"Elevation gain, unknown.
Terrain, who cares.
Race markers, hell no.
Water, bring your own.
Survival, required.
Many have said that running from
Dallas, Tx 6:30 AM - I pick up the rental car.
Dallas, Tx 6:45 AM - Meet two other team mates at my place. Leave.
Dallas, Tx 7:10 AM - Pick up teammate number 4 at DFW. Get on the road
About three hours later, we decide to stop in a town called Sunset, populate, 400. Here we ate breakfast burritos and when asked what we were in town for, we informed them that we just bought a house down the street. All the old people in the gas station (local hangout) looked confused.
We found a gignormous Texas and had to stop and run on top of it. Awesome.
We also found a ginormous rocking chair. Everything really is bigger in Texas... proof is below.
One of the oldest theatres in Texas, the Ritz.
Leaning water tower of Britten located in Groom Texas. Originally brought to Groom and was supposed to be used as a tourist attraction at a truck stop. The truck stop is no longer there... just overgrown grass.
I attempted to climb up to the top, however, after getting up around 20 feet, my fear of heights kicked in and I stopped.
The team on the tower. Awesome.
Groom, Tx, also the home of the second largest cross in the Western Hemisphere, standing at 190 feet tall. Very odd.
In Amarillo, we almost got ran over by a tank.
Palo Duro Canyon. The second largest canyon in the United States (behind the Grand Canyon)
Palo Duro Canyon. Beautiful.
The Cadillac Graveyard. 10 Cadillacs that have been spray painted burried in the ground surrounded by cows. Odd.
Top of Texas - 6:50 AM Sunday - AKA, the start of the race
The bottom of Oklahoma (AKA, the top of Texas)
My shorts got a little ripped up.
Preparing for my start.
The only town that we ran through on the way to Colorado. Boise City. It was one of the few places on US soil that got bombed. Oddly enough, we did it to ourselves in a practice mission.
Running through Boise City. Motiviation.
Denver, CO. That WAY!
Great Success. Tired.
A large dinosaur in Boise City...
Close up.
Lots of open space in Oklahoma.
Almost to Colorado...
We made it.
Largest cow ever... of course in Texas.
We also found a ginormous rocking chair. Everything really is bigger in Texas... proof is below.
One of the oldest theatres in Texas, the Ritz.
Leaning water tower of Britten located in Groom Texas. Originally brought to Groom and was supposed to be used as a tourist attraction at a truck stop. The truck stop is no longer there... just overgrown grass.
I attempted to climb up to the top, however, after getting up around 20 feet, my fear of heights kicked in and I stopped.
The team on the tower. Awesome.
Groom, Tx, also the home of the second largest cross in the Western Hemisphere, standing at 190 feet tall. Very odd.
In Amarillo, we almost got ran over by a tank.
Palo Duro Canyon. The second largest canyon in the United States (behind the Grand Canyon)
Palo Duro Canyon. Beautiful.
The Cadillac Graveyard. 10 Cadillacs that have been spray painted burried in the ground surrounded by cows. Odd.
Top of Texas - 6:50 AM Sunday - AKA, the start of the race
The bottom of Oklahoma (AKA, the top of Texas)
My shorts got a little ripped up.
Preparing for my start.
The only town that we ran through on the way to Colorado. Boise City. It was one of the few places on US soil that got bombed. Oddly enough, we did it to ourselves in a practice mission.
Running through Boise City. Motiviation.
Denver, CO. That WAY!
Great Success. Tired.
A large dinosaur in Boise City...
Close up.
Lots of open space in Oklahoma.
Almost to Colorado...
We made it.
Largest cow ever... of course in Texas.
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