Athens to Atlanta, 5 Oct 2008
Sunday - At the A2A finish line in Piedmont Park in Atlanta.
 In the morning before the the race: Distance to the check points in km.
I have no photos from the race since I was busy skating.
I ended up as No 12 in 4 h 53 min 29 sec.
 Sven Rudberg coming in as No 27 in 5.33.58.
 Sven got muscle cramp when he had arrived at the finish line.
 Patrik gives Sven a helping hand.
 Xx did a tremendous job as speaker for 10 (!) hours.
 Volunteers. To the right is Scott M. Jones, webmaster of www.a2a.net.
 Herb Gayle (who participated in a shorter distance, 83 km/52 miles) at the finish line.
 Herb Gayle got muscle cramp when he had arrived at the finish line.
 Same as above.
 Bob Harwell at the finish line.
 Bob Harwell.
 Intentional tie finish.
 Three happy Swedes: Sven Rudberg, Patrik Permats and Ulf Haase. (Photo: One of the official photographers with my camera.)

 Free massage.
 Free massage.
 The winners. Women: Martine Charbonneau, 4.53.28. Men: Peter Starykowicz, 4.32.01.

 The result list for Athens to Atlanta 2008. We (the three Swedes from Stockholm) were satisfied with our day.
 Patrik Permats ended up as No 2 in age class 30-39. Sven Rudberg ended up as No 3 in age class 50-59.
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