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Final grand prixstandings - pg 23

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What’s Inside - Jan 2015

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"SHARE THE PRIDE"

Knoxville Track Club

A huge crowd streamsacross the Gay StreetBridge with just over amile to go in the annualThanksgiving Day runstaged by the KTC.

The Starting LineThe Starting LineThe Starting LineThe Starting LineThe Starting LineBrad Adams, A Word from the Club President ................ 5Kristy Altman, Notes from the Interim Executive Director ... 6Michael deLisle, the Inside Stuff ................................. 7

Feature ColumnsFeature ColumnsFeature ColumnsFeature ColumnsFeature ColumnsLauren Chiles, KTC Social ......................................... 9Jason Altman, Marathon Update .............................. 11Michael deLisle, Treadin’ Trodden Trails .................. 12Bob Godwin, Biking With Bob ................................ 14Dr. Brantley Burns, Bone Doc 411 ........................... 15Kevin Sprouse, Run Strong ...................................... 16Sara Webb, Those That Can .................................... 17

Guest ColumnsGuest ColumnsGuest ColumnsGuest ColumnsGuest ColumnsJason Altman, Chickamauga Redux ......................... 20

Other FeaturesOther FeaturesOther FeaturesOther FeaturesOther FeaturesList of Officers and Board Members.......................... 4Board of Directors Meeting Minutes ....................... 18KTC Grand Prix Standings ..................................... 23Treadin’ Trodden Trails Grand Prix Standings......... 23Membership Page ................................................. 42

Race WriteupsRace WriteupsRace WriteupsRace WriteupsRace WriteupsRegal Entertainment Autumnfest 5k........................ 24Norris Dam Hard Trail Race................................... 25The Trail That Can’t Be Concord ........................... 26Calhoun’s New Year’s Day 5k ............................... 27

Entry FormsEntry FormsEntry FormsEntry FormsEntry Forms .................................................... 29-41

Event CalendarEvent CalendarEvent CalendarEvent CalendarEvent Calendar ........................................... 43


♦♦♦♦♦ Don't wear headsets! Use yourDon't wear headsets! Use yourDon't wear headsets! Use yourDon't wear headsets! Use yourDon't wear headsets! Use yourears to be aware of your surroundings.ears to be aware of your surroundings.ears to be aware of your surroundings.ears to be aware of your surroundings.ears to be aware of your surroundings.

♦♦♦♦♦ Carry a change for a phone call.Carry a change for a phone call.Carry a change for a phone call.Carry a change for a phone call.Carry a change for a phone call.

♦♦♦♦♦ Write down or leave word of theWrite down or leave word of theWrite down or leave word of theWrite down or leave word of theWrite down or leave word of thedirection of your run. Tell friends ofdirection of your run. Tell friends ofdirection of your run. Tell friends ofdirection of your run. Tell friends ofdirection of your run. Tell friends ofyour favorite running routes.your favorite running routes.your favorite running routes.your favorite running routes.your favorite running routes.

♦♦♦♦♦ Run with a partner.Run with a partner.Run with a partner.Run with a partner.Run with a partner.

♦♦♦♦♦ Run in familiar areas. InRun in familiar areas. InRun in familiar areas. InRun in familiar areas. InRun in familiar areas. Inunfamiliar areas, contact a local RRCAunfamiliar areas, contact a local RRCAunfamiliar areas, contact a local RRCAunfamiliar areas, contact a local RRCAunfamiliar areas, contact a local RRCAclub or running store. Know whereclub or running store. Know whereclub or running store. Know whereclub or running store. Know whereclub or running store. Know wheretelephones, open businesses andtelephones, open businesses andtelephones, open businesses andtelephones, open businesses andtelephones, open businesses andstores are located. Alter your routestores are located. Alter your routestores are located. Alter your routestores are located. Alter your routestores are located. Alter your routepattern.pattern.pattern.pattern.pattern.

♦♦♦♦♦ Always stay alert. The more awareAlways stay alert. The more awareAlways stay alert. The more awareAlways stay alert. The more awareAlways stay alert. The more awareyou are, the less vulnerable you are.you are, the less vulnerable you are.you are, the less vulnerable you are.you are, the less vulnerable you are.you are, the less vulnerable you are.

♦♦♦♦♦ Avoid unpopulated areas,Avoid unpopulated areas,Avoid unpopulated areas,Avoid unpopulated areas,Avoid unpopulated areas,deserted streets and overgrown trails.deserted streets and overgrown trails.deserted streets and overgrown trails.deserted streets and overgrown trails.deserted streets and overgrown trails.Especially avoid unlit areas at night.Especially avoid unlit areas at night.Especially avoid unlit areas at night.Especially avoid unlit areas at night.Especially avoid unlit areas at night.Run clear of parked cars or bushes.Run clear of parked cars or bushes.Run clear of parked cars or bushes.Run clear of parked cars or bushes.Run clear of parked cars or bushes.

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♦♦♦♦♦ Run against traffic so you canRun against traffic so you canRun against traffic so you canRun against traffic so you canRun against traffic so you canobserve approaching automobiles.observe approaching automobiles.observe approaching automobiles.observe approaching automobiles.observe approaching automobiles.

♦♦♦♦♦ Wear reflective material if youWear reflective material if youWear reflective material if youWear reflective material if youWear reflective material if youmust run before dawn or after dark.must run before dawn or after dark.must run before dawn or after dark.must run before dawn or after dark.must run before dawn or after dark.

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♦♦♦♦♦ Practice memorizing license tagsPractice memorizing license tagsPractice memorizing license tagsPractice memorizing license tagsPractice memorizing license tagsor identifying characteristics ofor identifying characteristics ofor identifying characteristics ofor identifying characteristics ofor identifying characteristics ofstrangers .strangers .strangers .strangers .strangers .

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♦♦♦♦♦ CALL THE POLICE IMMEDI-CALL THE POLICE IMMEDI-CALL THE POLICE IMMEDI-CALL THE POLICE IMMEDI-CALL THE POLICE IMMEDI-ATELY if something happens to youATELY if something happens to youATELY if something happens to youATELY if something happens to youATELY if something happens to youor someone else, or if you noticeor someone else, or if you noticeor someone else, or if you noticeor someone else, or if you noticeor someone else, or if you noticeanything out of the ordinary.anything out of the ordinary.anything out of the ordinary.anything out of the ordinary.anything out of the ordinary.

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Knoxville Track Club

VolunteerCoordinators

MEMBERSHIPShirley Sirois865-457-2325

VOLUNTEERSSara Webb

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ADOPT-A-HIGHWAYChuck Dellinger865-691-4751

SOCIAL CHAIRLauren Chiles865-607-0268

KTC StaffKristy Altman

Interim Executive Director888-217-5635 opt 0

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Tom IsaacsEvent Manager

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Jason AltmanMarathon Director888-217-5635 opt 2

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Michael deLisleTrail Racing, Footnotes Editor, Webmaster

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PRESIDENTBrad Adams

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VICE PRESIDENTTony Owens865-323-3753

TREASURERShannon Hepp865-804-2854

SECRETARYLarry Brede

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2015KTC Officers

Board of DirectorsBrad Adams, President 404-808-6907Tony Owens, Vice President 323-3753Shannon Hepp, Treasurer 804-2854Larry Brede, Secretary 621-0752Emily BollingKen Childs 693-8516Sharon Couch-Fikes 719-2576Laura Gearhiser 318-0108Donnie Graham 681-4352David Huntsinger 423-231-0682Michelle Midnight 696-4194Jon NewellJamie NilandAngie Noye 705-5338Troy Rebert 599-1811Eddie Reymond 693-4909Scott Schmidt 719-7975Will Skelton 523-2272Patty Thewes 616-307-7366Doug Young 680-1971

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: BradAdams, Shannon Hepp, Tony Owens,Will Skelton

LONG DISTANCE COMMITTEE:Ethan Coffey—chair, Keith Gemeinhart,Chris Hayes, Angie Noye, Lindsey Rebert,Scott Schmidt, Ray Wilson, Doug Young

MARATHON ADVISORY COMMIT-TEE: Jason Altman—chair, Brad Adams,Troy Rebert, Eddie Reymond, GlennRichters, Robyn Smith, Doug Young

TRAIL COMMITTEE: Michael deLisle— chair, Pete Crowley, Carl Epley, LauraGearhiser, Chris George, Bobby Glenn,Stephanie Johnson, Andrea Ludwig, JerryMonroe, Tony Owens, Kathy Smith, DKStanford, John Storey

Committees


THE STARTING LINEKnoxville Track Club * FOOTNOTES * January / February 2015 edition

THE STARTING LINE

A Chip off the Old BlockA Chip off the Old BlockA Chip off the Old BlockA Chip off the Old BlockA Chip off the Old BlockBrad Adams, KTC President

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The Knoxville track Club has three advertising optionsthat may make sense for your business or

organization:

1. Advertising in our award-winning bi-monthly magazine,“Footnotes” that goes to each of our 1,450 memberhouseholds and 1,900 members.2. Sponsoring or co-sponsoring one of our official KTCrace events.3. A general sponsorship of the Knoxville Track Club,East Tennessee’s premier running organization.

KTC AD OPPORTUNITIES AND RATES

Footnotes ads are available as follows:Back Cover $250Inside Front Cover $200Full Page Ad $125½ Page Ad $ 75Multi-issue packages at volume discount rates areavailable

KTC SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

♦♦♦♦♦ Race Sponsorships

Most KTC sponsorship packages are race specific. Racesponsorship and co-sponsorship packages are typicallynegotiated on a case-by-case basis and may include thesponsor’s logo on the race t-shirt, annual KTC race calendar,KTC sponsors logo page in “Footnotes” Magazine, the raceentry form and all race advertising and correspondence aswell as complimentary ads in “Footnotes” magazine. Racesponsorship packages generally range from $1,000 to $10,000depending upon the size and prominence of the race inquestion. Co-sponsorship packages generally range from $500to $5,000.

♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ General KTC Sponsorships

A limited number of general Knoxville Track Clubsponsorship opportunities are available and would include acustomized package of KTC benefits commensurate withthe sponsorship value. General sponsorship packagesnormally range from $5,000 to $25,000 and may consistof any combination of cash, product and/or in-kindservices.

For more information on these or any other KnoxvilleTrack Club promotional opportunities, please contactKristy Altman, interim KTC Director, at 888.217.5635.

Knoxville Track Club * FOOTNOTES * January / February 2015 edition

I cannot believe I have already serveda year as the KTC president. What ayear it has been! It is crazy how time

keeps continuing to fly by. As I sit hereon Christmas Eve, I reflect on how trulyblessed I am to have an amazing family,the ability to still run somewhat competi-tively, and the honor of being the presi-dent of a truly great non-profit organiza-tion that focuses on providing variousopportunities for individuals to partici-pate in healthy living activities.

This past year the Knoxville TrackClub accomplished many great things.There are so many awesome events andpeople to list them all, but a couple that

stick out to me personally were theCovenant Health Knoxville marathon,the new youth programing, and the inau-gural Farragut Half Marathon. In addi-tion to these KTC events this past year,I was able to participate and run well inthe first Boston Marathon after the hor-rific 2013 event and run and competewith twelve close friends in the BlueRidge Relay.

In 2015 we hope we can build on our2014 goals. We want to continue toincrease participation in our events, buildon our membership, and maintain andlook for new sponsors that want topartner with the club. We hope to add a

new elementto our youthprogramingthat will be announced in the spring, andwe hope to have a full time executivedirector in place by March. There aretwenty other Board members that volun-teer their time to help us achieve ourgoals.

