2 years ago, Gene Byard and I took on the roles of documentary filmmakers to cover this same event (still in post-production, I'm afraid...). Only the movie centered around Christopher Calfee's attempt to cover the mountainous 208 miles solo; and without sleep. As a matter of fact, his plant was to cover 400 miles - a return trip of the same course. But I can talk about that if the movie ever gets finished.
This year I was recruited to be on a team of 12 to run. I brought both my still camera(s) and my video camera (hoping to show a different side of Calfee's experience. Being a participant - meaning I had to run 3 legs totalling 23 miles - limited how involved the documenting could be.
I will make a long story short and let you look at the photos. I did have fun, not getting overly obsessed with the photography. And I got lost on the 4am leg. Which painfully but happily bumped my mileage up to an even Marathon. It slowed the team's finish time by about 45 minutes though. I felt bad about that. One last mention: Dennis and the SWEET bus. We had an awesome time...
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