand-over as


Second Wind and First Gale at the 35th running of the Hood to Coast RelayBy Stephen Long

Van #1 runners at Timberline and ready to go!

numbers are announced, I heard number one called out. A runner glided in out of the dark at a remarkable speed and handed over to an equally fast runner, as if in a 4 x 400 relay, who quickly disappeared into the night. I was not surprised to see that team #1 placed third in the women’s open division.

At this stage, we were in what appeared to be the middle of nowhere. However, an entrepreneurial high school opened its showers at $2 a shot – the most wel-come shower I can remember excepting the one I took after six weeks of field work in arctic Norway – but that was 40 years ago.

Now we had to try to get some sleep before taking over for our third and final legs. Oregon had been in an unusual and prolonged drought for six months. We fixed that. The end of our rest period was interrupted by an intense Midwest-style thunderstorm that rattled the van. We took over in the storm. Being the fourth runner in our van, my headlamp was important in avoiding a trip. By the time our last runner set off, it was light again but the wind off the ocean was picking up. We handed over to van #2 just after 6 a.m. Yeah! We were done!

Meanwhile, as the van #2 runners descend to the coast, they were also exposed to the wind, which was now a gale – 30 mph with gusts up to 80 mph! Unable to do anything to help, we cleaned up, changed and went off for a great breakfast. Then off to the finish line and party on the beach where the relay finishes. When we arrived, the beach looked like a bomb site. The exhibits and stage had been wrecked by the gale,

with debris strewn and blowing across the beach. The finish had been moved to a sheltered street backing the beach.

Just after 10 a.m., just over 24 hours from our start, the van #2 runners arrived, waiting for our final run-ner. We then all joined up with our final runner to cross the finish line together. Of the 1,050 teams that completed the Hood to Coast this year, our team came in 63rd overall and 15th out of 253 teams in the men’s open division. Not too shabby a way to mark off the bucket list!

My son and I described being in a van with five oth-er sweaty bodies, dealing with heat, a thunderstorm, little sleep and a gale, over the phone to my wife. Her response – “Let me get this straight – this is fun?” As strange as it may sound, it was fantastic fun and I would jump at the opportunity to do it all over again. Only another runner could possibly understand this We benefited hugely from being part of an experienced team, and I would recommend this as the way to try your first Hood to Coast. The organization of moving almost 9,000 runners over 198 miles, with 35 hand-over points, was just amazing, yet it worked without a glitch thanks to hundreds of volunteers.

If you ever have the chance, do it! And you may even have a beach party.


The finish beach party!

The team survivors – 24 hours later.

I couldn’t imagine that I could finish a 5K race until I was halfway through the eight-week program of the Women’s Begin-ning Running Group.

I would say that the eight-week program was full of fun, friendship and useful post-running information. I liked the fact that our leader Letitia sent us information even before the program started. Before we even had our first training session, we received an e-mail with an attached pdf file clearly stat-ing the interval and duration of each week’s run/walk activity, as well as the topic of each week’s post-running activity. I found the “Basic Info and Tips” and “Race Strate-gies” to be both useful and practical. Even before I met Letitia in person, I told myself that I had joined the right group.

My instinct was right. I enjoyed the whole process of a friendly run/walk atmosphere, plus the down-to-earth approach. The men-tors were very friendly and encouraging. There was no teasing or negative comments in the group. All I got was positive, supportive and encouraging tips and advice from the mentors and members.

Letitia always emphasized that the number one goal of running is to have FUN, which is so true. To be honest, when I practiced running, I was so out of breath and it was hard to understand that I would have fun. But I’ve found that I really DO have fun. The joy, the feeling of accomplishment inside, is way higher

than the physical struggle during my run. Don’t be deceived by the look of my exhausted facial expres-sion; all the redness and sweat are the byproducts of the FUN.

I would like to give a big round of applause to all the mentors and especially our leader Letitia for sacri-ficing their own practice time to mentor and coach me. You guys even spent extra time to mentor us on weekend mornings. That is AMAZING! I embrace the exciting experience of my first 5K. I told myself this is not the end. It is a great start.


My first 5K runBy Ophelia Chan

Ophelia Chan, left, crosses the finish line of the Women’s Fitness 5K. Chan participated in Second Wind’s Women’s Beginning Running Group.

I have known I needed to find a way to fit exercise into my daily life. In the past, I have joined gyms and been somewhat successful, but when my work sched-ule changed and I had to pick up a second job, along with raising a family and pets, little time was left to drive to a gym and stay there for an hour or more working out. I wished I could just go out my front door and get it done.

When the weather changed at the beginning of spring, I told myself I would take regular walks out-side to enjoy the weather, for exercise and also for my dog’s benefit. Even he had put on weight during the cold winter months. So I started taking almost daily walks. However, I wasn’t walking very fast or going for a very long distance. Then my mother-in-law came to visit in July and we went walking. I noticed it was hard to keep up with her! I knew then that I needed to ramp up my workouts.

