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Title:Sixth Annual Terra Sans Pave
Date:Saturday August 24th, 2019
Author:Bill Thom
Report:
Sixth Annual Terra Sans Pave
Trail Runs
[Logo: Terra Sans Pave]
Trail Running Bliss!

Our sixth annual Terra Sans Pave trail runs took place Saturday August 24th, with a return to its inaugural racecourse and setting of Linne Woods forest in Morton Grove, Illinois. After last year's flooded conditions it was wonderful to be back on the scenic, varying loop racecourse that meanders down by the river and winds around the nearby prairie. 82 trail runners had signed up. On race day... 22 long distance adventurers took on Terathlon 8-Hour Run, 31 raced our Big Lizard 10-Mile, 18 went for Terra 8-Km, while five opted for our 1-lap tour of Terra 4-Km.

7:30 am weather statistics: temperature of 66.0°F, with a dew point of 55°F, 68% humidity, wind NW at 5 mph gusting to 22 mph. High temperature for the day reached a pleasant 72°F at 3:00 pm. Sunny skies ruled the day.

At 7:32 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 8-hour air-horn signal.

Meanwhile traditional-distance runners arrived for check-in and their race start. At 9:02 am, our air-horn blast 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 long serpentine line of distance-running trail lizards!

11:30 am... as Terathletes pursued evermore mileage, and traditional distance events were finishing, Michelle returned from Tony's Deli with two trays of sandwiches, which were the perfect compliment to our aid station fare. Year-specific pins were earned by all finishers and medals of gold, silver, and bronze were awarded to top runners. Engraved pint-glasses were won by 3-ruuner "Team Achievers" in traditional distance events, and 2-runner "Team Achievers" in Terathlon 8-Hour. Newly minted "Ultra Achiever" heavy medals were earned by all 8-Hour Terathletes who completed the minimum of 11 Big Loops (27.5 miles), and engraved pint-glasses by those who were still running to the eight-hour mark.

Terra Sans Pave Big Lizard 10-Mile...
Top Male:
1st) Ben Bocher
2nd) Sebastian Ramirez
3rd) David Mann
Top Female:
1st) Amanda Richey
2nd) Julie Yen
3rd) Jackie Cichon

Top Teams:
1st) Proof Positive - Catherine Krawitz, Tom Kohler, Patti Downey

Terra Sans Pave 8-Km...
Top Female:
1st) Agnes Engstrom
2nd) Monica Chavez
3rd) Melissa Savage

Top Male:
1st) Paul Angarone
2nd) John Archer
3rd) Brian Sielski
Top Teams:
1st) Proof Positive - George Sargeant, Adam Zamora, William Fitzgerald

Terra Sans Pave 4-Km...
Top Female:
1st) Julia Soriano
2nd) Brianna Santucci
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Top Male:
1st) Vincent Santucci


Terra Sans Pave Terathlon 8-Hour Adventurers...
#316 Ed Scheer, M: 48.57 Miles * New Overall Race Record!
#315 Dave Patch, M: 47.00 Miles
#314 Becky Patch, F: 44.52 Miles * New Female Race Record!
#300 Jeffrey Fleitz, M: 44.25 Miles* Past Champion and Race Record Holder!
#311 Nicole Marvel, F: 39.00 Miles
#306 Jeni Goodwin, F: 37.34 Miles
#309 Seth Kussmaul, M: 36.86 Miles
#323 Shawn Richter, M: 36.76 Miles
#303 Jen Bibly, F: 36.56 Miles
#310 Traci Lambert-Cwerenz, F: 32.48 Miles
#320 Oscar Delgado, M: 31.97 Miles
#302 Christine Bastone, F: 31.00 Miles
#322 Tony Weyers, M: 30.50 Miles
#321 Rachel Weyers, F: 30.50 Miles
#317 Boris Tannenbaum, M: 30.12 Miles
#307 Avi Janssen, M: 30.00 Miles
#319 Kristine Yoon, F: 29.25 Miles
#318 Reginald Yarn, M: 27.75 Miles
#308 John Kohoutek, M: 27.50 Miles
#301 Ila Allen, F: 24.75 Miles
#313 Marla McCarthy, F: 17.50 Miles
#312 John McCarthy, M: 17.50 Miles
BL = Big Loop of 2.5 miles
LL = Little Loop of .25 miles
Top Terathlon 8-Hour Teams:
1st) Team Sophie Dog - Jen Bibly, Traci Lambert-Cwerenz, (Tony Weyers, Rachel Weyers)
2nd) Mac Attack - Marla McCarthy, John McCarthy



Race conception, production, hosting, timing, webcasting and finish-line scoring was managed by our running-company, RunRace. Check out complete Terra Sans Pave event results, including top Terra teams 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:
  • Pre-race runner check-in: Ian Stevens.
  • Start / Finish line set up: Paul Hendrickson, Jim Muresan, Tom Kohler.
  • Aid station captains: Paul & Sara Hendrickson, Jim Muresan.
  • Dry-erase-board tally-masters: Jim Muresan, Bill Thom.
  • Supplies replenisher: Michelle Thom.
  • Home Brewmasters: Adam Zamora, George Sargeant, Tom Kohler.
  • Photography: Michelle + 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 Sixth Annual Terra Sans Pave Trail Runs!

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!

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