I have to admit that I wasn't terribly excited about participating in the Ragnar Relay, but now that it's over, I'm glad I did. It was truely unique experience. I also got to run the relay with my wife, so it was nice to spend some time without the kids, even if its with 4 other adults we hardly knew and we all stink.
I won't get to detailed, but I'll say that my wife and I were in Van #1 and she was runner #3 and I was runner #5. We quickly learned that this was going to be hilly and harder than either of us expected, but our fellow vanmates were great and kept the spirits high. Overall, the three legs went like this; Leg #1 - hot and hilly, Leg#2 - dark and hilly, Leg#3 - tired and hilly. Would I do it again? You bet!
Here's some pics from our 28 hours of running...
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| Winona MN |
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| Leg #1 |
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| Happy to be done with the first run! |
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| Leg#1 |
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| Getting a drink from Ernie and Bert. |
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| That's how I felt about Leg#1. |
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| Lake Pepin at the first Van exchange. |
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| A quick spin |
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| During the first Ragnar Great River, this bar handed out free beers to the runners, but there was only 30 teams that year. |
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| My wife finishing Leg #3. |
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| The beginning of my third leg. |
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| Leg #3 got more and more hilly and I was tired. |
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| Excited to be done! |
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| Finish line...28 hours later. |
What a great thing to do together!! Glad you guys had so much fun. The pic of you after leg 1 pretty much says it all, huh? :D
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the race and the both of you did it together, that just makes it extra special
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