Hood To Coast 2009…

Still catching up on blog posts – this one happened a few weeks ago. Once again, we managed to make the cut in the yearly lottery for the Hood to Coast Relay. This was our sixth go ’round and our third partnered with the crew at Stumptown. There was a lot of build up to this year. I had folks telling me that they wanted in a year in advance. Turns out, talk is cheap – when it came down to the last month we were scrambling to fill our spots.
One of our super duper regulars secured her spot in perpetuity – thanks Jill, and first-timers Morgan and Amber rose to the occasion, as well. Amber’s rallying cry of “I got this” became a team mantra by the end.
There were a couple of hiccups – our van got lost in the deadly Gresham Triangle, but otherwise the race went off without a hitch. We had ample amounts of delicious coffee with us (although the combo of too little sleep and food with too much coffee can do strange things to a body).
We had some great hook-ups this year: sweet hoodies from our pal Adam at Golden Rule Design, van usage from the boys in the band, and homemade energy bars from our next door neighbors at Moxie. Thanks!
We also saw the triumphant return of Rita and Jason to the ranks of HTC volunteers (the folks who tell you where to turn on your run) and a new addition to the crew – Alex. Thanks guys!
It was an awesome, if painful, experience all around and hopefully, we can do it again next year.