Updated Info:

I would like to say thank you to those of you who showed up for the training run last week Saturday. I hope you guys were able to get a feel for what the course will be like come race day. This next Saturday I will be out at the park around noon and I intend to map out the entire course with a Garmin 310. This GPS info will give me/us/ you collectively the ability to see where the course will be run exactly and where the aid stations will be located. I will not be running this entire time; but will have to stop from time to time to figure out where exactly the aid stations will be located. I will also have to work on keeping the flow of the course simple and easy to follow. The course on race day will be well marked with signage and yellow flags.



Ultra distance people: You will be starting at the same time as the rest of the runners at 8 AM. You will have access to a drop bag area near the nature center. The ultra distance will be achieved by running the 1/2 marathon course three times. Aid stations will be located 3 miles from each other. At the conclusion of the final loop you will return to Orchard shores picnic area where the start finish line will be located. The course will remain open for 10 hours. I am currently working on time cut offs so I do not have volunteers sitting at an aid station for 10 hours straight.



After I upload the GPS info to the blog I hope the course, and how it is laid out will be clear and easily understandable.  As always you guys can email me or call me if you have questions.  

Respect,
Senator Brett
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Training run update for March 19th

A word about this coming weekend's training run. I will be at the Orchard Shores Picnic area at Noon this Saturday.

I will have marked the course prior to this, so anyone is welcome regardless of pace; also, I will have a photo copied map to hand out for those who wish to have one.

With the map, and the course marked I am confident that no one will get lost ( although I have been told to never underestimate stupidity). My pace for runs such as this is somewhere in the 10 minute per mile range.
If you are not accustomed to running a 10k with out water please make sure you have the ability to carry water with you. ie a hand held, or hydration pack. Water will be available to everyone at the nature center. Please dress accordingly.



Looking forward to seeing you guys out there!



Senator

Training run! March 19th at Noon.

OK peeps.  Mark this date down.  March 19th, at noon, rain or shine.  I will be running the back half of the course leaving from the Orchard Shores picnic area.  This should be around 6.5 miles and should take a little more than a hour to run.  This would be a great way to get your feet wet ( literally ) with trail running, and a way to get a peek of how the back half of the 13 mile loop will be laid out.   If you can not be without water for more than a hour please carry some sort of hydration with you.   A small hand held should be fine.  We can get water at the nature center before we get too far out.   Hope to see  you there.

Finisher's medal on FB

OK so the medal's are in.  The above link takes you  to the events section on FB.

Every runner will get their own medal with name, distance, and date engraved onto it, with exception to those who sign up during the last few days prior to the event.     My engraver guy RAWKS!  

The Finishers Awards are in.

All I need to do now is clone myself so I have time to get over to Hoosier Trophies to pick them up.  :)

The 1/2 and full marathon peeps will have a nice brass medal with their name, distance, and date engraved into them.  I am trying like crazy to give you guys a more personal touch with the race.   I will post up pics later tonight of the medals.  Also, the shirts are probably in, I just have to check with Dave from Metro who was kind enough to order them for me.  ( Thank You Dave!)   

On my list of things to do by the end of the month is give you guys a GPS mapped course.  So there will be no surprises come race day.  I would also like to throw out there that I will be doing a training run on half of the course on Saturday March 19th at noon.  More info on this later.

 Here is photo taken from the course:

Finishers awards

Ok guys I met with an awards company yesterday and it looks like I am going to order them today.  The half Marathon, and Marathon runners will get a nice finishers medal with their name, date, and distance run engraved on them.  I hope this personal touch helps make the run a quality event.  I will post up (hopefully) a sample medal later this week.    Also...you can follow along on FaceBook now as well.  I finally broke down and went to FB.  8-D  So check it out in the "events" area. 

This is a charity event....

All proceeds above that of operation (and after taxes) will be donated to help support the scholarship fund at Community Baptist Schools.  Community is a small  independent school on the south side of South Bend operating as a ministry of Community Baptist Church that has had its doors open since 1976.   The school has a current teacher to student ratio of 1 teacher to every 13 students and offers classes from pre-K to 12 grade.   The proceeds from this race will be put into an already existing scholarship fund that helps families in offsetting the cost of tuition.   More information can be found at the schools web site.
http://communitybaptist.com/our-school/