This is a 200-mile relay race from Calistoga to Santa Cruz ("Wine to Weed"). Teams of 12 runners rotate around the clock, and everybody runs approximately three 10K's, although the lengths and difficulties of the legs vary quite a bit. We were lucky to have Jenni Buckley as our team captain, and she was SUPER! She made sure we were all well-fed and well-organized... although not even she could guarantee that we were well-rested. It was a lot of fun, but pretty stressful on the body to run fast three times with so little sleep. But it was fun enough that we returned for a second year...

Providian Relay
Team name: The Mighty Mighty Lab Gerbils
Team members (in running order): Anne Staples, Helene Grossman, Kevin Moore, Olivier Putzeys, Bethany Baumbach, Jenni Buckley, Daniel Larson, Jenny Hoffman, Stephanie Hass, Tom Haard, Tracy Northup, Joan Hoffmann
Time: 25:11:59