I am looking forward to another amaz-ing year as your president. To everyonein the club, have a Merry Christmas anda Happy New Year. I hope everyoneaccomplishes their goals in 2015 and hasanother year of healthy living one step ata time.


Notes From Your Executive Director

Kristy Altman, Interim KTC Executive Director

CHANGE ANDLOOKING AHEAD

Healthy living, healthycommunity – one step at a time

REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.KTC.ORG

KEEP IT ROLLING WITH THESE KTC RACES

Jan 18 Wanderer’s Trail Race and Kids Trail Run

Jan 24 Calhoun’s Ten Miler

Feb 7 Strawberry Plains Half Marathon and 10k

Feb 15 Dark Hollow Wallow and Kids Trail Mile

Mar 1 Whitestone 30k and Team Relay

Mar 8 Dirty South Trail Half and Dirty Double Trail Marathon

Happy New Year! First up, youshould have noticed that KTChad some change

at the end of 2014. BobbyGlenn stepped down fromthe Executive Director po-sition to return to his origi-nal professional field in spe-cialized manufacturing.Bobby has been involvedwith the KTC for a verylong time and will continueto stay involved as Direc-tor for the Big South Fork trail race in thefuture. He served the club well as ED andwe wish him all the best.

Some of you may remember me andsome may not. I was the ManagingDirector for KTC from 2009 to 2012. Ileft to explore other professional oppor-tunities and to welcome our second childinto the family. I feel honored to have

been asked to serve as the Interim Execu-tive Director and have been having a

great time.

2015 is going to be agreat year for KTC. Plan-ning for the CovenantHealth Knoxville Marathonis well underway and thetraining run attendance hasbeen phenomenal so far.The KTC road race sched-ule is full and there are

some fantastic Race Directors alreadyworking hard to make the various raceday activities happen. The KTC trailschedule is also full and the committeejust keeps adding fun, exciting eventsthat will surely draw big crowds.RunKNOX is underway and preparingfor the Covenant Health Knoxville Mara-thon and will then host three more pro-grams throughout the year. And, we

can’t forget fun. The social calendar isalways full of great events and outingsand 2015 will not be any different.

We finished up 2014 with our AnnualMeeting and Holiday Party and thoseattending had a great time. We kicked off2015 with the Calhoun’s New Year’s Day5k and suddenly, the year is underway.

Cheers to a New Year and a lot ofgreat opportunities to run and walk andsocialize with your fellow runners. Andthat is so very exciting for the Knoxvillecommunity.

See you on the roads!Kristy


Identity, Immobility,Injudiciousness, and Injury

INSIDE STUFFINSIDE STUFFINSIDE STUFFINSIDE STUFFINSIDE STUFFMichael deLisle, FOOTNOTES Editor

Ran into an old friend recently. Inthe course of conversation, heremarked, “My mileage is so low,

I don’t even feel like a runner.”

I chafed at that. Though I honestlyhaven’t taken a full, free, unencumberedrunning step since April 2007, I’m still arunner. It’s engrained in me. It’s part ofmy identity and always will be. Couldn’tchange it if I wanted. And I don’t.

But something else chafes at me, morenow than ever. And it was never moreapparent than when I drove over toMaryville the other day to watch a fewminutes of an ultramarathon. One run-ner in particular epitomized the object ofmy exasperation. She wasn’t old at all,yet she hobbled along the pavement,patella compression straps on both knees,K-tape applied colorfully up each leg, anda wince on her face each time her left leghit the ground.

Assuming she was doing the mini-mum distance of the ultra, which was25k (about 15½ miles), her goal for theday was to take more than 15,000 stepson those balky knees. If her goal was50k, then twice that. And I don’t evenwant to think about if she was trying todo the full 100 kilometers. In the dark. Inthe pouring rain.

What was she thinking? Each timeher foot hit the ground, it did so with aforce equal to 3-4 times her body weight.Even for a flyweight of 100 pounds,that’s 300-400 pounds each step. For15,000 steps? That’s four and a halfmillion pounds of impact. And we’re nottalking a trail ultramarathon here: everystep was on pavement. Hard, unforgiv-ing blacktop and concrete.

Sure, her shoes — whatever brand —

did an adequate job of dissipating a lot ofthat impact. But not all of it. Not evenclose. If they did, this runner wouldn’thave had to don her matched pair of kneestraps or the kinesiology tape.

Courage? Willpower? This womandemonstrated both in spades. But intel-ligence? Foresight? Not so much.

Some people — ultrarunners in par-ticular — do a pretty good job of pickingtheir parents carefully. With inheritedknee cartilage thick and slippery, legs liketree trunks, rippling with muscle, andbiomechanics that make the averageKenyan green with envy, those folks canrun long, long distances with impunity,and with little risk of longterm injury.

But not most of us. Not the normalrunner. Not those of us with biome-chanical imperfections that tarnish theodds of such lofty ultra-aspirations beingmet and thwart our ambitious goal ofrunning the Great American Marathon.

It can be said that our days are num-bered, both as living humans and asrunners. Whether that number is a bigone or not so big, the day will come forevery one of us when we can no longerlace ‘em up and head out. For mostrunners, it’s knees that are just too balky,or chronic calf or hamstring pain thatwon’t let up, or pain in the arch or ball ofthe foot that’s too debilitating to go on.That’s the day that’s number zero. Nada.

The beginning of the end for me hap-pened while running up that trail in Aprilof 2007. A sharp pain unilke any I’d everfelt rippled through my left — heretoforegood — knee. I crumpled to the groundand had to hobble and hop, half crying, tomy car half a mile away. I’ve never hada painfree step of running since.

Do I sometimes wonder whether rac-ing less frequently, or running less thanforty miles a week all those years wouldhave allowed me to run longer? Sure.Seems obvious. But that’s a moot point;I can’t change what I’ve already done.

But it’s that same realization that makesme cringe when I watch runners limparound, obviously in discomfort, yet in-tent on reaching their goal regardless ofwhat they’re doing to their bodies. Theserunners — and you know who you are— are trifling with a God-given blessing.You’re hurrying blindly toward the daywhen you’ll no longer be able to run freelyand without pain. The day you’ll nolonger be able to run at all.

The human body is miraculous in itsinexorable drive to heal itself. Given time,rest, and fuel, it can heal most ailments.But it’s that time and that rest, or lackthereof, that makes the difference. Thewoman to whom I alluded earlier, the onewith the two knee braces and a wholepackage of K-tape? I doubt she’ll allowher body the opportunity to heal. Mostrunners don’t unless forced to.

When I was a newbie runner, I askeda well-known coach how long before Ishould tackle a half-marathon. He ad-vised me to wait at least a year, and twoor more before I tried a marathon. Andthough I bristled at the suggestion that Iwasn’t strong enough or tough enough,I followed his advice. When the timecame to run those longer distances, Isucceeded royally, largely because I’dbuilt a good base and learned how tolisten to my body.

These days I frequently run into newrunners who’ve decided to get off thecouch and do a half or full marathon. I’velong since tired of trying to dissuadethem, even though it would be far moresensible to train first for a 5k. But, no.Too short. Not sexy enough.

I just wish these folks — and, again,you know who you are — would stopand smell the coffee. Pain is a signal thatshould not be ignored or masked. Payattention. Slow down. This running lifeis a blessing. Don’t rush through it. Itsend will come all too soon. For all of us.

Take it easy, folks. Real easy.


MONDAYS: The Monday meeting place is Mellow Mushroom on CumberlandAve on the UT strip. 6:00pm.

TUESDAYS: Track workouts at UT’s Tom Black Track on Volunteer Boulevard.5:30 p.m. For more information, check out trackworkouts.blogspot.com

WEDNESDAYS: Runners Market, 4443 Kingston Pike Avenue, WesternPlaza. 5:30 pm. For more info, email [email protected].

SATURDAYS: Scheduled group runs in preparation for the Covenant HealthKnoxville Marathon and Half Marathon. For more information [email protected] or check out the marathon website atwww.knoxvillemarathon.com

Confessions of aConfessions of aConfessions of aConfessions of aConfessions of aSocial JoggerSocial JoggerSocial JoggerSocial JoggerSocial Jogger

by Lauren Chiles, KTC Social Director

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KTC GROUP RUNSKTC GROUP RUNS

Here’s the great thing about run-ning: People are genuinely happyas you achieve and reach your

goals. No one begrudges it. You get ahigh-five and not a dirty look. We knowthe hard work it takes: the extra lap at thetrack in the dark or the power up the hill,when maybe walking it sounded better atthe time. You did it. You set a goal, andput in the necessary steps, and maybehad a perfect day to make that happen. Socongrats, relish in the victory.

Running is personal, and it takes apersonal accomplishment. But that doesn’tmean there aren’t people that have helpedyou achieve this goal. Perhaps, remem-ber the person who helped you to survivean early morning workout, when maybeyou stayed out a little too late the night

before. Thank the person that was thereto do your long run with you, when youthought you might cut it short. So as abunch of us starttraining for the Knox-ville Marathon, besure to realize howmany folks will getyou across the fin-ish line. Sure, it’syour legs, but it’snot always yourvoice in your head,telling you that youcan do it. Fellowrunners, thank youfor the support. See you out there.

We had a wonderful time at the KTCChristmas party at Crown and Goose.

Thanks to all that were able to join us,and make it the fun time it turned out tobe. Come join us for a social run soon.

Mondays we meetat 6 pm at MellowMushroom, andWednesdays at 5:30pm at Bearden Run-ners Market. Up-coming events in-clude our SuperbowlSunday 9 am runstarting at Earthfare.Here’s our facebookpage so you can findout about all of the

social events.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/351677454866113/


KTC GEARING UP FOR 11TH ANNUALCOVENANT HEALTH KNOXVILLE MARATHON

Jason Altman, Director, Covenant Health Knoxville Marathon

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As 2014 wraps up and 2015 be-gins, the days until the CovenantHealth Knoxville Marathon

quickly approach. Folks who plan to dothe full marathon should be training bynow. We started our Saturday groupruns November 22 and have had a greatturnout thus far. Sponsored by HealthShoppe, Knoxville Performance Lab, andZenEvo Dark Chocolate, the group train-ing runs are offered at no charge toparticipants wanting to attend. We pro-vide water on the course along with post-run refreshments and snacks. Our halfmarathon trainees will join us starting onJanuary 3. For a listing of dates andlocations where we will meet in the new

year, visit the CHKM website atKnoxvillemarathon.com.

Also coming up in January is ourFittest Company Challenge Luncheon.On January 14, PilotFlying J will host ourinformational sessionon the Challenge.Sponsored byHumana, this year’sFittest CompanyChallenge is an op-portunity for friendly competition amongarea businesses during all the marathonevents. For each employee who finishesa race, the company will receive 1 pointper mile finished. (26.2 points for themarathon, 13.1 points for the half mara-thon, etc.). Our luncheon will be a freeinformational session for area humanresource representatives and wellnessrepresentatives to learn about the Chal-lenge and receive ideas on how to pro-mote and recruit their employees to par-ticipate in the CHKM and its events. Ifyou or someone from your companywould like to attend, please contact mefor specifics.

Come January 31, our annual Cov-enant Kids Run “Marathon” program willkickoff at the Knoxville Zoo. Registrationwill open at 10 am and the run/walk willstart at 12 pm. Children 8th grade andyounger can participate in the CovenantKids Run. Admission to the zoo is freefor each child who registers and oneaccompanying guest. All other admis-sions are half-price. The registration feeis $15 and this also covers the child’sregistration for the official Covenant KidsRun on March 28. By participating, kidscan run a “marathon”. Each child re-

ceives a log book to start tracking his orher miles and exercise between the Zoorun and the official CKR on March 28.Kids can finish the last mile of the mara-thon on the 50-yard line of UT’s Neyland

Stadium – just like theadults!

