The race started at 4pm in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The first 8 hours were on foot and we travelled all the way down to Sodo (of course stopping for milk tea in the international district), over to Beacon Hill and back up through Madison Park. Did I mention it was HOT out? It was probably the hottest day of the year, and of course we were out at the hottest part of the day. Eric and I kept cool by running through sprinklers along the course :) One of the strangest things we saw was a dog standing on the roof of a house- I have no idea how it got up there.
Despite the urban setting our route did not have many food stops along the way. When I finally convinced the guys it was time to eat, we found ourselves in the middle of nowhere with no food in sight (only Ethiopian restarants). It was by sheer luck that Jerry called and offered to bring us food. Yea! We met up with him and Stacy around 10pm for an impromptu meal of burgers and fries. That was the best meal I've had in a long time.
After the snack we trudged back up to the race headquarters and changed into our bike clothes-it was time for the 8 hour bike portion of the race. The bike section was tricky because there were a ton of cars downtown and no one expected to see a group of road riders that late at night. The bike route took us up the Queen Anne hill (with an awesome view of the city), over to Ballard and through the U-district, then finally going around Lake Union and back to the finish line. We eventually rolled in around 7:15am, just as the hot sun was starting to come out again. We put in some serious miles over 16 hours! No wonder we're all sore and tired today!
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