When I saw the article about the Women’s Begin-ning Running Group in The News-Gazette, I thought to myself, “That’s it! A chance to try running and get some tips!” And since everyone would be a beginner, I hoped I wouldn’t feel awkward and that I would learn some tricks of the trade, meet some people, and get some motivation and accountability that would help me continue to improve. When I told a few people I was signing up, I could tell they were a little bit skeptical that I would be able to do it. But I was deter-mined to succeed!

The first meeting of the group was very encouraging. All the ladies were nice and the leaders were fantastic. I couldn’t wait to get started. I practiced at home as much as I could, and every week we all pushed harder and harder. It was difficult but so exhilarating when we were finished. I could not only see and feel im-provement in myself mentally and physically, but see it among my peers in the group. An added bonus was

the speakers we heard each week who had motivation-al stories and tips for us.

Several of us ended the program by running our first 5K race, the Women’s Fitness 5K Run/Walk. I brought my sister and a couple of friends who were not in the group. We all had a great time and it was so great to make a new memory with them that involved fitness. Although it was grueling for me, the sense of accom-plishment had no bounds. Also knowing that everyone contributed to help the Crisis Nursery and Courage Connection was heartwarming. I look forward to working on improving through the year. I also can’t wait to do another race; in fact, I have already signed up for one. I am so thankful to have had this experi-ence, and I will recommend this program to anyone I meet who has an interest in starting out or learning to run!


My experience in the Women’s Beginning Running GroupBy Adie Shepherd

From left, Adie Shepherd, friends Melanie Houston and Janet Flores, and sister Laura Rexroad.

Ready to go at the starting line!The ladies warm up for the race.

More than 50 women signed up for the eight-week program. Many of them ran their first 5K on this beautiful fall day at Crystal Lake Park!


Women’s Beginning Running Group at the Women’s Fitness 5KPhotos By Letitia Moffitt


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Hi. It’s me again. The girl that runs a marathon, hates it, writes an article about it and swears to never run another one. Guess what? I ran another one. I think runners have a lot of determination with a dash of crazy thrown in. In my case, I think there may be some extra crazy in the mix. I had completed two marathons and attempted a third and had a miserable experience at all three of them. Why would I do this to myself again? The memory of the pain from the last marathon was still fresh in my mind when I was trying to decide if I should start training again. I had signed up for the Chicago Marathon before I ran my last one in April. I had a decent marathon time in the spring, but didn’t get my goal. Since I had already signed up for this one and because I am so stubborn and can’t quit until I achieve a goal, I decided I’d give it another try.

I initially picked Chicago because I work for Bank of America and get a really nice employee perk, guar-anteed entry to the marathon and half off my entry fee. As a runner, this was just way too good to pass up, so I took advantage. I mentioned to my friend, Carl Larsen, that I was signing up for Chicago. He said he was running it again and would pace me to my BQ. I was so excited to be able to run with him. Every time I told someone I was running Chicago, I would tell them, “And I’m running it with Carl.” It gave me some extra motivation to train hard for the race. I mean, I had to be able to keep up with him. He is a beast.

Training went really well and I even logged a 300-mile month in September, which was way above my highest mileage month. Unlike two of my other marathons, I had no injuries. And, for the first time, I got a 20-miler done…not just once, but three times Needless to say, I was feeling confident. Between the training, the weather report and my running partner, I knew I finally had this one.

Carl kept me pumped up with the constant posts, pictures and videos he tagged me in on Facebook in the week leading up to the race. My excite-ment was building each day and it seemed Sunday

couldn’t get there fast enough. When we finally got to race day, I was so thankful to have a veteran of the race to follow around and show me where to go since this race is absolutely enormous. As we stood in the corral waiting for the start, he was a bundle of energy and his enthusiasm was contagious. I could not wait to get going. There was some awesome music to re-ally get the adrenaline going and we started inching closer to the start line. Finally, we were off.

I had been told there were crowds at this marathon, but I was still amazed at the number of people that lined the streets to cheer on all the runners through-out the entire race. The race has huge, loud, energetic crowds that really keep you motivated and energized. The course winds through Chicago from Grant Park, up to Wrigley Field, down to US Cellular Field and then back to Grant Park again. It is scenic, flat, and fun. In all the excitement, we started off too fast and ran our first 10K about two minutes faster than we planned. We finally came to our senses and settled

Seeking a BQ at the Chicago MarathonBy Michele Marcus

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into our planned pace that we then held for most of the race. The race went really well and I finally got my BQ and a 22-minute PR with a time of 3:39:07. I was thrilled to finally meet my goal after two and a half years of trying. This was by far the most enjoyable marathon I ran. Being able to hit my goal and cross the finish line with such a good friend makes this a race I will never forget.

