Van 1 Finally Done Leg 2

I am completely honest in my blog. And I am going to keep it that way now. The last half hour of our van's "ownership" of leg 2 was truly scary. I had nodded off in the middle seat of the van while our #4 runner Robin slept in the far back. Jay, Lisa, and Mike were all awake and watching and waiting for Julia to run by us so we could give her water at about the 5 mile mark of her 8 mile leg. Shortly after I awoke from my snooze....the team was in a state of realization that something was wrong. We never saw Julia come by the van. We were parked in a fast food lot, right on the road, and had seen dozens of other runners come by. But no Julia. We called ahead to Van 2 to see if by some crazy circumstance, Julia had been much faster than we thought and she was finished the leg. She hadn't. So we drove back to the previous exchange....scouring the trail on the side of the road for her. No sign. We then turned around and went all the way to the finish and looped back again. There were parts of the runner's trail we couldn't see traveling Southbound so we had to go back North. Finally....just more than a mile out....there she was! Trucking along. How we missed her and she missed us we will never know. I am just OH SO GRATEFUL she is back with the team now! After a quick exchange on a high school track to Jon in Van 2...our van is settling in for the night. Those clearance rack sleeping bags we bought on Thursday night sure are the most comfy spot in the world right now :) Van 2 is now in control of our fate for the next 6 hours or so.....time for whatever sleep I can get. See you in the AM...probably after I conquer the 7 mile bridge....Jay has a very quick 3 miles so my time will be very short before I get after that bridge. Eep!!! How will I sleep now?? :)

XOXO - Jenn