Hood to Coast coming up

I'm running on a co-ed team (Nike+ Running Room). Legs have not totally been decided but I'll probably do the 3 longest legs. Never done it before but really looking forward to it. I get to attend a Nike summit beginning on the Tues so it will be a nice little vacation.

I will also be running as part of the Nike/Road Runner Sports team. We will be attending the Nike Summit as well...should be a good time.

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'from good to toast' is a great team name! good luck next week

I am running on a new team named DC U Later. The team, which is scheduled to start at 7:00 pm, has the following guys:

Scott Anderson, Kent Collins, Chris Elder, Robbie Howell, Tommy Howell, Erik Kean, Andre Laboy, Tommy Manning, Charlie Millioen, Vince Sherry, Mike Smith, and Alan Weeth.

Is Team XO looking to win again, or is Bucknell going to come out and claim the victory?

Mike Smith has put together an impressive team... they should run at least 17:30. Will Mike's team be good enough to win? Who are the other front runners?

Mike Smith has put together an impressive team... they should run at least 17:30. Will Mike's team be good enough to win? Who are the other front runners?

Most of the "very good but not professional" teams -- i.e., teams with a over half-dozen sub-31:00, sub-2:25 runners -- try to stay below the radar going into the event so they can sneak up on people.

Good luck to all...as ever, I'm wishing I was going out there...

Hoyas wrote:

Mike Smith has put together an impressive team... they should run at least 17:30. Will Mike's team be good enough to win? Who are the other front runners?

I hear a bunch of broken down geezers from Wake Forest are making another assault, but since nearly all of them are married to someone of the opposite sex I don't think they're Front Runners.

say hi to brant from an old friend who survived the madness. how many of these wfu-ers go 200 lbs.?

I'm pretty sure my team is going to run "at least 17:30" as well.

Careful on that leg 9. I seem to remember last year 75% of the posts about HTC were about some guy hitting a wooden beam or something on that leg...

Keith,

I think the former Wake Forest team(Rabid Dog) is primarily the NC State team now. I think there are about 3-4 Wake guys and 5-6 State guys running this year. I'll be sitting in O-town tending to three kids and checking for updates.

Kyle

I ran it last year and had no problems, although I guess in the dark there are couple barriers that could sneak up on you.

21 was the surprise last year, since it had no mention of the dustiness, but the whole damn thing was on gravel roads with car driving by the whole time.

I ran the 9-21-33 combo back in 02 or 03 when I jumped into a slow team with an early start. Ran leg 9 in daylight so no problems, but 21 in the middle of the night was pretty scary. Due to the dust a headlamp is useless, so it's total darkness except for the headlight of passing vans. I guess if it's clear with a full moon you're OK but that year there was no natural light whatsoever. You have to sense by the camber of the road how close you are to the sides. I ran into the brush twice but avoided any major disasters.

K-Bone wrote:

Keith,

I think the former Wake Forest team(Rabid Dog) is primarily the NC State team now. I think there are about 3-4 Wake guys and 5-6 State guys running this year. I'll be sitting in O-town tending to three kids and checking for updates.

Kyle

Primary NC State? So maybe my thoughts about them not being Front Runner's was incorrect?

I also ran 9, 21, 33 a few years ago. For anyone new to leg 9, a good headlamp is a must. There are reflectors on, what seems, every other post for that trail, and none on the benches on the side. If you don't know the trail, you could end up hurdling a few benches (or hitting them).

I nearly took a spill on some of those benches because my light was not very good. I have to say, though, that after running many of the legs between 3 and 24, as well as some others, leg 9 is my favorite.

Good luck to all running the race, and if you see a Baba Yaga (women's team) van, I just might be driving it.

I ran leg 9 last year, and it was pretty sweet if you didn't mind the complete darkness and shin-high park benches along the trail.

Look for "Puke and Rally"...formerly Baby Baga Yaga.

We're going to do some damage in the co-ed ranks!