The Tortoises and the Hares: Leg 1

Our Team

Kristi Holland
Kandi Shearer
Jason Reneau
Jane Reneau
Eric Charette
David Ploskonka

We are six runners from Alabama, Tennessee, and Maryland who are training to run the Blue Ridge Relay, September 5-6, 2008. The six of us will share the 208 miles from Grayson Highlands State Park in Virginia to Asheville, North Carolina. We plan to use this blog to write about our training experiences as we get ready to run, and to post updates here during the race itself so our friends and family can follow us along our 208 mile journey.

Here we go!

Monday, September 8, 2008

Leg 1 - David Ploskonka

Started out with a bang in Leg 1, a 4.0-mile downhill dash. Ran a Kenyan-esque 22 minutes for this leg. Way faster than I've ever run for that distance in my life . . . Way faster pace than even for a 2-mile race. (My 2-mile PR, if I remember correctly, is around 11:30). That could hurt me later . . . But the popsicle was fantastic!