There were several things that kept me going strong in this marathon compared to the others. The biggest part was running with Carl. He is so upbeat, fun and inspiring. He was constantly checking on me to make sure I was feeling good and kept me pumped up and moving forward. Second, my boyfriend, Nick, came to watch us. I knew we would see him on the course at some point, but I didn’t expect to see him so often. He popped up in eight different places along the course He mapped his run later and said he had run about 12 miles…crazy. Every time I saw him, it gave me a smile and big boost. Third, I had many people tell me that they would be following me through the runner tracking the marathon offers. The site records my time for every 5K along the course. Every time I passed one of those mats, I thought about all those friends following me from home. I felt truly blessed to know how many people spent their morning watching my progress.

I can’t say that I’ve changed my mind about marathons in general. I mean, they are really

tough and you get to a point where the run is more about mental toughness and pushing through pain than it is physical ability. This race was no exception and the last four miles were definitely painful. The walk back to the gear check and then to the train station was pure agony. Would I say I’ll never run another mara-thon? I don’t know yet. I’ve just qualified for the 2017 Boston Marathon so I’m not sure how I can pass up on that experience. I guess I have a year before I have to make that decision. Since Carl also qualified, I’m sure he’ll talk me into it.

Michele Marcus and Carl Larsen celebrating their races at the Chicago Marathon.


Can you jump? I mean high in the air? Truth is, especially if you’ve put in lots of running distance over the years, probably not. How do I know? Well, I can’t jump either but I’m working on improving – not to just better my non-existent basketball skills, but to better my running. Let’s look at why you can’t jump, why this matters and how to intelligently add plyo-metrics to your training program.

Distance runners run a lot of steady or easy aerobic miles. We all know that. What you might not know is that the muscular improvements that come with lots of aerobic training also serve to dampen or impede development of muscles with fast-twitch, power-producing capabilities. I tested several Eastern Illinois University cross country runners in 2003 to determine the physical attributes that defined a successful run-ner. Turns out these runners were better than average in most areas – Vo2 max, body-fat percentage and relative muscular strength, but they were universally below average in the ability to leap high vertically. This is all right, for the most part, as most adults aren’t training to run the 800-meter distance.

The problem with avoiding any type of very high-intensity training, such as plyometrics, hill sprints and/or heavy-load weight training, is multi-fold. Your central nervous system basically becomes very used to relatively slow-pace movements, or as my buddy Joe Yager puts it, “Your central nervous shuts down.” You develop a foot strike with a fairly long ground contact time. In other words, you can’t pick up your

feet off the ground very quickly, which is a trait very fast runners have in spades. Your running economy, or your efficiency at using oxygen at any certain speed, declines. These are all bad things for your race times.

I have a challenge for you: Try doing the following circuit once to twice a week this fall/winter after or before one of your easy runs:

– 3-5 sets of 5 two-leg jumps over short hurdles (6-13 inches high).

– 3 sets of one-leg hops (each leg) over 20 meters distance.

– 3 sets of dynamic bounding over 50 meters.

– 2-3 sets of high jumps onto a medium or high plyo box, if one is available (if not, you can jump onto the bleachers in the U of I Armory).

The great thing about these types of exercises is that you feel lighter on your feet immediately. Try running after doing the exercises, and you’ll feel like you’re just bouncing with quick, nimble steps. This won’t take much of your time, and will reap many benefits. Good luck!

Jeff has a master’s degree in exercise science and holds the National Strength & Conditioning Associa-tion CSCS (Certified Strength & Conditioning Spe-cialist) certification.

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COURSE: Mainly rolling, double track trails through woods, along the Sangamon River, across bridges, up and down steps. This is not your typical central Illinois terrain. We have climbs, but if Abe could do them, so can you! The half marathon and 10K course takes you through the 1800s pioneer village that Abe Lincoln called home and all distances end at the Pioneer Camp Center where a roaring fire, hot drinks, soup and chili will be waiting. All entrants receive a long-sleeve shirt, on-course support and an awards ceremony along with food and drink.

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INTRO

“THUD.” I was feeling great! Not even a couple of miles into this 10-mile loop, I was already flying along the trail, quite literally, in what seemed like a slow-motion faceplant sequence being replayed from a fast-paced trail run. With a slice of bacon in my mouth, my body was suspended in the air and parallel to the ground beneath me as my water bottle began to slowly hurl away from the palm of my hand. At that moment, I began to vividly recall the progress I had made so far into this race, for I had no clue how this impending impact would slow me further, or how much it could possibly hurt…

THE TRAIL RACE LOOP

The Farmdale 100 trail loop was a little more than 10 miles, mapped out across numerous singletrack mountain bike, hiking and horse trails that reminded me of a mix of many of the trails I either raced or trained on this year (Swamp Stomper, Clinton Lake, Painful Elimination). There was a series of stream crossings, open meadows and several steep, hilly climbs that mimicked the three sisters from Forest Glen Preserve. The mile before the race start/finish campsite included a quarter-mile crossing over the Farmdale Reservoir and another three-quarters of a mile of winding trail through the wilderness. Most of the turns on the trail were well-marked with cones, signage, ribbon markings and reflectors for night run-ning. The campsite was where my crew (Becky, my girlfriend) was sitting by the campfire, making friends with the race coordinators and other runners. We also had a routine where she would give me kisses and bags of four strips of bacon at the start of each loop. I ended up with a pacer for miles 31 through 60, and I planned to run the last 10 or 20 miles with one of my race buddies, Rachel.

