Run To Rodney: The Texas Independence Relay
I'm running tomorrow and Sunday to get to the San Jacinto Monument to hear Rodney Hayden play after we're done running 203.67 miles from Gonzales.
Man, we've been talking about this for almost nine (9) months and we're now under 24 hours from starting our run! Of course, Coppell's Scott Eppelman has already started and I assume that Dr. Chris Rampacek has too. (I believe Dallas' Rochelle Frazeur was a scratch.)
I'm really hoping this all goes well for Jay and Joy Hilscher. They are such great people and they've thrown their heart and soul (soles too!) into this. This event, I believe, will never have a "corporate feel" to it - even with their presenting sponsor, Luke's Locker.
It's too bad that J.D., Barbara and Jessica won't be able to complete the journey with us, but we're looking forward to Tommy, Katy and Adrienne doing their best and have a blast with us this weekend.
We made a last-minute leg switch that makes our projected time to finish go up from 31:07 to 31:14. Joe will now be running the short leg 8 and I'll be taking on a few more miles in leg 10, but this is being done to ensure Mr. Carey can make all three legs at his projected pace. (That's still about 30 minutes ahead of Bill's team's projected pace.)
I still think the story of this team is pretty incredible. We have runners from Pasadena to Lufkin, Huntsville to Lake Jackson and many points in between. It's hard to believe that the first "Blogger" gathering was almost three summers ago at Run The Woodlands 5K. Jessica, Vic, Sam Rodriguez, Sarah, Edwin and I'm not sure who else was there, and then we had a bigger group in December 2005.
We've had some great times together and this weekend will simply add to it!
If you're reading this, it is because you're my friend and while you may disagree with me and some of my opinions and viewpoints, you'd never stab me in the back!
P.S. -- Bill, after being wiped out all week, I got in a 40-minute progression run on the treadmill last night, picking up the pace every 5 minutes. Take your Durango hat with you. Mine's already in the van. It will look good on the post-race pictures with Rodney!
Man, we've been talking about this for almost nine (9) months and we're now under 24 hours from starting our run! Of course, Coppell's Scott Eppelman has already started and I assume that Dr. Chris Rampacek has too. (I believe Dallas' Rochelle Frazeur was a scratch.)
I'm really hoping this all goes well for Jay and Joy Hilscher. They are such great people and they've thrown their heart and soul (soles too!) into this. This event, I believe, will never have a "corporate feel" to it - even with their presenting sponsor, Luke's Locker.
It's too bad that J.D., Barbara and Jessica won't be able to complete the journey with us, but we're looking forward to Tommy, Katy and Adrienne doing their best and have a blast with us this weekend.
We made a last-minute leg switch that makes our projected time to finish go up from 31:07 to 31:14. Joe will now be running the short leg 8 and I'll be taking on a few more miles in leg 10, but this is being done to ensure Mr. Carey can make all three legs at his projected pace. (That's still about 30 minutes ahead of Bill's team's projected pace.)
I still think the story of this team is pretty incredible. We have runners from Pasadena to Lufkin, Huntsville to Lake Jackson and many points in between. It's hard to believe that the first "Blogger" gathering was almost three summers ago at Run The Woodlands 5K. Jessica, Vic, Sam Rodriguez, Sarah, Edwin and I'm not sure who else was there, and then we had a bigger group in December 2005.
We've had some great times together and this weekend will simply add to it!
If you're reading this, it is because you're my friend and while you may disagree with me and some of my opinions and viewpoints, you'd never stab me in the back!
P.S. -- Bill, after being wiped out all week, I got in a 40-minute progression run on the treadmill last night, picking up the pace every 5 minutes. Take your Durango hat with you. Mine's already in the van. It will look good on the post-race pictures with Rodney!
posted by WalkSports.com | 8:05 AM
5 Comments:
I'm fired up! Bags already packed. I just hope I wake up at 1:30 AM Saturday. Do we need to call Sarah and wake her up??
I'm counting on Dave to make sure you're ready to go.
But wait, the race isn't in Clear Lake ... so Sarah's good for this!
I should be getting some sleep now. I didn't get much on 6E this morning on the red-eye, even with it being first class.
It was kind of cool that we were almost on the toll road at the same time this morning.
Good luck Bloggers! Tear it up!
JUST because we wouldn't stab you in the back, DOESN'T mean we wouldn't push you or taze you to the pavement.
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