2005 Psycho WyCo Run Toto
Run, Saturday, Feb 19th, 2005
This was the first annual,
inaugural event held at Wyandotte County Park, Kansas City, Kansas. Start time was 7 AM, Saturday, Feb 19th. It's a hilly, three-loop course held on bridle trails and single-track with multiple stream crossings. The morning of the race, there was light rain, temps were in the 40s, and the very
hilly course had somewhat muddy conditions. Good conditions for self-flagellation. There were 49 runners signed-up, 41 starters, 23 finishers.
There were five 2-loop
finishers, and thirteen 1-loop finishers.
One aid station was run
by Kyle Amos' family, (his mom, brother and wife, Stacie). The start/finish station
was staffed by my wife, Vicki, and our son, Matt. The wonderful chicken
noodle soup was made from scratch by one of our sponsors, James Barker; who happened to be the 5th place overall finisher,
as well. The potato soup and peanut butter cookies were homemade by Vicki Holmes. The Rice Krispie treats were made by a friend of the Amos Family. Kyle Amos, 3rd place, helped mark the course until 8PM the night previous to the race, and put in about 15 miles of
running, just 11 hours previous to the start of the race.
Finisher's medals were
rough cut out of steel and in the shape of dog bones. All finishers received these, but one and two loop finishers received
bones cut in half that read, "I bit off more than I could chew".
We had 4 generous
sponsors:
Garry Gribble's Running
Sports
Tchoupitoulas Gourmet
Coffee and Sandwiches
James T. Barker, Attorney
at Law
Kansas City Track Club,
host club for the event.
Here are some photos of
the event: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/zxc123qwe2004/album?.dir=/ae24&.src=ph&.tok=ph1G1jCBugyNW_0D
and:
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jacquezma/album?.dir=/8fdc&.src=ph
The "Pitch" (alternative
newspaper) had an article about the race last week at: http://www.pitch.com/issues/2005-02-17/calendar/outdoors.html
Ben Holmes, Race Director
Kansas
City Track Club
http://www.psychowyco.com
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