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McKee's Run

Twenty-five runners and walkers showed up for McKee's run on September
18th. Rich Lee, Jack Picciolo and Karl Grimm (suffering from shrunken
shoes) helped organize the race and ET Division director, Roger Poeppel
was the officiator. The run was 3 miles and the walk 2 miles on a sunny,
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The first overall runner was Stuart Ansell of PNS division in 17:52. He
received a trophy, newly created, and a blue ribbon. Male runners up
were Eric Dallmann of NBL/DOE and Pat Dombrowski of APS/ASD.

The first female finisher was Laura Miller of IPNS. Female runners up
were: Luat Vuong of ET division and Jayme Mancini of TD .

All five walkers were female. The first three finishers were: Jean Smith
of ET, Tracy Rogness of PRA 221 and Marcy Gatzke of HP 212. Ribbons
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ECT gave up the traveling trophy to Chemistry division. Chemists know
how to burn with oxygen! Awards were given by Roger Poeppel, who also
picked the raffle prizes; six in all. Refreshments went fast, with only
some pink lemonade left over. Roger says ET will be back next year with
a team!

The team scores were as follows (1st three lowest finishing positions):

CHM=18 (4th, 5th, 9th)

NBL/DOE=22 (2nd,6th, 14th)

IPNS=29 (1st, 13th, 15th)

ECT = 37 (10th, 11th, 16th)

The Mystery Mosey Run

The mystery mosey run, a run advertised as a predictor run with a
mystery twist, took place August 20. The weather was partly sunny; this
was a plus since the weatherman had predicted showers. The fun run
started at the pool area and was approximately 3 miles long. The run was
not the advertised 5K distance because ANL grounds personnel had placed
broken tree limbs (from a recent storm) on part of our normal 5K route,
thereby necessitating (on short notice) a modified route. The associated
two mile walk was, however, accurate.

The runners were told that the run was an estimator-run. However, this
is where the mystery part comes in, the estimation times were ONLY used
to determine two-person teams. The lowest estimation time runner was
paired with the highest estimation time runner, the second lowest
estimated time runner with the second highest estimation time runner,
etc. The runners had to start to race not knowing who their partner was
because of the time constraints involved in figuring out the pairings.
The winning \"team\" was the one that had the lowest combined
finish-time. For the walkers, the winning person was the one that came
closest to their predicted time.

There were seven running two-person teams. They included: Matthew
McGrew(TD) and Chuck Jonah(CHM), Todd Brown(Physics) and Laura
Miller(IPNS), John Schlueter(CHM) and Dan Remus(DOE), Eric Dallman(NBL)
and Chick Macal(DIS), Maggie Kelly(CHM) and Tony Juscius(ESH), Don
Bohringer(IPNS) and Robert Erck(ET), and finally John Sickels(NBL).
(Because of the odd number of runners, John\'s time was doubled.) There
were only two walkers, Jean Smith (ET) and Kim Fuller(PFS).

The winning running team of Todd Brown and Laura Miller each received a
long-sleeved Argonne Running Club shirt and Kim Fuller (the winning
walker) received an exercise video tailored for walkers. I guess we must
have had a Gaussian distribution of runners at this race because, while
the predicted run times ranged from 18 to 28 minutes, the \"team\"
finish times only varied by a couple of minutes. Post-race festivities
included watermelon, cookies, apple juice, water, and socialization. How
come there is never any left-over cookies for the workers????

Karl Grimm

Laurie Culbert

Labor Day in Lemont

I participated in a 2 mile run in downtown Lemont on Labor day.
Fortunately, they had age groups and I won my first ever 1st prize
(medallion) in the 55 and over age group! Small runs are good - there
were only three in my age group and one of them walked.

Rich Lee

Congratulations Rich, that is quite an accomplishment. I hope I'm
running like that when I'm over 55! Small races [can]{.underline} be a
lot of fun. I like them better than the huge races in Chicago.

Pat wins the Freedom Run

Pat Dombrowski of our club won first in the July 4th \"Freedom Run\" 10
km. His time was about 35 minutes and he says it\'s a really tough
course because of the hills. I ran the 5 km, but did not finish in the
top 3 in my age group. I am thankful that I can still do an occasional
short run.

