Friday, June 13, 2008

RTO Side Story: The Legend of Cargo

Mike was coined with nickname "Cargo" after he ran his first leg. While waiting for him at the exchange point I asked one of the members of his van what he was wearing. They answered, with a puzzled look at their face, "Cargo shorts". Apparently Mike was in the van wearing his running shorts underneath his cargo pants waiting for the runner that was ahead of him. The runner appeared to have sandbagged his time because he arrived at the exchange point way early and Mike was not be found anywhere. The runner came up to the van and knocked on the window to Mike's surprise. According to Mike he was so suprised by this he had no time to take off his cargo pants. By the way, he also forgot to take off his long sleeve thermal which he was wearing under his running shirt. So here he comes, barreling down the course like some dude who just came from a Pearl Jam concert. He was soaked in sweat, he seriously looked like some dude who just got off his couch and decided to start running like in Forrest Gump after his Jenny left.

1 comment:

Mike Carp said...

He sounds like a pretty cool dude.