To Western States

Here comes the crew. Bob and Olga heading out early. They are crewing for Dave James. I'll see them in a few hours.

Off we go. The last two days I've been entertaining Bob, shown him around town a little bit, took him on a run. The first day I took him up and down the hills in the neighborhood and yesterday we ran to the Marin Headlands then down to Sausalito where we took the ferry back home. Bob's from Florida where it's warm and flat so it was amusing at times. Olga was waiting for us by the time we got back having just driven down from Oregon. It got a lot funnier with the three of us together. Those two are already off, headed to Squaw an hour ago. I'm off myself in another half hour. The runner I'm pacing, Carrie #362, is picking me up. I wasn't supposed to leave till Saturday but I got peer pressured to head up early. It will be fun but my work doesn't start until Saturday afternoon when I pace Carrie the last 38 miles. Those two have to be there early because they have to crew with Olga running sweep on the first part of the course. This race actually has sweeps, what a luxury. Should be a great time in the most popular, most hyped up 100 in the country. Supposedly this year is one of the most competitive fields. A lot of our fastest runners going head to head for 100 miles. Pretty exciting. Looking forward to wishing friends a good race and hanging out with the other crew, pacers, volunteers and spectators. Wish us luck.