In 2009 I had the opportunity to run the Ragnar Relay in UT. I absolutely loved it and once I found out that they also had the Ragnar here in So Cal. I had to run it here as well. I decided to captain it and invite all the people who I am obsessed with. Some of course were unable to, or simply did not want to, however we had an awesome team.
So, the Ragnar Relay is different than the other traditional races like the 5k, 10k, marathon, etc. It is a relay and it is ongoing, so you have run some legs that are in the middle of the night. Your team consist of 12 people and each person runs 3 legs (not at one time). Each team must have 2 vehicles, since it is too hard to fit 12 people in one van, therefore there are 2 vans of 6 people.
Runner 1 takes off and finishes her leg while the van drives to the end of her leg and drops off runner 2. This continues till all 12 runners run their first leg. After that it starts over again with runner 1. You repeat this pattern a total of 3 teams. All the legs vary in distance and conditions (meaning weather, pavement, or trail, or daytime or night time). You don't really sleep so you are all looped up on adrenaline and whatever crazy foods you decide to eat.
In our second van one of our teammates was actually injured, so I had the honors of running her last leg for her :) I ended up really enjoying it and I ran a total of 22 miles. It was so cool because my friend Melinda flew out from UT to run it with us and she also ran 22 miles, if not 23. She is a stud. Matt shockingly volunteered to run the race as well, which still blows my mind, however he did amazing. He actually puked after his first leg that was 5.3 miles in 94 degree weather. Matt ended up running about 15 miles and so did his bro-mance Jason. Allison, my BFF as all shall know her, ran it with me as well. She was running crazy 7 minute miles.
She's insane! Then I wooed my neighbor and good friend Rachel to run it too. She had to run these insane up hills and I am sure her bum still has not let her forget it.
My Dad sponsored our team by volunteering to assist in setting up parts of the race and getting all of us shirts to market his company Professional Choice Insurance. I am actually my Dad's new Social Media manager and I've been writing blogs for his company as well. I've written two recently, so you will have to check them out and let me know what you think. I really enjoy it and have been learning a lot.
We all had an awesome time and I am excited for my next race which I will talk about soon. Enjoy the pics:
Our start time was 8 am on Friday and we finished at about 6 or 630 pm Saturday.
Our BLING!
Our shirt.
Getting some last-minute nutrients for the race.
A cost efficient blue tooth. 
My Rachel :)
I loved this team of girls. I kind of wanted to ask them out and see if they wanted to be my friend.
Matt running.
My Dad is awesome and volunteered to help out with the race.
Yoga head lamp modeling.
HOT on so many levels!
Coal-mine extraordinaire.
Bob's Big Boy being groped.
Melinda and Rachel.
The girls in van 1.
Ragnar girls gone wild.
Bro-mance :)
My first love :) I heart you.
My toes are still in so much pain.
My team mooned me and made my last leg the most memorable. 
I figured I better comment since, ya know, basically we are one time Ragnar friends :) But you're so cute its fun to see you and Melinda doing it! Good job!
ReplyDeleteAwesome! It looks like you guys had a lot of fun, but knowing you, of course you did!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are awesome! Matt wished he could have done it with you, but unfortunately had to travel for business. I think you are all crazy, but it looks like you had fun!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are awesome. Looks like it was a lot of fun. Poor Matt ....ha ha. What a trooper.
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