May/June 2018 — Volume 35, Number 3 INNEWSLETTER OF THEPASSING SECOND WIND RUNNING CLUB Running East-Central Illinois IN THIS ISSUE Spring Marathons! 20 Questions with Beth Scheid RRCA National Convention and Bruce Hajek Green Team Q and A Running for Fun with the ‘Clowns’ Keep those stories coming! Your contributions to the newsletter are vital. Please e-mail your race results, articles, photos, etc. by June 15th for the July/August issue. Articles and accompanying photos to [email protected] Results and race photos to [email protected] Officers Want to get the Word Out? President Magdalena Casper-Shipp Advertise with Us! 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Second Wind Running Club is proud to announce that In Passing newsletters are available online and will no longer be printed and mailed - instead, the newsletter will be available in full-color online and notifica- tion of issue release will be sent via email if you have supplied your email address to the SWRC membership coordinator. Cover Photo: The cover photo was submitted by Second Wind Running Club Member Jim Fair III. Second Wind would like to thank all the members that volunteered to man the booth at the Illinois Marathon this year. Pictured above are Julia Gonzalez, Brenden West, and Tom Gelsthorpe. 2 IN PASSING ● Newsletter of the Second Wind Running Club ● Running in the Champaign-Urbana area ● secondwindrunningclub.org IN THIS ISSUE President’s Corner with President Magdalena .........................................................................4 RRCA News - RRCA Hall of Fame Member wins the Boston Marathon ..............................5 New Members ...............................................................................................................................5 RRCA National Convention Recap with David Ammermann .................................................8 Get to know: Payton Wendell ...................................................................................................10 Ruairi Runs ................................................................................................................................10 2018 SWRC Race Circuit ..........................................................................................................12 Buffalo Trace - 19 May 2018 .....................................................................................................13 Countryside 10k .........................................................................................................................14 Using a Marathon as a Training Run for Clinton Ultra .........................................................15 Using a Marathon as a Training Run for the Boston Marathon ...........................................16 Ryan Anderson in Carmel .........................................................................................................20 Martha Illinois Marathon Recap ..............................................................................................22 Lori Illinois Marathon Recap ...................................................................................................23 Jim’s ‘Thank You’ for an Awesome Marathon Expo Booth ...................................................23 Green Team Interview ...............................................................................................................25 Kidding Around for Kidneys ............... ........................28 Twenty (or so...) Questions with Beth .........................30 Twenty (or so...) Questions with Bruce .......................33 Race Results ..................................................................35 Join the club and receive six great issues each year! For membership information, visit http://www.secondwindrunningclub.org/membership. Want to know about new running events, changes, or last-minute updates? All members are part of the club’s email list on Google Groups. Make sure your Google preferences are set to receive these emails. May/June 2018 — Volume 35, Number 3 3 President’s Corner - Come Sit Awhile Second Winders, Some of you probably know that this March I directed my first race, the Clinton Lake Ultra. It was kind of This bench gives some good advice. fitting, since in 2013 that was the first ultra I ran. But, as some of you know, the forecast was so bad, I slept there the night before the race because I was afraid it would snow too much and I wouldn’t be able to get there. As Second Wind’s first cupless race, we ended up using cups to offer hot soup and hot chocolate, foods frequently found at ultras that go overnight, but rare at a 30 mile event. The first runner finished in 4:43 (no course records were harmed!), the last took 8:39, and a good amount of the soup got consumed. 38 of those hearty enough to start had dropped, and 6 inches of snow had fallen. It was not what I had imagined for my first race as RD. Having ran in plenty of races, and volunteered at enough others to know that checking the forecast is never a good idea, I try to not really look at the weather. Better to embrace the mo- ment and pack way more clothes than you need than be stressed out about a 30% chance of rain on a 14 day forecast. Needless to say, after four weeks of weekends and races with cold, rainy and snowy weather, I wasn’t holding my breath for the Illinois Marathon, a race with notoriously bad weather luck. It was a magically gorgeous day, though, sunny and dry, with a breeze. No snow! I was almost sad to not be running it for the first time Magdalena embraces the message of the bench after the first 35 miles of her race. since 2012. How does snow relate to the excellent advice found on a bench? I didn’t really follow it, since I was mid- way through a 35 mile run when it was taken. But I’ve been thinking about what it means beyond offering a place to take a break during a hike. What do you think it means? See you on the trails! Magdalena [email protected] 4 IN PASSING ● Newsletter of the Second Wind Running Club ● Running in the Champaign-Urbana area ● secondwindrunningclub.org RRCA News Compiled/Written by Nicholas Heller, originally publlished by David Monti at www.rrca.org and Doug Robinson from Deseret News 2017 RRCA Hall of Fame Member, Desiree Linden, Wins Boston Marathon BOSTON (16 Apr. 2018) -- In soaking rain accompanied by near-freezing temperatures and a stiff headwind, Desiree Linden of Washington, Mich., and Yuki Kawauchi of Japan won the 122nd edition of the Boston Mara- thon, earning $150,000 in prize money each. Famously, Kawauchi is a government servant where he works in the administrative office of a high school and does not run in Japan’s famous corporate team system. He is best known for his prolific marathon running and holds the world record for sub-2:20 marathons (he now has 79). He has already run four marathons this year, winning each, and reports that he will run “about one hour” Tues- day – training resumes with no days off. Linden, 34, overcame a strong urge to drop out in the first quarter of the race to become the first American woman to win Boston since Lisa Larsen-Weidenbach in 1985. Linden was also inducted into the RRCA Hall of Fame in 2017. RRCA reports that, “developed in 1970, the RRCA American Long Distance Running Hall of Fame inducts individuals who have given, not only athletic performance, but also to the overall contribution of the sport of long distance running. Inductees should have demonstrated long-term excellence (years of quality performance) as opposed to a few brief years of top performances.” Linden has had long-term success for sure, and has yearned to do well at Boston. This desire to keep going was especially important this year. 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