Texas Independence Relay Info

The Texas Independence Relay is composed of 40 relay legs of various lengths, totaling over 200 miles. The course starts in Gonzales, TX, where the Texas Revolution began, and it finishes at the San Jacinto Monument, where Texas Independence was won!

The relay will run from March 7th - 8th.

8 original Waiting for Runs Relay members will be returning (we will miss abelisle, the Foos, & Mystery runner)

This time, we will up the challenge and have 9 runners in a luxurious 15 passenger van. This means no resting time for the 2nd van.

Keep an eye out here for updated info and up to the minute updates.

2009 Texas Independence Relay Runners

  • 1) 1Miletogo
  • 2) Monk_Monkey
  • 3) noels71
  • 4) texasbuckeye
  • 5) mawz76
  • 6) wondermom24
  • 7) slowashell
  • 8) James
  • 9) SusieQ

Texas Independence Relay Map

Texas Independence Relay Map
Click the Map for individual Leg Maps

Sunday, April 20, 2008

too much to report

I have no idea where to begin. We lost phone signal for the better part of the time between our second set of legs and the third. I think what I will do is go back later and talk about that, but for now I want to talk about van 1 and the third set of legs. After a long night of running that was spectacular in many ways the team was spent and we lost energy as the night went on. We committed to bringing back that energy and foo turned out a solid first leg, that guy can move and has an great sense of humor, he collected 4 kills to total 11 I believe. Mrs. Foo walked at a speed that I had not thought possible (fast!) and turned in a third gutty performance. Next smlbtmty threw down a phoenomenal leg with 17 kills to total 37. Noel's report can be read below this post and it was good to see him save the best for last, he totaled 30 kills. Mawz began the last two legs of our van and they were tough! I'm so impressed with how well she manages her runs, she really knows how to negotiate a tough run and finish it right, it was awesome being in her van. My last leg was nothing short of spiritual in the realm of my running career. It was 3 miles with a winding rise of 1100 feet. There was no flat and no downhill just a long struggle to the top. It was so gratifying to finish and collect 12 kills. It was like running under water; it was as if we were all fighting to jog against a greater force of gravity. I finished with a total of 33 kills to edge out 1Mile for 2nd place. More later. I'll post the primal screams video when I get home.

2 comments:

UncoolMom said...

I just loved reading all the race reports! Can't wait to see more pictures! I wish I could have been there to cheer you on in person. It sounds like such an amazing adventure, I'm so jealous, but I almost feel like I was there after reading all about it and being a part of the virtual relay. Congratulations everyone! :-) UncoolMom

Unknown said...

Sounds like an incredible experience. Congrats to you and the rest of the team. We'll be looking for the pictures & videos.
-m.

Relay Medal

Relay Medal

Team Waiting for Runs - Slideshow

1Mile's Relay Photo Stream

Texasbuckeye's pics

wondermom24's photos

abelisle's Relay Photos

mawz76's Relay Photos