The Trekking Tekkies had a stellar Portland to Coast walking relay.
Summary points:
- we broke 24 hours for the course
- we came in 6th overall out of 400 walking teams
Fun bits:
- too many engineers loading the van, cartop carrier, and strapping the big oscilloscope model on the top :-)
- A woman stopping us as we headed out of the sleeping area, wondering what was on top of the van... "I thought it was a toaster!"
- Talking to an acquaintance on another team before the start of my last leg... Her: "oh, there comes the BLONDE! She blew by us like we were standing still!" Me: "she's on our team. Gotta go..."
Good things about being so fast:
- we were ahead of the crowds
- we racked up (as a team) over 200 roadkills
- the blue rooms still had the wrappers on the tp
- getting street parking right at the Pig and Pancake in Seaside
I was driving at the beginning of the second set of legs (think 4am...). Every time we stopped to wait for our walker, I'd take a little nap (nano nap). Then I'd wake up and drive some more. This was making some other persons in the van nervous - I was falling asleep way too readily. And here I thought it was an excellent randonneuring skill. Guess it doesn't translate. In any case the other person offered to drive, so I got to REALLY sleep before my leg. My second leg is #35 - the one that goes for 7.28 miles along a logging road, with no van support. Vaguely uphill, not always paved. Last year I did something to my hip flexor, and, upon finishing, couldn't walk all too well. This year I could walk - the hip flexors were fine, but the quads and calves were grumpy.
Upon returning home, I took a long nap, got up, ate dinner, and went to bed. :-) I'd say I'm getting too old for this, but the Rumpled Old Men hang in there just fine...
Results are here: http://results.racecenter.com/2007/ptcw07.htm (yes, we are a men's team - we have fewer than 6 women)
More pictures are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/20084214@N00/sets/72157601662201834/
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