Top 20 Overall 1 Bonanza Casino Cavalry, Reno 18 hours 33 minutes 42 seconds - course record 2 Movin Shoes, Madison, WI 18 hours 49 minutes 3 National Association of Competitive Lunatics, San Diego 19 hours 21 minutes 4 Eclipse Pizza, Reno 22 hours 8 minutes 5 Sleepless in Tahoe, Redding, CA 22 hours 19 minutes 6 Billy B's Road Slugs, Stockton, CA 22 hours 58 minutes 7 DNR ("Do Not Resuscitate"), Chico, CA 23 hours flat 8 Defiant / Ryan's Rejects, Reno 23 hours 11 minutes 9 NDOT Chain Gang, Reno 23 hours 16 minutes 10 Go Bananas, Reno 23 hours 21 minutes 11 Shakin Tail Feather, Reno 23 hours 22 minutes 12 Night Crawlers, Reno 23 hours 56 minutes 13 Run 4 Just Us, Reno 24 hours 3 minutes
14 Juicy Texas Roadkill, Dallas 24 hours 5 minutes 15 Seaside Sirens, Ventura, CA 24 hours 14 minutes 16 Pamakids Running Club, Daly City, CA 24 hours 16 minutes 17 Stewball, Reno 24 hours 27 minutes 18 Fire Striders (Reno Fire Dept.) 24 hours 28 minutes 19 Angel Kiss Foundation, Reno 24 hours 36 minutes 20 Smells Like Texas Roadkill, Dallas 24 hours 49 minutes Open Mixed 1 Eclipse Pizza, Reno 22 hours 8 minutes 2 Defiant / Ryan's Rejects, Reno 23 hours 11 minutes 3 Juicy Texas Roadkill, Dallas 24 hours 5 minutes 4 Angel Kiss Foundation, Reno 24 hours 36 minutes 5 Flying Hubcaps, Santa Clara, CA 25 hours 31 minutes 6 Texas Starbutts, Dallas 25 hours 36 minutes 7 Still No Kankles, Reno 25 hours 46 minutes 8 12 Strangers, 2 Vans and 1 Heck of a Good Time, Reno 26 hours 9 minutes 9 We Be Bop, You Be Bop, New York City 26 hours 23 minutes 10 Sisters and Misters with Blisters, Reno 26 hours 31 minutes 11 Nevada Coyotes, Sparks, NV 26 hours 41 minutes 12 Runny Bums, Reno 26 hours 57 minutes 13 Luna Chix / Channel 2, Reno 27 hours 6 minutes 14 Mixed Bag of Nuts, Reno 27 hours 38 minutes 15 Road Kill, Fernley, NV 27 hours 56 minutes 16 Running with Scissors, Reno 28 hours 17 minutes 17 Shake Your Money Makers, Truckee, CA 28 hours 29 minutes 18 Children s Heart Center, Reno 28 hours 49 minutes 19 Colliers Team Donut, Reno 28 hours 59 minutes
20 Hot, Sweaty & Ready, Reno 29 hours 41 minutes 21 Reno-Tahoe s Oddest-to-see, Reno 29 hours 48 minutes 22 Team Adrenaline, Scottsdale, AZ 31 hours flat 23 RTO Speedwagon, Sacramento, CA 32 hours 8 minutes 24 1.21. Gigawatts, Brea, CA 33 hours 11 minutes 25 Sauce-ay-Sistuz, Truckee, CA DNF Open Mens 1 Bonanza Casino Cavalry, Reno 18 hours 33 minutes 42 seconds 2 Movin Shoes, Madison, WI 18 hours 49 minutes 3 National Association of Competitive Lunatics, San Diego 19 hours 21 minutes 4 Sleepless in Tahoe, Redding, CA 22 hours 19 minutes 5 DNR ( Do Not Resuscitate ), Chico, CA 23 hours flat 6 Shakin Tail Feather, Reno 23 hours 22 minutes 7 Run 4 Just Us, Reno 24 hours 3 minutes 8 Stewball, Reno 24 hours 27 minutes 9 El Dorado Hills Plodders, El Dorado Hills, CA 24 hours 54 minutes 10 Cardio Challenged, Reno 25 hours 38 minutes 11 Heavy Breathers, Reno 25 hours 44 minutes 12 Silver Streakers, Sparks, NV 26 hours 6 minutes 13 New Runners of the Purple Sage, Lodi, CA 26 hours 12 minutes 14 Red Hawks, Sparks, NV 26 hours 19 minutes 15 Drug Runners, San Francisco 27 hours 13 minutes 16 Dude Where s Our Runner?!, Mill Valley, CA 27 hours 25 minutes 17 Nevada Wilderness Project, Ventura, CA 28 hours 6 minutes
