Team Piraña’s TIR Top Tens

Top Ten Best Things:

1. Our incredibly supportive families and friends who kept up with us via the web and posted great comments.
2. Spending two nights at the Farmhouse in Shiner (Mav’s idea). Thanks Mike!
3. Watching Goose tear holes in two (count em, two) pairs of shorts, one right after another!
4. Free beer at Shiner (on Friday, not during the race.)
5. Best Crew in the World (ok, that was us, but we really appreciated each other!)
6. Getting to watch Mav change clothes in the van.
7. Handles in the Porta-Potties (by the end of the race it was the only way we could get back up!)
8. Other Teams that were supportive, fun and great to be around.
9. Glimpsing the Monument as we crested the hill.
10. The tears in our eyes at the finish. We were glad to be done, but sad that it was over.

Top Ten Worst Things:

1. Trying to find a postcard in Gonzales (there aren’t any.)
2. We didn’t train for the heat and humidity (it was cold in Oklahoma)
3. Terrible cell reception for first half of race (made updating the web site tough.)
4. Early teams (i.e., us) beat the volunteers to the first 6 or so exchange/aid stations.
5.  Porta-Potties WAY to far from the exchange points (we think we ran an extra 10 miles just visting the john!)
6. A driver in Shiner yelling, “Take your jack**s home!”
7. Other Teams that were not supportive, broke the rules and didn’t play fair.
8. The Smell (us, the van, roadkill, us, drainage ditches, us, roadkill, etc.)
9. Well meaning, but poorly informed people on the course relaying bad info, i.e., “You only have 7 miles left!” when we were running a 5.5 mile leg.
10. The trip being over (we were having too much fun!)