Perhaps one of the most frequent questions I get is: "So how is it going to work? How much are you going to be running? And are you running across the oceans too?"
First, no, we will not be running across the oceans :-). I am sure it would be fun, but we'll stick to the land for now. Everything else, however, is all running. The 20 runners will be divided into 5 teams, each having 4 people. Every day will be divided into four 6hour segments (9am-3pm; 3pm-9pm; 9pm-3am; 3am-9am), and each team will be covering one segment. This way, each team will get every 5th day off. Thus, I will run 10 miles for 4 days, and have a day off.
Within the six hour segment, I will run for an hour an a half (10miles/16km), and then the team car will drive for ten miles at a time and stop at every exchange point for the baton exchange. While waiting for the teammates to finish their running leg, the remaining three runners will be actively engaging any visitors to the exchange points, talking about water, life, and anything the visitors want to know. Just imagine this: after running for 90 minutes in the early morning in Poland, I'll get to hang out with the locals until my colleague finishes her/his leg. And all that could be at 4am. Whoa. Can't wait.
After my team is done with our 6hour shift, we will drive to the hotel down the route. At no point will the whole village (20 runners, plus up to 30 support staff)travel more that 160miles per day (the running pace). Water is life, and life is good.
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