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Starved Rock Country Marathon 2019

Posted on May 11, 2019July 19, 2019
BLT #23 for 2019 complete at the Starved Rock Country Marathon in Ottawa, IL. 5 miles of suburbia, and 21 of farm land and hills in the state park. The regular course was changed this year due to flooding. I found the course rather dull, but the community was very supportive. I suppose it might be because I grew up in the corn crib jungles of Indiana, but I don’t find country fields all that interesting or pretty. Fun Fact: Starved Rock is the most visited state park in Illinois and the butte overlooking the Illinois River is so named due to an episode in which Potawatomi and Ottawa natives cornered a group of Illini Indians and laid siege until they starved.
For just pennies a day you can sponsor this rock in desperate need of food…
Always great to see Denis McCarthy
Ottawa was the site of the first Lincoln-Douglas debate (there were 7 held in different cities)
Mural depicting the debates
:Jessica L Johnson repping her home state.
The incomparable Evelyn Smith in her home state
Puppies!
View down the hill to the river
View into the park below
One of the many hills on the course we got to repeat
Is it me or does this rock look peckish?
Some of the flooding
Smokey says “Resist!” 😂
Who’s a good boy?
Sweet ride
Postrace beverage, medal and half a banana, because who wants a whole banana after a marathon? Thanks I’m stuffed, really… 🤣
Short sleeve shirt and cotton swag bag
I’m Mr. 205. Also let’s not put my mom’s phone number on the front of the bib for everyone to see. Party Foul

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