We are excited to an-nounce that we are nowoffering $4,000 in prizemoney to area schoolsthrough our Fittest School

Challenge. An increase from $3,000 lastyear, the Challenge is sponsored byChildren’s Hospital’s Childhood ObesityCoaltion and we are able to offer thisincentive to area schools in nine counties.(Anderson, Blount, Hamblen, Jefferson,Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier, and Union).Winning schools are based upon thehighest percentage of student populationparticipating in the March 28 CovenantKids Run. (Fast or slow, all kids countthe same in the challenge. We areencouraging participation!) To be countedtoward their school’s total, a child needsto participate in the March 28 CovenantKids Run and identify their school duringregistration. Prize money and plaqueswill be awarded to the winning schoolsafter the race.

Registration numbers for our 11th

CHKM are soaring! After our price in-crease on December 1, we were on pace fora record breaking turnout for 2015.

Looking to volunteer? I am still inneed of some key volunteers to serve onthe 2015 Marathon Organizing Commit-tee. If interested, please contact me [email protected] for moreinformation. Happy New Year!

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ALL RUNNERSINVITED

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♦ Follow the rules of the road - travel on theright and pass on the left.

♦ Don’t run down the middle of the trail. Runto the right side to allow others to pass safely.

♦ Don’t wear headphones – but if you insist ongoing against this RRCA and common-sensesafety guideline, keep the volume low or onlywear one headphone.

♦ If you are running an out-and-back route on atrail, don’t just make a sudden u-turn at yourturn around point. Stop, step to the right toallow oncoming traffic the opportunity to pass.Ensure the trail is clear of oncoming traffic(runners, cyclists, in-line skaters, etc.) then makeyour u-turn. Making a sudden u-turn withoutlooking over your shoulder is a good way to gethit by an oncoming cyclist or skater.

♦ Avoid running on trails in the evening if theyare not well lit and do not have regular traffic.

♦ Never run more than two abreast if you arerunning in a group. Don’t be a trail hog. Whilepedestrians have the right of way on most trails,

the goal is to share the trails.

♦ Alert people when you are passing them –don’t assume they are aware of their surround-ings. A simple “on your left” warning willsuffice.

♦ Be alert on blind curves.

♦ Stop at stop signs if the trail crosses aroadway. Don’t assume cars on the road willstop for the trail crossing.

♦ Be mindful of young children on the trail –their movements can be unpredictable. Slowingthe pace a bit when you pass small children onthe trail is a wise idea. Use this as an opportu-nity to slow the pace then pick up the tempo.

♦ Respect private property along the trail.

♦ Don’t litter. If you can’t find a trash can,carry your trash home.

♦ Get approval from local authorities beforeplanning a race or training event on your localmulti-use trail.

Michael deLisle, Trail Series Director

So Many Trails...

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Countless times over the years I’veclosed this column and its prede-cessors saying, “So many trails,

so little time,” or some variation thereof.Why? Cause it’s so darn true.

Consider just the trails withinKnox County. Atop the list hasto be the Urban Wildernessand its 40+ miles of trails lo-cated just a few miles south ofdowntown Knoxville. Thissystem includes the broad va-riety of trails at Ijams NatureCenter and Meade’s Quarry, as well asMarie Myers Park, William Hastie Natu-ral Area, and the expanded system atForks of the River, in addition to theprivate Helix trail system owned by com-munity-minded enthusiasts who offer upthe trails for public use. Few communi-ties nationwide enjoy such luxury.

I.C. King Park and Concord Park aretwo other Knoxville venues that each offerseven or more miles of winding singletracktrail to delight (and confound) the trailrunner. Both are situated quite close to tensof thousands of Knoxville residents andpresent great trail running choices.

Least known but well worthexploringis atop Sharp’s Ridge, where four milesof well-drained trail currently straddlesthe ridgetop, with another four or more inthe offing.

One of the organizations whose praiseI sing almost every issue is the Appala-chian Mountain Bike Club, whose lovefor mountain biking, trail running, andtrail building is second to none. They arethe chief driving force in making theKnoxville area a regional attraction forafficionados of both sports as well ashikers who want to tread a few trails a bit

closer to home than the Smokies or theCumberlands. In addition to spearhead-ing the prolific expansion of trails inSouth Knoxville, they’ve built new trailsand renovated others at each of the trail

systems previously men-tioned. Though their energyappears boundless, they couldcertainly use help at theirmonthly work days, listed atthe AMBC website at ambc-sorba.org. Consider this afun and highly worthwhileway of giving back.

Another wonderful park lies huddled

alongside the French Broad River in fareastern Knox County, where a relativelyrecent bequeathal of land presented thecounty with Seven Islands Wildlife Ref-uge and then the newest state park,Seven Islands State Birding Park. Themajority of its trails are simply mownpathways that either climb or flank broad,grassy hillsides or run smoothly along-side the river. Only a few short stretchesof what we’d call singletrack exist. Yet itsisolation — and the limited recreationalactivities allowed (no races, mountainbiking, or organized activity permitted)— present a unique opportunity for aquiet, undisturbed traipse through natureat its best.

But that’s not all, folks. Only a shortdrive away lies Haw Ridge Park, whereanother 25 miles of trail awaits. Someclimb and roll serpentine along the flanksof the ridge, while most lie lower down incool, dark hollows or sprawl muddilyalongside the shores of Melton Hill Lake.This gem of a park waits barely tenminutes from West Knoxville onEdgemoor Drive just the other side of the

TIPS FOR TRAIL RUNNING SAFETYTIPS FOR TRAIL RUNNING SAFETY


WANDERERS TRAIL RACE — Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2:00 pm. MaryvilleCollege. 4 miles PLUS Kids Race. Maryville College.DARK HOLLOW WALLOW — Sunday, February 15, 2015, 2:00 pm. Big Ridge StatePark. 11 miles or 5 miles PLUS Kids Race. Big Ridge State Park.DIRTY DOUBLE TRAIL MARATHON AND DIRTY SOUTH TRAIL HALF MARA-THON — Sunday, March 8, 2015. Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville.I.C. KING OF TRAILS RACE — Saturday, April 4, 2015. 7 miles PLUS Kids Race. I.C.King Park, Knoxville.BEATIN’ A HASTIE RETREAT — Sunday, May 17, 2015. 9 miles or 4½ miles PLUSKids Trail Race. Anderson South Head Start, Knoxville.LAKESHORE TRAIL MARATHON AND 10k — Saturday, June 20, 2015. TVALakeshore Trail System, Coytee Trailhead, Greenback.STALK YOUR QUARRY TRAIL RACE — Sunday, July 12, 2015. 10 miles or 5 milesPLUS Kids Trail Race. Ijams Nature Center, Knoxville.HAW RIDGE TRAIL RACE — Saturday, August 15, 2015. 6½ miles PLUS Kids Race.Haw Ridge Park, Oak Ridge.BIG SOUTH FORK TRAIL RACE — Saturday, September 26, 2015. 17½ miles or10k. Big South Fork National Recreation Area, Oneida.HANN JIVIN’ IN THE DARK — Friday, October 9. 2015. 7pm.! 6 miles PLUS KidsRace. Anderson South Head Start, Knoxville.NORRIS DAM HARD TRAIL RACE — Saturday, November 14, 2015. 50 miles or25 k. Norris Dam State Park.LOYSTON POINT SCRAMBLE — Saturday, December 12, 2015. 8 miles PLUS KidsTrail Race.

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Clinch River on Pellissippi Parkway.

Furthermore, this list expands to in-clude the wondrous array of state parkslocated less than an hour away, i.e.,Norris Dam State Park (and the fantasticmunicipal watershed adjacent), Big RidgeState Park, Frozen Head State Park, andPanther Creek State Park. All offermarvelous trail systems diverse in thelandforms they travel, yet roughly equalin the level of spectacular and highlygratifying natural experience attainableby the trail runner willing to take a littledrive. Also, the Big South Fork NationalRiver and Recreation Area that spillsacross the state line into Kentucky pro-vides yet another destination very muchworth seeking out and exploring, as donumerous TVA trails that dot the verdantcountryside of East Tennessee.

And that doesn’t include the grandaddyof them all, the Great Smoky MountainsNational Park, where more than 900 (!)miles of trail lie in wait. It could take anavid trail runner years to tour every nook,cranny, and peak in this most wonderfulof parks. Better start today.

So how can KTC’s Treadin’ TroddenTrails hope to offer a comprehensive tourof all these great destinations? Simplyput, we can’t. Neither can other ener-getic organizations like Peak MountainRunning (a group whose environmentalstance we at TTT are hoping to success-fully emulate) or Dirty Bird Events here inthe Knoxville area, or Rock Creek downnear Chattanooga. Nobody can hit themall; there’s simply too many fantastic,enticing trails out there.

All we can do is each year reluctantlyput a couple of our races on temporary orpermanent hiatus and replace them withnew trails that have caught our fancy.Hence the Lakeshore Trail Trek that willevolve again in 2015 into a trail marathon.Hence new forays into the Urban Wil-derness like this year’s race in the HastieNatural Area and our first night race in

early October on the Helix trails. Andhence our new race in December up atLoyston Point between Norris and BigRidge. We’re especially excited aboutthat one; should be a blast!

We’re also stoked about the ex-panded slate of Kids Trail Races we’reoffering as part of the 2015 TTT sched-ule. Fully eight of our twelve races thisyear will offer miniature versions of theadult races, each approximately a milein length. Our plan is to ensnare thekiddos into beginning a lifelong loveaffair with the trails. Seems like agiven, once they try it once.

But what about all these other awe-some trail running venues? Couldn’t wejust have a race at all of them, maybe arace every week, or at least every otherweek? Actually we tried races everythree weeks in 2013, and while it wasfun, it wore us out. We had to cut back.

So for 2015, we once again present aslate of twelve races, designed to bothchallenge and reward the burgeoninglocal trail running community. The racesare far cheaper than those offered inneighboring cities and states, but theamenities are next to none. Join us inliving the dream!


by Bob Godwin

Bring Back the Lady Vols(an open letter to Nike)

Philip Knight, ChairmanMark Parker, CEOOne Bowerman DriveBeaverton, OR 97005

Gentlemen:

I began running upon my release from active duty with the U. S. Army in May, 1968—in my combat boots!

My first “real running shoes” were Tigers bought out of the car trunk of a fellow runner. We all knew of Bill Bowerman and his wife’swaffle iron and were thrilled to have shoes designed with us in mind. In the 46 years since then, I have bought hundreds of NIKE shoes aswell as other NIKE products. I always felt an affinity and fondness for the company that was there at the beginning and led the way for us.

Now, however, NIKE is being credited with/blamed for the elimination of the Lady Vol name and logo in all women’s sports at theUniversity of Tennessee, save basketball. While we fans distrust anything our Athletic Director, Dave Hart, says, this allegation appears tobe the truth.

I treasure the person and legacy of Pat Summitt and the UT Lady Vols’ basketball history. But I also treasure the legacies of those2000 women who participated in the so-called minor sports, such as track and field, soccer, softball, tennis, and the like, which have producedconference titles, national titles, Olympians and vows of “Lady Vol forever!” The years I officiated at our track meets produced some of mymost treasured experiences as I watched the development of women who went on to attain great success on the national and world stages.

My Lady Vol apparel has been recognized all of the United States as I traveled about. Many’s the time I have had strangersapproach me in an airport as I awaited my flight—just to chat about Lady Vols. Others have experienced that in international travel as well.There have been thousands of young girls who hung the Lady Vol logo on their bedroom walls, dreaming of one day attaining the status of“Lady Vol.”

