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| Owner | Eric Gilbertson |
| Creation Date | 2007-09-21 21:08:39 UTC-0400 |
| Description | This is the article I tried to get in the tech. I guess they didn't want it.
MIT Students race in 200 Mile Relay Author: Eric Gilbertson The MIT Outing Club raced last weekend in the annual Reach the Beach relay, a 200-mile race from the White Mountains of New Hampshire to the Atlantic Ocean. This running adventure, one of the nations longest distance races of its kind, has donated approximately $40,000 to the NH State Parks system since its inception in 1999. This year over 350 teams from across the country competed, and the MIT Outing Club finished in a strong 12th overall place and earned a 5th place in the Mens Open division with a time of 24 hours 28 minutes (7:07 min/mile pace). The winning team "Hello Kitty" finished in just over 21 hours. The race course began at Cannon Mountain and followed secondary roads to finish at Hampton Beach, NH. Each of the 12 runners on the team ran three legs totaling between 14 and 25 miles. The legs varied in difficulty from 2.5-mile flat sprints to 7.7-mile uphill climbs. The MITOC team started at 1:30 pm on Friday Sept. 14, near the end of the wave start, and ran through the night. They finished at Hampton Beach around 2:00 pm on Saturday Sept. 15. The runners were not deterred by cold rain, which began around midnight and continued until the end of the race. After crossing the finish line together the MITOC team continued to run into the frigid ocean while most of the other, less hardy teams decided to stay dry. MITOC plans to compete again next year with the goal of finishing RTB in less than 24 hours. On the 12-person team were Polly Anikeeva G, Sharat Chikkerur G, Kate D'epagnier G, Brenden Epps G, Eric Gilbertson '08, Matthew Gilbertson '08, Pavel Gorelik 02, Mike Kokko MS '07, Elvedin Lukovic G, Tammy McGavock Wellesley College 08, Monika Schleier-Smith G, and Kit Werley G. Also competing from MIT were teams "Most Incredible Team" and "Electric Milkmen." |