Open Womens 1 Seaside Sirens, Ventura, CA 24 hours 14 minutes 2 Free Range Chicks, Reno 26 hours 17 minutes 3 Vixens on the Run, Reno 26 hours 27 minutes Corporate Mens 1 NDOT Chain Gang, Reno 23 hours 16 minutes 2 Fire Striders (Reno Fire Dept.) 24 hours 28 minutes 3 Feel the Heat (Sparks Fire Dept.) 24 hours 53 minutes 4 BP IST, London, England 28 hours 13 minutes Corporate Mixed 1 Double Diamond Parisi Patrol, Reno 25 hours 10 minutes 2 WMC's Dirty Stinky Dozen, Reno 26 hours 46 minutes 3 Intuit Turbo Tracks, Reno 27 hours 54 minutes 4 Microsoft Licensing, Reno 29 hours 7 minutes 5 Go Guard, Reno 30 hours 3 minutes 6 Miles of Smiles, Reno DNF Submasters Mixed 1 Night Crawlers, Reno 23 hours 56 minutes 2 Smells Like Texas Roadkill, Dallas 24 hours 49 minutes 3 Texans Without Accents, Dallas 26 hours 46 minutes 4 Lagunitas Beer Runners, Hood River, OR 28 hours 18 minutes
5 It s Crunch Time, Oakland, CA 30 hours 34 minutes Submasters Mens 1 Billy B's Road Slugs, Stockton, CA 22 hours 58 minutes 2 Go Bananas, Reno 23 hours 21 minutes 3 Runaways, North Vancouver, Canada 27 hours 14 minutes 4 Sin City Slackers, Las Vegas 25 hours 50 minutes Submasters Womens 1 Penelope's Revenge, Reno 27 hours 11 minutes 2 Women Running Wilder, Reno 28 hours 1 minute Club Mixed 1 Pendola Training, Reno 26 hours 2 minutes 2 Sierra Survivors, Reno 26 hours 25 minutes 3 South Texas Flying Fish, Houston 27 hours 9 minutes 4 ShadowChase Running Club, Modesto, CA 27 hours 36 minutes Club Mens 1 Pamakids Running Club, Daly City, CA 24 hours 16 minutes
Masters Womens 1 Sole Sisters, Reno 28 hours 9 minutes Senior Mens 1 Galloping Geezers, Reno 27 hours 53 minutes Donner's Downfall (Leg 4) Fastest: Mike Buchanan from National Association of Competitive Lunatics ran a time of 58 minutes 52 seconds. Mike Gioia from Movin' Shoes, Alan Dehlinger from Bonanza Casino Cavalry, and Matt Pendola from the Pendola Training team finished next in order, just off of the winning pace. Slowest: Children's Heart Center Geiger Grade Grinder (Leg 33) Fastest: Pat Fisher from Bonanza Casino Cavalry team ran time of 32 minutes 55 seconds. Slowest: Galloping Geezers And now for the fun categories: Best Team Name: Sisters and Misters with Blisters There were many others who received multiple votes including Penelope's Revenge; Seaside Sirens; RTO Speedwagon; Running with Scissors; Free Range Chicks; Movin Shoes; South Texas Flying Fish; Lagunitas Beer Runners; Reno-Tahoe's Oddest-to-see; Texans Without Accents; Women Running Wilder; Mixed Bag of Nuts; Sole Sisters; Galloping Geezers; Sin City Slackers; Night Crawlers; Team Adrenaline; Dude Where's Are Runner?!; Sleepless in Tahoe; 12 Strangers, 2 Vans and 1 Heck of a Good Time; We Be Bop, You Be Bop; Still No Kankles; 1.21 Gigawatts; National Association of Competitive Lunatics; Stewball; Billy B's Road Slugs; Shakin Tail Feather; Heavy Breathers; Silver Streakers; Run 4 Just Us; Vixens on the Run; NDOT Chain Gang; Sierra Survivors; Feel the Heat; Fire Striders; Go Guard; Intuit Turbo Trax; WMC's Dirty Stinky Dozen; Miles of Smiles; Cardio Challenged; El Dorado Hills Plodders;
