Hood to Coast

Ryan ran the relay race Hood to Coast. It's a 199 mile race that starts at the Timberline Lodge of Mt. Hood and ends at the coast of Seaside, Oregon. Their team finished in 25:05:54, 75th overall out of about 1100 teams. Not too shabby. Ryan ran a total of just over 19 miles and had a great time. He also got to go to Nike and do some shopping and explore Oregon. He can't wait to go back next year and maybe I will get to tag along next time.  

Here are some pictures of the race.

The starting line. I love that there is still snow on the mountain.

 The finish line. With Ryan, Dave Funk, Steve Shield, Ryan Driggs, Kevin Wolfe, Brian Ricks, and Richard Rassmussan. They had way too much fun together.

 One of the look out points along the way of the race.

 Outside of Nike with new shoes on everyone. It turns out that they got themselves invited to a lunch for the Nike employees that were running the race. The Nike people thought Ryan's group were employees so they got a free lunch and a good story too.

A waterfall outside of Portland. I really want to go there.