what we didn't win

hey chariots, we did not win the 9.19.2009 (christoph's 50th bd) powerball lottery www.nhlottery.org i bought a $ 1.00 ticket for the entire team when we were getting gas en route to the start.

Hello Kitty / New Balance Boston - Chariot's friendly competition

Great fun we had at www.rtbrelay.com . Here is a video of two of our friendly competitors who ran a keen race. We had dinner on the Thursday night with a large contingent of runners from New Balance out of Boston, MA. Thursday afternoon our vans were parked beside Hello Kitty. Real nice folk they all are. Enjoy the video, it's hilarious. Stay tuned for Chariots for Hire's video as it will be stellar. Neat link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reach_the_Beach_Relay

1 2 Hello Kitty Ac 1/106 Men's Open 20:22:58 5:54
2 1 New Balance Boston 1/123 Mixed Open Men/Women 21:02:55 6:05
28 86 Chariots For Hire 3/9 Men's Super Masters 24:47:30 7:10

Chris Duke's photo expose - awesome!

Fellow 'Chariot for Hire' Chris just released this awesome 400+ photo expose of www.rtbrelay.com Excellent to watch in slideshow format. Chris' photos certainly capture the experience of this epic event. Click on the link below. Cheers, Scott

http://picasaweb.google.com/dukechris/ReachTheBeach2009?feat=content_notification#

Another Happy Runner

I was happily 'off-line' for the time away in NH for RTB, but am plugged in once again.

There is not much to say that has not been said about how wonderful an experience this was, so I just want to be redundant and say it was wonderful. Great guys, great scenery, great event, great runners and running, not a single (significant) hitch or hiccup along the way. We all finished vertical and smiling and are richer for the experience (what a deal in Scotch in Woodstock!)

A special note of thanks to our #12, John, who stepped up at the very last moment to fill in for a fallen commrade. Without his willingness to head off into the wild with 11 strangers, we would have been in a bit of a jam.

Our next adventure in the planning stages is to get a bunch of us pre-qualified for NYC marathon in November 2010. This gig has no limit to the number of participants, so any would-be or wanna-be Chariots, get out there and get a qualifying time soon and then send us you resume.

Lost & Found ☺ TA12 Van 1 Scott

At TA12 Van 1 enjoyed downtime and dinner at K.A. Brett School before our run into the night. While there I plugged in my camera battery charger, albeit I left it behind. Rather than turn back 10 kms later I left it as is. Thereafter en route home in the van I emailed the School and Mark at RTB. Today I spoke to the School on the telephone. Great conversation we had. The charger and battery is en route to my home in Guelph. ☺

http://www.brettschool.net/indexhome.html / http://www.tamworthnh.org/about.html Hi Noel ( K.A. Brett Elementary/Middle School), Hi Mark (RTB). Greetings, my name is Scott Cameron. I participated in Reach the Beach. While at your school we enjoyed donating to your fundraiser, r&r’n and your hospitality. It was great speaking with the volunteers. Nice to see students there too. While in the gym I left behind a charger and battery plugged into the outlet by the pay telephone / router. Noel, could someone please retrieve the charge and battery and mail it to me? I will gladly pay for any costs incurred. I ran with the Chariots for Hire team. Interesting read about the history of your school in the lobby. My cousin is Barrack Obama via both of our mothers. Both are Dunham family. Originally from Woodbridge, NJ, USA, Barrack’s family stayed in the USA, my family immigrated to Canada. One of my team mates suggested when we needed to replace our 12th I should have asked Barrack. Mark, great time had by all. I hope all went well. Cheers and thanks, Scott http://guelphchariotsforhire.blogspot.com

I love you, van

Couldn't have wished for a better gang of guys to spend 72+ hours with in a fairly cramped space. I know our van was the messy one, but there was method to our anarchy. Once our runner was on course, we were a support machine, eh? I loved the way we shared the driving and other chores with no plan or pressure. Every guy ran hard - you could tell that. And thanks for all the laughs.

And here's a valentine to van 2 as well. I know we had our worries about your navigational abilities after you missed the turn to Vermont, but once the race started, you guys were awesome - always there for the handoff, and hey, you even cleaned our windshield at the gas stops!

In the end, you got the last laugh, cruising through the border well ahead of us.

Take it easy today if you can guys. See you at the track.

Mike at the start