XC challenge 2006

[LiL BAnderson]

Most rediculouse race I have ever ran in my life. I ran as a bandit and got like 1:10 something. Soo hard. At first it was fun but then it just gets long.. Me and my teammate ran in just a t-shirt and shorts. When we were taking our clothes off after the race the laces were covered in huge clumps of snow and mud and they wouldn't come off.

edit: the reason the time was so slow: we played in the snow and wrote conant XC on a hill and tried to find the best ice for skating and twirling.

[IllinoisPhotographer]

Yeah. I saw a few teams there - Wheaton North, Wheaton South (girls) Naperville North and Central, Bartlet, GBS, Neuqua, Waubonsie and a few A schools I dont remember.

I had to cut the laces on my spikes, even after 20 min of warming up in the car i couldnt do anything. I was about 11 min slower this year then last, it was just sooo much harder. I got a thorn stuck in my thigh half way though but didnt even feel the pain. Wearing short-shorts and a no-sleeve shirt. I think i rolled my ankle though

[spitfire@OPRF]

I was doing well until that mud puddle in the part where you get back onto the same part of the course from the beginning. I was running through and fell waist deep into the mud. I was stuck there for a long time, maybe 20 people went by, until somebody helped me out.

[NVdpawola]

I can't decide if I enjoyed it or not. I came in at like 50:14, and had a sick gash on my knee that i didn't even notice til the end. I had to leave right after the race, how was the food?

and props to the GBS guys for going shirtless

[IRunSometimes.]

Those last mud puddles/ponds were ridiculous i totally fell in face first. I went shirtless with hat and gloves and Ironically the only cold part of my body was hands and feet.... maybe be cause the rest of me was covered in baby oil

[Swoosh13]

results?

[dunc09]

edit: the reason the time was so slow: we played in the snow and wrote conant XC on a hill and tried to find the best ice for skating and twirling.

haha i started quite late so i saw you guys doing that

it took about a half hour to warm my hands up after the race and i had been wearing two gloves... it was cold out there.

edit: results are here http://www.chicagoaa.com/results/searchable.html

[maddash1]

Teams Results?
Thats incredibly slow, the course must have been a mess. I think my team mates and I ran mid 40s last year, I couldnt run it this year, but the NN guys were in the 50s today.

[LiL BAnderson]

Those last mud puddles/ponds were ridiculous i totally fell in face first. I went shirtless with hat and gloves and Ironically the only cold part of my body was hands and feet.... maybe be cause the rest of me was covered in baby oil

I know!! I had nice mittens on and my hands were still freezing. What sucks is even when you finish you are almost a mile away from your car!

props to the GBS guys for going shirtless

Major props. Me and my teammate thought we would be the craziest people with what we were wearing but when we saw them it was like OMG noooo way.

[Tall-n-Thin]

There should be a guy in second that is not in the results because his shoe came off so he carried his chip across the line and it never got picked up by the mat. Anyone know how long till photos come up? 2 or 3 days in the past years I thought.

[Crockpot23]

There should be a guy in second that is not in the results because his shoe came off so he carried his chip across the line and it never got picked up by the mat. Anyone know how long till photos come up? 2 or 3 days in the past years I thought.

LoL that guy is my XC coach Joe Parks. Him, DeSilva, Speare, and Morici where on a team together and he is a beast. Finished second by like 3 seconds or something like that without his shoe. Had to go to the hospital afterwards, but still a beast

[LPrunnerKC]

It was a good day for Lake Park Alums. Ted Winkler is really Steve Bach. Drew Hatzold, Bernie Healy and Steve Bach were all top 10.

Also, the real B.A. Ware wasn't able to make it, he couldn't get a ride. Normally he does pretty well in this race.

[Airforceones]

probably the most fun i have ever had in a race

[IRunSometimes.]

edit: results are here http://www.chicagoaa.com/results/searchable.html

congrats to
11 1101 EMILIO SARAGA M 46:38 9:30 HANOVER PARK IL
first high school finisher he goes to hoffman estates.

[run2win]

haha i started quite late so i saw you guys doing that

it took about a half hour to warm my hands up after the race and i had been wearing two gloves... it was cold out there.

edit: results are here http://www.chicagoaa.com/results/searchable.html

haha i looked at results from 2002 when i ran it and the winner was 2609 and 43 guys were under 30 minutes. Of course it also didnt rain for about 2 weeks before that race.

[AMuells]

congrats to
11 1101 EMILIO SARAGA M 46:38 9:30 HANOVER PARK IL
first high school finisher he goes to hoffman estates.


qfe. he did really well

[LiL BAnderson]

qfe. he did really well

So did you cutie ;)

[IRunSometimes.]

815 56 BETSY BLACKLOCK F 73 1/1 1:35:50 19:31 MUNDELEIN IL

omg a 73 year old woman ran this race and beat 100 people. that is so baller.:eek:

btw anyone know where to get pictures?

[Tall-n-Thin]

btw anyone know where to get pictures?

http://www.brightroom.com

[LPrunnerKC]

http://www.brightroom.com

When?

[LPrunnerKC]

Pictures are up.

I couldn't find one that showed my beardicile nicely, but my mom got a alright one.

[IllinoisPhotographer]

Funniest picture

[Bryhawk4444]

search brightroom for Parks and look under Joe Parks... you will notice he ran the last 2 miles only with one shoe.... he got some major frostbite. (SCN Coach)

[IRunSometimes.]

http://thumb17.webshots.net/t/14/15/5/45/93/2506545930098525277kOjTZC_th.jpg (http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2506545930098525277kOjTZC)
Me after falling in the mud

too bad they dont have pics of people flailing through the mud pits

[LiL BAnderson]

http://www.brightroom.com/view_user_photo.asp?PID=&EVENTID=13785&PWD=&ID=30854705&FROM=browser&START=1&SHOW=15&CAT=0&SUB=0

Worst Idea ever where that little and going that slow. But still fun. I got my mexican teammate behind me :D