Leg 3 had some rough spots in it for BFG. Seems he took a wrong turn somewhere and got lost. He borrowed someone’s cell phone and called T3 who talked him through getting back on course. In his unique way, T3 was telling BFG where he turned wrong to which BFG replied, “I don’t need […]

The Pirana van was in need of gas (no, no one thought to fill up last night before the start) so between exchange 2 and exchange 3 Mav found a perfect place to gas up… The boys had a hard time getting Bourbon Chicken to leave. No one in the group had ever seen a […]

Leg 1 is done and done! Team Pirana rolled into the exchange point and snag the premo spot and then set about meeting and greeting the other teams. The exchange is right next to a house made famous by the song, “The Railroad Runs Through The Middle of the House.” Of course, like many things […]

It is 5:30 local time Friday morning, October 9, 2009. Goose arrived late last night and knocked on T3 and BFG’s door at 11:00pm. They were both asleep since Mav had told them he gave Goose HIS room number. This little indiscretion will come back to haunt Mav later… The boys are packing up and […]

A short video tour of the Piraña home until tomorrow morning. The boys will be up around 5:00 am to get dressed and finish loading around 6. They will leave for the start around 6:30 (about 30 minutes away) to be there an hour before their first leg starts (the race rules not theirs.) For […]

Goose is allegedly on the plane from OKC to St Louis. He was supposed to arrive at 7:35 to connect to an 8:10 flight to Louisville. The OKC flight was delayed and is now supposed to arrive in STL at 7:50 to connect with the flight now leaving at 8:15. So far so good.

What to eat the night before a race? Well, it depends on who you are. Weeble runs at 8:00am so he needs to be a little more careful, T3 runs last and won’t hit the pavement until almost 3:00pm, so he can live dangerously. Mav wanted a turkey sandwich with mustard and veggies and he […]

Team Piraña took the tour of the Jim Beam distillery. It is a beautiful place and is loaded with history. They make 750 barrels of bourbon a day and have the capacity to store 2.1 million barrels. It is amazing how simple the process is: grind up some grain, add some yeast, cook it and […]

A day of rest. A time to relax. Gather the gear, prepare the van, final prep. And maybe a distillery tour…. After a hearty breakfast at the Residence Inn Gun Show the team will be working through a short list of to-do items including getting a mascot for the run, buying groceries, driving down to […]

Thought you might like to see where the pirana will be calling home for the next two days: Downstairs ‘bedroom’ with murphy bed. The upstairs ‘bedroom’ (sometime called a loft) with a real bed: And a view of the living area (complete with lounging pirana) from the loft: The living area has a fold out […]