Hood to Coast 2023
On August 25th and 26th the club fielded a team for the Hood to Coast run. It’s a 196 mile relay race from Mt. Hood to Seaside, run with 12 people on a team. The event has sold out - on opening day - for the last 24 years!
The club has fielded teams for this event before though not in the last few years. We were able to get a good mix of alumni years on the team - from a ‘69 all the way through to two ‘23’s. We weren't trying to run a competitive team - we were just trying to finish and have a good time while doing it.
The event kicked off early Friday morning at 6:25 AM on Mt. Hood. They stagger the team start times to reduce congestion along the race. We ran through the night - switching off between the two vans of runners - and finished the afternoon of the next day. Our finish time was 32h 2m for an average pace of 9:47; this put us in the top half of our division (mixed open) - a really pretty good result for a non-competitive team; eclecticedgeracing.overallraceresults.com/overall-results/753.
Ironically we shared our start time with “The Geisel Geese” - a team with 3-4 Dartmouth alums themselves. And several additional alums introduced themselves to us at the race finish at Seaside - probably wondering why so many people were wandering around wearing Dartmouth gear :)
Thanks to Carolyn ‘90 and Laura ‘96 for offering up their houses in Portland for our first rest stop; David ‘69, Joe T’20, and Gokul ‘23 for driving the vans; and Peter, Jon, and Neha ‘27 for volunteering for the event!
If anybody has interest in participating in possible future Hood to Coast runs with the team, contact devoncarew@gmail.com ‘96.
Van 1, left-to-right:
Devon Carew '96 (leg 6), Joe Banh T'20 (leg 2), Laura Bright '96 (leg 4), Jennifer Bolin (leg 1), Shawn Zhou '06 (leg 3), and Stephanie Finley '23 (leg 5)
Van 2, left-to-right:
Carolyn Choi '90 (leg 12), Estee Emlen (leg 11), Hana Warmflash '20 (leg 9), David Rutlen '69 (leg 7), Mark Giordono '94 (leg 8), and Gokul Srinivasan '23 (leg 10)
