Tomorrow morning at 0600 Team Pirana will leave for Kentucky to run the
First Annual Bourbon Chase Relay.
The boys will be posting their exploits and pictures here. There are 36 legs totaling 200 miles and the ‘normal’ way to do a relay like this is with 12 people in two vans with dedicated drivers. 6 runners then each run a leg while the ‘inactive’ van is just that, inactive. then the vans trade off and the ‘active’ van gets a break while the other six runners each run a leg. Repeat 3 times. Everyone runs 3 legs (about 16.6 miles total).
Team Pirana is NOT normal. They are taking 5 runners: Weeble, BFG, Maverick, Goose and T3. As an ‘Ultra” team (6 runners) they have to run double legs, but since they are 5 and not 6 they each have to run an extra single leg and Maverick has to run two. So they will run between 35 and 45 miles each.
So:
1 van (always active)
0 dedicated driver
7 to 8 legs each
200 miles in under 36 hoursgetting to tell someone at a relay exchange who slept in a bed last night and is getting ready to run their 3rd leg and complete 15 miles that you haven’t slept in two days and have run 7 legs and are getting ready to finish 40+ miles….priceless.
The Pirana Mobile is ready to go:
Notice the flag pole WITH scary Pirana flag, cool Pirana marking on sides and rear and
the awesome ‘tailgate’ tent to allow the boys to work out of the back without getting their stuff or themselves wet.
Stay tuned….