With Ragnar Socal this weekend, my thoughts for the week have turned to the Hood to Coast relay. I inherited a team from Tyler Abbott in 2009. I started running with this team in 2005 and haven't missed a year since. David Volk actually introduced me to the team, just as he introduced me to Team Challenge last year, somehow that guy is always ahead of me when it comes to finding cool stuff to do. Tyler works for Santini foods so for years the team was known as the Santini Extra Virgins as the submasters division requires that every runner be 30 years or older. I believe we have a streak of 20+ division titles and we've consistently been in the top 10 for all of the years in recent memory.
I could write a book about all of the experiences I've had at this race. And maybe I'll do that tomorrow. But for now, I'm going to let photos tell the story.
2005
Tyler rocking the tank top.
These guys typically go for a shakeout run the morning after
2006
Glen, 2nd from the left, has a few top 10 finishes at WS
2009
Brian Scott and Molly Kline in the foreground.
My first year without Tyler
And our last year with 2 teams meeting up before the start
2010
With Ken Bauer, Charisa's dad, as sacrificial lamb
Mike Davies has a few sub 2:30 marathons in the books
I was a little fired up for this
So I started out hard and hung on for dear life
I love downhill running
The pacific ocean in Oregon isn't quite as warm as so-cal
I miss the skinny days
Mt. Hood is beautiful, even in the summer
It's actually hard to run fast 3 times in a row
2011
Bert gets the baton
Our first female submasters teammate, Lana, held her own
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