Trirunner wrote:
Day 5 is in the bag. A big group ran the last 5k with him. Besides James' incredible feat, watching how his crew and family work as a team was inspiring too. If he comes near your area you would be doing him and yourself a favor to tag along for some of the swim, ride or run.
While certainly having his family along for the journey thus far provides very positive motivation, inspiration and encouragement, I can also see how this could become a unnecessary hindrance and complications especially if they are all travelling in the same RV. How do you keep 5 (I think?) small children occupied for that long in a confined space? Plus with the limited amount of downtime that James has it is filled with fueling, resting, treatments, etc
Also, as this journey keeps picking up steam and it moves eastward towards more tighter and more urban places especially when the race occurs on weekends, what appears to be the growing amount of "tag alongs" could be hazard and squashed by local law enforcement if they are not being controlled, monitored and planned for.
Hopefully James has an advance team that is working ahead in each location to go thru the day plans with the powers to be.
At least the logistics get somewhat better after last night. The next 3 legs after Las Vegas are all between a 4 and 5 hour commute.