Somehow, I got talked into running my first race ever. There have many times in the last 10 years where I've had a small itch to run a marathon. I just don't like running that much!!! But, in an effort to see if I would like running at all, I consented to run the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay. (you should google this to find out more). It consists of a 12 man relay team. Each team (578 total teams) runs from Logan to Park City. That is roughly 180 miles. Each team member runs 3 legs that vary from 4 to 8 miles each. My legs were 4.1, 3.9, and 4.1 miles. Our team ran it in 27 hours 27 minutes. I felt pretty good about that effort and my effort as well. You can tell from the photo that I was definitely spent. It really was fun to pack 6 guys in each van and drive all over, with little to eat, even less sleep, and nothing but your team pushing you. Incidentally our team came in 178th. First place went to BYU's cross country team who it in 17 hours and some change. Talk about slow pokes....hahahaha. They started about 9 hours after us and caught us in Heber City. I still don't know if I have the desire to run a marathon, but I'm very much considering a Sprint Triathlon. Any takers?????
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