At Work teams take on Foodie 5K

Posted April 09, 2017 7:30 am

By Tiffany Brandt tbrandt@dailyherald.com

Laurie Penkava, from left, Nadia Willis and Landon Willis from Team Landon's Angels get pumped to run a sunny Foodie 5K. Submitted by Melissa Carnrite

When's the last time you ran or walked 3.1 miles?

For some of the Fittest Loser participants, it was on April 1 at Cantigny Park in Wheaton.

The race was on a beautiful morning with plenty of sunshine after days of dreary clouds and rain.

Blythe Marinelli, team captain of Heavy Hitters from The Salvation Army Central Territory, shared her 5K wisdom, "You gotta run at the start line and then run across the finish line and what happens in between, stays in between!"

The Northern Illinois Food Bank provided a few complimentary passes to the Cantigny Park Foodie 5K, and a discount to all Fittest Loser participants. Officials with the Geneva-based Northern Illinois Food Bank said the race raised at least $91,000 to support its mission of providing food on a wholesale basis to 800 food pantries across Northern Illinois.

More Foodie 5K fundraisers will be held May 13 at Independence Grove in Libertyville and Sept. 9 in Romeoville. For details, see nifb.convio.net.

Laurie Penkava, from left, Heather Smith, Landon Willis, Melissa Carnrite and Nadia Willis from Landon's Angels have a bonding moment before running together at the Foodie 5K. Submitted by Melissa Carnrite.

Blythe Marinelli, from left, Karen Bremer, Wally Bremer and Sandi Hartman of Team Heavy Hitters from The Salvation Army Central Territory arrive at the starting line for the Foodie 5K at Cantigny Park. Submitted by Blythe Marinelli

Members of Team Heavy Hitters with friends celebrate completion of the Foodie 5K at Cantigny Park. It was the first 5K race for a couple of the members of team Heavy Hitters. Submitted by Blythe Marinelli

Kelly Neurauter, from left, Grace Smiley and Emilia Malysko, members of Thin it to Win it from Clearbrook, complete the Foodie 5K at Cantigny Park. Submitted by Emilia Malysko

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