THE TRAIL RUNNERS

On race day, while all of my race buddies along with other runners I had not known previously started darting out at gun start, I uncharacteristically started quite conservatively with my 100-mile pace, moving

at least a full minute shy of my target pace the entire loop. Yet I ended up passing many within the first few miles, garnering compliments on both my conserva-tive yet brisk pace and form. I zoned out periodically during the first loop, and somehow missed a turn. I tacked on at least an additional mile or so of running.

On my second loop, I stripped off a layer of clothes, appended my bib to my shorts, tacked on my foot pod for better accuracy and to mitigate battery drainage, and lastly got a kiss from the best single-staffed crew ever and about a half dozen strips of bacon. Running the second loop was a challenge, as my conscience was rip-ping me a new brain for missing my turn. Later in the loop, Aldo tapped me on the back just as I dropped to a walk while he darted right past me, wish-ing me good luck, which boosted my confidence enough to kick back into a run and kept me alert to not miss that one turn later in the loop. At the end of the second loop, which was a few minutes slower than the prior, I refreshed my energy with another kiss and more bacon. On my third loop, I got caught up in conver-sation with a couple of 50-mile trail runners, talking about amazing ultras and running on blisters, when Sarka came darting from behind through the meadow about a mile before the mid-course aid station, shar-ing words of encouragement and asking if I had a pacer. Quickening my pace, I exchanged conversation on how amazing her faceplant was before thanking her and backing off as she continued to dart along the

Farmdale 100: Running on baconBy Jim Fair III

Jim with his finisher swag, after completing the Farmdale 100.


trail, which was then winding off into the forest.

Shortly after leaving that mid-course aid station, Pat Mills came running up from behind. Again, quicken-ing my pace, I attempted to stay on for a short time, talking about his amazing faceplant before reasoning again that I should probably back off. Back at camp, I checked in with my crew, who confirmed the worst of my silent fears: I was starting to harvest blisters after only 30 miles, so we decided to invest a few more minutes to address this problem before it grew worse, as I grazed on bacon. My first pacer, Letitia, who arrived at the perfect time to pace me a couple of loops, was ready and waiting and socializing with all the other Buffalo runners. The entire time, Rachel was only minutes ahead of me.

TRAIL PACERS

On the fourth loop, Letitia and I laughed and talked and joked. I was eating bacon the entire time and even offered her a few slices. We shared stories and brain-stormed on the timing and location of running my next 100-mile race after I successfully completed this one...and whether I should run Kettle100 to qualify to get into Western States. Between loops four and five at camp, my crew attempted to dry off my feet but noticed I had baby air blisters forming on both feet. I made the decision to pierce them in an attempt to remove the air bubble that was killing me. About 15 minutes later, I was back out on the trail for loop five with Letitia when I realized that both headlamps were back at camp. We started making good time to return to camp before dark. Noticing the Halloween decorations along the trail, we joked I would become famished enough to roast the vulture prop at the end of the loop, thinking it was a wild turkey or duck. We mused over the idea of magical ducks granting trail wishes and getting rid of the vultures. She also sternly reminded me to be cautious of how much time I spent at the aid stations...advice I wanted not to hear, yet I needed to pay heed to all the more, especially in my condition. At the end of the loop, I thanked Letitia graciously before turning to my crew, who helped apply a dry bandage over a worsening set of blisters. My crew looked at me and said Janet (a Registered Nurse who traveled nearly two hours to pace me right after getting off work) had just pulled up, she’s in the parking lot. I relayed instructions to help keep Janet on

the trail before starting back out on the trail with a kiss and a few slices of warm bacon in foil after I slogged on a pair of wet shoes.

Janet was soon to catch me with ease and took a

couple of photos and selfies with me and spent a dozen minutes helping me find a glove I lost while running. On this sixth loop, I struggled to keep my good hu-mor as I realized my running pants were chafing me. I endured it for five miles, while chatting and joking and laughing all along the trail like a couple of kids on the playground. At the mid-course aid station, she helped change the bandages covering my blisters and I shed the running pants. Our pace was much quicker back to the race start, as we passed Rachel and her pacer en route back to camp, but Janet warned me in ad-vance that she couldn’t go back out for another loop to pace me as the temperature was dropping further and quicker than she expected, which I myself was trying to not acknowledge. The moment I came in, my crew yelled, ¨Buffalo! What do you need? A kiss? More bacon? To change shoes or anything?” “Everything,” I replied. “I need to change everything. And may I have some more bacon please, and a kiss?”

