Well, I just finished packing and prepping my Prius for her bridesmaid role in the marathon. Dan Kroushl's prius will be the true athlete of the event, but mine will see a lot of duty for practice runs, film crew duty, and instuctional demo's. So tonight she got her first ever wax job and a thorough cleaning in preparation for all the attention she'll get the next few days.

I'm off to Pittsburgh after work tomorrow, and hopefully get some practice in on the course during the same time frame my first shift runs - 10pm till 2am. Wayne has the real challenge, the next four hour shift after mine. He gets extra points for volunteering for the dead of night shift. We've got a schedule for all the shifts, but I imagine that will flex as the event evolves.

We hope to start sometime around six pm friday evening, and initially have a Dan, Dave, Wayne, Rick rotation set up. We're going to do our utmost to arrange it so Dan gets to finish as well sometime Sunday, since this whole thing was his doing, he found the course, and he's perfected the technique to make a 100 mpg tank seem achievable.

Weather is looking decent, with predicted highs in the eighties, lows in the sixties, and very little chance of rain or significant wind.

We plan to post updates as the marathon unfolds - stay tuned!

Dave Bassage