Rockin' the American Odyssey Relay 2012

Thursday, April 26, 1:00 pm…the Team is packed and ready to head to Gettysburg from the Hope For The Warriors® office in VA.  Our 12 person team was less than 24 hours from beginning the American Odyssey Relay, the 200-mile trek from Gettysburg, PA to the waterfront in downtown Washington, DC.  We were just one of over 100 teams to be racing, and one of three charity partners: Hope Connections for Cancer, Team Red, White & Blue, and Hope For The Warriors®.  We all know pictures speak a thousand words, so here’s a photo journey of the American Odyssey Relay 2012.

The Team enjoyed a dinner hosted by the event organizers on Thursday evening, followed by a pre-race meeting.  Here’s our Team, donating even more back! 

They're AWESOME!

And Jenlene gave us a personal pre-race brief – we’re stoked!

We were scheduled the very first start time: 7:00 AM. But you know what, we were so excited and ready to get moving, we were happy with that! 

Bright and early!

Andddd we’re off. Over the hills…

Amy Shioji = rock star

Through the countryside….

Alain Jones, striding it out

Through the night…

David Carter's got this!

To the waterfront! Here we are, waiting for our final runner, Lauren.  Getting silly after more than 24 hours of no sleep and running…what do you expect?!

Anddd we’re done, bringing it in.

Final runner, Lauren Lamb, bringing us in!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

A huge shout out to:

Alain Jones, Laura DeFraia-Colee, Dave Hickey, Amy Shioji, David Carter, Susanna McDonald, William Davis, Cory Murphy, Daryl Grassel, and Lauren Lamb --- you ROCK! 

Feel free to check out all of the AOR photos, courtesy of Paul Oberle