How can I begin to describe this? Beach to Bay is a 6-leg relay marathon from North Padre Island to the Bay of Corpus Christi. 1980 teams= nearly 12,000 runners. I was running leg 4, 4.8 miles through the Naval Air Station. The problem was traffic! I was unable to get off the island (where I live) and to my starting place by car. I wound up getting out of the car (my husband was driving), and getting there on foot, leaving my teammate waiting for me for 1/2 hour or so. I was already exhausted by the time I picked up the baton. Then, when I finished my leg, I still had to walk 2 more miles to get to my ride; as they were not allowing private cars within 2 miles of the base. I figure I covered 12 miles that day. Oh my aching legs. And to make it worse, our team finished in just under 6 hours (well after all the children had crossed the finish line). Lesson learned- next year, run the 1st or 2nd leg.