I grew up in Knoxville, home of The University of Tennessee, and was blessed to watch the women’s sports flourish under the aegisof The Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX. The thirty-seven words leading to this boom bear repeating.

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex,be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefit of,or be subjectedto discrimination, under the administration any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

This commitment to fairness, long overdue, was embraced by our university and led to its pre-eminent programs for women knowneverywhere for excellence, dedication, work ethic – and graduation. The name “Lady Vol” was selected by our female athletes, and treasurethat status forever. They have made us proud both on and off athletic venues.

So long as NIKE’s position is anti-Lady Vol, I shall be anti-NIKE. My family shall boycott all Nike products. Those items bearingyour logo have been banished from our home.

Please re-consider this ill-founded policy. Instead, embrace this unique and laudable history and promote its outstanding reputation,history, AND NAME to the fullest.

Thank you.

Robert W. Godwin, Attorney4611 Old BroadwayKnoxville, TN 37918


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Dr. Brantley BurnsOrthopaedic Surgeon, KTC Member

My belated Christmas present toyou readers is a re-gift. Something was given to me and I am

shamelessly putting different wrappingon it and presenting it to you as if it weremy idea all along. The gift? Correction ofa Runner’s World Christmas eve articleby “ The Sports Doc” William Roberts,MD. I think you’ll like your present. He,however, will not be so thankful.

The article concerns the knee and legswelling of an experienced runner train-ing for his first Ironman. His knee swellsso tight after longer runs that he can’tbend it properly. He has spoken withmore than one doctor, getting advicesuch as “get an MRI” and “stop running”,but he wants another opinion. Naturally,he consults a MAGAZINE doctor as hisinformation source!?

At least Dr. Roberts (not an orthope-dist) correctly identifies the knee swellingas an effusion, also called “water on theknee”, which is fluid inside the jointcavity. This is different than the softtissue swelling of thelower leg, at times called“retained fluid” you’veheard about. He ac-knowledges the differ-ence; so far so good. Thenthe reindeer come un-hooked from the sleigh.

Unfortunately ourholiday doof launches into an explanationof thigh and leg swelling, telling this poorsap that he might have a pelvic tumor ora congenitally small blood vessel or goutor inflammatory arthritis. OMG.

You won’t believe his final advice: gosee your doctor, get an MRI, and youmay need to stop running. Umm…excuseme, but wasn’t that the advice he alreadygot and didn’t like? Sheesh!

Here’s the glitch: Dr. Roberts didn’tmake the connection between the kneeswelling and the leg swelling. I’m notsurprised. He’s not a surgeon and can’tknow the anatomy properly.

We all have a few drops of knee fluid,barely enough to coat the joint surfaces,and not enough to aspirate with a needle.When the knee is irritated, more fluid ismade and it accumulates inside, causingpressure and an ache if not a pain. Someareas of the knee joint covering (capsule)simply stretch slightly to accommodatethe fluid. In other areas, weak spotsallow the fluid to make a bulged-outballoon-like structure. The knee versionof this (in the back or popliteal area) is

called a Baker’s cyst. This bag of fluid canbe bigger than a plum and change size,expanding or shrinking depending onwhether more or less fluid is made insidethe joint.

The trouble is that other structures arenearby and can be squeezed by the Baker’scyst. The artery back there is tough anddoesn’t really care, but when the poplitealvein and lymphatic vessels (which bothdrain fluid from the leg back to the heart)are pressed on, the blood and lymphback up and the leg may swell. (This isnot what happens in your typical fluidretention, seen especially in women.)

So – something inside the knee iscausing inflammation, thus fluid produc-tion, then a Baker’s cyst develops and the

leg swells. There! Wasn’tthat better than a pelvictumor?

If your knee/leg isswollen, why go to a“sports doc”? If this fa-mous one doesn’t get it,will your own primarycare physician? I doubt

it. It almost seems that Dr. Roberts ispurposely and quietly steering you awayfrom the one person most likely to solveyour problem: the orthopedic surgeon.

He mentions joint fluid analysis. Goodidea, but your primary care physicianwon’t do this, and in this case it’s notneeded anyway. When I drain someone’sknee (I do this every day), most often Iknow the diagnosis by the appearanceand thickness of the fluid, without send-ing it to the lab to be checked. He alsomentions a hyaluronic acid injection. Againa good idea, but again your primary careof sports doc won’t do this.

I see patients like this most every day.I would drain his knee, inspect but notneed to send the fluid, and inject corti-sone. If that didn’t work, I would con-sider a hyaluronate injection but wouldget an MRI first. Arthroscopic surgery ispossible and in this case I’d say probable.

Be careful out there and if you havea significant joint issue, “just do it” – gostraight to the experts – your localorthopedic surgeons who see runnersregularly.

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Minimalist, Maximalist,and Gait Patterns

Dr. Kevin SprouseKTC member and Sports Medicine physician

One of the most hotly debatedtopics in running recently hasbeen gait. As with many things

sports-science-related, the pendulum hasswung markedly. This makes it difficultto know what you shouldconsider when purchasingshoes or when trying to ad-dress an injury. As a sportsmedicine physician whoworks primarily with endur-ance athletes, this is some-thing about which I am askedoften. Whether someonewants to address a naggingpain, cure a chronic condition, or just bemore efficient in a shoe that works bestfor them, the question arises again andagain. The confusion rests not only withinthe lay-public though. Many doctors andtherapists struggle with this, in my experi-ence.

It used to be that if you Googled “Bornto Run”, you got to listen to Springsteen’smasterpiece. But nearly six years ago thisall changed when Christopher McDougallpublished his similarly-titled book onbarefoot running. Suddenly, the scienceof gait kinetics and kinematics was thrustinto the mainstream, and people tooknote! Barefoot and minimalist runningbecame a fad, and as with any suchfitness fad, some people benefited andsome suffered.

The good folks at Harvard Universityhad done much of the initial research intousing a barefoot gait to encourage mid-foot or forefoot strike in runners. Theyalso showed that such foot strike pat-terns seemed to decrease the incidence ofinjury. As this information was pairedwith anthropologic data, it seemed obvi-ous that a forefoot strike was morenatural and likely healthier for runners.(Have you ever watched a 4-year-oldrun? It’s amazing to see them with suchsmooth gait patterns, and they almost

uniformly land on the ball of their foot.)The data mounted, shoe companiesjumped onboard, and advertising took itfrom there. Minimalist running wasprescribed for everyone as the only way

to run. The problem is that,in medicine and science, thereis no such thing as “always”or “never”.

After some years with thependulum firmly on the sideof minimalist and barefootrunning, it swung the otherdirection. Too many people

were getting injured and research datawas starting to suggest that the picturewas not so clear. In response to thenearly non-existent soles of Vibram Five-Fingers, Hoka introduced a shoe with ahuge midsole. Cue the consumer confu-sion!

The problem is that no one size fits all.Some runners do well to move moretoward a forefoot strike and may useminimalist technology to help facilitatethat. But some runners need to havemore of a heel strike. The need of therunner is individual though, and the ad-vice should be the same. No magazine orresearch article can tell you how you shouldrun or what shoe you should wear.

So when I’m asked which shoe aperson should buy or which gait patternthey should attempt to adopt, here’s anexample of how I go about answeringtheir question. First, I evaluate their corestability and movement patterns. Whatdoes that have to do with shoe selec-tion?!? A lot! That pronation at your footis unlikely due solely to the architecture ofyour foot. Your hip musculature is justas important, if not more so. Using thatinformation as a baseline, I then do avideo analysis of the runner’s gait. Howdo they land? Where is movement re-stricted? Where is there excess motion?

With this data, I can then make aninformed and individualized recommen-dation for the runner.

An injured runner will have very dif-ferent goals in determining gait prefer-ence and shoe choice then will a runnerlooking to increase their economy. Manychronic running-related pains, such as ITBand Syndrome and Plantar Fasciitis, canbe successfully treated by addressing arunner’s gait pattern. And there is verygood data to show that a person’s gait canbe changed relatively quickly, regardlessof the number of years that they’ve beenrunning. Depending on the location ofthe pain (anterior, posterior, lateral), therecommended gait will vary. For in-stance, a runner who struggles with“shin splints” may benefit from a forefootstrike, whereas someone with plantarfasciitis may do better with a heel strike.Utilizing kinematics to offload the over-loaded structure is the key, and thatadvice can only be rendered when anappropriate and individualized assess-ment has been carried out.

Of course, there are runners whowish to approach the topic of shoe selec-tion and gait analysis from the standpointof speed and economy. The assessmentof this starts similarly, because nobodygets faster if they become injured! Deter-mining your body’s vulnerabilities allowsyou to address them as you become moreaggressive in your running style andintensity. For a full evaluation, you caneven measure your energy expenditure atvarying speeds and/or foot strike patters todetermine where you are most efficient.

In the end, the debate about minimalversus maximal shoes is much deeperthan the midsole. Neither forefoot norrear-foot strike is the “correct” way torun. So if you happen to run into me andask about shoe suggestions, you’ll nowknow why my answer will be, “it de-pends…”

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As I look back to the highlights of2014, my mind is immediatelydrawn to July 3rd and the evening

race. The weather was warm and it wasa great evening for a run onNeyland Drive.

My thoughts take me toLabor Day morning and theHal Canfield Memorial Mile.The waves of runners andthe experience of seeing thempass along the course en-courages me to continue my journeytoward healthy living one step at a time,one mile at a time.

Seeing the excitement on the faces ofthe children as they finished the race atthe Autumnfest 5k on Thanksgiving Daymade the holiday such a delight!

evitcepsrep reetnulovvolunteer perspective

Volunteering in the various positionsfor KTC races allows me the opportunityto see the runners at all stages of theraces, from 1st position course monitor

near the start line, to thelast water stop. Volunteer-ing is a great way to expe-rience healthy living andhelp the runners with theirneeds during the races.2015 brings an abundanceof opportunities to volun-teer with KTC.

I encourage you to find the positionthat you enjoy the most and make adifference. KTC races are successful be-cause of willing volunteers.

I look forward to volunteering withyou in 2015.

RUN THREE; WORK ONERUN THREE; WORK ONE


KTC BOARD OF DIRECTORSMinutes of October and November Meetings

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The meeting was called to order at7:02 p.m. In attendance were BradAdams, Tony Owens, Larry

Brede, Emily Bolling, Ken Childs, SharonCouch-Fikes, Don Gra-ham, Chris Harper, DavidHuntsinger, RonMcElhaney, Michelle Mid-night, Jamie Niland, TroyRebert, Eddie Reymond,Patty Thewes, and DougYoung. Guests includedBobby Glenn, JasonAltman, Tom Isaacs, JohnNewell, and Carol Evans.John Newell is the UT Track TeamThrowing Coach and was introduced asthe team’s likely representative on theboard.

MinutesMinutesMinutesMinutesMinutes – The board meeting meet-ings for September 2014 were approvedas submitted.

New ItemsNew ItemsNew ItemsNew ItemsNew Items – Carol Evans, with theLegacy Parks Foundation thanked theKTC for our past support of LegacyParks. To date the club has donatedapproximately $49,000 which has con-tributed to significant trail construction inthe region. Legacy Parks has an opportu-nity to construct a new South Perimetertrail extension at Forks of the River whichwill complete the perimeter loop. TWRAhas already approved the route and con-struction can start as soon as funding isreceived. The total cost is $30,000, withthe Appalachian Mountain Bike Club(AMBC) donating $10,000 and LegacyParks donating $10,000. Evans requestedthe additional $10,000 from the KTC.The KTC trail committee already donatesannually from the trail race series funds toboth AMBC and Legacy Parks. Prior tothe next board meeting Owens will deter-mine how much we will be donating toeach of these entities already from the2014 trail series and the board will con-

sider the request for the additional fundsas part of the 2015 budget.

