Fort2Base Hits Successful Stride on First Run

Last Sunday morning, a new tradition was born in the northern suburbs of Chicago. The Fort2Base race, an 11.5-mile course, was inaugurated with runners starting at Fort Sheridan and ending at the Great Lakes Naval Station.

The route that equaled 10 nautical miles used the Green Bay Trail to get participants from Point A to Point B. Most of the runners hailed from Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, though some came from as far away as Virginia and California. Among the 785 runners, three reside in Highwood and 26 in Highland Park.

There was a shorter 3.4-mile course that had participants stay within the naval station grounds.

Awards were given to the top three male and female finishers in the overall, master and wheelchair categories.

The names and completion times for Highwood and Highland Park participants in the 11.5-mile run are as follow:

Highwood runners

Jeffrey Bott, 1 hour, 19 minutes, 30 seconds.
Margaret Lipka, 1:50:03
Brian Pastroff, 1:34:56.

Highland Park runners

Dennis Rodkin, 1:25:44.
Jonathan Rubenstein, 1:25:45.
Luis Gonzalez, 1:28:30.
Brendan Nash, 1:32:26.
Anatol Arber, 1:32:30.
Bill Parthun, 1:35:56.
Sean Maita, 1:38:06.
Jeff Zaluda, 1:40:37.
Todd Budnik, 1:40:38.
Dean Gerber, 1:42:58.
William Edenbeck, 1:46:01.
Aaron Ferrer, 1:47:16.
William Smithson, 1:53:54.
Sarah Eggerichs, 1:53:54.
Mark Formosa, 1:56:05.
Richard Markowitz, 1:57:34.
Susan Elmer, 2:03:52.
Tina Anderson, 2:06:12
Paula Barrette, 2:08:19.
Charles Dickson, 2:11:37.
Aimee Eickmeyer, 2:12:37.
Joni Friedman, 2:12:55.
Marla Gilbert, 2:14:49.
William Eickmeyer, 2:24:59.
Jennifer Forestiere, 2:33:05.
Jeffery Karros, 2:36:32.

View the slideshow above to see photos of local runners taking on the longer course.