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Wanderers Prevail at Chilly Cheeks Trail Race
By Krash Krazy Ass Wendy
Results are located here (Excel spreadsheet)
The First Annual Chilly Cheeks trail run was held this past Sunday
on Jan. 21st at 10 am. Several WW ran it. I think that
the race should be renamed "Tough Cheeks" as we all could
have used some on that cold Sunday morning.
We all met at Dan's house and the morning kind of got off to a
shaky start and will be most memorable as the Technovan required
some technical assistance by its faithful and dedicated owner, Mr.
Dan Gordon. When the Great One went
to start her up, the engine would not turn over. Luckily, Dan knew exactly
what to do. Immediately, Dan went to the back of the van to grab jumper
cables which were applied to what we think was the battery and then to what else
we are not sure of as another car's battery was no where in sight! Miraculously,
the technovan "jumped" into a roaring start and made a complete and
optimal recovery to take the fearless Wissahickon Wanderers to their first trail
race in the winter of 2007. Dan waved us off with a big smile as we backed
out of his driveway.
The air was quite cold and biting on arrival. Thanks to Ms.
Susan, some
of us followed her where she knew to spy on when Ron Horn would leave the warm
zone and enter out to where the race was to start. The event overall was
a rocky rolling 7+ miles that became very chaotic toward the last 2 miles of
the race. Out of the 10 of us there, serious tread and carnage was left
on that trail with skid marks mainly left by now known Krash
Krazy Ass and Ms.
Meagan B. Ken Evans took a couple spills, however, managed to finish just
fine. Luckily, we all finished and besides sprained toes and bruised knees,
other minor complications consisted of blisters and solidified sweaty hair.
Chris and Polly, the first finishers, were faithfully at the top
of the muddy hill to watch all of us scramble up to the top to the
finish line. Among
the finishers, were Bob Reynolds, Ken Evans, Wendy
Stevens, Meagan Boyle, Susan
Hurrey, Sharon Tasman, Doug Dubrosky and Irene
Nagle! Bob, Polly, and Irene
finished first in their age groups!!!. A couple others were raffled off
mugs with yummy pretzels. The prizes were nicely done this year and looked
like the Holy Grail.
This is a highly recommended event. And it is always good to have a well
prepared team, like OCD Irene, who packed at least 2 weeks worth of stuff in
a green duffel bag - "just in case". Her planning is impeccable. Next
race for Ron Horn is Feb. 25th - The Ugly Mudder - hope to see you all there!!
Wendy
The resolve of the Wanderers was tested on "Mt. Mud" at the
end of the Chilly Cheeks trail run.
Polly answers the challenge!
Then Susan (in red) was put to the test.
Susan shows why she is called The Great One as she conquers "Mt.
Mud."
Wendy (on the right) has a go at the finishing slope.
Megan demonstrated classic technique in scrambling up the final
hill.
Glamazon was greeted by a very interesting welcoming committee
at
the top of the hill.
All
the upper body exercises at the Crossfit gym really paid off
for Glamazon at the Chilly Cheeks.
That's
Lil' Bird Sharon sprinting for the finish
The Wanderers chowed down after the race and traded war stories from
out on the trails.
Welcome to the Wanderers Winner's Circle. Bob, Polly, Irene,
Megan
and Doug display their winning mugs.
Wendy was named Technovan communications director for the expedition
to the Chilly Cheeks race. Glamazon signed on as navigator
and the Great One was at the helm of the vehicle. Everyone
did a great job as the Wanderer runners were delivered safe and on
time for the race.
We are the Greatest! Polly, Bob and Irene show off their
victory spoils for winning their age divisions.
The swag from the Chilly Cheeks, like all Pretzel City
Sports productions, was great. Bob displays the very appropriately designed race t-shirt
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