What'cha Got Left?

My intentions had been to shoot a lot more pictures, especially of the various handoffs throughout the race. In fact, one of the considerations in lining out the leg assignments was to vary the handoffs in order to create a bit more interplay amongst our runners. Not that anything extraordinary was needed in order to foster the camaraderie on the team. I love the feel of friendship and respect which we have and I thank each of you for making that so.

All of this is in explaining why I didn't get a picture of that final sprint at the transition from leg 38 to 39. As Alan rounded into that final stretch and his handoff to Liz, both he and the runner from another team burst into full speed, responding to the question "What'cha got left?" This was a jaw dropping experience for those of us fortunate enough to have been there.



Jaw dropping also was our overall effort. Surely we benefited from the 12 runner rotation, but we also got some great contributions from everyone on the team, from Alan's opening leg to Jon's final leg, from Liz's long leg 3 to Maeve's toughing it out in the heat and humidity on leg 36. Let's everyone pat ourselves on the back and be thankful at once for the efforts of our teammates.

Finally, I want to thank each of you for running with the team and making this the team effort it was. Thanks for your cooperation. Thanks to those who drove the vans, navigated, exhibited such patience with the u-turns (I can only refer to van 1 here), and to all of you for journeying on in the dark and well beyond any frailties and limitations. You were and are great!