Reno Tahoe Odyssey (RTO) - 178mi relay race

Shavi had the privilege to run the RTO on May 31 - June 1, 2013 as a team of 12 people. The 178 mi run starts from Reno downtown and goes to Tahoe and then back. Each person runs a leg of 15-18 miles in a team of 12. It is a little expensive race for doing a relay with no aid stations at all. But you do not really need aid stations when you have a van of your team members following you most of the time and it is a relay. Each person runs 5-7 miles at one time, running three legs each, making it 15-18 miles for each.

Shavi's relay legs were pretty hard - some steep climbs but he did great. The team killed it in 23:30 hrs finish time despite crazy heat, no/minimal sleep, eating junk food, and group of 6 people living out of a van for the course of the 178 mi race. There were two vans with 6 people each.

I think such races teach team work: sharing food, getting minimal sleep, helping each other. Isn't this nice? Shavi says it was an amazing experience.