Cooking for the Rocky Raccoon 100 Miler

last weekend:

Mileage: 368 (give or take some driving around in Huntsville)
Runners: 450
Volunteers: 120
Distance: 100 miles
Aid Stations: 4
Spaghetti: 50 gallons
Sauce: 30 gallons
Garlic Bread: 4 dozen loaves
Nights in a tent: 2
Potatoes: 4 cases
Potato Soup: 20 gallons
Chicken Soup: 20 gallons
Breakfast burriots: 120
Coffee: 3 Cans of Folgers, plus 2 pounds of Italian Roast for the in crowd
Number of times Mark mentioned the gators in the lake: too many too count
Blue birds of happiness: 1
Mac and Cheese: 10 gallons
Bread Dressing: 10 gallons
Meat Loaf: 50 pounds
Steaks: 3
Asparagas: 1 bunch
Rice Penne: 2 boxes
Sweet Potato Chips: 2 pans
Boxed wine: 1
Guiness: 6
Red Beans and Rice: 10 pans
Hams: 7
Pancakes: 350
Syrup: 12 quarts
Butter: 12 pounds
Olive Oil: 1 gallon
Playings of Mark Knopfler's "Sailing to Philadelphia": 3
Firsts: 4 (three first-time 50 milers and 1 first-time 100 miler)
Run ins with the Race Directors gorgeous but highly stressed wife: 1
Dogs in the tent: 2
Cold Showers: 1 (shared)
Kisses: untold
New friends: 2
Old Friends: too many to count.