Brew to Brew 2008

The last couple of years we have participated in the Brew to Brew Relay race, it is a 44 mile run from Kansas City to Lawrence. They call it the Brew to Brew because you start at Boulevard Brewery in Kansas City and end at Free State Brewery in Lawrence. It is a really fun race and we will probably make it a tradition every year while we are here in Kansas. Our team (the kids did not run)...
Here we are at the start in KC at Boulevard Brewery with Maggie. She is a friend and fellow grad. student in Jason's program and organizes things every year, thanks Maggie!

These guys had the best outfits... Beer of course!

Jason caught with his pants down...

There are ten legs generally about 3.5-4.5 miles per leg, and in the past you could have ten runners. This year they set a maximum of five runners, so we all had to run 2 legs of the race. But, we ended up cheating a bit and adding one more runner... Ssshhhh. Actually, I think most teams had more than five runners, so it was really no big deal. But, for some reason the mileage on quite a few of the legs got really messed up, I was supposed to do a 4 mile and a 3.3 mile, but my first leg only ended up being 2.3. Here I am finishing my first leg, I think I am smiling so big because I was pleasantly surprised that I was done after 2.3 miles! Woo hoo!




Here is Jason finishing his 5 mile leg, he did great, especially considering he played 4 soccer games the day before! And Maggie finishing her second leg...




Here is most of our team, Jason was taking a nap in the car and I was taking the picture...



And here I am finishing my second leg, Jason and I were both pretty happy with our performances, I averaged right at 8 min. miles (2 min. per mile faster than last year) and so did Jason.

And of course you can't run the Brew to Brew without topping it off with a cold one after the race!