The board reviewed a draft revision tothe post-collegiate scholarship require-ments and made comments. Brede will

revise the draft with thesecomments for the board’sconsideration at the nextmeeting.

Bobby Glenn receiveda great job opportunity inhis field, and has acceptedthat position. As a resulthe is resigning his posi-tion as Executive Direc-

tor. The board thanked him for 18 greatmonths in the position.

Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Totalrace participation is slightly up from the2012 and 2013 numbers, but the last fiveraces in a row have all been down. Notsure why we’re seeing this impact. Mem-bership remains slightly over 2,000 totalmembers.

The inaugural Farragut Half Mara-thon and 5k is next weekend. Registra-tion is currently about 1,200 betweenboth events, approximately 800 in thehalf marathon and 400 in the 5k, andregistration is open through the expo andon race day. Sponsorship fell far short forthis year’s event, but is already picking upfor the 2015 event. Because the clubhasn’t worked with Farragut on a largescale before the preparations are takingsome extra time and expense as we workthrough this first running of the event.

Continuing work on 2015 sponsor-ships and race preparations for the fallevents. The 2015 racing calendar is pre-pared, though we still need to identifyrace directors for Expo in May andCrossKnox in October. Michael deLislesubmitted the Trail Committee, Footnotes,and Website reports electronically.

Marathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s Report –Registration remains slightly lower thanthis time last year. The Covenant HealthMedia Team has been selected. Themarathon team is attending six expos atother events and sending brochures fordistribution at five more. Altman contin-ues to work with media, financial, andin-kind sponsorships. The marathontraining program kicks off on Novem-ber 22nd from the Health Shoppe andthe half-marathon program kicks off onJanuary 3rd.

Treasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s Report – The reportwas submitted electronically. As expectedduring this time of year when revenue islower, $20,000 was shifted from theING fund to the general account to coverexpenses. Hepp is drafting the 2015budget.

Other BusinessOther BusinessOther BusinessOther BusinessOther Business – Adams requestedany board members who plan to leave theboard at the end of the year notify himprior to selecting the new board at theDecember meeting.

Harper provided an update on thepotential youth program working in con-junction with Project Grad. There arenine Project Grad schools, and one ofthem, Christenberry Elementary, wouldlike to start a program as soon as Janu-ary. Longer term they’re looking for ayear-round program to support theseyear-round schools. The RRCA has aprogram developed already that we couldimplement. Harper will provide a writtenproposal for the November board meet-ing with recommendations on how tostaff the program (i.e. Program Director,Site Directors), how much the programwill cost and the cost breakdown anddistribution, and where to start (likely atChristenberry Elementary and maybeGreen Magnet School). If initiated, thisprogram could serve as a platform for


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grants and other local funding requests toassist the children in these areas withparticipation in track and field.

Forgotten Initiative is an organizationthat sponsors foster children, includingwhen they relocate between foster homes.Currently they use garbage bags to movethe children’s belongings. Owens willverify that they are a non-profit, and if sothe club will donate some of the extracloth goodie bags we have sitting in thestorage unit to the group.

Closed Board MeetingClosed Board MeetingClosed Board MeetingClosed Board MeetingClosed Board Meeting – Meetingwas closed to board members only todiscuss process to hire an ExecutiveDirector replacement. Lesson learned fromthe last hiring process was not having aninterim director to support the club andrace directors until a full-time replace-ment was identified. The executive com-mittee has reached out to Kristy Altman,the former ED, and she agreed to supportthe club in this interim position if asked.After discussion of all options the boardunanimously passed a resolution forAdams to make an offer to Altman at thesame compensation rate as the currentED through the end of March 2015. Theboard will form a hiring committee whowill work the hiring process for thereplacement. The position will be postednow, with candidates for interviews se-lected in December.

The meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m.The next meeting will be Monday, No-vember 17th, at 7:00 p.m.

The meeting was called to order at7:00 p.m. In attendance were BradAdams, Shannon Hepp, Larry

Brede, Emily Bolling, Ken Childs, SharonCouch-Fikes, Don Graham, ChrisHarper, David Huntsinger, Jamie Niland,Troy Rebert, Eddie Reymond, WillSkelton, and Patty Thewes,. Guests in-cluded Kristy Altman, Jason Altman, Tom

Isaacs, Luke Pfleger, and Ray Wilson.

MinutesMinutesMinutesMinutesMinutes – The board meeting meet-ings for October 2014 were approvedwith a spelling correction.

New ItemsNew ItemsNew ItemsNew ItemsNew Items – The board reviewedthe draft revision to the post-collegiatescholarship requirements with the com-ments from the October board meetingincorporated. The board unanimouslyapproved the revised requirements andBrede will forward to deLisle to post onthe KTC website.

Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Executive Director Report – Checkwriting authority is outdated to previousboard members and Executive Directorwho are no longer in position. The boardunanimously approved the revision tocheck writing authority for the GeneralAccount and Youth Athletic Account toBrad Adams (President), Shannon Hepp(Treasurer), and Kristy Altman (InterimED), and for the Marathon Account toAdams, Hepp, and Jason Altman (Mara-thon RD).

Bobby Glenn’s official final day as theED was November 15th. Kristy Altmanis finishing up transition activities as theinterim ED, including changing accountdetails, notifying club members and spon-sors, and transferring files.

Feedback on the inaugural FarragutHalf Marathon has been outstanding.The club saw a monetary loss for thisfirst event, primarily with lower thananticipated sponsorships, but anticipatesmuch better results in future years. With1,495 total participants this was the club’ssecond largest event of the year behindthe CHKM. Race planning for upcomingraces continues, including for the RegalEntertainment Group Autumnfest 5k,Calhoun’s New Year’s Day 5k, and thewinter series races (Calhoun’s 10-miler,Strawberry Plains 10k and half mara-thon, and Whitestone 30k).

Pfleger and Wilson discussedRunKnox. To date the RunKnox programparticipants have entered and completed83 KTC races. They are currently in anabbreviated 4-week session, and thenwill begin a 15-week marathon trainingprogram on December 9th. They areworking on a 30-second video that willbe broadcast as a public service an-

nouncement on local television WBIRand potentially WVLT.

Kristy continues working with spon-sors for the 2015 racing season. She isalso working with local media WBIR,WVLT, and the Knoxville News Sentinelfor coverage of multiple KTC events.

Kristy and Rebert are reviewing op-tions for the KTC to purchase inflatablearches for race starting and finish lines.Costs are approximately $1,500 for both;Rebert will research the final pricingbefore the January board meeting whenthe 2015 budget will be finalized andapproved.

Marathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s ReportMarathon Director’s Report –Registration is almost exactly the same asit was at this point last year. The Cov-enant Health team is selected and in-cludes three media members, JeffMondluck with WBIR, Phil Williamswith WOKI, and Phil Kaplan, the SportsEditor for the Knoxville News Sentinel.Jason Altman continues to work withsponsors, both new and returning. Themarathon training program kicks off onNovember 22nd from the Health Shoppe,the Fittest Company Luncheon is onJanuary 14th at Pilot Flying J, and theCovenant Kids Kickoff is on January 31st

at the Knoxville Zoo.

Treasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s ReportTreasurer’s Report – Kristy Altmanis drafting the initial 2015 budget. Oncedrafted the budget will be distributed toboard members to review in Decemberand then will be brought to the board forapproval at the January board meeting.The board reviewed the 2014 financialscompared to the 2013 financials.

Other BusinessOther BusinessOther BusinessOther BusinessOther Business – Adams stated thatall the current board members acceptedcontinuation on the board in 2015 (noneof the current terms are set to expire thisyear). He will contact John Newell, UTTrack Throwing Coach, to see if he hasinterest in formally joining the board.Voting for new board members will be atthe December meeting.

Harper briefed the board on a tentativebudget and program plan for implement-ing a Youth Athletics Track and FieldProgram in conjunction with Project Grad



I was originally going to run the Co-lumbus Marathon in Ohio on Octo-ber 19. Two weeks beforehand, I

stepped on the corner of a utility gratewhich flipped over and I fellinto the gaping hole. I hit myleft shin on the concrete edge,gashing my leg and bruisingthe shin. After a trip to the ER,I had nine new stitches andtrouble running for severaldays. I decided to utilize thebackup plan which was to ex-tend training three more weeks and runthe Chickamauga Battlefield Marathon –one that I had previously won in 2010and 2012.

Flashback to July 6, 2009. Jackson,our oldest son, was born that day. Whenhe was just a few hours old, I whisperedin his ear that one day, he would watchhis daddy win a marathon. That day cameNovember 13, 2010, at Chickamauga whenhe was 16 months old.

On November 1, 2012, Kristy and Ifound out that we were pregnant again.With it being so early in the pregnancy,we kept the good news to ourselves.Nine days later, I won the Chickamaugamarathon again. The secret that we werekeeping helped push me through the finalmiles to set a personal best that day.

Karson was born June 22, 2013. Keep-ing with tradition, I told him that he’d getto watch his daddy win a marathonsomeday too.

Back to the present. The goal forColumbus was to set a personal best. Myfastest time was 2:38:52 at Chickamaugain 2012 and I felt that I was in 2:35-2:37

shape on a flatter, faster, more competi-tive course like Columbus. But after theinjury, I adjusted the race plan forChickamauga. Not that I was neces-

sarily second guessing myabilities, but as race day ap-proached, I reevaluated mygame plan.

There were several thingsto consider. I would be run-ning on a slower course, onwhich I would most likely be

running all alone with no one else to pushthe pace. While my training had gonewell, we have a toddler who does notsleep. Ever. It’s been over a year sincemy wife and I have slept for more thantwo consecutive hours. We were upmost of the night the night before therace. Those factors, plus the injury, mademe a little skeptical about running a PR.

Fortunately, Joe Goetz and Bob Adamswould be in Fort Oglethorpe race morn-ing and offered to run part of the coursewith me. Bob picked me up at mile oneand ran to the half marathon checkpoint;Joe ran from mile two to mile 14 with me.By the time I reached Bob, I was alreadyall alone. The splits looked like this: 6:01,6:05, 5:57, 6:04, 5:53, 6:01, 6:00, 6:05,6:02, 6:06, 5:54, 5:58, 6:09. We crossedthe half marathon timing mat at 1:19:08.When I PR’d in 2012, I hit the half at1:18:36. I was a little behind that year’space, and again, skeptical of hitting a PRthat morning. As Joe was leaving me, Iran mile 14 in 6:00 and mile 15 in 6:05.Just as I passed 15, one of the bikemonitors informed me that I was aboutfour minutes ahead of second place. Iwas feeling good, but you never knowwhat to expect in a marathon. In 2011,

I paid no attention to the competition andpushed the pace. I hit the wall pretty hardat mile 19, and my six minute milesturned to seven minute miles all the wayin. I was passed during the 23rd mile bythe eventual winner. I still earned secondplace, but that was a feeling that I didn’twant to have ever again.

On this day, I decided to pull back onthe throttle. I figured if I slowed 5-10seconds a mile, I wouldn’t be pushing thelimits of my body and would be able tocruise on in for the victory. The follow-ing miles (16-21) were 6:04, 6:05, 6:13,6:11, 6:13, 6:21. There is an out andback section at mile 21. As I wasreturning, I saw Juan Soto, the secondplace runner, and I calculated that I wasabout three minutes up on him. If thisguy is running 6 minute or just under 6’s,even if I can maintain 6:30s all the wayhome, I’ll be able to hold him off.

