Next race: Rebel Invite

This Saturday 9/2 is the rebel Invite at UW Parkside. This is the premiere course in the midwest, it is also the only course that we run twice every year. This will be a much bigger meet than last week and the competition will be much better. On the boy's side teams to watch will be Catholic Memorial, Tremper, and Marquette. Memorial has finished second behind us at State for the last two years. They are returning almost their whole varsity intact. They are convinced that this is their year to finally put us in our place. They have no idea how good our incoming freshman class is. Kenosha Tremper considers this to be their home course and they are not happy that we seem to find a way to beat them every now and then. Marquette splits their team in half because of it's size. I don't know if they will bring their A or B team.

The 5K course for the guys is very challenging. The first mile is essentially uphill and the grass can be long at this time of the year. The second mile has a lot of fast downhill back in the woods. The third mile consists of a series of rolling hills that separate the runners from the wannabees. The finish is slightly uphill for the last quarter mile.

The ladies run a shorter version that skips the rolling hills.

The schedule looks like this:

9:45 JV girls
10:15 Freshman Boys ( 4K)
10:45 Varsity Girls
11:15 Varsity Boys
11:45 JV boys
12:45 Open 4K

Anyone can jump in and run in the open race. In the past Bill H. and Dom have run and placed.

UW Parkside is a good hour away. There is a map over on the schedule page but mapquest seems to have an odd route. I prefer these directiions:

From Milwaukee take I-94 E to exit 339 (Hwy. E) on the north side of Kenosha. Look for UW-Parkside sign on freeway. Go east 4 miles to the stoplight. Continue about one mile to the first left turn. Look for the UW-Parkside parking lots on your right. The course is at the bottom of the hill below the parking lots.

The course is across the street from Petrified springs state park. Parents will want to get there around 9:00 especially if this is your first time. This is a course that requires a fair bit of moving around if you want to see more than just the start and finish.

See you there !