May/June 2017 — Volume 34, Number 3 INNEWSLETTER OF THEPASSING SECOND WIND RUNNING CLUB IN THIS ISSUE Marathon Advice from an 20 Questions with First-Time Experienced Runner Marathoners Hanah and Larry Journey with Justin Blue Clinton Lake Race Report Interview with Runner Kids Two Races in One Morning! 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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Photo by Janak Patel. 2 IN PASSING ● Newsletter of the Second Wind Running Club ● secondwindrunningclub.org IN THIS ISSUE President’s Corner with President Magdalena .........................................................................4 New Members for December and January ................................................................................4 RRCA News - Kids Run the Nation............................................................................................5 How Not to Train for a Marathon ..............................................................................................6 Thrillogy Races .............................................................................................................................7 My Journey Back to Me ..............................................................................................................8 Interview with 5-year-olds Gavin and Kaitlyn Armstrong ....................................................10 Buffalo Trace Trail Race Announcement! ...............................................................................11 You Are A Mountain Goat .........................................................................................................12 University of Illinois Club Track Meet ....................................................................................13 Second Wind Spring Fun Run and Pizza Party Recap ..........................................................14 Clinton Lake Ultra Marathon Race Report ............................................................................15 Doubleheader..............................................................................................................................18 Ruairi Runing .............................................................................................................................20 Twenty (or so...) Questions with Hanah Choi ..........................................................................21 Twenty (or so...) Questions with Larry Adelston ....................................................................24 Racing with Aggression .............................................................................................................27 Race Results ................................................................................................................................28 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 2017 — Volume 34, Number 3 3 President’s Corner Second Winders, One of the joys of being President of Second Wind think about our club, and all of you – running com- is that I get to share with you every other month panions, friends, inspirations, beginners just starting the things I think about while I’m running. I like to to get addicted – and I understand why I do not. I see believe that everyone reads it and that sometimes it you working against each of your own challenges: makes them think. Or smile. Or want to go for a run knees, family, time, apathy. And then I see you going to try to erase what I said from your mind. Along one to physical therapy and following through with it, of those lines (probably the latter), I want to talk about changing your diet, getting up an hour earlier, and just my toenails. committing to going running. And I am reminded that But I am not including pictures so there’s that. my toenails are my excuse, not my reason to not run. As many of you know, I run long distances, some- This year the (Illinois) marathon was dry, and I ran it times multiple days in a row. I go through running for the sixth and last time (last year, and 2015 were shoes at a rate that would be expensive if I replaced also sworn to be the last time, and the last time I ran them before they were more hole than shoe. And my on pavement...). My toenails held up well that day. toenails sometimes come off as a result of some or But what held up even better was the fact that I saw so all of those things. Now, tempting as it is to get into many people I knew could be choosing to do ANY- the fascinating details of the most recent casualty, this THING but help make it possible for us to run. The is not where I’m going (although some of the more enthusiasm that volunteers, spectators and fellow run- squeamish readers may have already dashed out the ners had makes me glad that I do choose to run. door to run up and down parking structures). My So I hope that you continue to do things to inspire me permanently tired toes and their generally lackluster to choose to follow through on my training, to encour- appearance are the price I pay to go running. age each other when the weather isn’t perfect to get It would be easy to use my toes or any other tired outside, to volunteer to help others be able to run. part of me as an excuse. And yes, I’m tempted some days to do that. And by countless other things that I See you on the trails, could look to as a reason to skip a run here, a swim there and stretching everywhere. Laundry. Emails. Magdalena Writing this. Netflix. Grocery shopping. And then I [email protected] New Members for February and March February March Danda Beard Jodi Miller Jeremy Bates Cindy Drollinger Domininkas Mockus Caley Benner Cecilia Gentle Lori O’Brien Lenore Borisova Jennifer Hagler Arland Stratton Sisi He David Harmon Elizabeth Sudlow Nancy Karrels Lexi Harmon Melinda Ohlsson Jordan Harmon Claire Petty Matt Hazel Tisha Sarver Shelly Jackson Kim Ta 4 IN PASSING ● Newsletter of the Second Wind Running Club ● secondwindrunningclub.org RRCA News Compiled by Nicholas Heller The Kids Run the Nation Program nity centers, homeless shelters, nonprofits, and other organiza- The goal of the RRCA’s Kids Run the Nation pro- tions that serve youth and are gram is to help establish locally-managed youth run- interested in establishing a youth ning programs in every school and community across running program. the U.S. Learn more about our participation-based, turnkey curriculum, and grant fund today! If you are committed to getting kids interested in the sport of running as part of a healthy lifestyle, the Kids The RRCA launched its youth running curriculum Run the Nation program is right for you. in 1986 in response to the growing concern for chil- dren’s health in the United States. Over the next three Where do I start? decades, the RRCA has circulated thousands of copies of printed curriculum materials and helped establish First, review the information