I was just reading about the history of the Hash House Harriers on Wikipedia, and it gave me an idea. What if we took the derelict concept of the League Cup and made it fun, essentially combining it with The Runnies to create an Extraordinary version of a Hash House Harrier race. Basically one person would act as a "hare," running ahead of every one else whilst leaving a "paper trail" and false clues (to throw people off track), ultimately leading everyone to a secret final destination where a frothy celebration would begin (with awards to be distributed as well). Believe it or not, that's exactly what the CBRC does at the end of each year!

I think CBRC is doing finish line for the Hughesville race. Vic lives very close to the course, so he was excited by it I don't know how hilly Chaptico is, but if I do 5K, I'd hope to come under 20m, but if I do 10K, I'll hope for 42m-45m, depending how hilly. (No, I've not been doing any mile work under 7min for a while.) Vic said he needs help for 5K finish, so I may well run the 5K, so I can help at the finish line. MWR (Morale, Welfare, and whatever, Navy & Marine org which runs facilities and events for families and so forth) puts on a base triathlon -- the first one I ever did, in June. Then they put on a relay triathlon, the one on Sep 6. I think they only advertise on base -- I only hear about it by hearsay. I do distance swimming at about 2min per hundred, so I'll guess I'd go 800m in about 16min, or maybe 15min? But, a lot of people swim more slowly than I do, I've observed. Just did a nice slow run with a relative -- abt 4mi in about 45min. 4 miles is more tiring when you're out in the sun for 45min doing it, I observe

Chaptico only has one real hill near the start. If you do the 10k, I think you get another incline or two, but that's it. The reason Chaptico can very often be brutal is because of the heat and humidity alone. At last year's Chaptico Classic, Emily got hoodwinked into helping at the finish line when she was reading a book nearby! Last year, I noticed more than one race where they had to grab bystanders to pull tags. They'd greatly appreciate it, I'm sure. I'm nearly set on doing the 10k. I would use it as a good mileage run. The 5k racers don't get their awards until the 10k racers finish anyway, so it sure beats standing around and waiting!

... because that was also the case last year: Men 20 to 29 Place Name City Age Overall Time Pace 1 Michael Leonard Avenue MD 28 31 1:03:17 10:12/M And nobody else!

Vic just emailed me to tell me to go ahead and do the 10K, that he is confident he can find 5K finish help.

Sorry to be random in my responses... MWR = Morale, Welfare and Recreation The MCM is just over two months from now - 26 Oct, if I'm not mistaken... Just signed up for a marathon trail run to prepare for the MCM as I believe you should run the distance before running a marathon...at least if it's not your first one. It'll be 3 weeks before the MCM so should be the perfect point to run my last super long run. It's down in N. Carolina and so is roughly 2 hours from here... Am a little worried about running a 26.2 mile XC race tho...

It's a training run...it's difficult to stay motivated running 20+ mile long runs so this is just a way to help myself do it. Plus it sounds like a really need little run...