Blue Ridge Relay - RunOther


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Asheville, North Carolina
United States
70F / 21C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 31h 47m 53s
Overall Rank = 75/106
Age Group = Open Category
Age Group Rank = 33/45
Pre-race routine:

We left Greenville SC a day before the race and traveled to Boone NC and stayed there for the night. Early the next morning we left to drive another 1.5 hours to the Grayson Highland State Park in Virginia. Our team was seeded for 7.40AM. We arrived with a lot of time to spare, to pick up the race package and snap the team pic.
Event warmup:

We watched our first runner warm up! :-)
Run
  • 31h 47m 53s
  • 211.3 miles
  • 09m 02s  min/mile
Comments:

Our team "Do Not Resuscitate" consisted out of 12 awesome people... We had very different running levels on this team, but everyone supported each other through the easy, moderate, hard and very hard legs of the race.

More detail here: http://applestrudelandpeachcobbler.blogspot.com/2009/09/2009-blue-r...
What would you do differently?:

Nothing... This was a team effort and everyone gave all they had.
Post race
Warm down:

Waited for our last runner on the finish line, got a group pic there and then jumped in the car to drive back home and to finally get some sleep.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Our team was AWESOME! We did this race dead on our pace predication! YEAH US!

Event comments:

No drink stations, b/c this is a self supported race.

This race is great and we definitely plan on going back. We caught the relay bug out there. The volunteers were super friendly even in the middle of the night. The teams help and support each other. The course is tough, but you get treated with the gigantic views.




Last updated: 2009-06-01 12:00 AM
Running
31:47:53 | 211.3 miles | 09m 02s  min/mile
Age Group: 33/45
Overall: 45/106
Performance: Good
Course: Over 14,000 feet elevation loss and over 12,000 feet elevation gain on a route through the Black and Blue Ridge Mountains between Grayson Highland State Park VA and Asheville NC. Mostly on back country roads with amazing scenery.
Keeping cool Average Drinking Just right
Post race
Weight change: %N/A
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 3
Physical exertion [1-5] 3
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 5