The votes are in!

Thats it! Votes are in and counted! We now have the line up for the relay:

Leg 1, with a total of 27.4 miles (43.8 km) will be run by Shmuel Rochin
Leg 2, with a total of 32.2 miles (51.5 km) will be run by Ray Wagner
Leg 3, with a total of 37.7 miles (60.3 km) will be run by Gideon Gal
Leg 4, with a total of 29.7 miles (47.5 km) will be run by Ron Moore
Leg 5, with a total of 40.2 miles (64.3 km) will be run by John Dailey
Leg 6, with a total of 30.6 miles (49.0 km) will be run by Steve Gallow

You can now start planning your training programs taking into account the amount of running up or down hill.

T-Shirt, Hat, and Underware Design

I've been playing around with an idea for a design of the team. This is a preliminary start of a design. In this design I would take photos of each of us running. (I need a better photo of
each one of you then the one I used in this design.) I would then create a shadow of each of you and place it on the profile of the course. I may need to play with the vertical exaggeration of the profile. (I see that I have the year wrong.)

Let me know what you think, or if you have better ideas.

Steve

The search is over!!!

Gideon has informed us that his running buddy back in Israel, Shmuel Rochin, will be joining us in Vermont. So if you had your heart set on joining us for a weekend of little sleep and much running, you will have to try to talk us into another relay, and hope that one or more members of the current team is either unavailable, or has significantly upgraded their brain, and realized that this kind of stuff is crazy and should not be attempted by human beings.

Sorry...

In other news, the process of determining who among the DHD is the biggest sucker is underway. One of the DHD will be filling each of the roles below...

Runner    Total     Elevation                   Overall
number    miles:    change:                 difficulty
1                27.4    +1334/-2604=   -1273            1
2                32.2    +1820/-1957=   -138                2
3                37.7    +3083/-2567=  +516              5
4                29.7    +2355/-1943=  +412              3
5                40.2    +4790/-2471=  +2319            6
6                30.6    +1922/-3380=  -1458              4

The rumor mill is already at work. It appears that Gideon and John are fighting for the "least sense of self preservation" award and have decided that being the 5th runner or the 3rd would be a good idea. Steve, with his exceptionally long legs and acompanying downhill proficiency, wants to be runner 6. Ray seems to be smart (why did we let him on the team?) and is seeking to be runner 2 or runner 1.

(all information provided by the rumor mill is preliminary and should not be used for any purpose at all)

More information will appear here as it becomes available...

-John

Welcome to the Half Dozen, Green Mountain Relay Ultra Team Blog

It began with a statement from Gideon Gal. After running the Toronto Marathon, Gideon explained to his wife that is that last marathon that I'm going to run. Knowing Gideon better then he knows himself she said, "You liar." So when the 200 Mile Green Mountain Relay was presented to Gideon, he said let's do it.

When he mentioned this to Steve Gallow, Steve assumed that he wanted to form a 12 person team, but nooooooooooooooooooooo. Gideon wanted to form an Ultra 6 person team. Knowing that the Groton Gophers were crazy enough, he turned to them to help form the team. Steve Gallow, and Ron Moore who are known as Marathon Freaks immediately said YES. Ray Wagner the team's curmudgeon took a little more arm twisting. He finally agreed and keeps telling himself that it will be an adventure. We're still considering the Green Frog. Stephen Codner mentioned something about staying home and making money. We think his priorities are a little screwed up. See Groton Gophers photo.



We knew that we needed to bring in a ringer, so we also asked John Dailey to join us. You can tell by his web site that his expertise in Turbine Aerodynamics will greatly help the team. Being a member of the Finger Lakes Runners Club can't hurt.

Who is the 6th member of the team? It's a good question. We currently reviewing resumes. We are being very critical of who we choose. We will post just as soon as we have made a decision.