Chris "Krash Man" Pope

I spent the weekend in Boston and in a ton of little towns in Conneticut. I was helping with the New England Ragnar Relay.  It was a blast but a lot of work.  I went out wend night and stayed at the confert inn and suits.  It was the best inn of the trip.  Thur.  morning I got some training on what I was doing.  I was the course manager for exchange 12-17.  After the training (it was outside of boston) I got my van and drove to Branford CT.  It was a nice long drive.  Spent most of the day setting up the start line and then went to dinner with the staff and other volenteers.  

Friday morning I got up and used my GPS to find a great place to run.  I fond this state park about 10 miles away.  Hammenasset state park and beach.  When I got there they didn't open till 8am and I didn't have time to wait.  So I ran in from the gate to the beach.  Ran on the beach bear foot for some time.  It was a great run.  Later both legs hurt.  Mostly my calf.  

 I worked on friday from 10am till 3am the next day.  It was a long day but I had some Mtn Dew that helped.  Just after exchange 13 was a 7-11 and every time I came by there I filled up my 44 oz cup with Mtn Dew.  I figured I drank 132 oz on my shift.  After I finished my shift I drove back to the Boston area to the finish line hotel.  The hotel was the worst I have ever stayed in.  It was a dive.  After sleeping for only 6 hours I went to the finish line to unload my van and sort it.  Spent most of the day sorting and loading the race stuff.  We finished about 8pm and then went to dinner with the staff.  After dinner we took the vans back to the rental place and went to bed.  I got to bet around 1:30 am.  My flight left at 6:30am, so I didn't get much sleep.