Swan said he likes the camaraderie and teamwork. 'I really enjoy doing the relays,' said Covey. One is an ultra marathoner, two run marathons, some have done a number of 10-k races, Robb completed four marathons in six months, and one admits to being a 'sometime' runner. They are all at different levels of training. It wasn't easy getting the team together, Robb said, as they can't train together, with the tempo of deployments for both the active and reserve runners. Chia Thao, Senior Airmen Jose Cardona, Bryan Dvorachek and Alex Samaniego, all 60th AMXS. Steven Swan, 60th AMXS (and just back from a deployment), Master Sgt. Alex Roberson, Defense Couriers, Master Sgt. Carl Carlson, also with the 349th AMXS, and Senior Airman Mitchell Beede, 60th Maintenance Operations Squadron, as well as Master Sgt. The rest of this year's team included two other third time runners, Senior Master Sgt. Randy Robb, 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is one of three original team members, and coordinator for the group. The race begins in downtown Reno, traveling through the Sierra Nevada mountains and along the shore of Lake Tahoe, circling back through the Northern Nevada high desert to end where it began. This was the ninth year of this relay run of 178 miles, tackled by 12-person teams. The Reno-Tahoe Odyssey takes place the end of May-first of June yearly, and begins on Friday, concluding Saturday.

'Odyssey: a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune.'įor the third year, a group of Travis Air Force Base maintenance Airmen, both active and Reserve, came together to race for the greater good. Hilda Maurera, 945th AMXS and holding the team t-shirt, Staff Sgt.

Randy Robb, 349th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Senior Master Sgt. Pictured here, as they depart Travis May 30, are, from the left: Team coordinator, Senior Master Sgt. The relay, run in 36 legs by teams of 11 or 12, starts in Reno, Nev., winds around Lake Tahoe and through the Northern Nevada desert, and ends back where it started. 2013 marked the 9th year for this annual run that benefits charity. For the third year, a group of active and reserve maintainers from Travis Air Force Base took on the challenge of the Reno-Tahoe Odyssey relay race May 31 and June 1.

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