7:55: hornets post first sub-8 minute mile in team history; finish 105th in field of 400

current runner: steve mckenna
leg: 36
leg start time: 12:48
estimated start time: 1:44

Drew McKenna - Runner #10

RTB History: 2005 (Leg #11), 2006 (Leg #11), 2007 (Leg #6), 2008 (Leg #12)

Favorite RTB Memory: Obviously the finish line in 2007, but also seeing Bob running down Bretton Woods in 2005 and overhearing someone say "Here's the first one for this group." I love all the Vehicle Transition Areas, especially after legs 18 and 24. Legs 13-18 and 19-24 are the sleep stretches and the longest time we go without seeing our other van. Its always nice to catch up and hear stories about the previous 5 legs. I'll never forget the hand off from 18 to 19 in 2005. We were getting prepared for the first night legs, it was pouring rain and we wanted to get some sleep, so we had to sleep in the hallways of NH Tech College, but there were already a couple of hundred people there and we ended up sleeping between the fire doors and outside doors. Its one of the things I find myself remembering fondly for some reason. Finishing the race in 2008 was also a special experience.

Worst memory: The last tenth of a mile of leg 36. You're exhausted: no sleep, already run 14-15 miles - and all the sudden the sidewalk ends and you get to finish in beach sand. Which if you haven't run in beach sand before, is not easy.

Greatest asset: I have a few worth mentioning. My van seating organization skills. My ability to drive safely on zero sleep. Giving someone for Eric to talk to about going bald at 20.

A Short History of Hart's Location: Hart's Location is a small town of just 37 people (according to the 2000 Census). It is located on Rte 302, during what will be Leg #5. Hart's Location takes its name from Colonel John Hart of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1772 it was regranted to Thomas Chadbourne, also of Portsmouth.

New Hampshire law allows towns with fewer than 100 residents to open the polls at midnight and close them as soon as all registered voters have cast their ballots. Hart's Location is, along with Dixville Notch, one of two New Hampshire communities where the first votes are cast in the Democratic and Republican New Hampshire primaries, the first presidential primaries in the United States during each presidential election year. The Hart's Location midnight voting tradition, which began in 1948, actually predates the more widely-known Dixville Notch practice; however, Dixville Notch generally receives greater publicity because Hart's Location discontinued the practice in 1964, only to reinstate it in 1996.


In 1826, a rock slide known as Willey's Slide killed Samuel Willey and his family. They had fled their home and taken refuge in a prepared shelter; the shelter was destroyed while the house they fled was unscathed. Their story formed the basis for the story "The Ambitious Guest" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Mount Willey is named in their memory.

Abel Crawford, for whom Crawford Notch is named, is buried in Hart's Location.

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