Noke Bio: Sam - Mr. Logistical

This is Samuel. Sam, for short. Or apparently Pickles if you're on a trail with him. (No, no. I'm curious, too.)


Sam (since we're not on the trail right now) is the proud father of two daughters, both UVA graduates. Lauren co-owns a purbarre gym, which is something I've always wanted to try, so I'm going to see if I can name drop to get a free class or something. His younger daughter is an ICU nurse. (I feel like maybe at least one of use will end up meeting her before the end of this Ragnar...)

Besides wanting to support Girls on the Run, Sam wanted to take on this race as a personal challenge. As far as he sees it, anyone can run the same races over and over (I think he was talking about me here), but you rarely get to run a relay that covers 3 states in 2 days. (Now see, I didn't know we were going to cover 3 states. I may need to go study. Don't tell Chad.)

Sam is on Van Two with the other crazy happy early risers. (I'm seriously giving them 12 hours before that van implodes.) He starts his morning with yoga and then gets all jacked up on coffee. Wait. No, that's me. But he is using his logistical mind to make sure that Van Two is fully supplied, especially with coffee. Van One, we're on our own.

We're very excited to have this retired U. S. Marine taking on this challenge with us!

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