Leg 1, Runner 1Randy Stearns leads runners through the first leg of the 2014 River to River Relay.

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April 12, 2014, Randy Stearns leads runners to through the first leg of the 2014 River to River Relay.  

Every April I participate in a relay race that runs from one side of the state of Illinois to the other.  It is called the River to River Relay.  250 teams start on the southwestern corner of the state by the Mississippi River and cover 80 miles to Golconda, Illinois, on the banks of the Ohio River.  Teams are made up of eight runners who each run three stints over the duration of the race.

Our team is composed of employees, some current and some former,  from the athletic shoe store Body 'n Sole Sports located in Savoy, Illinois.  The team mascot is the Banana Slug, hence our name in the results appears as the Body 'n Sole Slugs.  Our team t-shirt logo (below) was created by using photoshop vectors.

The photo above is one of many from the weekend.  Check out the entire gallery by clicking here.