After the Buffalo Warriors finished the River to River Relay, we posed for the obligatory team photo at the Ohio river at Golconda, IL. Kenyan Kelby, who displays a gazelle-like gait to his run, hands off the baton to the Sarge. Eric Smith (aka Mr. Clean, also Pickles) is a mad bison on the highway while fellow buffaloes (from left) Tut-Tonka, Steve O'Connor, and Shea Nangle cheer him on. Of Eric's performance on the dreaded sixth leg and its tough hills, fellow buffalo Steve O'Connor says, "Standing at the transition watching him come up that hill you could see the buffalo horns shooting out of his head when he turned it on. Forget "eye of the tiger", it's now "horn of the buffalo".And Steve summed up the River to River experience quite well with this observation: "It's controlled chaos with hard and fast running at its best. I am still hurting from head to toe and strained my voice from cheering on the herd. What a day - dust, sun, heat, hills, rain, cold, rainbows, sights, sounds, great company and eyewatering, sinus-clearing horse liniment applied liberally every leg. I think we need a new rule about asphyxiating your team with veterinary products in close quarters."
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