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Title:
2007 Great Midwest Relay
Date:
Friday June 8th, 2007
Author:
Bill Thom
Report:
In its third year running participation in the
Great Midwest Relay
has swollen to 140 teams... a new record, up from the
63
teams listed in the 2006 official results. Teams consist of up to
12
members with a preset rotation of the
36
legs which make up the race course that stretches from Madison -to- Milwaukee -to- Chicago. Based upon predicted running pace teams are assigned to one of "
7
waves" and start on Friday from 7:00 am (first wave) through 4:00 pm (last wave). The plan is to set faster teams off behind slower teams such that all teams make it to the finish in Chicago by Saturday afternoon.
This was the second year that our
Greater Chicago Running Team
took on the challenge. Captained by Michael Davenport we split our
12
member, "Mixed Open" team into two groups...
Group 1:
1. Kevin O'Neil
2. Dave Cameron
3. Jason Doland
4. Michelle Thom
5. Bob Mitera
6. Bill Thom
Group 2:
7. Mark Polinko
8. Dan Martin
9. Dan Ewan
10. Jim Stein
11. Angie Paprocki
12. Michael Davenport
Having finished in
3rd
place overall in the 2006 event we had lofty goals and designs on bettering our position this time around. We were able to trim a full
40
minutes from our 2006 time... a great team accomplishment
!
Congratulations to all teams
and
a big
thank you
to Race Director Joe Pulizzano, and all those involved in the planning and production of the 2007 Great Midwest Relay. Let it be known that we're
airing out
our vans and making plans for the 2008 Great Midwest Relay
!
We've posted photos from our
Group 1
runners and you can see them by clicking the
View Photos
tab above. If you have any photos that you'd like to include please send them to Bill:
bill@runrace.net
Want to see more? Check out the official Great Midwest Relay website:
www.greatmidwestrelay.com
. There you'll find complete information of the race and its history, including detailed maps of the
course
. Also, they have
Official 2007 Results
!
In the blur of a brand new dawn Kevin exchanges to Dave at the Belle Senior Center of Racine, WI.
Photo ©2007 Bill
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