Author Archives: Slaho

Leg 22: Javier Mariscal – 4.1 miles 4 am has now come and gone, and it is now that Javi starts his second leg. I have a pretty good recollection of almost the entire race, thanks to the fact that … Continue reading →

Leg 19: Nicole Rodriguez – 9.9 miles It’s just past midnight now and we’re only beginning our stretch of running. I’m working on zero sleep, as is Pep. The rest of our bunch is working on 3 hours of sleep … Continue reading →

After making my way out of the speedway and taking advantage of a few photo ops at the race track, it was time to make our way to Javi’s house in the Keys.  It was only 6pm, but we were … Continue reading →

LEG 10: Javier Mariscal – 3.0 miles. OK, you probably noticed by now that most of what has been going on in the van has been pretty predictable, and maybe, in your mind, a bit lame.  Well, SOOOOOORRRRYYY!  I wish … Continue reading →

LEG 7: Nicole Rodriguez – 5.3 miles. Barely 5 feet tall… Not even 100 pounds… Staring 20 miles in the face over the next 24 hours… No problem. Our van 1 anchor from last year was back and up for … Continue reading →

OK so maybe this isn’t really about the first six legs. You see since I was in van 2 I was not going to be a witness to these legs… At least not most of them. So I guess I’ll … Continue reading →

Race time was quickly approaching.  It was sometime around 6:45 am when we found our van 1 teammates. They were in the safety seminar finding out why one should wear the headlight and the reflector jacket at night.  They were … Continue reading →

Wednesday night out-of towners started arriving.  Roly and Cory came in from D.C. to stay at Roly’s mom’s house.  They took advantage and went to the Orange Bowl where they got to witness history with the highest scoring bowl game … Continue reading →

New Year’s Day, and as usual I am arriving late to mass.  It is a terrible habit, not made any easier by having children who fight getting dressed for mass, and in particular a daughter who waits until the last … Continue reading →