6.29.2007

Run, Drive, Sleep, Repeat

This past weekend Seth and I ran in the Ragnar Relay-Wasatch Back. It's a relay race that starts in Logan and ends in Park City, 176 miles. Each team has 12 people, six in each van. Every member of the team runs 3 legs of the race ranging from 3.5-7.0 miles. The race takes about 24 hours. In our van we had Seth, my dad, our good family friends Taylor and Lynn Coulam, my cousin Tyler's wife Christina, and myself. Every one in our van did pretty well. My dad's first run was really tough, but the old man pulled it off with style. Seth had the hardest leg of the race, "The Ragnar." Seth and I ran this race last year and he had the Ragnar then too. Last year he refused water during it and it refused water again. It's 4 miles straight up hill. Most people walk it and take lots of water breaks, Seth ran the whole thing without water. Show off. :) The other van were all people from my dad's work. Originally our entire team was going to be made up of family members but things came up last minute and my dad was scrambling to get the team together. My dad did a great job at organizing our team, providing yummy food and lots of cool, refreshing drinks! Thanks Dad! Oh, I forgot to mention it was hotter than H-E-double hockey sticks the first day of the run. Taylor said that he's inspired to make good choices in his life because he really does not want to end up in hell if it's even as close to as hot as it was on the run!

3 comments:

Melanie Herway said...

My dad kept asking me if you guys did the race this year since he never saw you there. So now I can tell him. Congrats on finishing it, I definitely don't think I could have.

La said...

Yeah, this one not so jealous. I am glad to have missed it. But I think you all rock for doing it. Oh and Seth is not only the smartest man alive but a true Iron Man!!

natalie said...

Congrats on completing that race. It is one of my goals to run a race, but I'm too much of a wimp still.