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Possible replacement for the old, torn Ranger shirt.  Female, size M!

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Carol, uttering the F word, possibly for the first time in her life!

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They remembered me!  And no restraining order!

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The lovely TuTu's really enjoy spending time with me.

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Everybody wants in on the action!

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TuTu's take off at 9:40.  Only a matter of time, girls..

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Dane, thinking about his happy place.

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Nobody is hurting.  Yet.  Note to self, next year, remind whomever we rope in to take the

starting line photo, that the whole purpose of taking a starting line photo is to get the actual

staring line in the photo.

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And we're off!

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Andy, in red, leading off for the second year in a row.

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The wheel chair division.  One would think electric would be against the rules.

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Here comes Adrien, gaining ground!

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Looking both ways before he crosses.

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Adrien, flying up a hill.

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More Adrien.

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Adrien hates hills, but not today!

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Adrien, getting some lovin' from Van 2!

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The view most runners have of Adrien..

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Same hill..

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Same Adrien!

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Dane-bot, at the bottom of the mother effing hill to end all hills.

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I took a lot of pictures of Dane running up this hill.  It was a long hill.

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I don't have a witty caption for every picture of Dane on this hill.  I'm not that clever.

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Why are you still reading the captions?  I told you I don't have any more.  Just look at the pictures,

and start reading captions again when we get to the top of the hill.

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Please?

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What's the matter with you?  Comprehension problem?

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I know.  I'll bet you're one of those people who slam doors in transition area parking lots, right?

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Ok, you're really ticking me off now.  Seriously, there was nothing funny about this hill.  Just Dane,

courageously running up it.

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You're an idiot.

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Really.

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Ok.  I give up.  Clearly you are not paying attention.  Guess I have no choice but to try to

think of some more captions.

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Here's Dave, giving the Rush Hour Renegade runner some help.

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Here's Dane again.

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Why is it that every time we see Dane, he's running up a hill?

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I'd love to know what he's thinking.

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Nice view.  I don't think Dane enjoyed it.

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Look!  Here's something you don't see often - it's Dane, running up a hill!

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This was one serious hill!

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It never seems to end!

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It's painful enough to read all these stupid captions, can you imagine how much it hurt to

run up it?

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That's Nathan, sitting on a rock, trying not to twist an ankle.  Oh, and if you look

closely, you can see Dane.  He's the one running up the hill.

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From the top of the hill, note the sign - 9% grade for the last 3.5 miles! Don't feel bad for Dane,

the 4 miles before that were probably only a 6% grade..

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And the glory of cresting the hill goes to..

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Pat!  My oh my, don't you look fresh at the top of this hill!

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Kissed by a TuTu.  Denis is basking in the afterglow.

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Here comes Mike!

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He'll be glad when he's got this first leg under his belt.

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Pretty grueling down hill.

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Here comes Carol!

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Ranger Daves hand.  I know Dave, you don't have to say it - the lousy picture is

all my fault!

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There goes Dave, upset about having to run down hill.

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More Dave, still going down hill.

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And more down hill.

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That's me.  I'm the one standing with the runners.

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Dave dodges a minivan.  Nice traffic control.  Last year, I spanked one that almost

ran me over.  Dave has been trained to kill minivans in 37 different ways, silently.

This one got off lucky.

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Seems to be a lot of minivans trying their luck with Dave.  Maybe we'll have

to make an example out of one or two of them.

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And I'm off!

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Dave, explaining how he just wasn't able to get past this one runner..

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John, taking off quickly!

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5 miles a day on the beach, imagin if he'd had time to train!

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Denis, he's not actually running, he's just finished, and handed off to John.  If you see me

looking like this, well, I'm running..

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Dave, watching John run up hill #4.

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Long leg, 3 nasty hills.  John finally learned to appreciate down hills!

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John can't wait to get rid of the baton.

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Somebody, take it please!

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Jason, not sure why he needs the vest.  Put enough Red Bull in him and sparks fly!

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Dusk, Friday night, Jason preparing to hand off to Nathan.

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