Pictures from the weekend

Pictures from the weekend are online here. Some of the highlights are below:

At 6,000 feet above sea level

mmmmm...sandwiches

And they're off!

Kane gives us the TP salute. Nothing like a little Oregon sunrise to create some awesome running.

The 34th (and last) handoff--Nathan to Matt

The end is in sight

At 0 feet above sea level.

A great weekend! Thanks to Google for supporting the team, the race organizers, Kerry and Kat (our drivers) and the whole team.

Race Recap

Post-race notes: Nathan claims ownership (and somewhat rightly so) of entire blog and its contents. Google 1 finishes (unofficially) first in the Corporate Men's Open Division and 7th overall. Weather was fantastic and with 11 men managed a stellar finish time of 19:41, 13 minutes under the projected pace. We dubbed the 4th leg trio (read: those who "volunteered" to run 4 legs to compensate for non-runner 12) Ghost of TP. We enjoyed a noble feast at Irving Street Kitchen in Portland, which I highly recommend. After another very, very early morning, we're all home safe and sound, albeit exhausted. Guys, as always, I'm proud of you. Thanks for another fun relay

6am @ PDX

So very, very early. Time to go home.

Results are in!

The (unofficial) results are in and it looks like Google1 has finally won the Corporate Men's Open category at Hood to Coast, placing seventh overall in a time of 19 hours, 41 minutes!

We ended up a good ten to fifteen minutes under our original projections, mostly due to some roaring opening legs that were quite fast and, well, unprojected.  Great job Van 1!  And great job to those who filled in for our missing 12th man!

Team dinner

The team finally had some real food -- some really good food -- at the irving st kitchen, before heading to crash for a few hours before flights back in the wee hours of the morning.  The sleep schedules remain crazy.

Van 1's all done

Van 1 finished up their last set of legs in excellent form. While Mike chased up a steep hill on leg 29 in ridiculous 6:13 pace, Ben enjoyed an estimated 100 kills on his last downhill leg. After refueling with burgers and coffee at the exchange, we're currently headed to the finish line in the coastal town of Seaside, OR. Let's hope we get there in time for van 2's arrival.

Eddie tears it up after daybreak

Not sure exactly when this will post since phone reception here is really non-existent, but shortly after daybreak I handed off my second leg to Eddie, who tore it up for the next five miles.  I captured some of it with my camera, including the tailend of his superman pose.