Snippets
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
I couldn't have been more pleased to open up my email yesterday to find that one of my amazing support crew, the Eggplant, had been emailing me "In-Race Updates" all day long. To preserve them in one place, and until I get an actual race report pulled together (which will come...soon-ish), I'm posting them all here. Enjoy!
8:40 a.m. You were the happiest person we saw coming of the swim! Your expression was: "What!? I'm done?! That wasn't so bad! Let's go!"
9:58 a.m. Expression at check point c (bike); "I'M RIDING MY BIKE AND IT'S THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD!!!!!"
10:01 a.m. Sobering realization for Erin Crew after check point c: Erin is moving faster than we are. "She's kicking out ass," Melanie grumbles. Anxiety level among Chief of Stuff and Chief Navigator (Rich -- dad) rises perceptibly: less talking, more intense navigating. Newt (dog), however, remains calm.
10:14 a.m. Desperate realization at check point f: Erin is super human; crew is slow. We must move more quickly, but hover craft has not yet been invented. Mean spirited grumbling about performance enhancing drugs fades into grim silence.
10:30 a.m. Check point h: Erin unveils the presidential wave. Carla narrowly avoids being brained by discarded water bottle.
10:39 a.m. First "Erin looks so good" tears: Melanie.
11:25 a.m. #97, in pink, is fake Erin. Oft mistaken for the real thing, and usually about 5 mins ahead. Sleep-deprived, slap-happy cheering seems to be a hit with the participants. Example:Chief of Stuff to biker: "fancy bike!" Biker to Chief of Stuff "thanks!" Chief of Stuff and Eggplant: much giggling.
11:46 a.m. Crew outsmarts self at check point K: sees Erin coming, assumes it's Fake Erin, only starts cheering when real Erin waves. Discussion of how to improve performance ends abruptly when more urgent topic of lunch is raised.
12:20 p.m. En route to checkpoint F, Eggplant becomes panicked that cookies have gone missing. Crisis averted when Scout (mom) finds them under Eggplant's seat.
12:32 p.m. First to snooze (non-dog category): tie -- Melanie and Scout (post-lunch napping).
1:05 p.m. At checkpoint F, special agent Brian V. pulls out the binocs in effort to avoid repeat of Fake Erin debacle. Gives himself a "whoop whoop" for coming up with the idea.
1:57 p.m. Just to be clear: you've got about 30 miles to go and you look like you're just out for a weekend spin. Good work!
2:45 p.m. Crew runs from check point K, gets in the car and drives to check point l. En route, we gulp some water. Run, rolling transportation, water? Yes, it was our triathlon.
4:02 p.m. Yes, the frequency and, some could argue, quality of the updates may be suffering. I fear I may have hit the dreaded IronFan wall. In great need of napping. But I will push on.
4:26 p.m. Transition 1 expression: startled delight. Transition 2 expression: if possible...more startled with delight than before? And more tears from Ms. Melanie.
5:31 p.m. Marathon mile 6. Erin looking just as good as she did coming out of the water, riding the bike... I mean....we're all wiped out!
6:59 p.m. Jordan-esque high five at mile 12!
7:43 p.m. Team member 1 to team member 2: "I just nursed, so I can have a margarita." Team member 2: "oh, if that's the way it works maybe I can have a baby!"
9:47 p.m. Same expression at the finish as at the transitions, except this time you believed it. Congratulations! Great job!
In-Race Awards:
- Snack MVP: Melanie Fonder (hershey's kiss peanut butter cookies!!).
- Most (justifiably) in need of hershey's kiss peanut butter cookie: Chief of Stuff.
- Most likely to cuddle up on lap to sneak nose in cookie bag: Newt.
- Most likely to fall for Newt's cuddle up on lap to sneak nose in cookie bag trick: the Eggplant.
- Best British accent: Joel.
- Most confused about trip destination: Leonard the Dog (despite his loudly-expressed expectations, hoped-for barn never materializes).
- Best Leonard sound effect describer: Scout ("he sounds like a Canadian goose.")
Posted by Erin 9:33 AM
6 Comments:
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- Pharmie said...
9/11/2007 4:07 PMToo funny! It was great seeing you out there on the run course. Congratulations!!!!- Team Brazo said...
9/11/2007 4:54 PMThat was very funny -- next year I want to hang with them during the race!- Unknown said...
9/11/2007 6:05 PMThat is super funny. They sound like a fun crew to have been around all day - wish we had found them!- bigmike600 said...
9/11/2007 7:32 PMOMG. That is freakin hilarious. Believe it or not...we saw the fake Erin too and thought it was you on the second lap. You really did look comfortable on the whole ordeal.- Anonymous said...
9/12/2007 6:21 AMBob, J-Wim, all are welcome next time...as long as you bring cookies and/or amusing dogs- Unknown said...
9/12/2007 6:51 PMWell, I can bring dogs, but not sure how amusing they would be.... one sleeps all the time, the other has major carsickness issues. If it's a pre-requisite, I'd be game to bring along my smiling, barf-o-licious pup though.