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| Chery & Jon Turner |
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| 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…
