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Title:Third Annual Terra Sans Pave
Date:Saturday September 10th, 2016
Author:Bill + Michelle Thom (race directors)
Report:
Third Annual Terra Sans Pave
Trail Runs
[Logo: Terra Sans Pave]
Earthbound Races in Unpaved Places!

Our third annual Terra Sans Pave trail runs took place Saturday September 10th, with a return to the inaugural setting of Linne Woods forest preserve in Morton Grove, Illinois. 54 intrepid trail runners toed the starting line... 12 long distance runners pioneered our Terathlon 8-Hour Run, 19 raced our Big Lizard 10-Mile, 12 went for Terra 8-Km, while 11 opted for our 1-lap tour of Terra 4-Km.

7:30 am race time official weather statistics: temperature of 66.9°F, with a dew point of 64.9°F, 93% humidity, overcast skies, wind WSW at 10.4 mph.  Drizzle and light showers would punctuate the morning hours, but no significant rain fell.  Our course was mostly dry and runnable with a few moderate jump-over puddles, and some soft-muddy sections along the river bank.

At 7:35 am CDT Terathlon 8-Hour runners began repeating laps of our 2½-mile racecourse.  Their mission... cover as much distance as possible in the span of eight hours.  They could continue running along the 2½-mile "Big Loop," then as the eight hours ticked down, switch to our quarter-mile "Little Loop," and continue right up to the 3:35 pm air-horn signal.

Meanwhile traditional-distance runners arrived for check-in and their race start.  At 9:08 am an air-horn blast by race official, Paul Hendrickson signaled the start of events, Big Lizard 10-Mile, Terra 8-Km, and Terra 4-Km.  Soon the entire racecourse was populated with Terra Sans Pave runners... a wonderful long line of distance-running trail lizards!

11:00 am... as Terathletes pursued evermore mileage, and traditional distance events were finishing, a feast of bbq brisket, salads, and home-brewed beer was served by Terra running vets Tom Kohler, Patti Downey, Adam Zamora, and Mike Grabowski.  Year-specific pins were earned by all finishers and medals of gold, silver, and bronze were awarded to top runners.

Terra Sans Pave Big Lizard 10-Mile...
Top Male: 1st) Elias Theodosis, 2nd) Alexander Manaois, 3rd) Patrick Hastings
Top Female: 1st) Katharina Schnatterbeck, 2nd) Laura Skowronek, 3rd) Amy Ahner


Terra Sans Pave 8-Km...
Top Male: 1st) John Archer, 2nd) Kim McGuire, 3rd) Adam Zamora
Top Female: 1st) Monica Chavez, 2nd) Tracy Swartz, 3rd) Sandy Griner


Terra Sans Pave 4-Km...
Top Male: 1st) Karl Bettinger, 2nd) Jerry Brennan, 3rd) Jerome Abramson
Top Female: 1st) Samantha Ryan, 2nd) Lisa Williams, 3rd) Patricia Bechelli


Terra Sans Pave Terathlon 8-Hour Pioneers...
#299 Erin Smith: 38 Miles (15 BL + 2 LL)
#298 Dave Smith: 35.5 Miles (14 BL + 2 LL)
#290 Susana Ochoa: 35 Miles (14 BL through 6:03)
#295 Kimmie Brown: 34.16 Miles (13 BL + 6 LL + 850 ft)
#300 Katie Trapp: 32.75 Miles (13 BL + 1 LL)
#296 Jim Muresan: 31 Miles (12 BL + 4 LL)
#293 Colleen Montgomery: 27.5 Miles (11 BL through 4:43)
#289 Violeta Ochoa Salabert: 27.5 Miles (11 BL through 4:44)
#294 Jill Bell: 20.75 Miles (8 BL + 3 LL)
#291 Andres Ochoa: 17.5 Miles (7 BL through 3:03)
#297 Jane Piel: 17.5 Miles (7 BL through 4:56)
#292 Lynne Bank: 15 Miles (6 BL through 6:37)
BL = Big Loop of 2.5 miles
LL = Little Loop of .25 miles



Race production, hosting, timing, webcasting and finish-line scoring was managed by our running-company, RunRace. Check out complete results through the links...
Results: Results on RunRace
Webcast: Webcast on RunRace (with Checkpoint Splits where available)

Let's give a rousing "shout out" to our race volunteers for their generous support:
  • Post-race barbeque: Tom Kohler, Patti Downey, Adam Zamora, Mike Grabowski... members of the adventure-seeking charitable group, Team Proof Positive!
  • Start / Finish line set up: Mike Vlasak, Paul Hendrickson, Ian Stevens, Stuart Gootnick, Tom Kohler, Adam Zamora.
  • Course centurions and marshaling: Kathleen Downey, Lily, Stuart Gootnick.
  • Official Race Starter: Paul Hendrickson.
  • Photography: Michelle Thom, Bill Thom.
  • [Did I miss anyone here?... if you notice a missing or misspelled name please let me know.]
The photos (below) have been optimized for web-display... if you'd like a "high-resolution" original (suitable for printing) contact me and I will email you with the original digital image... be sure to specify which photo(s) you'd like.

Congratulations to all who participated in the Third Annual Terra Sans Pave!

Happy trails with successful running & racing this fall and beyond!
Bill: bill@runrace.net

Links & Recaps as Generously Provided by Participants of
Terra Sans Pave!

Ian Stevens, Terra 8k, #257
Ian's Running Off Road Blog: Running Off Road
Website:
http://RunRace.net/terra/ Go there or Go there in new browser
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This was my first trail race and it was so much fun! Can't wait til next year! Great event!
Monica
Sep 13, 2016
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