Well, the crewing team has made a change and Goose has replaced Big’s wife, Peggy. Mav has made it to and gone on from Exit 71. Most aid stations end up looking like weird eckletic parking lots full of people offering food and fluid to anyone and everyone. And here is Mav leaving: Meanwhile, Samsonite […]

Or at least Mav finds the strangest things. More importantly, he picks them up and runs with them. So we present the “Found on the Road Booty”

Our fearless Piranas hit a few rough spots along the way, but they still are encouraging every one else along the way! Once into Clinton T3 has decided to drop out. He has struggled with ITB issues for several miles and it is not getting any better. He had hoped to limp it along to […]

Quick update on Samsonite: 16.4 miles in at 2:26 puts the little bugger on track for a 15 hour finish! Way to go little Sammi! We’ll keep an eye on you.

At 10:48 AM today (Saturday, November 8, 2008) Garman O. Kimmel passed to eternity. Mr. Kimmell is T3’s grandfather and next to his own father, the greatest man T3 has ever known. The Pirañas were between Canute and Foss in the early miles of the Mother Road 100 when they got the news from T3’s […]

Underpass, Overpass, running fassst! Samsonite is blazing a trail! First report was at 90 minutes and just under 12 miles, that’s blazin’. But to decline for a minute, Mav and T have stopped to admire the Okie byways! At one of their many unplanned, but usual stops to lolligag, they found a sign under a […]

Beautiful weather (61 degrees, no wind), beautiful surroundings and a big bunch of crazy folks embarking on the day ahead. Race started on time and the cool oil derrick in Elk City set a great Okie backdrop.

It is early Saturday morning and the sun is just beginning to show in the eastern sky. It is calm and there is a distinct chill in the air that says fall has arrived. Suddenly the morning stillness is shattered by the sound a P!NK blaring from the Element stereo! The Piraña Brothers have arrived! […]

Packet pick-up was over and all through the town, Not a runner was moving, they all had laid down. But Mav and T3 and the rest of their crew, Were looking for dinner in Clinton (with a view). So across from the Route 66 Museum they hopped, And at the Italian Villa Restaurant for dinner […]