A RAGNAR is a 12-man relay team that runs 204 miles. We started at 7 am in Prescott, AZ then ran all day, all night and most of the next day til we reached Tempe, AZ. It was crazy fun. One of the most fun things I have ever done. As sore as I was from all that running, the most sore thing on my body was my abs, because when we were not running, we were laughing! There are 2 vans, with 6 runners in each. Each van takes a turn doing 6 various distances (legs), then we pass the wrist band off to the next van and they do their legs, while we try and find some shut eye. That really never happened for me, though, so I was wicked tired by the time this was over. We repeat that process 3 times, so we all end up doing three legs each.
This was my van team. We seriously laughed non-stop. What a fun group of people. This was after our 2nd leg sometime in the middle of the night. Right before this leg, I took some 5-hour energy drink and boy did that do a number on me. It was so funny. I was totally doped on caffeine and crazy as a loon! I was jumping out of my skin and practically sprinted that 5-mile leg. I will NEVER do that again! After this, we actually woke up around 4am to start our final leg and found out during the night a runner from another team had been hit by a car, so the race had been halted and we had to all start up again on our last leg in a couple hours. It was madness, but we decided to go ahead and finish the race. (He is in stable condition btw)
Go team "What Where We Thinkin?"
This is where I lived in between runs....
This is my friend (and running partner) Darci, who suckered me into this whole thing. Thanks Darci!
This is the whole team with our famous pot roast! Brian's wife showed up at 3:30am as we were leaving for Prescott with a fully cooked pot roast. It was so funny. What a woman! We enjoyed it later that afternoon in a park somewhere in the middle of nowhere, AZ!
At the finish line with our medals. What a great time we had! I am so thankful to a wonderful husband who allows me to do things like this, and stayed at home watching the kids. Then, he stayed up late listening to my crazy stories, while I laughed some more. Love you babe!