Rich Lee

Windrunner 10K at Herrick Lake

For anyone who is looking for a nice change of pace "road" race in the
middle of the summer, this race is for you. Many shy away from races in
mid-August, myself included, but this was a very relaxing run. The
entire 10K is run on the shaded, limestone trails at the Herrick Lake
Forest Preserve in Wheaton. It was humid and a little foggy at 8 am that
morning but nothing unbearable. There is water on the course in four
locations and plenty of friendly volunteers to direct you on your way to
a PR. The awards are a little different for this race. They give
trophies to the first 15 men, the first 10 women, the first 3 senior
master (50+) men, and the first senior master woman runner. In addition
the Lisle Windrunners, sponsors of this race, have the famous *Middle of
the Pack* award that is presented to the runner who finishes *exactly*
in the middle. Kinda neat idea! T-shirts are very nice and they even
mail you the correct size if they don't have it on hand. So many of my
race t-shirts become rags to clean my bike, but not this one. Great
homemade cookies and bagels too! A race I would definitely recommend.
And incidentally, this 10K was the morning after John and Debbie's
wedding, which was a beautiful and meaningful event. Congratulations
John and Debbie!

Laurie Culbert

Check Out This Website!

For those of you wondering how you did at that local road race last
weekend, check out the following Amateur Athlete website:
www.runningnetwork.com/ChicagoAA

It lists **many** of the local event results pretty darn fast after the
event itself, plus tons of other things too. Check it out!

Laurie Culbert

The Four Musketeers

The 8th Annual National Heritage Corridor 25K in Channahon was held just
a few weeks ago in mid-September. It is a great "tune-up" race for the
Chicago and other fall marathons. John Schlueter, Karl Grimm, Dick Page,
and myself toed the start line that morning at 8 am knowing that a race
of this distance was what we needed to prepare ourselves for higher
goals later this fall. During check in we met up with Laura Miller and
Jerry Rice, also ARC members. The four of us ran the first nine miles of
the race together, chatting most of the way. I tell ya, it sure is nice
to actually run a race with a group of people that I know and it sure
helps the miles fly by (well kinda). At about mile 11, Karl and Dick put
the hammer down and made their breakaway sprint towards the finish line
leaving John and I behind. Laura Miller ran a great race, and was able
to pass John who was still trying to get back on track after an injury
at the Madison Marathon this spring. Jerry Rice finished with a steady
pace and was entertaining ideas of running the Chicago Marathon himself.
Way to go Jerry! And as always, our own Jack Picciolo was working the
finish line of this race that seems to be growing in leaps and bounds.
Check this race out sometime, you're sure to see at least a few people
that you know.

Laurie Culbert

Working the Chicago Marathon

Corrie Patterson would like to have between 25 and 30 volunteers to
represent the Argonne Running Club and work at the Chicago Marathon on
October 19. Volunteering cut-off date is October 10. All volunteers will
get a jacket, hat, lunch, entrance pass and free pass to the Running
Club's Winter Party. This is a great way to show your support for all of
our runners who have been training for this years event. If you are
interested, contact Corrie at: cgpatterson@anl.gov, 2-9246.

New Brunswick Run

The ARC's October run will be the fourth annual New Brunswick Laboratory
Director's Run. This year's race will be on Wednesday, October 23^rd^ at
noon. The 3.1 mile race will start and finish in front of Bldg. 350.
There will be a 2 mile course for walkers and refreshments at the
finish. Hope to see you for the running club's first fall run of 1997.

Chicago Distance Classic Results

The ARC had teams entered in both the 5k and 20k races at this year's
Chicago Distance Classic. Our 5k team finished 3rd, while the 20k team
took 6th place. Only the first three runners to cross the finish line
for each team were counted in the standings. The weather for this years
race was very nice and all runners had a great time. Paul Eident's
finish time was not printed, giving rise to insinuations that maybe he
didn't run. He was, however, seen in the finisher's tent grazing at the
food table.

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