Ragnar Wasatch Back 2014….

I was lucky enough to hop on a Ragnar team again this year.  I was a little nervous at first but really trained hard, and it paid off!  I drove down to UT by myself and took Carlee and Tessa, they were fun little travel partners.  I got there a couple of days before the race so that we could spend time with Grandpa and Grandma and so that I could get them settled while I was doing Ragnar.  The day before the race we had a team breakfast at someones house where we got to meet everyone and the other ladies in Van 2.  We also got our matching shirts and headbands.  The ladies in my van, Van 1, we really nice and I was excited to race with them.  We decorated our van a little bit, made some plans and that was that.

I had plans to meet D down at Farmington Station with our girls for sushi lunch and shopping.  The girls loved seeing Sammie and had so much fun hanging out.  Lunch was fabulous, Tessa loved their white rice.  After that we went back to KayLee's house and spent the rest of the evening with her.  I had to get all of my race things together because I was leaving at an obscene time of night/morning so that we could be to Logan by 4:45 a.m.

That morning Lauren and I drove to Holly's house, she was our team captain.  We all loaded up together in her Burb and headed to Logan.  We made it there in time, and right as we were about to go to gear check, Holly realized she had forgotten her back of stuff, including her running shoes!  Luckily she had an amazing husband who woke up and brought it to her!

The race started right on time and our first runner went on her way.  It was pretty typical Ragnar from that point on.  We had great exchanges and I feel like everyone had a pretty good run.  In fact I think most of the girls in our Van rocked their runs!  Everyone was well trained.  I was so impressed with everyone.  We had some rain, which started on my first run, but it was okay.  It helped me to stay cool and maintain a pace that I was happy with.  The exchange after my run was pretty intense and covered in mud, cars were sliding all over the place, it made me nervous for the people who hadn't even started racing yet, it could have been really dangerous.  When our van was done with each of our legs we had a awesome place to rest.  Audra who was in our Van lived in Heber so we went to her house for beds and food.  She had so many things prepared it was amazing, the food was better than what I would normally eat!!

The best thing about Ragnar this year was being able to do it with Lauren.  Lauren and I have always wanted to do this together and we finally did.  It was so fun to see her in her element, she is an amazing runner.  Lauren has such an encouraging personality like I do and there were times when I was so bogged down on a run and then I would hear her cheering for me and telling me I was doing a great job etc., and it helped.  Lauren has been doing that for me for years, being one of my greatest supporters and it just mean so much to me.  I am grateful for her and for her influence in my life.  LOVE YOU LA LA!  Until the next Rag….