Hi everyone. Just sitting at the Broadwater Inn, enjoying the view and I'll upload tons of photos. The race is over, everyone was a little stiff and sore after but in great spirits non-the less. I'll give you the low by blow for the race. Dave started us off on the leg one.... great run and he's such an old pro he had no nerves at all. He just rolled in, pulled off a great run and cruised around the rest of the race with the team.
Judith then headed out to leg 2..... awesome run,,, got a bit hot but cruised in nicely I (Dale) had leg 3..... very pretty leg up and and down the whole time which is perfect for my short attention span. Peter English took on leg 4 - Cape Smokey.... more fool he, but he is seriously strong and performed so well he moved our team out the the basement - standings-wise. Ed Heakes - leg five found it very hot and that big hill out the blocks took the woof out of him. Finished smartly though and and enjoyed it none the less. Mitch - our ringer from Calgary ran leg 6 - the sneaky relentless leg. Really demonstrated the advantage to training at 3,000 feet, placed way up there. Jim - had a great run on 7, steady up and finished strongly to maintain our new ranking - great pace. Lisa - had that horible hill right at the beginning - then had a faster second half than first.... some guy tried to pass her at the end - lip readers detected a NFW!!!!! and she mowed him down Chili for supper. Terry - leg 10, kicked it enduring much pain in the final 6k - toughest run he'd ever done - NO KIDDING! Peter B - leg 10 - MacKenzie - 14.5 uphill Klicks.... what a gluton for punishment - pitch black - freezing cold - what a nut-case Delilah - the darling that stepped in Thursday when we lost a runner.... what a sport! Had a great run and is hooked - she wants more next year. Chris - leg 12 had his usual solid run --- starts steady and keeps increasing his speed (I'm the opposite) Sonja - another newbie on leg 13 - flew up from Philly- what a gazelle - could have been a little warmer for her - well below zero at 2 am. Bev - leg 14 - 20 k starting in the dark and right through sunrise absolutely kicked it..... collected several male egos as she passed them by. Me - leg 15 ---- nervous but started well..... lead legs at 8 k which didn't go away until 13 - finshed but only just. Jan - leg 16 - much happier this year, well trained and had a beautiful early morning leg - did a little recruiting during the run - what some people won't do to write off a holiday! Gord - took on the glory leg after running Smokey last year - needed a little re-hydration at the end but got up the "soul-destroying" hill they don't mention in the broshure. That's the story - followed by the yacht club - beer on the lawn - the Highwheeler's amazing dinner - wine - stories, another great year!