DNR (as in "Do Not Resuscitate"); Sauce-ay-Sistuz; Shake Your Money Makers; Hot Ready & Sweaty; It's Crunch Time; Runaways; Nevaa Coyotes; Go Bananas; New Runners of the Purple Sage; Juicy Texas Roadkill; Smells Like Texas Roadkill; Drug Runners; Runny Bums; Colliers' Team Donut TOP Best Team Shirt: Sin City Slackers There were SO many great shirts with many other teams receiving multiple votes including Sleepless in Tahoe; South Texas Flying Fish; WMC's Dirty Dozen; Galloping Geezers; Go Bananas; Double Diamond Parisi Patrol; Free Range Chicks; Angel Kiss Foundation; NDOT Chain Gang; Bonanza Casino Cavalry; Go Guard, National Association of Competitive Lunatics; Billy B's Road Slugs; Sole Sisters; Smells Like Texas Roadkill; Juicy Texas Roadkill; LUNA Chix/Channel 2; Sierra Survivors, Heavy Breathers; Seaside Sirens; Vixens on the Run; Shake Your Money Makers; Sisters and Misters with Blisters; Penelope's Revenge; Lagunitas Beer Runners, Pendola Training Best Decorated Van: Sleepless in Tahoe There were many others who received multiple votes including Angel Kiss Foundation, Galloping Geezers; Reno-Tahoe's Oddest-to-see; We Be Bop, You Be Bop; Free Range Chicks; WMC's Dirty Stinky Dozen; Colliers' Team Donut; Go Bananas; NDOT Chain Gang Best Costume: Smells Like Texas Roadkill Others receiving multiple votes: Juicy Texas Roadkill; Penelope's Revenge; Shakin Tail Feather; Runny Bums; Free Range Chicks; Texans Without Accents; Starbutts "Most Spirited" Exchange Points: The volunteers at the following two locations received the most votes: No. 17 at Staples at South Lake Tahoe Why? Tiki theme with palm trees, straw umbrellas and tiki hats, glow sticks, disco music, neon display, giveaways, over the top enthusiasm and spirit
No. 7 on Glenshire Drive in Truckee Why? There was a big group of volunteers most of whom were wearing kilts -- and even some of the runners tried them on. Volunteers also ran with runners, plus there was music, party atmosphere, over the top enthusiasm and spirit The volunteers at the following exchange points received multiple votes due to their over the top enthusiasm and spirit, friendliness, service, music, decorations, lights, giveaways, etc.: No. 4 at the end of the Donner's Downfall leg No. 5 at Boyington Mill Campground No. 9 at Cabin Creek Road on Hwy 89 No. 12 at Homewood Mountain Resort No. 14 at Rubicon No. 18 at the Village Center at South Lake Tahoe No. 20 half way down Kingsbury Grade No. 21 at the bottom of Kingsbury Grade No. 24 at Wal-Mart on Topsy Lane south of Carson City No. 28 at Mound House Regardless of times and votes, we express our thanks and gratitude to ALL of the runners and the volunteers. Congratulations to EVERYONE!