I remember reading a recap from MebKeflezighi after he won Boston in 2014.He talked about enjoying the last mile;making it a celebration of sorts. The waythis course is laid out, I’m passing halfmarathoners (who are on their way to thefinish line) as I click off the last severalmiles. It’s amazing how inspirationalthey can be. They are cheering me on,hooting and hollering as I am passingeach one. Miles 22-25 were 6:12, 6:20,6:17, 6:25. My left calf began to crampat mile 25.4 as I was exiting the Battlefieldvia a service road. With less than a mileto go, I took Meb’s advice. I startedgiving thumbs up and fist pumps to theeach half marathoner as I passed eachone. When I finally crested the last hill toBarnhardt circle (the last quarter mile ofthe race), I could see the finish line in thedistance. Mile 26 clicked at 6:32; myslowest mile, but who really cared at thatpoint? The calf cramp seemingly wentaway and I started gliding down the hilltowards the finish line. As I crossed theline, the cannon let out a thunderousboom; Chickamauga shoots a cannon for


reports from club members on recent out of town road races

KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!KTC ON THE ROAD!reports from club members on recent out of town road races

2014 CHICKAMAUGABATTLEFIELD MARATHON

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the winners of each race, a sound thatNEVER gets old! Final time read 2:41:07.Not a personal best, but another victoryto add to the record books, and thevictory I had promised my 16 month oldson. All I wanted was to hug my wifeand boys. As Ron Bush with the Chat-tanooga Times Free Press and John Huntwith the Chattanoogan started talking tome, I dragged them with me to findKristy, Jackson, and Karson so that wecould have a family moment.

The Female “Winner”?

After I had finished the race andaccompanying interviews withthe local media, Kristy and I

started walking toward the car to changewhen we heard the cannon go off againaround the 2:55 mark. I am alwaysinterested to see the first female cross theline. Mutual respect for the fellow win-ner, plus curiosity for the time she posts.We thought the cannon was for HughEnicks, the 55 year old phenom, who haswon the marathon three previous times;a sign of respect from CTC for this year’sGrandmasters Winner. Since I didn’t seea female on either out-and-back sectionof the course (mile 9-10 and mile 21-22),I figured the first female finisher wasn’t tocross the line until at least 30 minutesafter I did.

When I saw the initial results posted,I saw Tabatha Hamilton’s time of 2:55. Iwas a little surprised, but figured I had

just missed her. Kristy and I surmisedthat the cannon being shot must havebeen for her and not Hugh, since his guntime was 2:54:51.

When we got back to Knoxville Satur-day night, I saw that results had beenposted. I clicked the link and noticed mysplits (1:19:08 for the first half, 1:21:59for the second half). Again, out ofcuriosity, I looked at Tabatha’s split.2:06 for the first half marathon split? Noway. There had to be some kind of errorbecause running 49 minutes for the sec-ond half would be a new world record bymore than nine minutes – man or woman.As the race director for the CovenantHealth Knoxville Marathon, I’ve seenchip read errors before and tried to thinkthis one through. The way this course islaid out, you start north of theChickamauga Battlefield and run twomiles through a service road until youenter the battlefield loop. The loop iseleven miles, including a one mile (halfmile out, half mile back) out-and-backsection that you run from mile 9 to 10.They have you do the loop twice (so youdo the out-and-back section twice, thesecond time at mile 21). While runningthe marathon, I crossed the half mara-thon split mat on the loop at exactly 13.1miles (with the 1:19:08 split). Finishingup my second loop, I was passing slowermarathoners who were doing their firstloop, and crossed the mat again at 2:29.The mat is laid out just after mile 24 onthe second loop, approximately two milesfrom the finish line. My first thought wasmaybe she didn’t cross the mat on herfirst loop and it only read on her secondloop. However, there is no way she wasahead of me by 23 minutes to that point.So the 2:06 must have been her halfmarathon split time. What happened

from 2:06 until she crossed theline at 2:55? Since no one sawher on the course (Hugh saidhe did not see her anywhereon the course; if she was thatclose to him, surely they wouldhave passed each other at themile 21 turnaround section).My guess is that she neglectedthe second loop and wentstraight to the finish line. Withit being about two miles fromthat mat, she would have thenrun 15 miles by the time shehit the line.

However, why did it take her 49minutes to do two miles? Her pacethrough the half was about a 9:37 permile. So why would it take her 24minutes per mile to do the last two miles?More on that later.

I read the article the Times Free Pressposted late Saturday. She said she set apersonal record (PR) by “six or sevenminutes”. I don’t know a single runnerwho cannot rattle off their PR’s like it is theirdate of birth. She also said in her article thatshe was from Trenton, GA. She works onBattlefield Parkway. She ran the samemarathon (with the exact same course) in2011. That year, it took her 4:48.

I always try to give people the benefitof the doubt. Perhaps she signed up forthe full, was tired when she got to thesecond loop, and just bee-lined to thefinish line. Maybe upon reaching it, shegot caught up in the moment (and per-haps a bit spacey from running a longdistance) and started talking to the re-porters and rolled with it. Maybe shewas so novice that she thought that justrunning one loop was a half marathon,and that they said she was the firstwoman to complete the half.

But the more I think about it, I believethat this was premeditated.

♦ 49 minutes to cover the last twomiles. I believe that she looked at previ-ous race results (Jessica Marlier won in2013 in 2:52:58. Kaye Starosciak won in2011, the same year Tabatha ran previ-ously, in 2:58:17.) She knew that some-thing sub-3 would be a realistic winningtime, but she couldn’t finish faster thanthe first men. So she waited until theopportune time to cross the finish line.There are ample areas in the woods alongthe service road that she could hide untilthe time was right. Heck, she could havewalked it in, blending in with halfmarathoners, until she reached the visibleBarnhardt Circle and then sprinted it in tomake it look like she was fast and finish-ing the full.

♦ Familiarity with the course. Shehas run the marathon there before. Shelives minutes from the course. Sheworks minutes from the course. My


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and community schools (total studentpopulation ~6,550). He is developingthis program to begin in January 2015,at Christenberry Elementary and oneadditional school, with an initial goal ofserving with 100 children. Couch-Fikeswill serve as Program Coordinator andWilbur Hawkins as the first Site Direc-tor. Rough cost estimate is $18,600 tostart the program for 100 students,and an additional $4,500 per 100 stu-dents after starting costs. Harper an-ticipates the KTC providing $10,000/year in sponsorship for the first threeyears, with the remainder of the fundscoming from grants and sponsorship.The program targets the communityschools initially, then expands to theremainder of the Project Grad schools.He is hosting a meeting with theschools, Project Grad leadership, andpotential sponsors in December.Harper sees the mission of this pro-gram as getting this underserved stu-dent population running and build apassion; those who have a deeperdesire for stronger development andthe ability to compete on a largerscale can transfer to the KnoxvilleYouth Athletics program. Harper and

Adams will reach out to MartySonnenfeldt with KYA about thispotential partnership. The boardwas very supportive of initiatingthis program and Harper will de-velop a specific budget for the boardto review and include in the 2015budget for the January meeting.

Closed Board MeetingClosed Board MeetingClosed Board MeetingClosed Board MeetingClosed Board Meeting – Meet-ing was closed to board members foran update on the Executive Directorhiring process. The position has beenbroadcast via email, Twitter,Facebook, and Knoxville media andapplications will be accepted throughNovember 30th. Approximately 15resumes have been received already.The selection committee will be com-prised of board members Adams,Rebert, Young, and Huntsinger. Theyanticipate selecting 6 – 8 candidatesto conduct face-to-face interviews,and then selecting a final group tomeet with the board in January. Theboard meeting in January may bemoved to an earlier date than sched-uled to select the Executive Directorand approve the 2015 budget.

The meeting adjourned at 8:41p.m. The next meeting will be Friday,December 12th, at the Crown andGoose immediately preceding theclub’s Holiday Party.

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guess is that she runs part of the coursequite often. She knew that the two loopcourse would give her the opportunity toexecute her game plan.

♦ Interviews with the media andclaiming the overall award. Since herdisqualification, she has vehemently de-nied that she cheated and is steadfast inher story that she ran all 26.2 miles. If itwas an honest mistake or if she got caughtup in the moment, I believe she would haveconfessed and apologized by now.

At our Knoxville Marathon, we have asomewhat similar course layout. Our fulland half marathons start simultaneously,and both finish on the 50 yard line ofNeyland Stadium. They run together for12.5 miles before the half splits off to-ward the finish line. Every year, we getfolks who have signed up for the full andfor some reason (bad day, cramps, un-derestimation of the hills), opt for the halfwhen the split comes. One of two thingshas always happened.

♦ The person seeks out the timingtent. They push their way through vol-unteers, University Police, sponsors,anyone, to let us know that they regis-tered for the full but ran the half instead.They want the results to be right; theydon’t want to mess it up for their fellowrunners.

♦ We get novices that don’t knowbetter. They finish the half, grab somefood and drink, and then they head home.They assume that we’ll know that theyonly did the half. Do we?

Yes. We use METERS (Middle EastTennessee Emergency Radio Service) tospot participants running the half wearingthe full bib. They radio in the bib numbersso we can switch them in the results. Ourtiming crew also checks the top finishersto make sure that they have a 10k split, ahalf marathon split, and a 20 mile split thatcorrelate to their marathon time. If some-one only has a split at 10k and it is for a10 minute mile, there is no way that they

finished the marathon averaging 7 min-utes a mile.

Never, have I ever, seen one of thesefolks stick around for the full marathonaward ceremony and attempt to claim anoverall or age group award.

I was shocked to hear that Tabathastuck around for the awards and re-trieved the overall winner’s plaque.

The story has made national head-lines. Many people have slammed her onsocial media. Justifiably so, in my opin-ion. There is no other sport where theeffort you put in rewards you with yourresult. You cannot fake your way throughthe training, and other runners recognizeand appreciate the hard work, determina-tion, and perseverance that their fellow

runners put forth. Having someonebrazen enough to try and cheat, did notjust cheat the Chattanooga Track Club ortheir marquee event; it cheated everyother runner out there that had sacrificedso much before race day. Most impor-tantly, it cheated Lillian Gilmer. She wasthe first woman to cross the line afterrunning 26.2 miles. She believed (andjustifiably so) that she was leading theentire race. She had the joy, the rawemotion, the thrill of hearing the can-non shot, and the recognition that ac-companies the media interviews rippedfrom her. Sure she can always say shewon the marathon that day, but she lostthe real-time experience of the victoryas it unfolded. The adrenaline rush andexuberance that comes with the tri-umph is what has kept me coming backto Chickamauga time and again.

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Team Runners Market 38Health Shoppe/New Balance 28Trooper’s Bar 16

OPEN TEAM

KTC Grand Prix — Final 2014 StandingsJerry Schohl, keeper of the points

CORPORATE TEAMSTennova 36Pilot Flying J 28ORNL 11TVA 5

Health Shoppe/New Balance 36Foothills Striders 29KTC Socialites 26Tennessee Spine Running Club 11

CO-ED TEAMS

Team Runners Market 40Health Shoppe/New Balance 20Tennessee Spine Running Club 16Troopers Bar 11

WOMEN’S TEAMS

Team Runners Market 37Foothills Striders 30KTC Socialites 22Health Shoppe/New Balance 21

MASTERS TEAMS

Due to the growing popularity of the Team Competition,we’re forced by space limitations to only list top teamshere. For full standings please see KTC website.

