"Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" Takes All-Fruit Honors

The first and second place teams + Luis from the 3rd place team

On a beautiful spring day, the team "Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" (Mark B, Andrew M, Carlos R) raced through the sidewalks of Oakland Mills to take first at this year's All-Fruit-Relay. Taking an early lead in front of the pre-race favorites and two-time champions "Team Dominate", the coconuts team never looked back. Carlos R had a good day, opting to run the first and third legs, while Mark and Andrew took the second and anchor legs, respectively. The final time was a course record (42:36), with rough splits of 10:18, 11:00, 10:34, and 10:44.

The other two teams, "Is it a Fruit or Not?" (Fruit = Tomato | Members = Brian F, Seth G, David G, Adam W) and "Oxidate" (Fruit = Date | Members = John C, Tasha H, Stefanie C, Greg H), placed 2nd and 5th with times of 46:19 and 49:47 .

Other notable team names this year included: "Delicious Green Banana" (Which was consumed as the anchor leg was approaching the finish line), "Kiwi Will Rock You", "Puff the Magic Dragonfruit", "Fruit Loops", "Dragonfruit Tails", and "Clockwork Orange".

Full results and pictures are posted here (Striders Website). Some more pictures are posted here (Picasa).

A fruitful time was had by all.

The "Coconuts" pose with their fruit.

All Fruit Relay?

Is anyone want to run the All-Fruit-Relay this year? The event, sponsored by the Striders, is a 4x2 mile relay race that takes place on the grounds around Oakland Mills Middle/High School on Sunday, May 22nd at 2PM. The twist is that each team must select their fruit of choice and come up with a cheeky team name. I think this would be a fun event for us to do as a team -- the more, the merrier! We can mix and match to make things as competitive as we like. I've even got a few names thought up already. How about "Great Fruit" (with a grapefruit as our baton) or "A Lovely Bunch of Coconuts" (with two coconuts to keep us balanced).

Who's interested?