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2007 Reach the Beach Relay Race
Runners With NO Sole!
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(Thursday/9:30 AM)
Together Again - 1st Time in a year

It was a perfect morning. RWNS were finally reunited after a long and disengaged year. They converged on 5K Meg's home like ants on a picnic. It wasn't long after welcoming hugs that both vans, loaded-up with coolers full of drink and food and gear, sped off to Franconia, NH. Race time was approaching quickly. (T-20 hours and counting!)

"g" picked up Margarita Jeannie, Paddle-Jammer and He Must B Giants (showing plenty of sole) on the way to 5K Meg's.

Eatin' On The Run Natalia (l.):
Loading up Van #1.

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After lunch in VT, and before team registration later that evening, RWNS stopped at one of their two hotels for an early check-in. There was a (huge) bit of confusion about room reservations in terms of who was sleeping with who and at which hotel. But more curious was why female teammates had their first name and Warren's last name (as well as his home address) on their respective check-in registrations? Although, He Must B Giants had one heck of a time keeping things straight in terms of who was bunking with who (because the team's female/male ratio kept changing when injured runners left and new ones joined the team)... it was here, in the lobby of the Best Western, that RWNS first learned about the 7 wives of Warren - but, more on that later!


HMBGs (3PM) (AKA Warren): Nearing the hotel and unaware of his pending marital predicament!	Best Western (4PM): At check-in, there was some explaining to be done when it was accidentally discovered that the 7 Wives of Warren were 50% of RWNS!	Cannon Ski Resort (5PM): He Must Be Giants registered the team while others shopped for RTB memorabilia. Then, just as RWNS headed off for their all-u-can-eat pre-race dinner... Margarita Jeannie, MO(on), and Eat on the Run Natalia surprised them with van decorating paraphernalia! Man-oh Man! What they did to their vans!





Van1-ers and Van2-ers flaunted and flew their team's mascots with pride by taping Ezmerelda and Ezmatilda to the antenna on each van. RWNS prayed their decorating markers were water soluble and the vans wouldn't have to repainted after the race!


At the pre-race dinner it became mighty apparent that RWNS men were a bit miffed: Paddle-Jammer: So what if I'm married... why can't I have 7 wives* like HMBGs?* Caged Wild Animal: Yea... look at B Giants* gloating over there... they gave him a shave, fetched him his dinner and massaged his feet! Next year I wanna be Team Captain!* Very Fast Old Guy: I already have 7 wives... and, I'm still jealous!
As is the tradition... teams decorate their vans! Many dress-up and run their legs in costumes. It's a pretty cool thing!
		(9PM) Night Stalker - AKA Kris: Well over her anxiety about running at night, NS anxiously beds-down and waits for her 3:00 AM, headlamp-leg the following night!	RWNS would have an early start on Friday... team pictures at 8:30... and a start time of 9:30 AM.

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