With 6 legs to go, DSE, Google, and Stanford were within about 15 minutes, in that order. Now our teammates are descending from Skyline to Santa Cruz We're getting beer for the finish. Almost done! Haven't slept a wink. Too exciting!
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Saturday, May 4, 2013
12 down. 24 to go.
The sun has set and we have climbed out of the heat of Napa Valley toward the chill of midnight San Francisco. Much attention to the pace chart has yielded some excelllent time projections and we are within 2mins of predicted pace after 6 hours of running. However we are 7mins down on DSE and 1.5mins on Stanford.
Much attention to the van rental company has not yieleded good resilts. They arrived with a 7 seater van hoping it would be an adquate standin for the expected 15 seater. We got cosy with the promise that a larger van would be delivered later. We shared Android phones to call the company and used many a burner number to get our calls answered as it appeard that the companies outgoing phone system prevented them making any return calls or answering any calls orriginating from a previously used number. Regardless, we sourced a second van! With enough seats! We were happy! And Cosy. But in the end the van vacated - we have ended up just cosy - and looking forward to some free van rentals.
So all 12 people on the team have put in some work. Solid performances all around and the race has settled down a little. However, things can go bump in the night - so stay turned for some early morning updates.
Heat is over
Van 1finished the first six legs and handed off to van 2. Cooled down by 20 degrees in the last few hours. Phew!
Friday, May 3, 2013
The Hay is in The Barn
One day out from The Relay in Calistoga and the team is rearing to go. Every year, it's important to remember that whatever training has been done or not done, there's no time to change it now -- all that remains is the race. The hay is in the barn as they say.
This year has all the makings of a barn burner -- temperatures forecast upwards of 90 degrees for our Saturday start and a few scores to be settled after being dethroned in 2011 and 2012.
Some new faces join a veteran roster and we'd like to welcome first timers Li Moore, Arjunan Rajeswaran and Woods Buckley to the team!
Stay tuned to the blog on Saturday and Sunday for updates, and be sure to follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/google1relay
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