Our team will be tweeting race updates as we make our way along the 198-mile Hood 2 Coast relay race. Our starting wave is 6:45 pm PT (9:45 pm ET) on Friday, Aug. 28, and we will be running throughout the night and will finish early Saturday afternoon. We are seeded the #3 team out of 1000 teams based on our predicted finish time. That gives us a very good shot at winning the event. We feel our team has the talent to accomplish this tough feat and let the nation know that Knoxville is one of the top running community’s in the nation.
We also have a team facebook group page: Knoxville Hood to Coast Relay Team. We will be using this page to post pictures from the event.
Race Information
Each person on the 12-man team will run three times during the two-day race (Aug. 28-29), which starts on Mount Hood and finishes in Seaside, Oregon. The team will have two vans serving as a moving headquarters, transporting team members when they aren’t running and supplying us with food, water and motivation.
The team consists of speed—three former University of Tennessee track stars, and endurance—marathon and ultra marathon champions. The team is very serious about this event and expects nothing but excellence. The team is well into training, and will represent Knoxville and the surrounding community with pride.
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