Finish Line!!!

Dieter has all of our medals after crossing the finish line!! Go Dieter!!

Reunited with Van 2! It took them a little while to find parking and they arrived after Dieter crossed the finish line. So we regrouped and then Dieter re-crossed the finish line with the team.

The Power Puff Girls!

Proud finishers from Van 2 - Adam, Bemnet and Dieter

At the beach!

We made it!

We were very thankful for food and beer and that all the running was now behind us!! We had about 3 hours at the beach while we waited for Van 2. It was a little chilly! We passed the time with some beer, food and ice cream.

Finish line party at the (rainy) beach

Happy to be relaxing at the beach!

Chilly!

If only we were all so lucky!

Bliss!

Pierre's (and Van 1's) last leg

Despite the dehydration and general illness Pierre experienced yesterday evening, he was feeling fine and running like a champ in his 3rd leg, which included a challenging uphill stint before a steep 3 miles of downhill. (He also did an amazing job on his second leg at around 3am.)

Pierre looking happy and relaxed before his 3rd leg

Fast start! Go Pierre, Go!

Lots of downhill and Pierre's using it to his advantage

ArribaZiba Van 1 - Nearly Done!

Lizzy had to take off a little early because her sister is leaving for her first year of college tomorrow. It was so great that she was able to join the team - she was a true powerhouse of a runner! Dartmouth is one lucky college to have her.

Since she had to take off early, we took a group shot (sans Pierre, who was running his last leg) at the end of her leg. I think we look pretty good for approximately 100 miles over 24 hours!

Lizzy's final leg

Lizzy started feeling a little ill before her final leg. When I met her in the chute for the exchange I was a bit worried about her! But she decided to power through. And what a leg to power through! It was intense uphill for 3 miles and then intense downhill for three miles. I can't believe she did it and, once again, came in under her predicted time. She's amazing!!!

Lizzy not feeling so hot before her run...

She's so fast we can't even keep up!

Honey Bucket Roadkill

I felt good the whole way through my last leg. I passed an Elk Viewpoint, but couldn't see any Elk - oh well. Other runners are getting a lot friendlier now that we're all a bit more ragged and closer to being done. Here's a shout out to the guy who rang the cowbell louder when I asked for more cowbell.

In the last quarter mile I passed a Honey Bucket truck that had entered the running lane. Yuck! But I made road kill out of him. You'll have to wait for the video blog for the full story!

Glad to be done and feeling good!

Cat's 3rd Leg

Cat's final leg is brutally long - 7.25 miles! She looks a little nervous, but I think she's up for it.

Cat with her game face on. Thinking happy thoughts.

The Andy-Cat exchange

Done!!!! And with time to spare! Go Cat!

Andy's making a video blog!

Andy will have to figure out how to post his video blog because it ROCKS!! (He's probably already figured out how he wants to do that being the computer genius he is.) I thought at first that we should only post a few of the entries, but after watching them all together they do an amazing job of capturing the mood and the event. So stay tuned for his video blog! It's well worth the wait.

8:39 am – My run was tough, I’m glad it’s done. I couldn’t enjoy it as much as my first two. It feels good to be done though! But I’m sooooo tired and my legs reeeeeaaallllyy hurt. I’d been waiting for a bagel and cream cheese all night. I’m so tired now. Andy will be finished soon. He’s had some tough legs – he rocks!
Fun people, lots of music being DJed from the back of a passing van – I think it’s Michael Jackson - everyone is awake now and looking forward to finishing their last leg strong.

Andy's off!

Andy finished up his last leg with plenty of mojojojo!

My last leg!

We find Van 2!
It’s 7:00 and we haven’t seen Van 2 yet, I hope they get here soon, it’s really cold out here this morning. Ok, van one has now arrived, Dieter is on his way and we’ll be seeing him soon. I’ll see you on the other side!! Go Team! (Last run!!)

Dieter-Sabrina exchange

Dieter looking good after his run

So….how did you do Dieter?

ArribaZiba is bright eyed and bushy tailed at Leg 25

Everybody loves port-a-potties!

Everybody must love port-a-potties to have a line like this in front of them.

Sabrina's next! That only took 20 minutes!

6:30 am

It’s 6:30 am, I guess we should probably get up. I’ve never slept so well… on the ground! (Thanks to Heather letting me use her sleeping bag – I was toasty and warm all night long.) I’m wondering if the other team is here yet. We don’t get cell coverage, so we have no way of knowing where they are or when they’ll be here. I could be standing out in the old for hours…I just don’t know.

