The Two Rivers Meet Team

Special thanks to an amazing group of people for their help in putting this on.

Brian Thomas

Tom Kell

Nancy Wilson

Sgt Laura Koch

Dale and Gayle Brooks

John Turk

The Two Rivers Running Team

Les and Maryan Thimlar

Donna Gaus

Arleigh Movitz

Patty Walters

Donna Gaus

Amy Mackreth

Ross Turk

Nancy Smith

Maureen Kennedy, Cailin, Brian and Gabe

Coach Crystal Davis and Team

Founder and Mascot

Paula Turk

Paula graduated from Adams HS in South Bend and went on to get her marketing degree from IUSB. After college, she headed west to Palo Alto, California worked for Harris Corp in Marketing and later Apple Computer. Years later, she went on to found Main Event Marketing based in Redwood City, CA. Paula has 20 years of experience organizing corporate and private events worldwide.

Paula's found a passion in running about ten years ago. She has run in over a dozen marathons including Boston, New York, San Francisco, Humbolt, Sacramento, Nashville, and Paris. She is also a veteran of a few ultras and the Death Ride in California.

Three years ago, she started training for triathlons and is now a member of the Triple Threat Triathlon group. This year she signed up for her 2nd Ironman in Madison in September. She is also a USAT Certified Race Director.

Stone Soup Mascot

A little over a year ago, my neighbor knocked on my door with a one pound piece of fur in her hand which she had found IN HER CAR ENGINE. My neighbor had to go to work, could I just feed it for the day and she would deal with it when she got home. Well, long story short, we kept this little ball of fur and Wild Thing has developed many dog-like features...comes when called, plays fetch and is so fearless that she is quite a daily dose of happiness and a reminder- you can change your stars!