Bourbon Chase 2012

[barturtle]

Ed, Shay and myself along with 9 of our friends and one awesome driver (Rob, who also drives for Mint Julep Tours) spent this weekend running 200 miles along the Bourbon Trail.

Starting at Beam's awesome new American Stillhouse in Clermont, past Four Roses Cox's Creek, HH's Deatsville, through Bardstown to Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark, Perryville, Danville, Four Roses, Wild Turkey, Woodford Reserve and into Lexington.

Our team was so awesomely fast they held us over an hour in Danville, the half way mark, to allow the rest of the teams a chance to catch up.

How fast were we? Well, here's a look at us at the start of the opening wave. The girl in the yellow is our lead off runner, Andrea.

[callmeox]

Boom, and she's gone. :slappin:

Congrats to your team for finishing the run.

[MyOldKyDram]

Good on you for running it.

We just volunteered yesterday and I'm exhausted.

[barturtle]

Good on you for running it.

We just volunteered yesterday and I'm exhausted.

Which checkpoint were you at?

[MyOldKyDram]

We were atthe finish , park, etc, setting all of that up. Luggin chairs, and tables. Blowing up balloons. Hauling ice, fruit, water, bourbon. All that jazz.

[barturtle]

Thank you for your hard work.

[MyOldKyDram]

We really are the unsung heroes of the whole thing.

[barturtle]

We really are the unsung heroes of the whole thing.

Actually, yes. While the small towns along the way with their handful of volunteers get lots of recognition, the massive crew in Lexington goes mostly unrecognized.

[camduncan]

What sort of distance does each individual have to run?

[barturtle]

Each of the 12 runners will run three legs, with runner 1 running 1, 13, 25; runner 2 running 2, 14, 26 and so on. The legs are each ranked on length and difficulty and then each running position is ranked for total length and difficulty. The person with the shortest and least difficult running position runs a bit over 11 miles total, while the runner with the longest total runs just short of 20 miles. On our team the shortest position was covered by a walker, while Marathoners, IronMan and Army Special Forces people filled the longer and more difficult legs.

The whole team has to average 11minute/mile pace or faster.