Leg 4

Leg 4, Runner #4 Donya

Yountville to Napa, CA

7.4 miles

Leg 3

Leg 3, Runner #3 Maggie

4.1 Miles

Rutherford to Yountville, CA

Leg 2

Leg 2, Runner #2 Lindsey. 

4.7 Miles

St. Helena to Rutherford, CA

(celebrating our first successful baton pass)

start me up i'll never stop

Saturday May 2, 2009.  10:30 AM

Leg 1, Runner #1 Kelley.

4.8 Miles

Calistoga to St. Helena, CA

"the baton" was a green bracelet that we brilliantly fastened to our number

And we're off!!!  

sole sisters fun fact #1

Did you know that we have 2 REAL sisters on the team too?  Here are Monica and Donya posing with the Relay mascot (which is supposed to be the state of california, not a soggy noodle).

rain dogs

Coach Andrea reads the rules for the Relay.  Flo wonders if she should sign her organs away in the event that we don't make it.

We arrive at the start line with an hour to kill in the rain.  

This is the true story... of twelve strangers... picked to live in a van...

Well not all strangers.  many of our runners have been close friends since elementary school, but there was a lot of introductions that had to happen before we all started stinking up a van together...

We kicked off relay weekend with some carbo-loading at the olive garden in santa rosa... and for being mostly strangers, I'd say we hit things off pretty well!

Andrea arranged a hotel for us just a few minutes from the start line.  Here is Amy and Navery catching up on some much needed pillow talk.