This past weekend some of the Endure It crew took on The Northface Endurance Challenge as a marathon relay. Saturday morning our team captain Erik "Bird" Walter, Chad "The Motor" Beert, David "He's Still a Gamer" Fix, and Rick Lapinski...sorry can't coin a nickname for myself...made the drive up to Kettle Morraine in Wisconsin to tackle the trail marathon relay. This was a really cool event, and running on trails is rather painful! Each of us ran around 6.5ish miles of which the first .75 miles was on the road to the trail and then the fun began! Up, down, left, right, roots, rocks, pine needles, sand pretty much everything but a river crossing (which would have been awesome). The whole team put in a tremendous effort to take the win in the marathon relay division with a time of 3:02:xx. The times for the 50 mile, 50k and stand alone marathon were rather impressive especially considering the terrain that they all ran on all day! If you have the opportunity to participate in this race series I would highly recommend it.
We hope to see you all at the meeting on Wednesday night!!
Train Hard, Race Smart, No Regrets
Ultra-Marathon Man Dean Karnazes
Hey David, this isn't a swim meet...
David races into the lead only to take a few wrong turns
Lookin' strong
Beert is more concerned with his split, get moving!!
Beert finishing up strong
Bird on the runway for take off
Endure It Sports...Relay Champions
The race venue, totally chill atmosphere with cool people.
Reminder this Wednesday night at 7:00 in Willowbrook will be our next club meeting. We will be discussing the following topics:
- Taking an "off-season" break
- Endure It at Cyclocross Races & the Chicagoland Cyclocross Series
- Scavenger Run (September 29th, 6:30 p.m. @ Endure It Life in Naperville)
- Up Coming Monthly Challenges & Events & Club Meetings
We hope to see you all at the meeting on Wednesday night!!
Train Hard, Race Smart, No Regrets
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