Mud Creek Crawl Pt. 4, the story continues
with one virtual and two in-person events, barc continues to let richard direct the only trail race barc has on it's calendar...for now anyway. so the legend of The Crawl continues on with the pourquoi story.
the trail run originated with the tri-city nordic ski club, led by don kane, continued under the direction of john mcpeak, picked up by tri-to-finish (now dig deep) for a few years before finding a home with barc. through all of this the midland county parks and recreation department has been an instrumental partner in letting all of us run through pine haven. during john mcpeak's tenure, the mud creek crawl was a nationally recognized off-road race: _runner's world_ top 13 out-of-the-way races. we won't be that this year, but we'll endeavour to get back to that level of excellence through perseverence.
mcpeak developed a handicapping system that had times adjusted according to body type, sex, age; we'll try to get into place for this year, though we may end up with a simpler system for this year since this is the first time richard has had to deal with it. we'll give this a good college try.
as always, you can expect the usual clown show of a race experience typical of richard's "style". the course will be clearly marked, hopefully, but we still won't be able to help any of the 5k runners who decide to get another bonus 5k by following the runner in front of them. we'll work on getting an aid station out on the 10k course, there will be the requisite junk food at the finish.
shirts, for those who want them: black, sleeveless tech shirt with the logo, slightly modified to reflect this point of the story, on the left front, and the comic strip panel on the back.
looking forward to seeing you at this local fan favourite race with almost a cult-ish following.
Date: 21sep2024
