Hi, everyone! MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

We are throwing a pizza party for everyone who ran with us during the summer season in prep for a special race, not just the Chicago Marathon. We calculated that by October 20th, everyone in the SummerWits group will have finished their races.

One of my SummerWits running buddies, Jeff Chandler, and his family business, Coz Pizza (http://cozs-pizza.com/) have generously offered to sponsor this pizza party at their restaurant. Here are the details:

WHAT? FREE pizza to finishers and drinks are on your own.

WHEN? October 20th, from 7 - 9 PM

WHERE? Coz Pizza, 4441 Ash Grove Drive, Springfield, IL 62711

Jeff reserved a loft for 30 people. Please RSVP on the blog, so we can get a good head count.

Don't forget to bring your medals! :)

LOCATION: SATURDAY RUN 10-2-10

We will run Clay's 8-miler, starting from Laurel United Methodist Church, not somewhere in Washington Park. 6 AM. See you soon!

Linda

Clay's Route this SATURDAY @ 6 AM

Due to popular demand, we will meet up in Washington Park for an 8-mile, fun run. No official water stops, but we pass by the Pavillion 3x.

Click HERE for the route.


See you SATURDAY, October 2nd, @ 6 AM, not 5:30 AM.
Linda

Saturday's 11-mile run- FLAT, FLAT, FLAT!

Hey, everyone! It's cut back time before the BIG DAY! I'm posting this now, so you can plan ahead for this Saturday. This is a flat route that we need, as we wind down the miles. SummerWits is also winding down organized mid-run Wednesdays, so please get the mileage in on your own. Luckily, there are directions already included by the previous author, if you need them. If you want to get in 12 miles, a lap or two of Panera at the end will do it.

Click HERE for the route!

Thanks to Bill Stokes for all his help with the route and several hydration stops! I am hoping our fearless other hydration leader, Doug, will help us out on Saturday!

Also, there is talk about having a SummerWits post-party...any ideas?

See you all Saturday, at Panera West, at 5:30 AM.
Linda

Directions to our 23-miler tomorrow

From Panera West, Go West on Hedley Rd
Turn Right (North) on Meadowbrook
Turn Left (East) on Isles
Turn Left on S. Koke Mill
Turn Right on Spring Mill
Turn Right on Greenbriar
Turn Left on Interlacken
Follow curve to W. Laurel
Stay on W. Laurel, past Illini CC
Turn Left on S. Park, through the park
Down the hill past gazebo on the right
Jog left, and staying on S. Park, continue North
Turn Right on W. Edwards
Turn Left on 2nd St
Turn Right on E. Capitol
MAJOR ROAD CHANGE
Turn Left on 5th St, not 6th
Run North until you get to Lincoln Park
Run into Lincoln Park and travel around the east side
Then, as it curves to the west, turn Right on 1st St.
Go North on 1st St. until you hit Browning Rd.
Follow Browning Rd. as it curves right to Solar Ave.
Run North on Solar
Turn Right on Hackmore Dr.
Left on Lightfoot Ln
Left on Gooseneck Dr
Left on Buckhorn Dr
Right on Route 29 for a short bit as you go north, then
Left on Estill Dr
Left on 100 West Rd.
Curves right then left on County Rd 100 N
Veers right on 350 N Road
This road curves to the left then continues west
And turns into Tozer Rd.
Turn Left onto 200 West Rd (Hennepin Rd)
You are now running South on this road
It will veer right as you approach Bruns Ln
Turn Right onto Bruns Ln
At the 18-mile marker, we turn Left onto Jefferson
Go Northwest on Jefferson
Turn Left onto Churchill Rd
Follow this as it curves right, then
Turn Left onto N. Oxford Rd
As it veers right, turn Right on McCarthy Dr
Turn Left onto N. Durkin Dr
Which turns into S. Durkin Dr as you continue south
Turn Right on W Lawrence, go west across Veteran’s Parkway
Turn Left on Rickard Rd
Turn Right on Old Jacksonville Rd
Turn Left on S. Koke Mill
Turn Right on Cascade Dr.
Turn Right on W. White Oaks Dr.
And back to Panera!

Update to 23 Mile Route for Saturday September 18

Hi SummerWits! Bill Stokes here.  Since Linda's post with the link to the route is broken and I know she is asleep already I'm posting a new link.  Here it is: http://www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=395361

You might notice that I have you running up 6th street from Capitol to Lincoln Park.  I won't change the map but Linda is planing to change the written directions to have you run up 5th instead.  It will be safer to run against the traffic.

As Linda indicated in her post the route has lots of possible restroom stops.  We also are going to make sure there is plenty of water and Gatorade about every 3 miles.

NOTE for those not trying to qualify for Boston:
Remember to keep your target pace between water stops but take a minute or two to hydrate every three miles.  If you stop for 1 minute every stop you will only add 7 minutes to your time for the day.  If you stop for 2 minutes every water stop you only add 14 minutes to your time.

If you average 10 minute miles on this 23 mile route your time with 1 minute stops will be about 4 hours total. So your full marathon time would be about 4 hours and 30 minutes to 4 hours and 40 minutes.  Thats a great time.

If you go out with an 8:30 to 9:30 pace and can't sustain it for 4 hours you'll end up with about the same marathon time as running a 10 minute mile consistently throughout the race.  I know that might be boring but strategy is very important on this distance!

See you Saturday morning.
Bill
 

Saturday's 23-miler

IT'S THE BIG ONE! Bill S came up with a route that allows for bathroom stops; unlike the one I was thinking, straight from Springfield to Chatham and back on the trail. He and Kimee will put out water stops as marked. We will start @ Panera West @ 5:30 AM. See you soon!

Click here for the route. I will post directions before Saturday's run.

Linda