There’s a giant flamingo to your right and a band of blow-up guitar strumming rockers on your left. A superhero cape-wearing swarm flutters by your periphery. A chant of ‘Go Team!’ echoes through a bullhorn. Silly string is flying. Tutus abound. Is that anchovy pizza you had last night spinning a weird dream? Are you on some bad Gu-induced euphoric …
It’s Way Too Far on Your Own: The Making of an Odyssey Relay Team – by Eric Sikorski
Getting a team together for the American Odyssey Relay is no small feat. Trying to find runners with agreeable personalities, not an issue. Trying to find runners willing to take precious leave time from work to spend approximately 24 hours in a van full of other sweaty runners and run up hills in complete darkness at 2:00 AM, only to …
Volunteer Spotlight – Marie Manning and Sean Rohe
Seven years ago, my good friends Kyrah and Jon Varoli invited me to dinner – a dinner that quickly turned out to be an unveiled bribe. “We’d like you to join our team and run the American Odyssey Relay,” they said. I laughed. No way was I running through the night and for more than three miles total! It didn’t …