Was it the best race ever for Rank Strangers? Van #1 says so, and it was loaded with veterans including 9-timer Jeff Shampo.
Our 12 person team boasted 7 newcomers: Bo Lackey, Bill Shepard, Therese Nolan, Beth Fegan, Pati Flannery, Tim Scott and Paul Miller. Therese, Beth, Pati and Tim had experience with other run relay teams and taught us some new tricks. Paul peppered the twittersphere with great pictures (see @MillerRoad ).
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| Bo Lackey |
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| Tim Scott |
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| Therese Nolan |
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| Beth Fegan |
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| Bill Shepard |
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| Pati Flannery |
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| Paul Miller |
The 2013 team, with the number of prior appearances in parentheses:
Jeff Shampo (8)
Eric Engdahl (8)
Art Saffran (7)
Renee Roux (5)
Pete Boll (3)
Paul Miller
Pati Flannery
Bo Lackey
Bill Shepard
Tim Scott
Therese Nolan
Beth Fegan
My co-captain, Mark Clear (7), was the Van #1 driver this year.
Our team's story is on this blog ( http://www.rankstrangers.blogspot.com/2013/06/rank-strangers-go-for-ninth-madison.html ); we are the only team to run all 9 years of the race, starting well before the current "Ragnar Chicago" phase.
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| Rank Strangers (l to r) Hunched over in front (is this why my back hurt the next day?): Therese Nolan, Beth Fegan, Eric Engdahl, Paul Miller, Bill Shepard. Back: Tim Scott, Pete Boll, Renee Roux, Bo Lackey, Jeff Shampo, Art Saffran. |
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We shared the schedule with Road Kill Warriors and they honored us with this tweet. Great shot. Thanks to Tim Scott, our tunnel engineer: Tunnel of #ragnar love! Cc:@rankstrangers http://fb.me/1dh5rx1bd
Another cool pic, from our Paul Miller's Saturday tweet: I know what to do with my #ragnar medal with @rankstrangers #ragnarchi http://instagram.com/p/aUNySgS-pu/
Good job! Glad to hear it went so well.
Being a coworker of Eric's, I am always amazed by his dedication and how much he is able to accomplish for our team. To hear and see about the Rank Strangers, I am beyound amazed and really astounded, proud and envious of this adventure, teamwork , hard work and physical endurance. Huge congratulations to everyone. Thanks for sharing the pictures and your journey with us! - Daniela
We were How Not Spotted Cow in 2013: https://www.digitalrunning.com/5103/ragnar-relay-chicago-2013/
and the Lower Wacker Gang in the HOT HOT RAGNAR of 2012: https://www.digitalrunning.com/4053/ragnar-relay-chicago-2012/
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