1999 Park Forest Scenic 10
Park Forest Scenic 10
Park Forest, IL
September 6, 1999
Here is another brief report of the Park Forest Scenic 10 (sorry it's really late!):
Well, this is probably my favorite race aside from the Chicago Marathon, and not on was the community out cheering the runners on again, but I also had the pleasure of meeting up with fellow ChiADeads and Penguins at this race. And the weather was great, too.
I didn't have any expectations speedwise at this race, I just wanted to have fun. I figured an easy 11:00mpm pace would be good to start with, and then see what happens. Before the race I was able to chat with several ChiADeads and the Head Penguin and family. I started out running with Dead Chrys and she went on ahead after a couple of miles. I still wanted to hold back a little bit until I knew that I wasn't going to bomb later on.
As others have said, the support and entertainment is great at this race. If you want to come to Chicago for a race, this is definitely one to shoot for!
After about 5 miles, I started to speed up, and felt great for the rest of the race. I finished in 1:43:54 watch time (1:44:58 clock time), a bit faster than my goal, which made me happy. Also, my second half was about 3 minutes faster than my first. I felt great, legs fresh, smile on my face (as indicated by my almost embarassingly smiley face in the picture that Chris Huffman took!) This race went by so fast for me, it was such a blast.
Afterwards I was able to meet up with ChiADeads and Penguins for a while to watch the awards and eat my very fattening Fannie May ice cream bar (yum). Overall, I had quite a good day!
Now, on to this weekend, where I get to meet up with ChiADeads again and run the Chicago Half Marathon. I'm looking forward to it!
Kelly
Park Forest, IL
September 6, 1999
Here is another brief report of the Park Forest Scenic 10 (sorry it's really late!):
Well, this is probably my favorite race aside from the Chicago Marathon, and not on was the community out cheering the runners on again, but I also had the pleasure of meeting up with fellow ChiADeads and Penguins at this race. And the weather was great, too.
I didn't have any expectations speedwise at this race, I just wanted to have fun. I figured an easy 11:00mpm pace would be good to start with, and then see what happens. Before the race I was able to chat with several ChiADeads and the Head Penguin and family. I started out running with Dead Chrys and she went on ahead after a couple of miles. I still wanted to hold back a little bit until I knew that I wasn't going to bomb later on.
As others have said, the support and entertainment is great at this race. If you want to come to Chicago for a race, this is definitely one to shoot for!
After about 5 miles, I started to speed up, and felt great for the rest of the race. I finished in 1:43:54 watch time (1:44:58 clock time), a bit faster than my goal, which made me happy. Also, my second half was about 3 minutes faster than my first. I felt great, legs fresh, smile on my face (as indicated by my almost embarassingly smiley face in the picture that Chris Huffman took!) This race went by so fast for me, it was such a blast.
Afterwards I was able to meet up with ChiADeads and Penguins for a while to watch the awards and eat my very fattening Fannie May ice cream bar (yum). Overall, I had quite a good day!
Now, on to this weekend, where I get to meet up with ChiADeads again and run the Chicago Half Marathon. I'm looking forward to it!
Kelly
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