Its technically race week, and we are pretty excited! We are running the Ragnar Trail in Zion National Park. It should be a blast. We have never run a Ragnar, or any other relay race, all of our other ones have been singles, but this should be a lot of fun. We have 2 teams of 8 runners each, and each runner will run the equivlaent of a half marathon. There are a lot of cool things about this race. #1 - we are running for a good cause. We are raising scholarship money for the University of Utah College of Pharmacy. There are some great students up there, doing great things. There is a link in our Instagram profile (@2as1getfit). Please donate if you can. Thanks so so much for the support. The second cool thing about this relay is that its run in a 24 hour period, 1 runner at a time... let me explain. Each team has 8 runners. The course is divided into 3 'loops', and each runner has to run each loop..BUT, it has to be done in order. So, Runner 1 runs the 'easy loop' (3.5 miles), runner 2 runs the 'medium loop' (3.9 miles), runner 3 then runs the 'hard loop' (7.9 miles), runner 4 then runs the 'easy', 5 runs the 'medium' and so on and so on. Once runner 8 runs his/her 'medium loop', runner 1 is back up for the 'hard loop'. The great thing is we get to rest, hang out with our team, and other teams, while 1 runner is out on the course. I think its going to be a lot of fun. Mix camping, and trail running, and you have Ragnar Trail! Our team start time is 9:45am, so this will be a long 24-30 hours. Heidi is runner 4 and I am runner 5, so we will be running a couple of legs in the middle of the night.
It should be awesome. Heidi has her 'hard loop' starting close to midnight, and I have my 'medium loop' right after that. In our best estimation (trail running is a lot different than road running. These loops have 400-500 ft elevation gains) this is what our loop start times are.
| Runner 1 Danielle |
9:45 AM |
| Runner 2 Andy |
10:34 AM |
| Runner 3 Maddie |
11:28 AM |
| Runner 4 Heidi |
2:01 PM |
| Runner 5 Jeremy |
2:50 PM |
| Runner 6 Ashley |
3:45 PM |
| Runner 7 Hugo |
6:18 PM |
| Runner 8 Jaclyn |
7:10 PM |
| Runner 1 Danielle |
7:59 PM |
| Runner 2 Andy |
9:41 PM |
| Runner 3 Maddie |
10:30 PM |
| Runner 4 Heidi |
11:52 PM |
| Runner 5 Jeremy |
1:34 AM |
| Runner 6 Ashley |
2:23 AM |
| Runner 7 Hugo |
3:45 AM |
| Runner 8 Jaclyn |
5:32 AM |
| Runner 1 Danielle |
6:17 AM |
| Runner 2 Andy |
7:11 AM |
| Runner 3 Maddie |
8:53 AM |
| Runner 4 Heidi |
10:07 AM |
| Runner 5 Jeremy |
11:01 AM |
| Runner 6 Ashley |
12:44 PM |
| Runner 7 Hugo |
1:57 PM |
| Runner 8 Jaclyn |
2:54 PM |
Its going to be an adventure, and a lot of fun. Right after the race.. yes, RIGHT AFTER, we are driving to Las Vegas to catch a plane to Seattle to see U2 on the Joshua Tree Tour on Sunday. It is going to be so epic! Then Monday afternoon fly back to Vegas, then a quiet road trip back home. I think we are taking Tuesday off to recover, but then back at it on Wednesday.
We will have tons of photos, and things to report after the race and concert. I will also update you on some cool upcoming things we will be doing on our blog. Thanks for your support, and please comment.
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