August 2007 Race Report - The Dog Days 3x3K Relay and Kids' 1K

The 3 X 3K relay was a fun event for all participants and the volunteers. Forty four teams completed the relay followed by 27 kids completing the Kids’ 1K.

This race was not your normal end-of-the-month Plano Pacers run. The starting line was moved. Membership registration was replaced by Team Registration. Guest had to register, form a team and then register as a team. We then requested that everyone comb their hair in preparation for a team picture. The finish line was a combination of fence and cones. The food and beverage table was augmented with slices of watermelon. The normal trophies were replaced with engraved 3 X 3K medals. The normal group of about 20 fast, young, high school runners was missing from the event. Most had their own XC run that morning. Although a new group did show up, only to realize their coach was not allowing them to run in our event, but rather run their own 10 mile run.

The runners were courteous and followed all the rules regarding baton handoff and running all the way through the finish line chute. A couple of millisecond infractions were noted, but that was not the fault of the runners nor did it impact the outcome, but was perhaps the result of ambiguous starting line directions.

We had pictures of almost every team that participated.   Use the links below to see the other teams. Copies of the pictures can be ordered by sending an email to photos @ planopacers.org. For our charity drive, a (4x6) print will just be a dollar. Pictures from the other races are also available. Pre-order then pick-up and pay at the next race.

Family Teams and Volunteer Teams	All Female and All Male Teams	Coed Teams
The Overall team winner was the TMS team completing the course in 31:41. The team was lead off by Tommy Smith, followed by Michael Held with Scott Grischow serving as anchor.
Runner-up "We're Not Dead Yet" were Jeff Arnier Jr, Bob Smeby and Jeff Arnier Sr.
Chinchillas (Justin Nickle, Colby Mehmen and Megan Rozman) with their cool uniforms were the 1st coed team to finish.  Megan had the fastest female leg split.
Meow (Ernesto Caballero, William Moore and Maria Moore)  completed 7 total legs.
MaRuFi (pronounced Ma Rooff e) were Fiona Green, Ruben Saguil and Mark Olateju.
JAS (Shane Purser, John Maldonado, Aaron Purser)
John Nance, Linda Kelly and Ken Ashby.  Linda's split of 12:57 also sets a new age-group record.