TRAIL ANGELS

It was a little more than an hour later before I headed back out on the trail for loop seven with a fresh, dry article of everything except for soggy shoes. I was developing so many concerns that were eating away at my resolve: The wheels on my race wagon of fun were coming apart at the axles. My feet were

Jim on the trail with Janet.


waterlogged and pasty white, spawning a family of blisters. Due to a technical glitch during this inaugural 100-mile race, using new runner tracking technology, at the end of loop six the finish line team announced I was marked off as finishing my seventh loop and start-ing my eighth. To top things off, my crew advised me that my buddy Rachel was not having fun and talking about quitting.

Before starting this loop alone, Janet took a look at my feet and made a few adjustments with the supplies we were applying. She was concerned we did not have enough supplies on hand for the entire race, but she provided invaluable advice that seemed to make an immediate difference. I asked my crew to resolve the tracking issue with the finish line team, comparing the loop times to ensure my mileage and laps were report-ed accurately. Although their times were official, the scoreboard my crew was keeping was very accurate, from arriving across the finish line to leaving camp to start a loop. In all fairness, the race directors were using a new tracking technology via tablets and this was the inaugural 100-miler. I’ve seen similar issues at other races but was too fatigued to iron this out with the coordinators.

Leaving camp on loop seven, I grabbed my cell phone, a ziplock bag of bacon and a kiss. What started as a limp back out onto the course, as Janet and my crew looked at me with concern, converted into a jog and then into a run. I was totally running on pins and needles, yet I was on a mission to salvage my race…for aside from Rachel or a couple of other people, I had not come across any other 100-milers in a while. I started thinking back to my jokes with Letitia. What if the vultures had gotten hungry and started roast-ing the other 100-milers over a fire pit? Or maybe the wild turkeys? Or worse, the magic ducks were making all my friends disappear. With that thought, I started moving more quickly along the trail. Every once in a while, I thought I would see lights ahead or hear voic-es in the wilderness laughing or calling out, so I would run faster, get to the point and see or hear something up even further. By the time I made it to the second ugly sister that I needed to climb to get up the mid-race aid station, I remembered to text Rachel to offer her words of excitement and cheer. Checking with my buddy who was passing out more bacon at the aid sta-tion, I was updated that Rachel left there only a couple

of hours ago. By the time I was leaving the mid-course aid station, Rachel texted back that she was dropping at the end of the loop…in 200 meters. Just as I was getting ready to reply, “THUD.” I started flying…into a tree! My phone bounced off the tree and onto the trail. My arms were pasted around the tree as if

in a bear hug. Slowly looking around the tree, I felt a breeze shooting up from what appeared to be an abyss below. Being a little shook up, I grabbed my phone and stuffed it into the back of my Camelbak, adjusted my light and took off, thanking the Trail Angels loudly for placing that tree where they did and realizing the epiphany why no one ever hears stories of trail run-ners texting and running. Forty minutes later, I came running into the finish line area calling for Buffalo as my crew called back and fed me bacon and gave me a kiss, updating me that I just finished loop seven of 10. One look at Rachel’s tent and I knew she left this cold, wet trail long before I finished this loop.

After 30 minutes of sitting in my crew’s warm and toasty car while I rewrapped my feet and chat-ted excitedly with her and sipped on both coffee and soup/broth, I was back on the trail, after being in-formed I had one pair of dry socks left and nothing else to cover the blisters. We agreed to not touch my feet before loop nine and pray that I had a dry pair of

Letitia, Sarka and Becky celebrate at the finish of the Farmdale Trail Run. Sarka was the first female finisher of the 30-mile run.


shoes in time for loop 10. Loops eight and nine were pretty similar…slow and really slow…definitely the two slowest loops in the entire race, but breathtakingly gorgeous. Loop eight was run completely in the dark, chasing trail angels and more lights and voices that I realized belonged to the trail. At one point, something in the bushes at the top of a steep hill started travers-ing downwards towards me. I picked up two huge tree branches and started walking along the trail as if I was a huge buck. I figured if something was hungry enough to come after me for dinner, I might as well make it worth its while. A mile or so after that episode, my buddy at the aid station was talking about how amazed he was at all the deer out that night. Pull-ing out a bag of bacon from my Camelbak, I replied, “Oh…DEER? SWEEEET!”

I saw a beautiful sunrise shortly after starting loop nine. Towards the end of the loop, I recall walking across the reservoir in my winter trail running pants because it was too hot to run. After finishing loop nine shortly after 8 a.m., I chatted with the first-place fin-isher. Looking down, I saw his blue Saucony Pere-grine 4s. Asking him what he thought of wearing them on the trail, I had an idea. My crew gave me more ba-con and the last of my dry socks to put on my feet, and I remembered I had one dry pair of trail shoes I had not worn: My red Peregrine 4s that I retired months prior because they felt like crap when I ran in them. Yet at the start of loop ten they felt like bliss. About 50 minutes later, I hopped back out on the trail, telling my crew I would be back within 90 minutes of leaving the next aid station. At this point, I was just planning on walking, starting with a fast stroll on the trail, which turned into a slow trot and progressed into a jog. While every other tree branch seemed to be attracted to my shoes, getting caught in the upper mesh, I began breaking off small pieces of bacon and popping them into in my mouth, knowing it would only be a matter of time before I tripped, or even worse...

