Rain, rain go away!

So, four days to zero hour! I'm psyched out of my mind for this race! The only thing I wish is that it were going to be a nice, sunny day instead of the 51 degree rainfest that is foretasted. However, should it be pouring like it is today, it will definitely make things much more interesting. Streams will be higher, hills will be muddier, times will be much slower, and the experience will be all the more sweeter. No matter what happens, it's going to be GREAT!

We haven't even finished our first truly crazy run and we are already planning our second! Today while procrastinating, I stumbled upon the Ragnar Relay: a 197 mile relay race which can be composed of 6 person or 12 person teams. Because, in my head at least, using twelve people to do that distance doesn't really make it as awesome as it could be, we are going to be doing the Ultra, which is the six person team. Check the site out here. Thirty three miles each really isn't much when you break it up into three legs. It's going to be fun! Gotta think of a team name though... BuckNakedRunners? The Crazies? Give us some ideas. ALSO, we need to provide three volunteers to help out at switch points and so forth so family members clear your schedules for the first weekend in October! I think this is fair warning.

Lastly before I have to do some work, I'll give you an update on the store. We are working on wrapping up all the last financial aspects, the building is going through some slight renovations to switch it over from a sandwich shop to a retail location and we will be painting very soon, and this past week I placed our order for Nathan Hydration and Altra Footwear. (If you check out Altra's website, we're officially one of their retailers... does that make us a real store??) I meet with Brooks on Friday, and we will see what happens from there. We're really getting down to the wire, so prayers are acceptable. The goal is middle of May, so I really hope to get the gears moving a little faster here in the next week!

So now I must apply myself and try to get some work done... or sleep, whichever comes first. Oh, and since Brian threw down the gauntlet, I will put myself out there too. Goal for Saturday is a sub three hour finishing time. The winner of my age group last year finished in 2:22, so we will see what I can pull off. I hope to get some pics and possibly some video from the race, so check back Sunday! Till then.