Jay Challenge - Update on Day 2

Shawn and Jodi are still alive after completing day 2 of Jay Challenge - the Jay Mountain Marathon! They both finished the race in 7 1/2 hours, placing them about 86th and 87th out of the 340 marathoners. Standings for the Jay Challengers haven't been posted yet today, so they're not sure of where they stand within that group.

Shawn was really happy with his finish....I think that Jodi had some stomach problems and was a little less happy. Shawn said that the race course was really fun, especially the first half which he said was the most fun/beautiful single track running that he's done. The second half was quite challenging, it was more open to the heat (he said it was reaaalllly hot there today), and more uphill...he had some problems with cramping despite keeping his stomach overflowing (literally) with fluids and food, so he walked some of the second half, and was happy with his time. This puts his total Jay Challenge time to about 13 hrs so far. Jodi is at about 11 1/2 hours.

On to the Mountain Bike 65+ miles tomorrow. Shawn is really hoping to finish it....the race organizers are trying to keep the event very "elite" and are expecting that most won't finish. They are hoping to see the leaders finish at 9hrs, but have made a cut off time of 10 hrs.