Are you Ready?

The race notebooks are completed, I have a few van decorations done and I am trying to get a few extra zzz's before Friday. Not having much luck with the last item, but looking forward to another driving marathon.

When you see the van driving/assignments, it will look like Van 2 is taking a leisurely drive through the countryside. Although Van 2 does have it kind of light the first day, the new "thought" behind the hotel stopover in Sealy, TX has both vans testing their runners. This will be the first time that we have assigned some runners to run two legs without the van having downtime. This doesn't mean back to back legs, but it will definitely test endurance. For example, when Van 1 goes active at 6:00 pm on Saturday evening, it will do a haul of 8 legs. With only six runners in the van, that means that two "unlucky" runners will be running two legs. That falls on Dorian and Fred, the younger of the Van 1 bunch. This 8 leg stint is what will give van 2 the rest they need for their long haul, which starts after midnight on Sunday. Van 2 will be short a runner or so, but they also have a few younger legs than Van 1. The task of running two legs without the van going into a "rest" falls on Jonathon and Maeve. Of course, this gives Van 1 some needed downtime and rest. Whew!

All I can say is: Power to the runners! Y'all will need it.

See y'all on Friday!