No, I’m not talking about the 2nd album by The Fixx, but if I was, I’d say it was a significant step forward from the Fixx’s debut album, Shuttered Room, simply because the band could now craft accessible, incessantly catchy pop/rock melodies. But that’s not it - I’m talking about a serious road race held annually up in New Hampshire. I’m not sure how the Dukes of Flatbush got conned into this one, but here’s what we signed up for:

“The Reach The Beach (RTB) Relay is the longest distance running relay race in the United States. The RTB Relay will take place in picturesque New Hampshire during the start of the New England foliage season. The relay will consist of (a maximum of ) 12 person teams that will rotate through 36 transition areas as they cover the approximate 200 mile distance of the race. This means that each relay team member will run 3 legs of varying lengths and difficulty and will cover an average total distance of ~16.6 miles.”

So a 12 person relay team runs continuously for 24 hours across the state of New Hampshire. Got it. The question is, who runs the 3rd leg? 8 miles long and a climb of around 2,000 feet. I’d need to check with Congress, but that just night fit the formal definition of torture. In the movie of our lives, this is when the Director cues “Shambaugh, Stage Left”!

Call us crazy, but do count us in. If you think you’ve got the grapes, we’ll see you in New Hampshire on September 12-13.

AWOOOOOOOOOOOGAH!