Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Aid stations

These little setups occur about every 6 miles. Each one feels like you've made good progress. The volunteers are marvellous, drinks are plentiful, but the food has become a little repetitive and uninspiring. Without refrigeration, I find the perishables by now pretty dubious, so to get the calories I need stick mainly to cookies, chocolate and cake. Not too balanced, and after this many days, it's really not as tempting as it might sound!

6 comments:

Tom Beam said...

Two questions:
What's the one thing you never (or at least for some time) want to have again?

And what's the first thing you're going to eat when you're done/back in Austin?

Unknown said...

A trip to Polov's upon your return! We'll order beer and margaritas and much queso. Damn, maybe we'll go before you return ;)

Thanks for inspiring us all Russ.
Cathy Bridge

dmmmit said...

wish we could airdrop some quesadillas, but the logistics...

keep on with your steady self!

Richard Leonard said...

Russ, I have spread the word about your run and sent the blog link to many. We are all looking forward to the book !
Hang on in there, what you have achieved so far is awesome and finishing will give you bragging rights for the rest of you life (and make a good ending for the book)

Julia said...

Russ! You are definately an inspiration! :) The pics are all GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Diana said...

memories! keep it goin, success at each station-- despite the repetitive nutrition.
any chance uli is there keeping it interesting?