Hood to Coast pictures (finally)

Headed up to Mt Hood (some of the road I'll soon be running)

When we arrived at Timberline Lodge, I had a sense of deja vu. Except the last time I was at this spot it looked like this:

The start for Timberline Marathon, September 2006. We need to stop meeting like this lol

Ready to start this bitch, about 6pm

The clock on the right shows how much time has passed since the first teams left that morning

Handing off to Dan in exchange 1

My first road kill

Meeting up with Van 2 at exchange 6 in Sandy, about midnight

My vanmates trying to sleep under the Hawthrone Bridge in Portland, about 1am

One of the tallbike jousters. I wonder what they were thinking of us lol

The exchange marker spray painted under the bridge. If I were the tattooing sort of chick, this would be a great design

Taking pictures of myself in front of the OMSI sign, then I went off to do some dancing in the parking lot, about 2:30am

The sun rising over Mt Hood, near Scappose (sorry it's so blurry, couldn't find a good spot to balance my camera)

Watching the sun rise from the van on Hwy 30

Vans and runners in exchange 24, about 10am. (This is only about a fifth of the vans stopped at this exchange. Hood to Coast has over 1000 teams, which means more than 2000 vans and 12,000 runners will be passing through this weekend.)

One of the most beloved Hood to Coast traditions: In line for the honey buckets. The clouds soon disappeared then the day got very hot and sunny

My blister and a view of the van's floor.

Resting and waiting for Van 2 (I was using one hoodie for a top, one for a blanket, and a packet of toliet paper as a pillow)

Dan, me, Jeff, Kim, Brian still waiting for Van 2, about noon.

Some of the roads in our last legs

The chick in the white t-shirt holding the clip board passed me up like I was standing still, then wasn't even sweating. Damn I hate Nike sponsered teams lol

Smoochies from Chris when we arrived in Seaside

Me and Kim at the after party waiting for Van 2 to officially finish

Watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean, about 7pm

Finally! We crossed the finish line as a team about 8pm (27 hours after I started at Mt Hood)