Sunday, February 22, 2009

Birkie Day Timeline


4:20 am - Alarm goes off, brush teeth, brew coffee, pack car.
4:45 - Pick up Ben and Matt.
5:00 - Hit the road!
5:02 - Hit a deer!
5:05 - Drive back to camp to switch cars.
5:13 - Hit the road again.
7:20 - Arrive at Telemark to check-in and pick up bibs and timers.
8:55 - Jay starts his Birkie
9:00 - Brooke turns in donations for - SKI FOR A CURE!  Thanks everyone!  My pledge page is still open for donations in case you still want to donate.  I am still hoping to raise $2,500.  Ben and Matt wait patiently for race to start.


10:05 - Ben, Matt, Andrea and Rick start Birkie.  Brooke starts Kortelopet.


Racing...

12:01 - Jay finishes Birkie (3:06)
12:03 - Brooke finishes Kortelopet (1:58), catches a bus to car, drives to Hayward to see Birkie finishers.
1:14 - Matt finishes Birkie (3:09) - awesome beard-cicles dude.

1:24 - Ben finishes Birkie (3:19)

Rick (3:52) and Andrea (4:47) finish Birkie.  


We all celebrate with chicken noodle soup, water, beer, burgers, rice krispie treats and peanuts.

4:30ish - Pack up car and head to Minocqua
6:30 - Arrive at Gami's to pick up Mika.  Have a Mexican feast.
8:30 - Drive home
8:35 - Hot tub
9:00 - Sleep

SUNDAY
Wake up... assess damage. :)