Greetings from Las Vegas

Race day is only one day away and Team ACSO is ready to rock n roll! We are excited to be on our way to the start line.

Many thanks to the Freligh's as they graciously hosted a welcome dinner in their hotel room for all of the Team ACSO runners and support personnel as we went over last bits of information and hammered out any remaining kinks.

The follow vehicle passed inspection and rule and regulation changes were addresses. Runners finalized leg assignment and start times. We spent a little more time getting to know each other as many people work at different duty stations. We were joined by three recent academy graduates who were eager to take on the challenge and help out Team ACSO on the road. One, Dep. Haendel, was assigned to the hardest leg of the event at 8.2 miles, the last half being a 700 foot climb over four miles!

We connected a GPS device to the follow vehicle in order to track real time progress along the course through a dedicated website, and make adjustments to our schedule of runner and follow vehicle relief shuttles as needed.

Time to get some rest...tomorrow is the big day!