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Spencer, Schulz Favorites at InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon
The 2nd annual InStep Icebreaker Indoor Marathon will be held on
Sunday at the Pettit National Ice Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Julie Spencer of Baraboo and Dana Schulz of Germantown are among the top
runners in the field. Spencer was the female winner of the 2009 Fox Cities
Marathon in 2:45:07 while Schulz was a top 20 finisher in the 2009 Green
Bay Marathon in 2:46:38.
The inaugural race, held in January 2009, reached its capacity of 100
runners the day before the race. This year the capacity was expanded to
120 runners and filled up in late October. The 120 spots include 40 which
were reserved for runners who signed up for the Gold Medal Challenge.
Those runners will do both the marathon and the half marathon, which will
be held the day before the marathon.
The Icebreaker is held on the running track around the U.S. Olympic
Speedskating Oval at the Pettit National Ice Center. The running track is
approximately 443 meters, which comes out to 95.4 laps around the track for
a complete marathon. The course has been USATF-certified.
The field includes runners from 15 states including California, Florida and
New York. In additional to Schulz, last year's second-place finisher,
Albertus Rohling, and third-place finisher, Matt Sveum, are among the
favorites on the men's side.
The winners of the Gold Medal Challenge will be the male and female with
the lowest total combined time in the marathon and half marathon.
Some of the area's top ultra-marathoners have registered for the Gold
Medal Challenge. All finishers of the "double dip" will receive a gold
medal while finishers of the marathon will get a silver medal and half
marathon finishers will take home a bronze medal. The Pettit National Ice
Center is an official U.S. Olympic Training Center and recently hosted the
Olympic Speedskating Trials.
The event is organized by InStep Running & Walking Centers, which has four
locations in the Milwaukee area. Chris Ponteri is a part-owner of InStep
and founder of the race. InStep sells a wide variety of running shoes,
apparel and accessories, and also offers clinical services such as physical
therapy and massage therapy aimed at runners.
The full marathon and two half marathons are all sold out. The Marathon
Relay is near its capacity. The relay is perhaps the most unique event of
weekend. Teams of 2-4 runners will run a full marathon in a "tag team
format", meaning they can switch runners as often as possible. The field
is limited to 100 teams and registration has been very strong for this
event although there are still spots available.
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