Legs distances posted

The official route, maps and leg details are now posted on the Ragnar website. We can expect it to change, but for now please submit your top three choices for legs and I'll make assignments from there.

Runner 1st Leg 2nd Leg 3rd Leg Total
1-4.9 miles Moderate, 5.3 miles Moderate, 7.0 miles Hard, Total 17.2 miles
2-5.1 miles Moderate, 8.7 miles Very Hard, 7.4 miles Hard, Total 21.2 miles
3-5.5 miles Moderate, 2.7 miles Easy, 5.2 miles Moderate, Total 13.4 miles
4-4.1 miles Moderate, 5.7 miles Hard, 4.0 miles Moderate, Total 13.8 miles
5-3.2 miles Easy, 6.7 miles Hard, 4.9 miles Moderate, Total 14.8 miles
6-2.4 miles Easy, 6.2 miles Hard, 4.5 miles Hard, Total 13.1 miles
7-7.3 miles Hard, 3.9 miles Easy, 9.2 miles Very Hard, Total 20.4 miles
8-5.4 miles Moderate, 4.1 miles Moderate, 9.6 miles Very Hard, Total 19.1 miles
9-5.6 miles Hard, 5.6 miles Hard, 6.6 miles Hard, Total 17.8 miles
10-3.3 miles Easy, 6.1 miles Hard, 5.9 miles Hard, Total 15.3 miles
11-8.7 miles Very Hard, 4.0 miles Moderate, 5.9 miles Hard, Total 18.6 miles
12-8.0 miles Very Hard, 4.2 miles Moderate, 5.3 miles Moderate, Total 17.5 miles

Van contact information

Van 2 people,
Whoever wants to take the lead in van 2, here is the information for the van we rented. Van 1 is all set, van 2 needs to decide if this is something you want to do. You don't need a 15 passenger van, but it will make things a lot more comfortable for the race.
15 passenger vans
Executive-van-rentals.com
310-338-9788
9144 Sepulveda blvd LA 90045
Open from 7:30am to 11:30pm everyday $99 per day.
James

Van 1 - Van rental

For Van 1, we have decided to rent a 15 passenger van. I have made a reservation at executive-van-rentals.com confirmation number EXEC-LOSA-868107. The max cost for each passenger in van 1 will be $55 for a 3 day rental. Depending on our race start and finish we may be able to cut that price down to a two day rental at a cost of $36 per person.
Van 2 will have to work together and decide what you would like to do.
Here are the current van assignments as noted on the blog:
Van 1: James, Danielle, Dave & Rebecca Greding, Amy Adams and Wade Altom. Driver: Mike Adams
Van 2: Nikki Fenski, John Stewart, Trevor Kavanagh, Michael Barnett, Laura Wright and Tom Omer. Driver: Chad Wright

The Ragnar site notes that they expect to post their first draft of the running legs "by 1/1/11". You should know that they will change several times leading up to the race.
James

Barefoot running videos

I thought some of you might be interested in these two videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jrnj-7YKZE&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9itkEkcQ8WM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

James

Begging for race fees

Hey team!  We have everyone registered with Ragnar now.  Hooray.  There are still several that have not paid me their portion of the race fee yet.  If you didn't know, I paid our $1,500 team fee about a month ago.  I wouldn't mind if you brought by a check soon.  :-)

Ragnar: Running from Responsibility Team #1 Complete

We just completed the team today!  Tom Omer came over, gave me a check and said, "I'm in!"

Welcome Tom!  Right now, we aren't considered a "mixed team", because we don't have an even set of males to females, but if we get more interested we may end up shuffling people around between the teams to hopefully get back to the "mixed team" ratio.

I added a few links to the blog (http://runningfromresponsibility.blogspot.com/) for your reference such as training guides and course maps.

James

Running from Responsibility Team #4

We are officially registered for the So Cal Ragnar Relay. We are team #4.
I've set up a new blog to broadcast and communicate all Ragnar 2011 information. http://runningfromresponsibility.blogspot.com/
Feel free to post questions, etc here. You'll also receive an email each time someone posts something as well.

Current Team
James Sloan
Danielle Sloan
David Greding
Rebecca Greding
Wade Altom
Amy Adams

John Stewart
Nikki Fenske
Trevor Kavanagh
Michael Barnett (Trevor's friend who ran the Wasatch Back last year)
Laura Wright
Unknown (must be female)

Commitments
We have 11 of our 12 member team that have committed at some level. I've received commitments via three different forms: "Official" in response to my request from the RagnarRelay team page, "verbal" or "email" commitments. We need official commitments when you have time. Just respond to the email I sent from the Ragnar website. We still need one more female to round out our "mixed" team.

Registration Fee
I've paid the registration fee and the volunteer fee since I didn't think we would be able to get volunteers to travel down south. The total combined fee is $125 per person. When you have an opportunity, please give me a check for the fee.

15 Passenger Van
I have started looking into renting 15 passenger vans. So far the most reasonable price I have found is $99 per day. For those that participated in previous years, we were all very envious of those that had something bigger than a minivan. If we did this, I estimate the cost would be between $33 to $50 depending on what kind of taxes they will add to the rental fee. I think this might be a small price to pay for a lot more comfort over the 30 plus hours of the race. Especially if we can't find places to sleep near the major exchanges. I would like to know your thoughts.

James Sloan