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Friday, September 13, 2013

Running Waters

Chery & Jon Turner
Running Waters
Running Waters is the name of Cheryl and Jon’s relay team.  They are running the Reach theBeach Relay in New Hampshire.  The relay is from the mountains of New Hampshire (Cannon Mountain), to the coast (Hampton Beach).  That’s 200 miles.  That’s over 24 hours of running.

  Take heart.  This is not a marathon.  It’s a relay, so Cheryl and Jon are part of a team from work, which is taking part in the race.  They work for Waters Corp. inMilford, MA.  Waters is a publicly traded laboratory analytical instrument and software company. Since Waters’ believes in the best quality of life for everyone, they contribute and support charitable efforts to improve the quality of life in the communities we live. 

  There are 12 runners on their team.  The girls are wearing pink, the guys’ fluorescent orange.  Their team shirt has the outline of New Hampshire with the mountains at the top and a course line going down to the beach. A list of the individuals on the team, is to the right. 

Hubby and I are here to support Cheryl and Jon (daughter and son-in-law).  Hubby and I drove them up to Cannon Mountain, this morning.  Tomorrow, we’ll pick them up at Hampton Beach. You can see the course here.   We were astonished to see the craziness at the starting line.  People were dressed up in costume.  Their vans were decorated, too.  There even was a van decorating contest.  These vans follow the runners carrying the next relay runners.  On the van are water and medical supplies.  The runners rest (probably sleep) in there, as well.

I am impressed with the organization.  Just read Marc Chalufour’sblogging about the event.  It’s been going on for 15 years.  The history is on Wikipedia.  Marc has everything nicely catalogued.  Note that its run on volunteers! 


And they’re off…



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