Reach The Beach Relay

I guess it depends on your definition of "short" running legs, as they vary from 2-9.5 miles and a runner will average about 16 miles over three runs. I've done the race several times now and its an absolute blast. Especially if you have a fun group as you'll be spending a lot of quality time together over 24 hours. It's hard to describe, but a lot of fun. Some of the legs are challenging, the terrain is hilly, but everything is very well organized and probably the best I've run of these 24 hour relays.

Do it. I went to Hood to Coast with a contingent from New Orleans and it was fantastic.

For anyone (I'm going to post this OVER and OVER)...I'm now with a group going to RTB and we had a nasty attrition rate. I have a full 12 spots up for grabs...if anyone knows of a group of seven or more (10 is better, not everyone has to run 4 or more legs), PLEASE have them post.

Reach-the-Beach was one of the best running experiences I've had. I did it in 2006 and 2007. One year it was clear, the other it rained. If you are doing the harder legs, you really have to be in great shape. The experience with 5 other folks in the van is priceless.

I think it's important that a team consist of either folks taking it seriously (within reason) and people doing it for fun.

JoeGarland wrote:

Reach-the-Beach was one of the best running experiences I've had. I did it in 2006 and 2007. One year it was clear, the other it rained. If you are doing the harder legs, you really have to be in great shape. The experience with 5 other folks in the van is priceless.

I think it's important that a team consist of either folks taking it seriously (within reason) and people doing it for fun.

The last part is critical. I know a team (several people I ran with or knew through running) from Hood to Coast. 3 of the guys (who tend to be jerks--the folks who run 36 min 10K but think they are hot shit) wanted to be on the "fast" team but there was no space so they agreed to go on the lower key team. One guy actually yelled at a woman on the team because she was slow in getting something to eat after her run. He thought they should be rushing more. She had done Hood to Coast before and knew exactly what she was doing and how much time they had.

Love the relays!

Simply great, better scenery than HTC in my opinion, but not as big. Definitely go for it.

I am two-timer and it rained hard each time, but we had a blast. Everyone was there for fun, but ran hard when it was time to go and supported each other when it was not. There are some people that I would not want to be in a van with for 24 hours, but I have done 5 200 mile relays and every minute of each one was a blast. The only downside maybe that it is tough to warm down if you end up logging a lot of miles so take warm downs seriously or you can get "Marathon" sore afterward.

Pics. of wet tee's in the rain? Jus' keepin' it real.