2007 Wild Miles Relay

30 DAYS AND COUNTING

TEAM UPDATE: March 28, 2007

Wild Miles Teammates:

Not much to report, other than:

be sure to email me (leehoedl@yahoo.com) your team contact information - most of you have checked in- THANKS!
start thinking about items listed on the Equipment Lists and email me if you have questions

TEAM STATUS

We are still in need of one more Van Assistant - so keep your eyes and ears open! As well, we are still trying to locate two volunteers that our team can provide the Wild Miles Relay program. Stacy and Steve, any word on Houch and his plans?

What about plans concerning (1) our meeting on Friday afternoon, April 17, (2) van transportation and (3) Friday accommodations?

A LOOK BACK AT THE 2006 WILD MILES RELAY

Should any of your family members or friends ask you about the Wild Miles experience, take time to express the magnitude of the moment. And once you have (or if you just can't), then have them go to the 2007 WMR homepage and click on:

It is a Quicktime movie of the 2006 Wild Miles Relay and it may take a moment to download. And if you're at all curious (for first-timers) or sentimental (for returners), then click on the logo above and it will begin shortly...

OVERALL COURSE TIME ESTIMATED

Based on the pace times submitted by all team members (and applying those specific pace times to the specific assigned legs and their distance), it looks like our initial overall time is 25 hours and 15 minutes. That's about 1 hour and 45 minutes earlier than last year's time over a longer course. Of course, that time is based on our ability to maintain the pace times submitted.

To give you an idea of the time frame involved, if we were to begin at 8:00 am on Saturday, April 28 at Vail Lake, we would conclude the race at San Dieguito County Park at approximately 9:15 am on Sunday, April 29. Again, this is only a rough estimate and does not take into consideration the weather, traffic, course misdirection, exhaustion, etc. I just thought it would be fun to see if we're along the same pace as last year.

COURSE LEG ASSIGNMENTS

Another reminder: The initial assignment of all 30 legs of the 2007 Wild Miles Course has been completed. Now it's up to you to barter, beg or trade any leg that may seem too daunting for you. BUT BEFORE YOU CONSIDER ANY CHANGES, please note that (1) I've assigned the legs so that you have enough time to recuperate by your next leg's challenge and (2) I've assigned the legs so as to balance out the overall mileage and course challenges across the team. Should you wish to change, please contact me first so that I have the most up-to-date assignment listing.

When we all gather together on Friday afternoon/evening on April 27, I'll further explain how we'll utilize the leg assignments, pacing times and van leapfrogging along the entire course.

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Be sure to review the posted EQUIPMENT LISTS and begin gathering your items for the race.

Keep logging those miles and staying loose!

Peace, Lee

RUNNERS

Stacy Park (Co-Captain) - park.stacy@gmail.com

Lee Hoedl (Co-Captain) - leehoedl@yahoo.com

Arnold Ramirez (EMT) - acramirez@fs.fed.us

Andrea Gonzalez - agonzalez@nafinc.com

Matt Allsopp - mallsopp@nafinc.com

Drew Haberl - dhaberl@nafinc.com

James Gonzalez - jgonzalez@segwayfin.com

Steve Hansen - ironman70mc@yahoo.com

Todd Heon (EMT) - crystalandtodd@adelphia.net

Jeff Windhorst - JWhindo100@aol.com

TEAM STAFF

Chuck Fabijanic (Alternate Runner, Van Driver 1) - chuckfab1@earthlink.net

___________ (Assistant 1) - ____________________

Michael Houch (Van Driver 2) - houch24@hotmail.com

Devlin Caskey (Assistant 2) - __________________

Arnold Ramirez and Todd Heon (EMTs) - See above for email addresses

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