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airbornefoxtrot

2009-09-30 8:51 AM

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Subject: RE: Ragnar Relay - Cumberland to DC

29 out of 156.......can you imagine where we would have placed had we had the 12th.
Everyone rocked it! Lookin forward to the next one.
Also, turns out that theres a family friend willing to offer up her house for a base of operations for the Ragnar Las Vegas if anyone is indeed serious.
Just thought id throw that out there!
talk soon!

turtlegirl

2009-09-30 9:24 AM

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Subject: RE: Ragnar Relay - Cumberland to DC

wow fantastic job!! I'm really jealous, looked like a great time!

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Dlaxman31

2009-09-30 11:08 AM

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Subject: RE: Ragnar Relay - Cumberland to DC

turtlegirl - 2009-09-30 10:24 AM

wow fantastic job!! I'm really jealous, looked like a great time!

you should see the pictures steve has.

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JoshKaptur

2009-09-30 7:32 PM

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Millersville, MD

Subject: RE: Ragnar Relay - Cumberland to DC

Andy - that just got interesting!

The more I look at the LV course profile the more I think the scale of it might be deceiving. I mean there's no doubt it's got some major elevation changes, but I'm not sure ropes will be necessary like it seems to suggest. I'm thinking they might be mostly loooooong gradual climbs.

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ThatGirl

2009-10-01 7:32 PM

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745

Bethesda, MD/Northern NJ

Subject: RE: Ragnar Relay - Cumberland to DC

beastie - 2009-09-28 10:01 PM

And yes Christy - it is ironic that the whitest girl on the team had to run 7 miles down North Capital street. Just gave me a little extra reason to run faster!

Couldn't let this one go: there are *maybe* 4 or 5 sketchy blocks between Rhode Island and Union Station, the rest of that last leg was through some really pretty parts of DC if you take the time to look around. Those neighborhoods are waaaayyyy "whiter" than you think (and given that you literally ran right past our house across from the cemetery I'll try not to take offense or read more into that statement). Glad everybody had a good time; it was our second go 'round at DC Ragnar. Have to say I preferred last year's route down parts of the canal path, but I guess a lot of teams complained about how isolated and dark the trail was. To me that is part of the draw: the isolation of a long, hard leg with nothing but a headlamp and your thoughts. Better that than sharing no-shoulder country roads with drunk drivers at 2:00 on a Saturday morning!

I actually do know the area pretty well. I used to teach at Eastern High school and I had several clients who lived on North Capital. I wasn't stereotyping or basing on just 'the look' of the houses. I'm basing my feeling on the experiences I had teaching at Eastern and interacting with those clients.

That said - as a 5'3 female, I did not feel comfortable running through those areas alone. It was pouring rain, and people were looking at me like I was crazy. By the time I finished, it was after 6pm.

Sorry - not to seem harsh, but I'm entitled to feel the way I feel. And I am not the kind of person to judge an area without being familiar with it. Sorry that you *couldn't let this one go.*

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ThatGirl

2009-10-01 7:42 PM

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Bethesda, MD/Northern NJ

Subject: RE: Ragnar Relay - Cumberland to DC

Haha - sorry to open up on Beastie there, I just don't like being told I'm stereotyping.

I'm so proud of us for being 29! Yay team!

And Captain Awesome is going DOWN next year