A few weeks ago I finally got to quit training for the Ragnar because I conquered the beast!!
Woo Woo! Who knows if I'll ever run again, but if I don't, at least I can say I went out with a bang!
My challenge began on Friday afternoon at about 1pm, I was runner #6. This was the only run out of my 3 legs that Cart was going to get to come to because he had to work, so right before my race I went to call him to tell him to head up to the end line and what do you know, my phone is out of service! Are you kidding me? FREAK!! Oh well, what can I do now? I started at the top of Avon Pass and ran down. No one told me that I needed to trail train! So I pretty much about died running a steep down hill trail on rocks and baby powder dirt! There were times I had to stop just to gain composure again because my legs would get going way faster than my body because it was so down hill.
About 2 mile into my run I see a mountain biker pumping up the hill and I think to myself, "That person is crazy! This sucks bad enough running down, let alone climbing up on a bike!" Then I realize, yep, that crazy person would be my AWESOME husband who is coming to help me get through this run! It was awesome! He rode with me while I ran till it was over! The only part that wasn't awesome was the part where he asked me if I wanted a ride and I wanted to knock him over cause........... I would have given anything to get on that bike at that point in my life! Anyways, I finished the 6.9 mile run. After I think I had a little touch of heat stroke because I was sick clear up until my next run at 11PM.
This run started at the bottom of East Canyon and went 8.1 miles up hill. This was the mother of all mothers for me! I told my van to meet me for relief at the 2 mile mark, and I could have sworn that they had forgotten about me because when I finally got to them and they told me that it really was the 2 mile mark, I almost started crying because I thought there is no way in H I can do 3 more of those! Holy Freak! I thought to myself, "I am never doing this again! I want to be in bed right now, not running up hill in the pitch black with a headlamp on that keeps falling into my eyes because I'm sweaty." It was a challenge, by the time I was done it had taken me 1 hour and 38 minutes and my legs were on fire! Ouch!! Felt so good to be done though and I felt a huge sense of accomplishment!! Now I only had my 3 mile run tomorrow morning!
Sat morning at about 11 am I ran my last leg, 3 miles in a residential area in Heber! It would have been cake compared to my 2 legs before, except for I had only had 2 hours of sleep and maybe a handful of wheat thins in 30 hours on top of already running 15 miles. When I finished that run I was so happy!
I did it baby! Even though it about kicked my butt, I ran the Ragnar 2010! We'll see what next year brings! Thank goodness my cute friend Ambe ran it with me! She had som awful runs too and so we took care of each other! :) We had a lot of fun with the girls in our van!
(Every one's telling me it's like having a baby, you can't decided if you want to do it again right after you just get done.)
Me, Amber, and Karen at the starting line party
Amber during one of her runs, the water fountain that is gushing a van in front of hit about 5 minutes before and it started gushing that water.
Our team at Snow Basin
Before my 8.1 death run
Me about to die after the death run
Amber and I in Heber after her up hill horrible run in the sun! Good Job Amber!
Karen, Meg, Me, Shannie, and Amber
Karen, Meg, Me, Shannie, and Amber
Amber and Me riding the gondolla up to the finish line at The Canyons Resort in Park City.
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