This weekend I ran in a race in Chicago. The race could be ran solo or as a team. I ran it solo but saw the negotiating process that the other teams went through. Different legs of the race had different challenges that were probably suited better to certain individuals. I watched as several teams used different tactics to figure out who was running what part of the race. Some teams were unorganized and seemed to pick at random. Others had a leader that stepped up and decided or had good group discussion on who should run what part. The latter seemed to be the most effective, given the time available before the race. I feel that those teams had a leg up on the competition because of their group discussion and thought instead of randomly assigning people to legs of the race.

Brett Sullenger