The 2008 Westover Shore To Shore RelayStage 2 : Moved up to 4th place! Van 2 runs hard and fast - continues on this stage and hands off the final couple of legs to van 1. Mainly heading north on this very flat section. Afternoon and evening of Friday. Luke joins us for the 12th leg and whips out a blistering pace. Andrew and Warren continue a hard run against the mud puppies and Warren finishes 0.9 seconds behind on the grounds of the lovely Westover Centre. Time for dinner and celebration. Also, our volunteer responsibilities were now over too when Scott and I man two exchange zones. We remember what happened to our dear friend and Chariots For Hire Phil who suffered last year from heat stroke and dropped at exchange 11. [was very rough, but he recovered well]. Note the average pace was sub 4min/km!
Friday-Saturday May 30-31st, 2008
Stage1 Results - 78.4KM
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Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
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1 4:40:07.0 3:35 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
2 4:48:37.3 3:41 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
3 5:11:53.8 3:59 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
4 5:28:00.7 4:12 56 Aquafina Rocky Road Runners 1/18 Mixed 40+ 3
5 5:34:56.1 4:17 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
Stage 2 Results - 54kmStage 3 : Rain, pouring Rain! Lightning and Thunder!! see my post below. The night run! We run well, but so did the other teams. We run well, but our time drops to 4:32/km. That is fine - all the other teams were too. But it was a real soaker!
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category
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1 3:14:50.8 3:37 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
2 3:21:19.6 3:44 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
3 3:34:31.4 3:59 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
4 3:34:32.3 3:59 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
Stage 4 : Our pace picks up again [Luke starts off this stage, coincidence?]. We enjoy the 3:30am morning start and the rain has stopped. Running north along the St. Claire River and the outskirts of Sarnia to finish in Mike Weir park. No golfing, but a great pancake breakfast. The coffee is not in the same "great" category. Just ask Scott. But we moved into 4th place again.
Stage 3 Results - 61.1KM
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
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1 3:52:47.5 3:49 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
2 3:58:03.2 3:54 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
3 4:25:22.2 4:21 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
4 4:35:00.8 4:31 56 Aquafina Rocky Road Runners 1/18 Mixed 40+ 3
5 4:36:36.8 4:32 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
Stage 4 Results - 63.4KM
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
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1 3:55:58.4 3:44 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
2 4:03:15.6 3:51 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
3 4:33:25.1 4:19 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
4 4:37:01.5 4:23 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3 Stage 5 : Here are the top 8 teams. Even though we are at the end, and the last 3 legs of this final stage are run by Stephen, Andrew, and Warren who are doing their extra runs, we pick up the collective pace by 1 second and place 3rd overall. We are so happy to have finished together as a team. What is very telling is we frequently hear "1km for company, 2 for water". Having been there myself, it is great to see your team mates just ahead waiting and cheering for you, then just ahead again another km for water. It takes a team of friends to finish as a team.Stage 5 Results - 76.7KM
Official Pace Category
Place Time km # Teamname Plce/Tot Category Wave
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1 4:54:12.1 3:51 24 Salty Dawgs 1/16 Open 40+ 3
2 5:02:50.6 3:57 23 Flying Force Kin 1/9 Open 39 & - 3
3 5:29:28.8 4:18 7 Chariots For Hire 2/16 Open 40+ 3
4 5:58:38.5 4:41 56 Aquafina Rocky Road Runners 1/18 Mixed 40+ 3
5 6:03:02.2 4:44 40 Oakville Blues 3/16 Open 40+ 3
6 6:05:44.8 4:47 17 Team Mudsharks 2/9 Open 39 & - 3
7 6:07:22.9 4:48 6 what were we thinking 2/18 Mixed 40+ 3
8 6:12:53.4 4:52 55 Pepsi Rocky Road Runners 4/16 Open 40+ 3 See us next year!I'll post more here in a day or so for the final day's stories...
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