Alfaj0r.com » RenoBaby! http://www.alfaj0r.com It's all fun and games,'till someone loses an eye. Then it's a sport! Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:56:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Reno-Tahoe Odyssey, a story of the internets and social networking http://www.alfaj0r.com/blog/2008/05/23/reno-tahoe-odyssey-a-story-of-the-internets-and-social-networking/ http://www.alfaj0r.com/blog/2008/05/23/reno-tahoe-odyssey-a-story-of-the-internets-and-social-networking/#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 18:48:26 +0000 Nico http://www.alfaj0r.com/?p=201 Last week, browsing through Reno Baby! (a ning site), I found out about the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey. I read a bit about it, sounded like fun, and expressed my interest.
Yesterday, this guy Jason posted there to say that they were looking for a runner. I replied, excited, saying that I was up for it.
But then I was afraid someone would get a hold of him before I did, so I asked my friend and roomate Cory if he knew him. After all, Cory is a pretty networked guy. And it turns out that he does know him!
So, Cory “twittered” him, and a connection was made.
Hours ago, I got an email from “the team”, and I’m in!

And shit. I didn’t know the race started on Friday and doesn’t stop until you get to the finish line, a whole 178 miles later. Enter panic mode!
Just kidding. It’s sort of a relay race, and it’s divided in 36 legs. Each team has 12 members, so I only have to run 3 legs, so I should be able to survive without any internal bleeding.

I’m heading out to REI to arm myself with a headlamp and some sort of reflective vest… and maybe some bear spray. Holy shit.

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