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Murphy's Moonlight Milers & Co.
River to River Relay Team History April 17th 1 9 9 9 Bringing Home Hardware |
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Murphy's Moonlight Milers & Co.
River to River Relay Team History April 17th 1 9 9 9 Bringing Home Hardware |
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This is our first year with two teams. The "fast" team is established as
Murphy's Moonlight Milers from here on out. MMM gets a 6:15am start and
the use of two vehicles every year from now on. The 6:15 start is often
very nice because you get to finish before the mid-afternoon heat. This
year, however, that is irrelevant — it is cold, wet, and windy all
day. Captain Kevin takes home the team award plate this year, but it's the only one he's planning to take himself. He decides the plate will go to a new person each time based on the number of years they've run with Murph & Co. |
Murphy's Moonlight Milers Leg 1. Nikki Willette* 2. Tim Hola* 3. John Loevy* 4. Bill Hard* 5. Kevin McCarthy 6. Anette Ronnerman 7. Laura Cook* 8. Tim Demco** MVP: Anette Time: 8:27:42 (TR) Place: 3rd Mixed (TR) Plate: Kevin |
Midnight Ramblers
Leg (1) Corinne Choccolaad* (2) Jim Nowotarski* 3. Heather Wolfsmith* 4. Mike Rubin* (5) Mary Liszak 6. Rhonda Ruden* (7) Tom Gibbons* 8. John Cournane* MVP: ?? Time: ?? Place: ?? |
Origin of the name "Midnight Ramblers" Clearly Kevin is a big Rolling Stones fan, as this name is the pluralized version of the Stones' 1969 hit. The Ramblers get a later start than the Moonlight Milers. At least this way Mike gets to sleep some. |
 Mike's flight from Atlanta to St.
Louis is late, so he misses his flight to Marion. He rents a car and
drives with some other guy who also missed the flight, arriving at 3am to
get up and run at 5:30am. As Kevin is ready to
take his final leg, the lead car has gone on, but the Happy
Van—driven by Tim Hola & Nikki—is nowhere to be found. Bill
finishes his last leg and hands off to Kevin, but there is nobody around
from the team. He stands alone without sweats in the cold for a few
minutes until they show up. Perhaps the van got a little too
happy! |
At some point during
the relay, Kevin loses the keys to the car. After a frantic panic, they
are discovered.
As Tim brings the baton home, the team lines up to run in with him,
though without a great deal of forethought—they gather two blocks
from
the finish line. Tim blows by everyone and finishes alone.
After the race, Bill pours beer
all over his french fries thinking it's a ketchup bottle. On the way back to Marion, Mary drives all the way to
Kentucky before realizing she's going the wrong way. John Loevy drives home like a maniac, scaring many
people in the vehicle. |
