B2B Assignments

We've got a great looking team for this year's Beach to Bay and enough speed to threaten our team record of 3:38:10 (2007). For the "record", team Mid-Texas Symphony first ran B2B in 2006, with a finish time of 3:43:04.

First things first! Beach to Bay is May 15th. We gather the day before. Hopefully, most of us can meet at packet pickup late in the day for bib and chip (for leg 1 and leg 6 runners) distribution, last minute instructions and to have a good time. Packet pickup, as always, is at the Holiday Inn-Emerald Beach Hotel.

Here are proposed leg assignments:
Leg 1 - David Horne
Leg 2 - Maeve Goetz
Leg 3 - Holly Murphy Brackin
Leg 4 - James Baker
Leg 5 - Jonathan Hager
Leg 6 - Fred Ramirez

Here's my thinking on the assignments. David is a great runner, he can drive to the Bob Hall Pier starting line without having to go through Corpus, and he's got more experience than most of us in running on the beach. Maeve could be our anchor, but Fred asked for that assignment already and he's a gutsy finisher. Maeve can burn it up on leg 2. Holly is running her first B2B, so I thought maybe the bridge on leg 3 would be fun for her. Eventually, if we keep coming back, we'll all get to run that leg. In the past I've run leg 1 several times, thinking in a sense it is the toughest leg (the captain swallows the bitterest pill) given the unpredictability of the surface, the two way traffic, and the congestion. I've never run leg 4 and I hear it is also a tough row to hoe, so I'm trying it this year. Jonathan has been our anchor each year he has run with us, but since Fred requested the anchor leg we'll let Jon put on his show on leg 5.

Please let me know any issues or concerns and
Happy Running,
James