TRAIL BLISS

“THUD.” I was feeling great! Not even a couple of miles into this 10-mile loop, I was already flying along the trail, quite literally, in what seemed like a slow-motion faceplant sequence being replayed from a fast-paced trail run. With a slice of bacon in my mouth, my body was suspended in the air and parallel to the

ground beneath me as my water bottle began to slowly hurl away from the palm of my hand…and a huge grin quickly and completely swept across my face and the ground came rushing at me! My mind started vividly flashing across many moments during this race where I became deflated and inspired as my water bottle was tumbling along the trail. When I stopped rolling across the ground, I glanced at my Garmin when it beeped, displaying a pair of virtual running shoes and the message, “FOOT POD DETECTED.” I jumped up, grabbed my water bottle and continued running.

About a mile later, I came across the first steep climb that many compared to one of the ugly sisters of Forest Glen. One of the race directors advised, “I just saw Dex on the trail not too much further along!” An-other mile later, I finally caught up to him. Instead of trying to zip by him, I slowed down, walking and chat-ting about race bruises and aspirations. About a couple of miles later, I started singing “Heigh Ho” like one of the Seven Dwarfs just as we arrived at the mid-course aid station, where the aid station crew acknowledged I had officially lost my mind. I ate a couple of slices of

bacon, made a few jokes and saluted everyone good-bye. I moving progressively faster as I texted my crew that I had left the aid station. When I finally got to the reservoir a mile away from camp, I stopped to take in the moment, looking out over the reservoir with tears in my eyes to reflect over the many months of train-ing fun runs and races. To be frank, I’ve been looking forward to this day since I finished my first 50-miler two weeks before being cleared to run at Tunnel Hill.

The Farmdale reservoir.


Since then, I wanted my first 100-miler to be on a gor-geous but very challenging, technical course, with one caveat: I wanted to have fun the entire time. Through the many months of hard training during sunrise, sun-set, midday, midnight…alone or with friends…wheth-er well-rested on fresh legs or extremely fatigued on tired feet...the only time I ran in pain was on blisters at Wild Wild Wilderness. Even then, I had fun run-ning. After my primary training ground of Lake Mingo flooded, and sections of Forest Glen washed away, I began running everywhere else. I ran so many trail loop courses, from scores of 1-mile loops to dozens of five- and 10-mile loops, and even a couple of 25-mile loops, that I did not want to run another trail loop trail a couple of weeks before this race. But I still had fun speed-hiking the race course a week prior.

There were many more runs I canceled or resched-uled so I could sleep in or recover from a speedy road race. Friends and family inquired how I would finish a 100-miler or gave me advice that helped enhance my training. I recalled how I researched and accepted, then rejected, then again accepted a training plan before rejecting everything a month prior to sign-ing up for this race. Lastly, how I was too shy to ask

anyone to pace or crew for me, but was thankful for the people who volunteered to crew and pace me…and even more thankful that Rachel was awesome enough to let me consider running here as my first 100-miler, although I originally was only going to pace her.

I pressed snooze on my iPad 45 minutes before the race start as I lay in my tent shivering, wondering why I signed up for a race, let alone a 100-mile race, in the middle of October in Illinois. But in training and practice, every run I ran leading up to race day was in joy and bliss. Opening my eyes and taking one last look at the reservoir, I took off with my best attempt at a kick to try to finish off the last mile of this 100-miler strong, hoping that my girlfriend had a little more bacon and a few more kisses for me.

A day later, my jaw dropped in astonishment when I began merging my official race loop splits, Garmin mileage data, my crew’s chart data and other notes to gain a deeper level of insight into my race. In fact, I was not nearly as surprised at seeing the sub 7:30 pace I hit the entire duration of the last mile of the race as I was at the amount of work my crew put into keeping me running a very strong effort in my first 100-miler.


Racing Ahead–November and December 2015

Saturday, Nov. 7Monumental MarathonMarathon, half marathon, 5K, kids fun runIndianapolis, IN

Charleston Challenge40 miles -- individual or relay runCharleston

Sunday, Nov. 8Girls on the Run Fall 5K5KChampaign

CUSR Cupcake 5K5KChampaign

Saturday, Nov. 14Abe’s Trail TrekHalf marathon, 10K, 5KLincoln’s New Salem State Historic Site, Petersburg

Tunnel Hill 100100 miles, 50 milesTunnel Hill State Trail, Vienna

Saturday, Nov. 21Schumacher Shuffle5K, kids 1KPhilo

Pumpkin Paws Dog JogFun runChampaign

Mattoon Santa ChaseHalf marathon, 5KMattoon

Thursday, Nov. 26Urbana Park District Turkey Trot1 mile fun run/walkUrbana

Saturday, Nov. 28FOLEPI River Trail Classic4 mile run, 2 mile walkEast Peoria

Saturday, Dec. 12Da Deer Run Run8KComlara County Park, Hudson

Mike Walsh Memorial 5K5KBement

Mt. Zion Odd Fellows Frosty 5K5KMt. Zion

Saturday, Dec. 19 Huff 50K50K, 50K relay, 10 milesChain O’Lakes State Park, Albion, IN

