This is one of PRR’s most popular participation events. We’ll enter 4 or 5 teams (which means we’ll need 4 or 5 dedicated volunteers.) For our new members, here’s how it works: there are 8 runners per team and legs range from 8 km flat to 14 km seriously unflat.
We try to balance our teams to finish together - mixing the speedy with the not-so-speedy. And while in theory we’re there to participate - we definitely compete. With each other. There’s trash talk. Bets. Dares. Pressure. Rain. Wind.
We get up at 4:30 am, crowd into cars with fellow club members, drive over an hour to Maple Ridge and see our Leg 1 runners off to the start. The we hop along the course - dropping off a runner and picking up the next one. Some of us help out at Exchange 3.
When the race ends we head to the community center in Mission to use the hot tub, water slide and showers. Then we go out for dinner - and no matter where we go we totally overwhelm the restaurant staff. The day ends around 18 hours after it began.
Sound like fun? It most certainly is.
So here’s where I’ll keep the list of people who’ve signed up. We need multiples of 8 and we’re currently at 38 - so we’re 2 people away from 5 full teams. AND we need one more volunteer for 5 teams.
Jess (captain)
Terry (captain)
Mike P(captain)
Karen (captain)
Nicki (5th captain if we need one)
Mike
Mark S
Dave M
Jackie
Monika
David Parker
Ed
Grant Fin
Dan C
Doug
Jack
Russell
Emily
John
Samantha
Ainslie
Bill D
Laura
Stephen P
Heather
Sarah
Lynne (maybe - schedule to be confirmed)
Ross
Arthur
Dean
Diana
Sukhi (willing to run an extra leg if we’re short team members.)
*Suzanne
*Elliott - but only if there’s room for both of them - which there will be with 5 teams
Victoria
Dan G
Carol (new member joining us soon!)
Lisa
The order of names listed here is not indicative of team composition!
Volunteers:
Bettie
Roger
Sally
Deirdre