This year's Bull Run Run had a new format for the team competition. Here were the rules:

All teams have five members. The teams must be coed -- each must have at least two men and two women. People can be members of only one team. Other than this, there are no restrictions on who is on a team (i.e., no geographic or affiliation restrictions such as in past years).

There are five total team award categories, and we will go one deep in each of these categories. The categories are: Fastest, Slowest, Finish together (fastest time), Oldest total age, Best dressed/theme. Teams do not declare a category and will be considered for all awards but may only receive one. To receive an award, all members of the team must finish.

A clear message from these rules was to emphasize that the team competion was supposed to be fun and not serious. We do regret, however, that we have not finished up this aspect of the 2008 BRR until now.

There were five awards and only five teams finished. So everyone will receive an award. (Note: To "finish" for this purpose, you must cross the finish line before 13 hours. So one team listed here should have been disqualified. But it's a bit late for that now. So we will give that team the left over award.)

If we use these rules again, we will have to establish the order in which the categories are determined. This year, the order did not determine whether a team received an award. Had there been more qualified teams, it would have been important. The physical awards are all the same.

The winning categories are listed for each team. There wasn't much competition except in the oldest category. Cap't Chalie's team had an average age of 56.2 years, but Blue Belles (which was also slowest) had an average age of 57.2 years.

This year's "dream team" lost a combatant and gave up the win to Everywhere but Antarctica, whatever that means. The results, with winning categories) are below and all the teams are below that.

Team Results

Everywhere but Antarctica Fastest
Prasad Gerard	8:41:35
Michele Harmon	8:17:18
Keith Moore	8:37:37
Justine Morrison	8:20:07
Amy Sproston	9:28:49
	43:25:26
Bull Sheit Dawgs Best Theme
Margie Hughes	10:34:34
Nancy Kleinrock	9:08:47
Seth McElroy	10:05:04
Angus Repper	8:58:01
Bill Tryon	9:50:30
	48:36:56
Cap’n Charlie, Still Fading, & the Flying Furbutts Finish Together (except for Charlie)
Vicki Kendall	11:47:36
Gary Knipling	11:47:36
Sharon Lapkoff	11:47:36
Charlie Miracle	12:46:08
Carole Smith	11:47:36
	59:56:32
MCRRC Glacial Speed Oldest (honorary) because of Cavanaugh
Cathy Blessing	11:47:49
Ryan Carter	11:47:36
Jim Cavanaugh	11:56:51
Karen Donohue	12:20:09
Michael Hannon	13:03:31
	60:55:56
Blue Belles & Blue Balls Oldest and Slowest (receive slowest)
Jeanne Herrick	12:28:29
Cindy Ingalls	11:39:56
Douglas Jones	12:46:50
David Newman	12:28:29
David Sek	12:28:29
	61:52:13

All Registered Teams

Team	Members
Annapolis Striders	Charlie Muskin (Captain), Maureen Rohrs, Suzie Spangler, Bob Cawood, Matt Mace
Blue Belles & Blue Balles	Jeanne Herrick (Captain), Cindy Ingalls, Doug Jones, Dave Newman, Dave Sek
Bull Sheit Dawgs	Margie Hughes (Captain), Nancy Kleinrock, Angus Repper, Bill Tryon, Seth McElroy
Cap’n Charlie, Still Fading, & the Flying Furbutts	Vicki Kendall, Sharon Lapkoff, Carole Smith, Gary Knipling, Charlie Miracle (Captain)
C2H5OH	Kirstin Corris (Captain), Jaret Seiberg, Scott Crabb, Marti Kovener, Farouk Elkassed
Dawgs	Hunt Bartine- Captain, Eva Van Stratum, Scott Hodukavich, Laurie Reinhart, Mark Mckennett
Everywhere but Antarctica	Michele Harmon (Captain), Amy Sproston, Justine Morrison, Keith Moore, Prasad Gerard
40 is the New 20	Sophie Speidel (Captain), Kerry Owens, Todd Walker, Anne Riddle Lundblad, Mark Lundblad
MCRRC Continental Drifters	Caren Jew (Captain), Phillip Hesser, Michele McLeod, Pete Pontzer, Mark Zimmermann
MCRRC Glacial Speed	Cathy Blessing (Captain), Ryan Carter, Jim Cavanaugh, Karen Donohue, Mike Hannon