Saturday, Jan. 2 Siberian Express Trail Run 7.45 miles Kickapoo State Park, Danville


Race ResultsPainful Elimination 12 Hour UltraHudsonAugust 22, 2015

15. Jim Fair III 34

Do Something 5KUrbana, IL August 29, 2015

7. Paula Cler 23:368. Mike Tankersley 23:3610. Nic Carter 24:3816. Emily Floess 25:3819. Que Broadnax 26:3044. Barry Holley 35:21

Road Runner 5KStanwood, IAAugust 29, 2015

23. Joe Bails 22:2235. Kelly Bails 23:34 2AG

Naperville Jaycees Last FlingNaperville, IL September 7, 2015

1 mile25. Jim Fair 6:08

Rat RaceArthur, IL September 7, 2015

5K15. Ivan Fink 23:37 1AG25. Kirk Bedwell 25:2649. Que Broadnax 27:42 1AG58. Rose Mary Wentling 28:40 2AG77. Cara Finnegan 32:15 2AG

80. Jenny Hall 32:53 3AG107. Barry Holley 38:58 3AG

10K1. Nicholas Heller 34:442. Jeff Kohmstedt 43:16 1AG4. Michele Marcus 43:257. Jay Bennett 46:52 1AG10. Scott Silverman 47:48 2AG15. Nicole Lake 49:31 1AG16. Nic Carter 49:49 2AG19. Don Dodson 50:33 1AG24. Beth Bennett 52:27 1AG33. John Murphy 59:03 3AG43. Laura Owen 1:03:19 1AG45. Dave Wakefield 1:06:10 2AG

Arcola Broom Corn FestivalArcola, IL September 12, 2015

5K27. Steven Yoder 24:0630. Kirk Bedwell 24:1859. Murray Kirby 25:5974. Rose Mary Wentling 27:22 1AG106. Dave Wakefield 30:23122. Jenny Hall 31:56

10K1. Nicholas Heller 33:362. Brandon Smith 34:56 1AG3. Jeff Kelly 35:51 1AG4. Michele Marcus 42:317. Ank Michielsen 44:12 1AG10. Scott Silverman 46:1015. Stephen Long 48:48 1AG18. Nic Carter 49:35 3AG

Harvest StompedeSuttons Bay, MI


Race Results—continued

September 12, 2015

7 miles160. Jim Fair III 1:23:46

Evergreen Lake UltraHudson, IL September 13, 2015

17 Miles8. Sarka Petrickova 2:43:3511. John North 2:51:1239. Bill Dey 4:01:29

51 Miles9. Magdalena Casper-Shipp 11:16:49

Car X Crazy KUrbana, IL September 19, 2015

78. Gaven Williams 30:5279. Gage Williams 30:52

Mark Twain UltraBerryman, MOSetember 19, 2015

50 miles35. Jim Fair III 14:55:59

Shoreline ClassicDecatur, IL September 20, 2015

5K14. Jay Bennett 21:34 1AG23. Joe Bails 22:35 1AG39. Ivan Fink 23:27 1AG66. Beth Bennett 24:30

15K21. Nicholas Heller 51:15 1AG26. Brandon Smith 53:43 1AG28. Tom Gelsthorpe 56:34 1AG45. Ryan Anderson 1:05:1046. Michele Marcus 1:05:1953. Richard Tapping 1:07:2093. Eric Berlin 1:13:3799. Judith Havlicek 1:14:25 2AG110. Dawn Carson 1:15:10 3AG111. Nic Carter 1:15:11113. Jodi Heckel 1:15:49115. Kelly Bails 1:15:56 3AG120. Yvonne Learmonth 1:16:20156. Mike Tankersley 1:20:10157. Paula Cler 1:20:10 3AG193. Douglas Armstrong 1:22:50228. Becky Williams 1:25:51231. Merwin Kirby 1:26:09289. Laura Armstrong 1:32:54318. Michele Cohen 1:36:26319. Laura Owen 1:36:26337. Dave Wakefield 1:38:13

Tri the IlliniChampaign, IL September 20, 2015

14. Nick Paulson 1:09:2881. Stephen Long 1:22:2888. Kenneth Kemper 1:23:05101. Jason Meier 1:24:23117. Louis Mesker 1:25:51134. Tom Eaton 1:28:17153. Donald Owen 1:30:23248. Arnould Buzing 1:51:17278. Luisa Stone 2:19:13

We Care Twin Cities Half MarathonNormal, IL



September 26, 2015

1. Nicholas Heller 1:14:2524. Richard Tapping 1:35:43 1AG37. Carl W Larsen Jr 1:39:13 1AG80. Valeria Rohde 1:49:24 1AG192. Jeff Rohde 2:06:31251. Laura Armstrong 2:14:26

