The Ragnar Relay Story

The Ragnar Relay in Utah is called the Wasatch Back. It is a crazy event where teams of 12 take turns and run from Logan to Park City day and night, rain or shine...a total of 188 miles! It was awesome! My team "the Comeback Queens" was a bunch of women from my neighborhood. Our story was written up in the Salt Lake Tribune here. We had a few drop out due to cancer, a broken back and other injuries. That is why there are a few extras in this picture.

The Comeback Queens

Here we are the night before at a house we rented in Logan, having a delicious "CARB" dinner!



After our dinner, we got busy and a very silly decorating the suburbans that would carry us on this adventure through the mountains of Utah!

We were in "suburban 2" so we were preparing for our first runs of the day around noon in Eden ...

Getting ready for my night run(around midnight). It ended up being my favorite! It was very cool to be running up a mountain in the still of the night with a bunch of other crazy people cheering you on.

Saturday morning was wonderfully rainy and overcast.

Brad had the boys up at my brother's place at the Zermatt in Midway--he surprised me and came to my last leg. Boy, was I happy to see my guys!

They were not too impressed with our goofy crowns!

This was a happy sight...although I swear they tricked us, because those last miles were the LONGEST miles I ever ran!

Finishing my last leg---WHOOOO HOOOO--I did it! I was beyond happy to be done with my runs, especially since I had only slept maybe an hour and a half that night.

Our team members who couldn't run met us at the finish line.

The 12 that ran

What an AWESOME experience! One of my team mates who is a marathoner told me at the end "Well, Melanie you can no longer claim that you are not a runner. Anyone who runs the Ragnar is a "RUNNER"! I just laughed, but I think her words must of sunk in a little, because I found myself out running one of my training runs this morning:) and it actually felt pretty good!