Ethan Coffey 86Stewart Ellington 80Brent Bueche 68Ken Sirois 58Bob Cunningham 53Paul Horton 51Ron Wireman 51Stephen Lowe 50Alan Horton 48Ray Wilson 48Mark Hickey 48Brad Adams 43Keith Gemeinhart 43Larry Brede 41Ken Childs 36Bobby Haines 31Jeremy Sexton 31Jake Rhyne 30Luke Pfleger 29Greg Johnson 28Patrick Cheptoek 27Tim Gregory 27Travis Wilson 26

MALELaura Gearhiser 72Kathy Wolski 66Shirley Sirois 63Gina Rouse 60Kris Corbitt 58Robin Miller 55Becky Tener 55Caroline Grunenwald 48Andee Swann 43Alicia Teubert 43Haley Hatcher 40Missie Gregory 35Marsha Morton 34Jennifer Brigati 33Leann Adkins 32Jenny Vance 31Michelle Horton 30Brenda Fleeman 29Amy Jones 29Doris Windsand-Dausman 29Bernadette Kitzke 27Muna Rodriguez-Taylor 26Kathy Smith 243 women tied with 23

FEMALE

Trail Series Grand Prix — Final 2014 Standings

Tim Hill 875David Holmes 760Myles Smith 670Bradley Spears 500Casey Fellhoelter 455Ryan Smith 370Luke Servidio 355Scott Schmidt 320Andrew Smith 295Sho Gray 210David Worth 195Stephen Kuzne 195Andrew Pack 180Peter Foister 180Aaron Hill 175

Michelle Horton 855Andrea Ludwig 625Alondra Moody 610Desen Ozkan 525Leah Jones 395Alix Pfennigwerth 355Ellen Glassberg 340Elizabeth McCalley 295Ashley West 230Melissa Reynolds 215Michelle Morin 195Bre Snow 190Shiara Arulpragsam 190Misty Wong 175Maggie McDade 175

Laura Gearhiser 790Kris Corbitt 765Stephanie Johnson 580Kathy Smith 580Carolyn Fellhoelter 420Kim Spangler 305Sarah Brede 300Shelley Minton 210Sherrie Watts 205Michele Owen 200Karen Wilkinson 200Jennifer Parker 190Deb Meservy 190Holly Sayne 185Shawna Harp 170

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Matt Stegall 795Doug Holder 655Douglas Jones 650Pete Crowley 625Kirby Russell 430Brian Lewis 365Russell Marek 365Christopher Harris 305Matt Jernigan 295Bobby Holcombe 290Ron Blessinger 285John Fox 260Tony Owens 260Darren Stanford 260Bobby Glenn/Scott Schimmel 230


Ray Wilson, race director

REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUPAUTUMNFEST 5k

Once again we had cold tempera-tures for this year’s Autumnfestrace. We also had a new staging

area, a new distance — 5k in-stead of our traditional 8k —and a new course that touredKnoxville’s revitalized down-town, but the same great race tomake some room for a bigThanksgiving Day feast!

This year the Little GobblerKid’s Mile went up Gay Street and turnedaround in front of the title sponsor, RegalEntertainment Group’s Riveria Theatre,where they returned to the finish line toclaim a finisher’s medal, all while chasingour festive Turkey, Co-director DavidBlack.

Then the big boys and girls took overand ran the 5k. After all was said anddone, the overall winners and the agegroup winners went home with a bag ofZenEvo Chocolate, courtesy of EddieReymond. Many others took home doorprizes donated by some of our great

sponsor, such as pumpkin cheesecakefrom Calhoun’s, wine from Cork & Bottle,beer growlers from Bearden Beer Mar-

ket, and gift cards from NewBalance Knoxville, along withsocks, T-shirts, and frisbeesfrom Wilderness in theSmokies.

Among some of our othersponsors that enable us to puton this great

event were Shawn’sCustom Computers,Academy Sports, PilotFlying J, TimHathaway Realty Ex-ecutives, and our gra-cious host that came through at the lastminute, Blue Slip Winery and KreativeEvents.

Overall winner this year was ClintMcKelvey, home for the holidays toscorch the new course in 15:05. He wasfollowed by local speedster Ethan Coffey(15:29) and Yorktown VA’s Jack Little

(16:01). Top woman was Gina Rouse(18:26), who edged Caroline Grunenwaldby a mere second. Andee Swann finishedthird, about a minute back.

Among the elderly runners, notewor-thy was Grandmasters winner JonasHoldeman of Memphis (18:13), formereditor of Footnotes. Keith Gemeinhart(18:08) claimed overall Masters andMalcolm Oliver (22:28) took the Senior

Grandmasters. JasminKeller (21:02) was fastestfemale Masters runner,while Laura Gearhiser(21:21) took top Grand-masters female and BethRader (28:22) w o n

the crown for Senior Grandmasters.

As always you can review all theresults on the KTC website under theresults section. Plan on coming out forthe 2015 edition and helping the new racedirector, David Black, make it one toremember! Thanks for coming out andsupporting us this year.

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The seventh running of the NorrisDam Hard Trail Race 25k and 50koccurred on Sunday November

16th. The gun (actually itwas a car horn, we’renot real high tech in theTTT!) released thisyear’s field of 68 run-ners from the NorrisDam State Park Tea Room and pavilionarea at 7am. It was overcast and thetemperature was in the mid-30s. Lessthan 20 minutes after the start of the racethe first sprinkles could be felt and by theend of the first hour a steady rain settledin and never stopped. The rain, thetraditional butt slide off trail section, alongwith adding the dreaded Ridgecrest, Free-way and Longmire trails to the 15 mileloop, brought back memories of what therace is all about and made it one DamHard Trail Race! The intention of thisyear’s race was to make Kerry smile fromabove and I think we succeeded. Wait tillyou see what’s planned for next year!

This year’s finish line was locatedinside the main park pavilion and with aroaring fire in the fire place the 25k finishline welcomed DavidHolmes, as the OpenMale and overall win-ner, in 2 hours, 6 min-utes and 43 seconds,followed by LukeServidio about 3 min-utes later. This year’sOpen Female andoverall female winner,Elizabeth McCalley,came in third overalland finished in 2:23:52.The Male Masterswinner, DavidWinstead, came in fourth overall andclocked a finish time of 2:27:01. TheTreadin Trodden Trails own LauraGearhiser crossed the finish line first for

the Female Masters, registering a time of2:43:20. Great job trail runners! Won-der what all the road runners were doing

that day?

A couple of hoursafter the 25k winnerscrossed the finish linethe 50k finish line wel-

comed Tim Hill as the overall and OpenMale winner with a time of 4:24:45.With some scratched up bloody kneesand shins thesecond placeoverall andMale Masterswinner, BenF i t z p a t r i c k ,came in at4:33:16. Benshared with usthat he had kneesurgery lessthan six monthsprior to thisyear’s race.What a comeback! David Worth, theAT trail runner dude, finished in the topthree with a time of 4:36:50 hours.

This year’s femalewinner, Open Femalewinner and seventh run-ner to finish overall, wasAlondra Moody clock-ing a time of 5:32:14.Alondra is a mother offour and runs like a dangdeer, placing first or sec-ond overall female inall six Trail Series racesin which she competedthis year. Knoxville’svery own 100 mile ul-

tra-running chick Leah Jones came insecond place for the females with a timeof 5:50:24. Jennifer Rose from KingGeorge, VA finished out the top three

females, running 5:54:24.

Multiple states were represented inboth the 25k and 50k races. The state ofOhio was in the house with severalrunners this year. I hope you all had agreat time and pay us a visit again nextyear. It was great having you. We alsoenjoyed the company of a handful ofpeople from Kentucky, North Carolinaand Virginia. And where would the TTTbe without the crazy trail running junkies

of East Tennes-see. Thank you allfor your participa-tion.

Many thanks isdue to the QuickChicks very ownTracy Lee andPaula Umbergeralong with MindyMoore and AllyGregory-Moorewho endured a

long day of rain and cold to be the BestAid Station Volunteers Ever! Also manythanks to my Nature’s Fountain GirlsLisa Brown and Angela Prather for as-sisting my lovely wife Paula with theStart/Finish Line aid station and soup bar.And then of course, as always, thanks tothe TTT Gang, most of which got to runwhich is what I was hoping for.

On a final note, next year’s race willcontinue the tradition of the 25k but weare going to take one giant step into therealm of ultras by changing the 50k raceinto a 50 mile race. The race will be sureto have the difficulties and challenges thatthe Norris Dam State Park and NorrisMunicipal Watershed generously offers,along with a few surprises, but all in allwe will work hard to keep up the NorrisDam Hard Trail Race tradition of beingone Dam Hard Trail Race.


HICKORHICKORHICKORHICKORHICKORY DICKORY DICKORY DICKORY DICKORY DICKORY DOCK,Y DOCK,Y DOCK,Y DOCK,Y DOCK,THE RUNNERS CAN’TTHE RUNNERS CAN’TTHE RUNNERS CAN’TTHE RUNNERS CAN’TTHE RUNNERS CAN’T

BEABEABEABEABEAT THE CLOCKT THE CLOCKT THE CLOCKT THE CLOCKT THE CLOCKJerry Monroe, race director

The 2014 Treadin’ Trodden TrailsSeries came to a wet, splashy endat The Trail That Can’t Be Con-

cord on December 6. With the rainfalling and the runners running, it wasa fun filled morning with a great turnoutdespite the weather.

This 6.8 mile trail race was a predic-tion run in which participants predictedtheir time and ran without a watch,phone, or GPS (sundials were allowedbut for some reason, none were utilized.)Typical separate gender or age categorieswere not used, except in determination ofGrand Prix points.

The best prediction was notched byMyles Smith, who finished third overallwith a swift 1:04:55, just five seconds offhis prediction. Second best was BrandonLambert, whose seventh place time of

1:11:40 was only 20 seconds off.

When all was said and done, MattStegall not only finished first overall (andscored the third best pre-diction, just 47 secondsoff) but clinched his2014 overall MaleMasters champion-ship for the series, thusearning free entry into the entire 2015TTT Series.

Also earning Series Championshipsand free race entry into the 2015 serieswere Tim Hill, who outpointed DavidHolmes and others for the Open Maletitle, Michelle Horton, who topped speed-sters Andrea Ludwig and Alondra Moodyfor the Open Female crown, and TTT’sown Laura Gearhiser, who earned theMasters Female championship by edging

Kris Corbitt in the closest of the four races.

The fastest female on this soggy daywas Shiara Arulpragasam, who raced

around the course in1:09:22, top womanand fourth overall.

Not to be outdone,the winners of the

Kids Trail Mile were Maci Brede andJesse deLisle. All you older runnersbetter keep looking behind you for thesefast youngsters ones coming up the trailsbehind you!

Thanks to the many volunteers whohelped make this race possible and flowas smoothly as it did. This would not bepossible without you. Thank you! Withthe first race of 2015 only a month away,we hope to see everyone out on the trails.

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2015. It is here! What a wonderfulway to start the year, running with645 of your closest friends. The

brisk 30 degree January morning didn’tstop our amazing crew of volunteers andthe dedicated running community.

Calhoun’s and Smoky Mountain Brew-ery once again hosted the New Year’sDay 5k. This race has continued to growin size, and this year even of-fered a few extra steps.

A small group of young-sters started the morning withthe 400M kids run. Seeingtheir bright eyes and shiningsmiles was a good reminderwhy we all get out on a coldmorning and do these events. A few ranwith their parents to finish the kids race

while others are in training to tackle a 5kof their own.

After a few words from our interimExecutive Director, Kristy Altman, thenational anthem was played and the run-ners were ready to startthe 5k race. While thecourse had a smallsnafu, runners finished

with greattimes and extra smiles.

