Halloween is nearly upon us! If the day itself isn’t scary enough, the fact that it is officially the last day of the month sends shivers down my back as I have to check my quota for the month – 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 … whoa. It appears I am down a post and my fears are realized. Normally this would be more of an issue, but to be honest, I already had the topic and the related images worked up. Just needed to put some letters together and punch my ticket to the next month.
With the close of the month, thought it was fitting to feature the close of the 2017 race season.
The WhiskeyDaddle was held the weekend of October 7th in downtown Peoria, IL. Technically this was a new race for me and the inaugural running for this event. In actuality, this was more of a rebranding of an existing race than an entirely new one. I had run the previous October PNC Marathon races a couple of times opting for the half distances each time. The race coordinators (Shazam Racing) decided to transition this race to the WhiskeyDaddle to give a local flavor to the event. If you did not know, Peoria played a large part in the prohibition years in relation to the local Whiskey distillery. The race now has a Whiskey theme to it and they changed the course up a bit. Now you start in a different location and end on the river front instead of the civic center. I like to think I had something to do with that having completed several surveys encouraging them to move the finish line to a new location – absolutely no reason to waste the money to end there – the seats were mainly empty and it felt like a morgue. In addition to making the slight course change, they also added a pre-race 5K similar to the Illini Marathon. Compete in both and you get a third medal. If you know me, you know there was no way I was going to pass up the opportunity to get THREE medals.
Hit the jump to learn how this race turns out.
