Massive Mudfest Performance Turned in by Wanderers

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Massive Mudfest Performance Turned in by Wanderers

The Mt. Penn Mudfest is one nasty race. Among the features of this 15 kilometer course are numerous hills, several stream crossings, many downed trees and lots of rocks. The hills, in fact, are very unusual. They always seem to go up, but never come down. Factor in temperatures that rose up to 80 degrees with a shining sun, and this all added up to a killer of a race.

As if this was not enough, Megan “Hard” Boyle was running with a sprained ankle suffered the day before while at the hair dressers of all placed.

With all these demanding race conditions, it was no surprise that the Wanderers showed up in force for the April 15 event. Answering the call were Randy Clever, Chris Verry, Polly Jansen, Wendy Stevens, Adam Davey, Dawn Fantasia, Dennis Crowne, Megan, the Great One, Carnage and Farah Marasagian.

Chris and Polly absolutely smoked the course. Official results are still being tabulated. However, according to Wanderer record keeping, Chris ran the course in 1:16 and finished 29th overall in a field of 800 and 6th in his age category. Polly finished 94 in 1:26 and grabbed fourth in her age category. While Chris was receiving a well-earned massage at the finish line, Wanderers were still out laboring on the course. Randy was the next to finish around 1:30 followed by Wendy. The Wanderers were aided by the appearance of Susan's nephew Kevin Williamson, who finished in around 1:32, and that was done without any training! The Great One finished in about 1:42, but looked uncomfortable. She must have been hearing the footsteps of Carnage and Megan, swollen ankle and all, a few minutes behind.

Adam had to contend with allergies as well as terrain which made the race positively brutal. Farah, Dawn and Dennis were more than a match for the difficult course and finished strong.

Wanderers looking strong in pre-race portrait