We left early Friday morning to drive up for our 1:00 start time in Woodstock, NY. Then we proceeded to run 181 miles for 25:08 and ended the race in the Bronx (upper NYC). We had an awesome team and everyone was great runners. My van (#1) ran from 1-5ish, 11:00 pm-2:30am, and then 6:30-10:30am Saturday. Here's some action shots:
I am so sore and totally exhausted, but so glad I did it.
Here are some highlights: 1. KA getting "punked"...they changed the race course last minute and instead of running 2.9 miles, moderate difficultly for her first leg, (the categories were easy, moderate, hard, very hard) it got switched to 7.4 very hard! 
2. A few of us getting lost because some genious thought the sign to turn left was the wrong way, so he switched it around. 3. Absolutely no shame about the potty business...literally. Our legs were not the only thing running, if you know what I mean. 4. KA and Ryan talking the front desk lady into letting us have a hotel room for 2 hours to take showers...and the best part of all was that it was FREE!
2. A few of us getting lost because some genious thought the sign to turn left was the wrong way, so he switched it around. 3. Absolutely no shame about the potty business...literally. Our legs were not the only thing running, if you know what I mean. 4. KA and Ryan talking the front desk lady into letting us have a hotel room for 2 hours to take showers...and the best part of all was that it was FREE! 
5. Courtney Gartz's beautiful display of the race Bible (the rules, exchange info, etc.) and Ben Harwood's excel spreadsheet predicting each runners start and finish time. This guy is amazing! He created this formula to calculate in the degree of difficulty and stuff, it was really cool. 6. Beating our predicted time by over an hour! 7. IRONMAN. So some "ultra" teams only had 6 runners instead of 12. Each person would do 2 legs. This one guy was absolutely incredible...I think he was the best athlete I've ever seen in real life. He was running at a 5:50 mile pace for like 15 miles each time!
I'm so glad I did it and I think the Fife Family is shooting for the Ragnar in Las Vegas in October! We've definitely got a whole team, thanks to in-laws. http://www.ragnarrelay.com/lasvegas/index.php . The race goes from the Valley of Fire to Lake Mead. That means no more pregnancies and stuff, ok gals? Priorities are priorities. Totally kidding, of course. Bronx or Bust!
I'm so glad I did it and I think the Fife Family is shooting for the Ragnar in Las Vegas in October! We've definitely got a whole team, thanks to in-laws. http://www.ragnarrelay.com/lasvegas/index.php . The race goes from the Valley of Fire to Lake Mead. That means no more pregnancies and stuff, ok gals? Priorities are priorities. Totally kidding, of course. Bronx or Bust!
Ok, I'm SO jealous I didn't end up doing this. Looks like you guys had a blast! I loved your #3...because I SOOOOOO know how that goes. :)
ReplyDeleteJust want to say great job on finishing an hour ahead of time!
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting part of the race for me was also getting lost and then the van getting lost during my leg (that one's only funny in retrospect). Next time i'll write all the directions on my arm. Although if somebody wants to move a sign they'll still be able to mess with my head.
Thanks for this fun post and for your team's support.
Shannon
Ps. I'm from team findingdulcinea...the team with the bike on the roof of the car (and amazingly it didn't fall off or hit any bridges).
Are you kidding me?!?! You are amazing! I never cease to be impressed by the things my friends can do. I loved the comment about peeing on yourself. Other people may say "that's gross!" I say..."Welcome to the club." Sometimes it just happens when you're running long distances
ReplyDeleteLoving the Callister shirt-way to represent. But I still think you're crazy ;)
ReplyDeleteI love it! you are sooooo funny! Looks like so much fun! I'm game for Vegas....i probably should start training now! :o) Miss you!
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