Well, at least Samsonite was near the front for a while. Actually, he was in third place until he dropped at Lucille’s. Samsonite was crewed by his family and they forwarded some pics: We are not even going to explain this pic… And they’re off… Near Clinton Lake… Such a cutie… Combination road crew and […]

Mav finished the final long stretch to Ft. Reno and rounded the corner to pass through the gate. He had been talking about changing back into only Piraña gear fro the last several miles, so Cara and T3 helped him out of his warm stuff and into his Piraña stuff, then, joined by Goose who […]

Mav has made the last turn before the Ft. Reno gate. Next stop, THE FINISH LINE!

Road Booty strikes again! Mav found, and this is not a joke, a Buffalo head garter. Rather than attempt to describe it, you have to see it for yourself: He is wearing it to the finish line too! Mav is through Calumet and moving well. He is drinking plenty and even eating when we tell […]

Wait, it IS tomorrow! Mav continues to make steady forward progress. Weeble has left to catch a plane and Cara Rogers has joined the team to finish the job and get Mav to the line. That is Cara in the blue in front of Angie who came to see Mav for a little while. Weeble […]

In every race there is the inevitable last few people who are not going to make the cut-off or the finish line in the time alloted. In the case of the Mother Road it is 30 hours. The Piraña Brothers established a cut-off time at the half way point of 14 hours. Based on the […]

The course between the aformentioned bridge and Geary is a dirt road that was part of the original alignment of Route 66. When they came along a few years later and paved the road, they moved the alignment a little east to what is now Highway 281. Right before the turn onto this dark and […]

Team Piraña continues to march toward the finish line. Mav crossed the bridge between Bridgeport and the TATUR Turn. The bridge over the South Canadian River is 0.8 miles long, and narrow with no shoulder at all. The race provided a vehicle to escort uncrewed runners across. T3 followed Mav and Weeble on their trek.

Mav made it to Bridgeport at about 12:40 (that’s 67.5 miles in 15.5 hours or so). Bridgeport is not a large town. In fact, it is a really small town. The local school Jr. class manned the aid station there and the town opened the Methodist Church building for the runners to use the facilities. […]

Ok, picking up junk on the road can be an interesting pastime. You find some really weird stuff out there. But 60+ miles into a 100 mile run you might ought to limit yourself to rather small things that would fit in your pocket. Not Mav. He wants the big things. So while the Brothers […]