Hood To Coast 2002: Whoop Ass Van 2
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It was a long, long, relay, as driver I managed only a couple of hrs sleep during the whole ordeal but at least I didn't have to run any of the legs, especially during the dust bowl section (at night no less). The best of it was that our van managed to over take and beat that obnoxious Liberty team, now if we'd only grabbed a headband as a souvenir.
How'd we do?
CHIP AGE PLACE SEX
NO. NAME CITY & STATE RACE # SEX AGE TIME DIV OVERALL OVERALL PACE
816. Whoop Ass With Energy! Seattle, WA 389 M 0 29:59:38 213 / 282 816 / 984 778 / 923 9:05
At the start we had some time, so we spent it decorating the van
Everyone was eagerly waiting to cheer Dave on during our van's very first leg
Then it was Ken's turn
Our timing was a bit off, Bill made the handoff from Ken, but the photo-op was gone though Ken doesn't look all that tired now does he?
Because it was early, we didn't have a clue on how fast Bill was really going to run his leg, not even time to take a picture, then Lisa was off, but I was in better form at the end of her leg and actually got the handoff to Beyonda.
It wasn't quite dark by Lynn's leg, but it was pretty close, and reflectors and flashlights were mandatory
At the Van exchange was about the only time we saw the other group
The second set of legs was basically in the dead of night, challenging everyones stamina
But it was dawn (and crowded driving) as we were late for a few exchanges before the next van exchange.
Yes, the port-a-pottys were not usable
I tried to get Lynn during her run, but wasn't sure if that was her
Oh, there she is.
Dispite the driving, the decorations stayed on pretty good, especially the big G on the grill
Here we are eagerly anticipating that Beyonda had closed the gap with Team Liberty, and she had, by 2 minutes, still, there was 5 minutes for Lynn to make up on the very last leg.
Here we all are at the finish, no group run, no finish line pictures, all because Lynn was so fast that she made up the 5 minute gap, and then dusted Liberty to the finish (easily by 2 or 3 minutes at least) easily worth the wait.
Here's all of Van 2 right before we left for home .. the van was clean, but still a bit smelly.
Of course we can't forget our "name" sponsor, but I did forget the name of that "special" water we were given. The best was the attempted distribution of cans of Whoop-Ass, especially at slow moving exchange points.