Wild Wild WildernessDanville, IL September 27, 2015

1. Brandon Smith 45:404. Tom Gelsthorpe 49:15 1AG5. Benjamin Price 49:38 1AG6. Nicholas Heller 50:41 1AG10. Edmond Paspali 53:07 2AG17. Chris Delis 56:08 1AG25. Pat Mills 59:44 1AG32. Jim Fair III 1:01:57 2AG38. Sarah Dowd 1:04:20 2AG41. John North 1:04:3747. Nic Carter 1:05:3948. Sarka Petrickova 1:05:4857. Dawn Carson 1:06:50 1AG58. Julie Mills 1:07:26 1AG69. Tom Burton 1:08:5576. Michele Marcus 1:09:56 1AG81. Kirk Bedwell 1:10:4693. Magdalena Casper-Shipp 1:11:31106. Andrea Stack 1:12:55112. Bill Jones 1:13:16 2AG139. Alicia Pettyjohn 1:18:39144. Merwin Kirby 1:20:38145. Claudia Lutz 1:20:56168. Sandra Loeb 1:25:24179. Rose Mary Wentling 1:28:14210. Lonna Osterbur 1:35:43237. Robert Pool 1:51:30

YWCA Race Against RacismUrbana, IL September 27, 2015

5. Chris Lubienski 21:27 1AG13. Emily Floess 25:08 1AG20. Que Broadnax 28:19 1AG30. Robyn Bianconi 31:3235. Barbara Allen 32:21 2AG

Arkansas Traveller 100Ouachita National ForestOctober 3, 2015

86. Magdalena Casper-Shipp 28:11:15104. Andrea Stack 29:21:41

Wooly Worm 5KCamargo, IL October 3, 2015

Ivan Fink 24:18 1AG

Women’s Fitness 5KUrbana, IL October 4, 2015

1. Michele Marcus 20:302. Tara Beveroth 21:18 1AG7. Sarka Petrickova 22:39 2AG9. Dawn Carson 23:33 2AG10. Nancy Bailey 23:48 3AG13. Emily Floess 24:5016. Kathy Meyer 24:5921. Lori Ozment 26:3922. Que Broadnax 26:46 1AG23. Sandra Romans 26:5627. Genevieve Long 27:4630. Jody Littleton 28:0731. Sandra Loeb 28:1332. Bonnie McElwee 28:15 1AG



34. Kathy Feser 28:1835. Laura Armstrong 28:1936. Niki Lake 28:1939. Karen Pollard 28:3342. Michele Cohen 29:0443. Ashley Eisenmenger 29:05 1AG46. Laura Owen 29:1949. Colleen Long 29:3150. Rose Mary Wentling 29:33 2AG55. Lynn Troost 30:27 3AG59. Elizabeth Chominski 30:4661. Vickie Hemann 31:0964. Jamie Holley 31:5466. Lynn Ullestad 31:5567. Nancy Yeagle 32:0169. Marcia Hess 32:1870. Vicki Dunlap 32:2474. Meii Chan 33:0375. Cathy Giffel 33:0380. Jill Abbott 33:2981. Cyndi Ortiz 33:3682. Tessa Ortiz 33:3685. Lisa Sink 34:1387. Anna Rice 34:1888. Susan Castillo 34:2089. Audrey Heckel 34:32 2AG90. Jodi Heckel 34:3394. Andrea Camacho 35:0395. Jenny Hall 35:3799. Mary Jo Hettinger 36:56101. Maria Byndom 37:20104. Jackie Christensen 37:58105. Christina Johnson 37:59110. Sue Dewing 40:55111. Sue Pensinger 40:59113. Michelle Leisch 42:00114. Linda Arseneau 42:03115. Luisa Palacios 42:14117. Yvette Brown 42:23120. Holly Clemons 43:24121. Jenny Lokshin 43:25

122. Nancy Sivertsen 43:26123. Elizabeth Daly 43:35125. Karen Mohr 44:03126. Kathy Mckenzie 44:03128. Margaret Boland 44:51129. Aliece Heebner 45:03131. Carolyn Coooper 46:32133. Adie Shepherd 47:47

Bank of America Chicago MarathonChicago, IL October 9, 2015

674. Charles Fogelman 2:56:231631. Chris Delis 3:09:335580. Jesus Sanchez 3:37:255910. Michele Marcus 3:39:075918. Carl Larsen Jr 3:39:075946. Jeff Olson 3:39:1312581. Jill Sanchez 4:06:1615583. Jeff Rohde 4:18:4318144. Marla Dewhirst 4:28:3323541. Genevieve Long 4:50:2027311. Sandra Loeb 5:07:19

Farmdale Trail RunWashington, IL October 10, 2015

30 milesSarka Petrickova 5:02:02 1AGPat Mills 5:12:25 1AGLinda Trinh 5:35:34 1AGNic Carter 6:10:39Magdalena Casper-Shipp 6:31:59 1AG

100 milesJim Fair III 30:40:05


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