The mountain to sound relay, a.k.a. 100 miles in one day. Amos' idea. I'm not that much of a masochist. | Brilz on the mountain bike, finishing the first 18. See his helmet? It's from Fred Meyer, bought when he realized he forgot his while en route to the race. | Me on the road bike, beginning the next 50. | The crew waiting at the park for me to finish my leg. There is a LOT of waiting in a 9+ hour race | Brilz & Gil getting the kayak going. Gil's third time EVER in a kayak. | Photo of my sorry state after I boinked... I tried to keep up with old men bikers going 21 mph on rolling hills. I got my ass handed to me. | Gil. Paddling. | Reaching the end of Lake Washington and handing off to Amos, our half-marathoner. | Man, I only wish there was a skateboard leg of this relay! | Waiting for Amos. | Megs really, really waiting for Amos. It's hard to have to guess when people will finish. | Here he comes. This is right before he passed me and I chased after him taking pictures. Those didn't turn out so well. Obvs. | And Meg's is off. Shortly after this, she took a wrong turn, due to a poorly marked course, and does a very nice 7 mile run instead of the expected 5.3 | Finishing up at Golden Gardens, where I am running in with her for moral support. Man, do my arms look funny when I run. It's like I'm marching. WTF? | 9 hours, 33 minutes, and 50 seconds later, we are Done. Beer and victory hotdogs for all.
Awesome! I've always wanted to do a long relay race like that. I've been thinking about doing the Ragnar Relay up in Bellingham next year, or Ski to Sea.
ReplyDeleteDude, I am exhausted just reading and looking at those photos. You all are awesome!!!! I am seriously impressed.
ReplyDeletePlease don't take this the wrong way but you are crazy!!! I would have said F*ck the race and gone straight for beer and hotdogs :). Awesome job truly!!
ReplyDeleteholy crap.
ReplyDeletevery, very impressive!
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