The unofficial results are in! (I think) we won the corporate division for the second year in a row! We all joined Craig, our anchor runner, in a ceremonial jog across the sandy finish line. Eddie, Blake and I jumped in the frigid waters after vacillating a bit in the shallows, only to watch an older lady jump right in with no hesitation. After the dip, we joined the others to relax a bit in the beer garden while a rock band played on a beach stage.
Despite a train crossing that held us up for 10 minutes in Portland and a few other minor logistical hiccups, we finished with a time very close to last year's. The official time and results will be available on the Hood to Coast site likely in the next few days.
Thank you Eddie for the many hours of hard work organizing. And thank you to Kerry and Megan for fearlessly piloting the ships and putting up with 12 smelly runners.
-MK10K
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Friday, August 26, 2011
Portland!
After a solid set of performances from van 2, Craig handed the snap bracelet baton off to Mary Liz, van 1's first runner, in Portland. Van 2 is off to track down a well-earned pie from a local pizza shop. For van 1, it's back to work. Headlamps, hills and 24 Hour Energy ahead.
-MK10K
Van 2 gets to work!
Clean hand off and van 2 is in business. It's really hot on the course and people are needing lots of water.
Latitude is up!
Follow us on Google Latitude! All night! Since it's Friday night and you probably have nothing else to do :)
Mary Liz, Blake, Gretchen and I were discussing how it would be cool to have an app so we can see our current status in the race.
Wow. We just picked up Eddie as he was skipping down the road in his knee-high compression socks. He'll probably say it's some sort of cool-down routine, but I think he just likes to skip.
-MK10K
Van one is DONE ... with Leg one
Big Cat Higgins just wrapped up van one's legs under a brutal late afternoon sun. Earlier, after their blisteringly fast downhill legs, Blake and Mary Liz talked strategy for dealing with the bottom of their feet, which were looking quite gnarly. To pop or not to pop? It's a tough question this early in the race. Luckily we just stopped at a Walgreen's to pick up some mole skin, since I believe they both elected the former.
We're actually not 100% sure if Nike Bowerman started with us. If so, we're not too far behind.
Since we've never started this early, the heat has been a new challenge to deal with. But the worst of it is over. And Eddie just pointed out that we will get awesome tans ... and Blake just suggested getting a Google tattoo on his chest for next relay.
-MK10K
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