Steve felt frisky and ran a good 20 seconds / mile faster. Ang smoked her leg. Mike and Kris ran the dirt roads of leg 20 and 21 that lined their lungs with dirt.
My leg second leg (22) was a quad burner. About 1.6 miles to gain close to a thousand feet followed by 5.1 miles of steep down hill. Average pace uphill around 7:40/m. Average pace downhill about 6:03/m. Net result, quads feel like hamburger.
Only Flash came through unscathed so we'll see what happens. It won't be long as Van 1 is almost half way done. We just passed Jullian on the road. Kris yelled for him to "slow down!"
I think we're betting the meltdown play.
Pic is from the Van of runners on the road for leg 26. We're blasting by hundreds of such runners as we make our way up the road to the leg 30 exchange where we take over for the last time.
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Look forward to hearing the results. I love Oregon country---I am guessing that the team does not have much time to contemplate or enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteNot true! Since you are basically driving at running pace (on average), there is a lot of time to appreciate this great state. Only about 20% of the course is urban. The rest is rural - very rural in some cases! - and the scenes quite pastoral. There isn't even cell service for nearly half the course.
ReplyDeletePart of the fun is figuring out when the other van is going to show up!