Run 200 miles. And refuel. Deschutes had a pretty good night and we would like to endorse (completely unofficial) the Black Butte XXVII imperial Porter. Nothing eases the lactic acid in the legs like 11% abv.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Made it to the Coast! Probably finished fifth overall
It was fun to go back and forth with a couple teams around our speed: initially GE (3rd) and then Bullseye running club from Maryland (4th).
Made it!
Unofficially fifth. This weather has been nuts. The wind is blowing consistently at 20 mph, gusting up to 30. They actually *closed* the beach due to "flying debris". And the rain has ranged from light sprig showers to cloudburst in minutes. Even with all that, the anchors for van 2 wound up running strong closing legs.
Van 1 is done! Van 2 bringing it home
Having some local beers. We dropped to fifth place by a few minutes in spite of beating our projections. Stiff competition!
Go van 2!
Friday, August 28, 2015
Dawit just started leg 14 in Portland
5 minutes down from GE, a few minutes up on a couple other teams.
Van 2. Signing off (for now)
Must say this is a lovely night to run and the volunteers have been amazing. Brent cruised so now David is back out there for seconds, of legs and time.
Here are the vans conferring at the exchange.
Leg 11 is in the books
Brent is out there now. Little smattering of rain felt nice in this 80° Portland night!
Legs 1-4 down, neck and neck with GE
Van 2 is chilling at Sandy High School
We should get underway in a few hours. Until then, the pb&j, goldfish crackers and pop tarts have come out. And so it begins.
Boarding at SFO
Getting pumped. We land in PDX in a few hours and then head to Mt. Hood. Rain is in the forecast...
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