OK, so here are the legs. Most are strava but a couple are ones I did on Map My Run where I couldn't find them on strava.
Juxt:
Leg 1
Gianmarco:
Leg 2
Tri-man:
Leg 3
Jshare:
Leg 4
Grue:
Leg 5
ChiefD:
Leg 6
Juxt:
Leg 7
Gian:
Leg 8
Tri-man:
Leg 9
jshare:
Leg 10
Grue:
Leg 11
Chief
Leg 12
Juxt:
Leg 13
Gian:
Leg 14
Tri-man:
Leg 15
Jshare:
Leg 16
Grue:
Leg 17
Chief
Leg 18
I'll post my thoughts on some of these from what I remember (drove 2 years ago and ran last year)
Leg 1 -- This starts on a High School Track and it's a short and quick first leg.
@Juxtatarot should be able to smoke this. He's also going to only be running with 4 others and they should all be FAST. I'm guessing that will only help him.
Here was our guy from last year. You 2 are similar runners.
Leg 2 -- This will be mine. I'm familiar with this area as this is where my son plays soccer and I've run around this lake where we start. It's a relatively flat segment until we cross the bridge. I'm hoping to get this done between 7:30 and 7:45 pace. What'll be fun is the fact that I'll be getting in less than 10 minutes before the station closes based on our start time. Pressure?
Leg 3 -- This is the one I ran last year.
@tri-man 47 should do well here. There's an initial descent where you can really pick up speed and then it's just a nice and flat 3 miles with some shade to boot.
I did this last year at a 7:24 pace.
Leg 4 -- A nice and flat 7 mile run for
@JShare87. This should be a little after 9am so should be a good run for him.
Leg 5 -- This is where the challenge starts.
@gruecd starts with a trail leg. That said, he compares similarly to guys ranked in the top 10 on that leg. I'm pretty sure he'll finish this with a sub 8 pace.
Leg 6 --
@ChiefD should do well here. I know you're worried about losing time here, but if you look at the leaderboard for this leg, you compare favorably to a lot of the guys in the top 25. There's only 1 decent climb, but IIRC, the person who ran this last year said it wasn't too bad.
Leg 7 -- Juxt gets a trail leg here. Again, you are a very similar runner to the guy we had on our team last year who did this.
Here was his leg. I think you'll do close to that.
Leg 8 -- Another relatively flat 4 mile leg for me. Once again, I'm shooting for 7:30-7:45 here.
Leg 9 -- Tri-man gets this trail leg. I did this one last year. The first 3 miles or so are nice and flat and easy. But this trail kicked my ###. Keep in mind, I'd never run a trail before so that's part of it.
Here was what I did. After the climb, it wasn't terrible, but that climb took a lot out of me. There's a final climb to get to the relay point that sucks, though.
Leg 10 -- JShare gets a flat 2.6 mile leg to blaze. In the afternoon. Expecting a lot!!
Leg 11 -- Oh, poor Grue. This is going to be the worst of the day for anyone, I think. 7 1/2 miles of open running in the afternoon with no shade. Just get it done.
Leg 12 -- Alright, Chief. 3.8 miles of flat open land to burn. If you can run a HM at an 8 min pace, this should be a piece of cake for you
Leg 13 -- 7 flat miles for Juxt.
Our guy last year ran this really hard. But it was hot as hell and he almost passed out when he was done. The biggest challenge here will be the heat along with it being your 3rd run.
Leg 14 -- Another flat 4 mile run for me. I'm not letting up and plan on hitting 7:30-7:45 for all my runs. That's the hope, at least.
Leg 15 -- This is a pretty flat 5 mile run for tri-man.
But, this is also the one I bonked in. With your experience, you should do well here.
Leg 16 -- Another flat 3.4 mile run in the heat for JShare to smoke. Just need the wheels to hold up!
Leg 17 --- Grue finally gets rewarded with a 5K distance like run in the afternoon after his first 2 legs. He should love this, right?
Leg 18 -- Chief gets to bring us home. You're running through the city of Hermann for most of this. There's a bridge you go over and then we join you at the very end and cross together. That motivation alone should pick up the pace. That, or Grue will just throw you on his back and carry you across.
