Crossed the finish line!

the relay for life was this weekend. it was amazing. i enjoyed my van driving responsibilities and hopefully did a good job of taking care of the runners in my van :-)

haven't heard any complaints so far...

check out my Van 1 posse in the pic...

friday night we were supposed to have dinner with dean karnzes, but he didn't show up...something about a flight delay. we were disappointed, but definitely felt better when we got to see him the next morning at the relay start! go team dean! some of our runners actually got to run with him for some of their segments.

everyone on the team did amazing! there was so much energy, it didnt matter that we didn't get more than 1-2 hours of sleep the entire weekend. right from the start in calistoga to the finish on the beach in santa cruz was a rush of energy and excitement. kudos to the Slow As Molassas team!

you can see all the pictures here

http://picasaweb.google.com/amit.rele/RelayForLife2008

cole slaw is the new salsa

5 days left till the Relay! After all these months of anticipation, it's finally here! We leave Friday afternoon to drive up to Calistoga. There's a dinner with Dean Karnazes (author of the autobiography Ultra-Marathon Man) that night. I am almost finished reading his book - have just a couple more chapters to go. Then the Relay starts Saturday morning and will wrap up by Sunday evening.

I'm the "official" Captain of Van 1, so runners 1-6 from our team will be with me. It's my job to make sure our team's runners get to their start points on time, give them water along the way, clock their times, etc... Oh and I'm also the official photographer of Van 1! Exciting stuff!!

Check back next week to see some pictures and hear about the run.