RIT does not hold the transcontinental record
I just got an email from one of my teammates at Dirigo, Peter Hall. He is interested in reading Coast to Coast, a book about my former teammates who set the transcontinental relay record in running from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Pete pointed out to me, however, that the record that they were shooting for was not in fact the record anymore.
I was surprised to read that the trans-america relay run record that RIT set in 1979 referred to as the record; it is not. In 1983 I was on a team called “Team St. Lawrence” which set the record, over I believe the same route, in 12 days 1 hour and 35 minutes. Our run would appear to still be the existing transamerica world record by 2 hours and 13 minutes over the 2004 RIT team time of 12 days 3 hours 48 minutes.
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