We are looking forward to another great year, as we are currently planning for
the 17th edition of this event. Will more records be broken? We can only hope:)
Come out and visit us at two locations this spring. The club will have a booth
at the
Mahomet Get Up and Go Expo on March 31 and we will also have a booth at this
year's
Illinois Marathon expo on April 26 and 27. Look for discounted registrations
at both.
2011 was another great year for us, as we had 700 people register for either
race. Weather-wise, it was okay with cloud cover and temperatures in the upper
60s to low 70s. The humidity was a bit high, but there was also a pleasant
breeze that could be felt by the participants on the half marathon course,
mostly because there was more soybeans planted than corn:)
The results and photos for 2011 are located on our Results
page. The female record in the half marathon did fall this year, as we had three
young women all come in under the old record. Kara Storage is now the new holder
of the record with a time of 1:18:38.3 with her twin sister right behind her at
1:18:38.7. The third place female, ex-Illini Elizabeth Boyle, came in at
1:18:44.5, giving us a very exciting finish on the track. Our first place male
in the half marathon, Andrew Baker, just missed breaking the record with a
1:07:45.6.