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"Alternate" Chili Run
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Come run this challenging, but low-key off-pavement trail run on the same day as the MARA Chili Run.  This is not a race, but a fun run in the wild!
And you can pay $5 to MARA and you can eat chili and homemade cookies after the run, if you wish.  They will take your money inside the James P Davis Center. 
 
We will separately charge $5 for our run.  We will meet in the parking lot.  All "Alternate Chili Run" proceeds will go toward trail maintenance activities.  If you can give more than the $5 entry fee, that would be appreciated. 
 
Please bring your old running shoes, also.
The shoes are collected for charity.
 
2009:
Casey Yunger took some fun photos for 2009.
 

12/12/2009 (Sat) 
Alternate Chili Run...
"A Taste of Psycho WyCo" 
(a 10-mile hilly trail run)
**8th Annual**
James P Davis Center,
Wyandotte County Lake Park
Kansas City, KS
8:00 AM
This is a Run, not a Race. 
We will have 3 pace groups:
Slow, Medium, and Extra-Medium
Sign-up the day of run (only) in the parking lot of James P Davis Center. 
$5 entry fee.  (This run is held on the same day as the MARA Chili Run on the paved roads.  We will be running about 4 miles further on difficult trails on the outer perimeter of the park...the "Psycho WyCo" course).
 
Directions to James P Davis Ctr, Wyandotte County Lake, and where we will park:
From I-435 (West side of Metro), take the Leavenworth Rd exit. Head east, then take a left at N 91st St (you will see a sign); take a RIGHT at East Drive when entering the park. You will travel for about 1 or 2 miles and then pull into the lot of the James P Davis Center, which is an old log cabin structure.
This will not be a race, but an organized fun run with different pace groups.  No one will be left behind.
Eat chili and cookies after the run, courtesy of our friends at MARA for an extra $5 fee.
 
It snowed for the first 3 years, and was icy in 2006, so expect the same.  If it is snowy and icy, you can do what we do for superior Winter traction...you can SCREW YOUR SHOES.  See how, HERE.

Click Here to get a map to the entrance to the park.

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2002 "Alternate" Chili Run
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Bad Ben, James "Wrong Way" Barker, Alex K.

It snowed for the first 3 years, and was icy in 2006, so expect the same.  If it is snowy and icy, you can do what we do for superior Winter traction...you can SCREW YOUR SHOES.  See how, HERE

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Photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com

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Photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com

 
In 2007, we raised $$$ for the Nathan Jones Recovery Fund:
Nathan Jones, a third grader from Gardner, KS had extensive surgery recently after his optometrist discovered a large white mass that was later determined to be a brain tumor.  Nathan is presently experiencing paralysis on the right side of his body and his prognosis remains unknown.  Nathan continues to make improvements but it could be a very long and expensive process during his stay in the hospital.  His father is taking an unpaid leave from his job to be with Nathan but still needs to pay his monthly insurance premiums.
Proceeds from this race went toward off-setting the cost of the insurance premiums.   UPDATE: WE RAISED $205 FOR THIS FUND in 2007!

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Photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com

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Photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com

Rick Mayo and Gabe Bevan in 2006
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Photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com

Good Ben and his 2006 Pace Group
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Photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com

More Photos by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com CLICK HERE

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