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!

Kandi Shearer and Kristi Holland

Kandi Shearer and Kristi Holland

David Ploskonka

David Ploskonka

Monday, September 8, 2008

Leg 19 - David Ploskonka


My first leg in total darkness, and I do mean darkness - no streetlights or moonlight to guide me. Equipped with my trusty headlamp, and the mandated reflective vest with blinkers front and back, and motivated by the thought of a flat, easy 4.3-mile stretch, I finished this leg in 27 minutes, for an average pace of 6:28/mile. Not quite as blazing as the previous leg, but I should mention that I came along with Kristi for moral support for 5.5 miles of her climb up Grandfather's Mountain, at about a 10:00/mile pace (Kandi handled the first 4.5 miles with her; this would be a recurring theme for the truly scary night legs).

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