BATD on March 23, 2013

2^nd  BATD

- Saturday, March 23 2013 at 9:00 am

Trophies

A little cold weather didn’t send The Sole Sistas back into hibernation, nope! Approximately a dozen Sole Sistas and 5 guys from the Hub Club, (LOL, see explanation in paragraph below) showed up in Ozark, IL on Saturday, March 23, 2013 to run the BATD. 

Fellow Sole Sista, Lindsay Gamster, was the hostess with the mostess of this event.  She did a fantastic job.  It was very well organized, the course was amazing and well marked, and her volunteers did a great job too.  See our Q&A with Hostess Lindsay below.

The website says:

“This 5K run will push you to your limits both physically and mentally. You will encounter tight trails, open fields, creek crossings, steep hill climbs, log crossings, and other natural obstacles found at no other race in Southern Illinois.”

           

Sole Sistas representin’

            Lindsay Gamster – Hostess – 2^nd BATD and Placed First Overall Female

            Teresa Hobbs– 2^nd BATD

            Beth Sutton – 2^nd BATD

            *Marybeth Davie – first race ever and 1st BATD

            Rachel Grant – first BATD

            Jennifer Murphy – volunteered to work

            Christine Burtis – Placed First in her age group – 2^nd BATD

< Christine Burtis,  her husband and her boys all got first in their divisions, Way to represent!>

            Heather Morris – 1st BATD

            *Kylie Fox (Beth’s future niece) – first race ever and first BLMJ

            Haley Steinmetz (Beth’s future stepdaughter)- first BLMJ

Shout out!

There were some gals from Saline County that Sole Sistas want to give a shout out to:  Brittany Hodson, Stacy Knight, Maura Williams and Jennifer Parks (left to right in picture).  It was their first BATD.  They rocked it from their fun socks to their finishing times.  Maura took first in her age group too.  Awesome job gals!

Future of Sole Sistas

One of the great things about our running group is being a role model to the next generation, and getting them involved in an active lifestyle.  We always like it when our Little Sistas come and participate.  Haley Steinmetz (Beth’s future stepdaughter) and Kylie Fox (Beth’s future niece) ran in the Bad Little Mama Jama. The night before race the girls laid out their outfits and cold weather gear.  That night, they also decided they needed to do jumping jacks, sit ups, push ups, etc. to help them get ready for the race. I woke the girls up around 6:30 a.m.  They were sleepy but they weren’t complaining.  It was cold the morning of the race, but the stayed bundled up, I called them “Blanket Ninjas.” They were very excited about the race and it was so cute watching them do their stretches right before the race.  This was the first “Bad Little Mama Jama” race for both of them.  It was Kylie’s first race ever.  Haley’s first Kid K was Oct 2012.

Hub Club

We are working on a name for the group of guys (boyfriends, husbands, future husbands, friends etc) who run with us.  For now, or at least for this weekend, we affectionately called them “The Hub Club”.  <We are open to suggestions>.  The guys who were representing last weekend were: David Morris (Heather’s husband), Randy (Beth’s fiancé), Israel Burtis* (Christine’s Husband), Mike Grisham (Beth’s future uncle-in-law) and Grant Gamster (Lindsay’s husband) didn’t run, he was in charge of operations.

*Israel took First Overall in his age group.

 

For more Pictures, scroll down to the bottom

Q&A with Lindsay

SS = Sole Sistas (Questions asked by Beth Sutton)

LG = Lindsay Gamster

SS:  How did this race come about?

LG:  I got back into running in January 2012 when my youngest son was 1year old.  I had a few pounds to lose but mostly just missed the feeling of competition.  I ran a lot in my early 20s and was pretty decent and wanted to feel good about something physical again.  The BATD was actually my husband's idea.  He thought "we have all this beautiful land and trails, why not have a race out here?"  Also, it is a very difficult time to be a small business owner, so our business, Vitamin T Sun Spa, sponsors the race and receives the much needed race proceeds.

SS:  How would you describe this race?

LG:  Very difficult.  Much harder than any other 5k I know of.  Several ppl have commented that it is tougher than the Warrior Dashes.  The ridiculously steep and long hills in the BATD set it apart from any other course I've ran.

SS:  How long is it?

LG:  Just over a 5K.  3.2 miles by GPS.

SS:  How many were registered?

LG:  80 ppl pre-registered and we ended up with right around 100 total runners on race day, including the kids race.

SS:  How many registered last fall?

LG:  Not as many. 

SS:  What do you get with registration?

LG:  Entered into the most awesome 5k trail race around!  It's your choice whether or not to pay the extra $5 for a nice t-shirt.  Not everyone wants race t's so we have it set up where you can choose to order one or not.

SS:  What did top finishers receive?

LG:  A super awesome bad ass trophy with a beast ripping it's shirt off!  And even though I forgot to hand them all out during awards, winners also received FREE massage gift certificates at Vitamin T Sun Spa.

SS:  What was the best time this race?  Last Race?

LG:  Sept 2012 best times:
Male 27:22
Female 27:39

March 2013 best times:
Male 26:42
Female 30:03

SS:  When is the next one?

LG:  Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 9 a.m.

SS:  Any thing new to expect at the next one?

LG:  We may change the trail just a bit - not sure yet

SS:  Where can someone find info about this event? FB and website?
LG:  www.vitamintsunspa.com, www.badasstraildash.com, Bad Ass Trail Dash on FB has the most info.

SS:  Do you have a list and/or pictures of the people who placed?

LG:  Pics will soon be up on the FB page and badasstraildash.com

SS:  Want to give a shout out to anyone? Volunteers? Husband?

LG:  My husband, Grant Gamster, put up with a lot of stress from me for weeks before the race.  It is a lot of work to coordinate and plan these events.  It makes it more difficult to participate in the race I'm organizing.  So, yes, I would like to thank the greatest husband in the world and all my awesome volunteers that worked their butts off for me.  I appreciate them all so much!

Don’t Miss the next one

If you haven’t ever experienced a trail run before, you need to go ahead and mark your calendars for the next race, Saturday, October 5, 2013.  After I completed my first BATD in September 2012, I said “Now that I have bragging rights, I am NEVER doing THAT again.” But yet I was back out there last weekend, and I took 5 minutes off of my time.  I WILL be back out there this October too and I am going to try do even better.  It’s addicting, you will love it!