Stewart Ellington andRebecca McDowell were thefastest overall male and fe-males, respectively. Our old-est participants were LarryAcuff and Wendy Williams,

while the youngest were Stephen Telferand Olivia Hees.

Special congrats to the first 100 maleand female finishers who received theirNew Year’s Day glass.

Once again thanks to our sponsors-Calhoun’s Restaurant, Dick’s Sporting

Goods, Tim HathawayRealty, and EnduranceSports Management.

I personally want tothank Kristy and Jason Altman, Troy andLindsey Rebert, and Sara Webb for all ofyour help making this another successfulyear. As always, it is so very importantto have support to stage any event, butthe KTC community and their group ofvolunteers are simply amazing. Greatjob, everyone. Thanks for braving an-other New Year’s morning. See you nextyear for the 2016 New Year’s Day 5k!


KNOXVILLE TRACK CLUB APPRECIATES ITS FINE SPONSORSPATRONIZE THEM WITH DELIGHT AND GRATITUDE!


Covenant Kids RunCovenant Kids Run2015 Registration Form

March 28, 2015

FILL OUT COMPLETELY • PRINT CLEARLY • ONE ENTRANT PER FORM

First Name Last Name

Birthdate mm/dd/yy / / Age on Race Day Gender (M) (F)

Street Address

City County State Zip

School

Grade (Circle one) K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Shirt Size (Circle one) YS YM YL YXL Adult S Adult M

Parents and guardians may run with their child if they wish. For safety reasons, adults will be required to wear a bib/runners number to accompany the child on the course. Every child who enters the event will be given two bibs with the same number—one for the child and one for the accompanying adult. Each child receives ONE complimentary bib for an accompanying adult or guardian. If an additional adult wishes to participate with the child, please complete the “Additional Entry - $5 Fee” section of the registration form. No one is allowed on the course without a bib. For lost parent/child reasons, the child and adult bibs will both contain the child’s information. NOTE: Additional Entry - $5 Fee” does NOT include a t-shirt for the accompanying adult.

PARENT or GUARDIAN ENTRY / EMERGENCY CONTACT

First Name

Last Name

Phone - -

Email . ADDITIONAL ENTRY - $5 FEE

First Name

Last Name

By indicating your acceptance, you understand, agree, warrant and covenant as follows:

In consideration of your accepting this entry, I, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby, for myself, my family, my heirs, executers, and administrators, forever waive, release & discharge any and all rights & claims for damages & causes of suit or action known or unknown, that may have against the Knoxville Marathon, The Knoxville Track Club, Covenant Health, The City of Knoxville, Road Runners Club of America, Altman Consulting, and all other political entities, all independent contractors & construction fi rms working on or near the course, all Knoxville Marathon Race Committee persons, Offi cials & Volunteers, & all sponsors of the Marathon, & the related Marathon Events & their offi cers, directors, employees, agents & representatives, successors, & assigns, for any and all injuries that may be suffered by me in this event. I attest that I am physically fi t, am aware of the dangers & precautions that must be taken when running in warm or cold conditions, & have suffi ciently trained for the completion of this event. I also agree to abide by any decision of an appointed medical offi cial relative to my ability to safely continue or complete the run. I further assume and will pay my own medical & emergency expenses in the event of an accident, illness or other incapacity regardless of whether I have authorized such expenses. Further, I hereby grant full permission to the Knoxville Marathon and/or agents hereby authorized by them, to use any photographs, videotapes, motion pictures, recording, or any other record of this event for any legitimate purpose at any time. I further understand that there are no entry refunds, exchanges, transfers or rollovers, and that the event may be cancelled due to severe weather conditions, natural disasters, or threats to local and national security including suspected terrorist activity. I understand if I use a MP3 player, IPOD, headset, cell phone or other electronic device while participating in the event, I will do so in a reasonable way using common sense and awareness of those around me. I have read this waiver carefully & understand it.

PARENT/GUARDIAN MUST SIGN BELOW TO COMPLETE THIS ENTRY FORM

___________________________________ __________________ Signature of Parent or Guardian (Required) Date

PAYMENT INFORMATION

Entry Fee

10/1/14 - 2/15/15: $152/16/15 - 3/15/15: $20 At Expo/Day of Race: $25

Additional Entry: $5

TOTAL FEE:

Mail completed entry form and check payable to Knoxville Marathon PO Box 53442Knoxville, TN 37950

ENTRY FEE IS NON-REFUNDABLE__________________________For offi ce use only

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First Name: Last Name:

Gender: M F Age on 3/29/15: Birthdate / / *Shirt size: S M L XL

Address: City: State: Zip:

Phone: ( ) – Email:

Employer: Projected finish time: : : (required for points in the Fittest Company Challenge)

Emergency contact: Emergency contact phone: ( ) –

By indicating your acceptance, you understand, agree, warrant and covenant as follows:

In consideration of your accepting this entry, I, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby, for myself, my family, my heirs, executers, and administrators, forever waive, release & discharge any and all rights & claims for damages & causes of suit or action known or unknown, that may have against the Knoxville Marathon, The Knoxville Track Club, Covenant Health, The City of Knoxville, Road Runners Club of America, Altman Consulting, and all other political entities, all independent contractors & construction firms working on or near the course, all Knoxville Marathon Race Committee persons, Officials & Volunteers, & all sponsors of the Marathon, & the related Marathon Events & their officers, directors, employees, agents & representatives, successors, & assigns, for any and all injuries that may be suffered by me in this event. I attest that I am physically fit, am aware of the dangers & precautions that must be taken when running in warm or cold conditions, & have sufficiently trained for the completion of this event. I also agree to abide by any decision of an appointed medical official relative to my ability to safely continue or complete the run. I further assume and will pay my own medical & emergency expenses in the event of an accident, illness or other incapacity regardless of whether I have authorized such expenses. Further, I hereby grant full permission to the Knoxville Marathon and/or agents hereby authorized by them, to use any photographs, videotapes, motion pictures, recording, or any other record of this event for any legitimate purpose at any time. I further understand that there are no entry refunds, exchanges, transfers or rollovers, and that the event may be cancelled due to severe weather conditions, natural disasters, or threats to local and national security including suspected terrorist activity. I understand if I use a MP3 player, IPOD, headset, cell phone or other electronic device while participating in the event, I will do so in a reasonable way using common sense and awareness of those around me. I have read this waiver carefully & understand it.

Please Check OneMarathon

Half Marathon

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Mail-in entries must be postmarked by 3/13/15. Only online entries accepted after 3/13/15. You may photocopy this form.

Entry Fee (see table):

Signature (Parent’s signature and printed name if participant is under 18 years of age) Date

Mail entry form and check payable to:Knoxville Marathon PO Box 53442Knoxville, TN 37950

* Marathon, Half Marathon, and Relay entries receive technical shirts in women’s or men’s cut; 5K shirts are unisex sizing.

P L E A S E P R I N T

All race packets will be distributed at the Expo only. There is NO Race-day packet pickup. NO EXCEPTIONS! 4-person relay teams must have 4 people. 2-person relay teams must have 2 people. Please submit forms together. Relay fees are per participant. For the marathon, half, and 5K, you may enter as a team through your employer with as many people as you would like. The top three times on your team will

count for special team awards.

Registration Thru 8/12/2014- 12/1/2014- After At ExpoPeriod 8/11/2014 11/30/2014 2/15/2015 2/15/2015 3/28/2015

Marathon $60 $70 $80 $90 $100

Half Marathon $45 $55 $65 $75 $85

2-Person Relay $45 $55 $65 $75 n/a

4-Person Relay $30 $40 $45 $50 n/a

5k $20 $30 $30 $35 $40

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ARTICLES: Anyone who wishes to write or submit photos pertinent to the running community are invited to send copy, photos, and letters (preferably bye-mail to [email protected]) to the editor, Michael deLisle, 1633 Helmbolt Rd, Knoxville TN 37909, or call (865) 548-4718. Copy and art deadlines arethe 15th day of each even numbered month (Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec). Publication is bimonthly, beginning with the January issue, and is usually mailedon or about the 7th day of the month. We cannot take responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, but if you send a SASE, we can generally return these items.Contents © 2015 Knoxville Track Club.

JOIN THE KNOXVILLE TRACK CLUB: The KTC meetings and races are open to anyone who is interested in physical fitness through running.Membership includes the award winning magazine FOOTNOTES, monthly business meetings, program meetings, KTC road trips, the annual picnic/awards banquet and the Christmas party. To join the KTC, fill out this application and send it with the appropriate fee to the membership chairperson atthe address indicated.

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KTC MembershipWe want to welcome all new (and renewing) members to the Knoxville Track Club

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Event ScheduleEvent ScheduleEvent ScheduleEvent ScheduleEvent Schedule

Knoxville Track Club Events are in BOLD type. For more details about regional races, see race calendars inRunning Journal. Check the KTC WEBSITE http://www.ktc.org or call KTC HOTLINE 888-217-5635. Seeenclosed entry forms for details about particular races. Race entry forms are often available online.

JANUARY1 Knoxville - 9:00 am. CALHOUN’S NEW YEARS DAY 5k. See entry form in November FOOTNOTES.

14 Knoxville - 9:00 am. Run 4 Their Lives. See info on KTC Website.

18 Maryville - 2:00 pm. WANDERERS TRAIL RACE & KIDS TRAIL MILE. See enclosed entry form.

24 Lenoir City - 7:30 am. CALHOUNS TEN MILER. See enclosed entry form.

FEBRUARY7 Straw Plains - 9:00 am. STRAWBERRY PLAINS HALF MARATHON AND 10k. See enclosed entry form.

14 Knoxville - Zen Evo Chocolate Lovers Valentine 5k. See info on KTC website.

15 Maynardville - 2:00 pm. DARK HOLLOW WALLOW 11 M/5 M TRAIL RACE. See enclosed entry form.

MARCH1 Paint Rock - 8:30 am. WHITESTONE 30k AND TEAM RELAY. See enclosed entry form.

7 Knoxville - 9:00 am. BE A HERO Be Great 8k. See enclosed entry form.

7 Sevierville - 8:00 am. Warrior 10 Miler and 5k. See info on KTC Website.

8 Knoxville - 9:00 am. DIRTY SOUTH TRAIL HALF and DIRTY DOUBLE TRAIL MARATHON. See enclosed entry form.

14 Maryville - 8:30 am. PRC Superhero 5k. See info on KTC Website.

14 Knoxville - Lucky Kidney 6k Race. See enclosed entry form.

15 Pikeville - Fall Creek Falls Trail Race. See info on KTC Website.

28 Knoxville - 6:00 pm. COVENANT KIDS RUN. See enclosed entry form.

29 Knoxville - 7:30 am. COVENANT HEALTH KNOXVILLE MARATHON, HALF MARATHON, 5k. See enclosed entry form.

APRIL4 Knoxville - 9:00 am. I.C. KING OF TRAILS RACE. See enclosed entry form.

4 Maryville - 8:30 am. Resurrection Run. See enclosed entry form.

11 Knoxville - 9:00 am. GREENWAYS 5k and 2 MILE DOG JOG. See entry form in March FOOTNOTES.

18 Knoxville - 8:00 am. Run for Autism. See enclosed Spring Fling Registration form.

25 Knoxville - 8:00 am. DOGWOOD CLASSIC 5k. See entry form in March FOOTNOTES.

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Join us on 9am on Saturday, January 3 — and every firstSaturday of the month going foward — for our new group runfrom the Western Plaza Runners Market location. The firstrun will tour the 5½ mile Greenway / Sequoyah / Noeltonloop and be followed by coffee and refreshments in the shop.All runners invited to join in the fun.

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