For immediate release

Van 2 finished their first set with University of Portland in sight. Van 1 takes chase.

Van 1 into Portland

Legs 1 through 6 are in the books. Brett and Arjun handled Mt. Hood like champs. And then Jeff, Ben, Matt and I held to the infamous team spreadsheet and opened up some time on our projection.

Taylor is *crushing* it on the driving. We had one navigation snafu at exchange 5 that she handled like a pro. Kerry would be proud.

Six legs down

Van 1 capped off our first six legs with Big Cat knocking a good two minutes of his projection. Sandbag award? Only time will tell.

Overall we are over 7 minutes ahead of the projection and leading the second pack. Nike BAC, U of Portland, and New Balance are out front. Van 2 is on the course.

Made it to PDX

Made it to Portland where conditions are ideal for running. Team feeling good.

The Mother of All Relays

Time again for our annual pilgrimage to lovely Portland, Oregon for Hood to Coast.  Be sure to follow along as we look to improve upon last year's third place finish.

The team is looking as strong as ever.  The hay is in the barn, and we're chomping at the bit.

Google1 first! Google Too fourth!

At long last, we made it to Santa Cruz!  Google1 crossed the finish line first overall in 18 hours 20 minutes 16 seconds, a whopping 49 minutes faster than last year.  Perennial rivals DSE Racing finished a not too distant 16 minutes back.  Congrats to them for putting up a fight the entire way.  That's what makes these contests so worthwhile.

Our sibling team Google Too finished in an impressive 20:21:50, good enough for fourth overall and second in the corporate division.

Lastly, a special shoutout goes to fellow Googler Nick Shelton and his team Kidney Garden Heroes for finishing the race despite being short of a few runners.  As with all the other teams, Nick's team was raising money and awareness for Organs 'R' Us.  Nick himself will be donating one of his kidneys to his brother in a couple weeks.

Morning runners are unleashed

We are on to the final set of runners descending the curves to Santa Cruz. 4 legs left and the team is in high spirits. We appear to have cushion on the next team, but the pace has not relented as each runner is gunning to make their predicted split.

Santa Cruz here we come!