Pierre and Lizzy asleep - runners in the distance

2am

It’s 2am, we just left Pierre, and now we’re searching for the area where we’ll sleep tonight. I hope Pierre is okay, He hasn’t been feeling well, but decided he was going to run anyway. We’re supposed to meet Dieter and Van 2 at 6:40 tomorrow morning, but we’re just a little behind so maybe we’ll get to sleep another hour.

We’ve arrived at the camping ‘field,’ Lizzy just jumped out of the car – this place is a maze…she’s never going to find us again. ….after parking, we headed to the bathrooms. The camp is a crazy place, tons of car, people in sleeping bags all over the ground, I can’t believe that no one gets run over, Car lights shine through the dusty night air. The sky is clear now with tons of stars, but the clouds are starting to come in and it seems darker. We found Lizzy near the restrooms - that was a relief.

After somewhat successfully navigating back to the van, I have changed and gotten everything ready for tomorrow morning’s run. I roll my mat out and jump into my sleeping back. It’s after 4:30am now and morning will come fast.

Cat at midnight

Even after a long hard leg…Andy’s up and giving Cat some water (in his socks)!

Andy bringing water to Cat mid-run

Debbie's still blogging while Lizzy rests up

Hawthorne Bridge Van Exchange - Friday Night

After a tasty dinner at home and some R&R we headed to the Hawthorne Bridge exchange point (#12).

Van 2 pulled up a couple car lengths ahead of us. When we got to the exchange point, a whole crew of Zibites were there to cheer us on! Jin, Tze, Christian and Josh were there. (Ten and Gillian were also trying to make it, but they weren’t able to get there in time – bummer!) It was so great to see them.

When Dieter came into the chute to hand off to Sabrina, the cheers from the ArribaZiba supporters were out of control! You couldn’t miss us (beside the fact that we had day glo shirts on). ;-)

ArribaZiba and our much appreciated supporters!

Deiter's a champ!

Sabrina's second leg

Runner Names

Big thanks to Ten for supplying us with the awesome superhero names for everyone. We got lots of comments on our names and our T-shirts.

BIONIC WOMAN - Sabrina
MOJOJOJO - Andy
Power Puff Girls BLOSSOM, BUTTERCUP, and BUBBLES - Cat, Sierra and Holly
ELASTIGIRL - Debbie
WILDTHING - Lizzy
FROZONE - Pierre
CINNAMON - Hallory
PEPSIMAN - Adam
AFRO SAMURAI - Bemnet
THE TERMINATOR - Dieter

Van 2 Begins!

The end of Pierre's Leg marked Exchange #6 and the passing of the torch (aka plastic slap-on wrist band) to Van 2. It was about 3pm in Sandy, OR and Pierre arrived at the handoff within a couple minutes of the time the team had predicted. Go Team!

It was great to see the rest of the team - it's too bad we couldn't spend more time with them throughout the race.

Sierra - looking like a pro

Dieter, our fearless leader, with our trusy clipboard and the time tracking PalmPilot

I still like Apple Struedel better, but I guess The Terminator sounds a little more threatening. Thanks to Ten for coming up with great running names for us!

Pepsi Man (aka Adam) - offering encouragement and enthusiasm all the way!

Bemnet - ready to churn out a serious list of road kills on his run

Pierre's leg

Pierre's run afforded no shade, and the temperature was creeping up as the sun beat down. Even before Pierre arrived at the exchange where we met Van 2, both vans of us agreed it was brutal!

Despite the heat, Pierre kept his pace through the entire leg and arrived on time. The sun had gotten to him a bit and he was feeling dehydrated and somewhat ill for the next few hours as he rested and rehydrated.

Lizzy to Pierre

Lizzy's run had plenty of up- and downhill that she powered right through. It was probably the most beautiful of the first legs because on a road with less traffic that went approximately parallel to the highway the rest of us ran along. Being on this smaller road surrounded by lots of trees also afforded good shade, which Lizzy appreciated.

Lizzy's a pro!

Pierre is so ready! And Cat's feeling well balanced after her run.

Lizzy just a few feet from the end of her run - she finished nearly 10 minutes under her estimated time! We could hardly keep up!

Gorgeous Day!

Views up here are so beautiful! The sky is clear blue and it's around 80 degrees. The rolling hills and towering trees make for great running company.

Exchange 4 - Deb to Lizzy

It was getting hard to find shade and the temperature was heating up. It was now Lizzy's turn to run. Being a track star at Dartmouth, she left us all in the dust (and about 10 other runners over the course of her 6+ mile first leg, doubling our roadkill tally!).

The Deb-Lizzy wristband exchange

I'm feeling good after the run! But also feeling really hot in the warm sun!

Pierre mentally preparing for his leg - very Zen