Texas Independence Relay - Part 2

Here are some more pictures from last weekend. Charles is finishing up his first leg, 4.26 miles, ready to slap the bracelet on Jeff. The bracelet was our baton that we passed on. Jeff's ran his first leg at a 7:47 pace for 4.85 miles.
He passed off to Michael who ran 8.78 miles very fast. Michael said the scenery was beautiful and he enjoyed his run.

Michael passed off to Laura who ran 4.66 miles to Shiner.

I ran through Shiner and ended at the Spoetzl Brewery. My pace was 8:40 for my short run.

After my run we went into the gift shop to check it out and hoped to get a beer, but no luck.

Lisa ran 4.14 miles towards Moulton.

In Moulton, our car stopped and enjoyed lunch while the other car kept on running. We saw Nick running up Hwy 95 ready to pass off to Nikki.

We waited to greet Nikki in Flatonia. We sat outside soaking up the sun listening to music.

Lisa ran with Nikki cheering her on down the final stretch.

Tyson was the last one to run his first leg. We took a team picture, minus Charles who was on to the next stop.

Jeff ran his second leg from Weimar to Borden which was 4.69 miles. He handed off to Lisa. Lisa handed off to me and I ran 6.01 miles down 90 into downtown Columbus. It was an awesome finish because Bobby and Sylvia had brought Juliann and Caroline to cheer us on. I got tears in my eyes as I heard Juliann cheering, "Go, Mommy Go!" What an awesome way to end my second run. Thanks for bringing them YaYa and Papi.

It was dark by the time I ran into Columbus. We stopped at Sonic to get a bite to eat then headed to Wallis to shower and sleep on the gym floor for a couple hours. Meanwhile, the rest of the team ran from Columbus to Altair to Eagle Lake, then they headed to Wallis. Once the arrived, they went to shower and sleep and we started running again.

The only picture I have during the night is Jeff handing off to me after he ran 5.43 miles down Hwy 36.

I ran 5 miles to Simonton.

We drove into Katy to Luke's Locker and had breakfast tacos, courtesy of Taco Cabana. They were delish. Then we headed to San Felipe, where we slept in the suburban a couple hours until Laura finished her last leg and was ready to hand off to Jeff.

Jeff ran 5.33 miles and ended in Memoral Park, where he passed off to me.

I ran 5.18 miles through Memorial Park, along the Buffalo Bayou Trail and ending in downtown Houston. This was the captain's leg. Jeff let me run it. It was beautiful and peaceful, a great way to end my last leg!

Yay, I am finshed!!!!

Joe ran towards Pasadena for his last leg.

Nick took off full force for his last leg, which was 5.99 miles.

The Kainer Family

I ran and cheered Nikki on the last part of her last leg.

Tyson ran the last leg of the race, 5.32 miles, ending at The San Jacinto Monument.

We finished the race in a little over 30 hours. We were very excited because that was two hours sooner than our anticipated finish time.

Sweatbanded Heathens

Our team, with our drivers:)

We walked up the monument, where we received our medals and took a finisher photo on the steps. Then we enjoyed some Papa John's pizza.

The Little Family

Afterwards, we headed back to the car to gather all of our belongings to head home. We arrived in El Campo about 5:30. Jeff and I showered and were asleep by 6:30. We slept like a rock. Thanks to the grandparents for taking care of our beauties while we were gone!