Ragnar

Two weekends ago I competed in Ragnar. I was on a team of 12 girls and we ran a relay race from San Francisco to Napa Valley (Calistoga) for a total distance of 194 miles- nonstop. It took us 34 hours start to finish, and we sacrificed 2 nights sleep. Our check-in time was 3:30 a.m. Friday morning in S.F., meaning we had to leave CP at 1:00 a.m. Thursday night. We did get a hotel briefly on Friday night where we were able to shower and sleep for about 3 1/2 hours before completing our 3rd legs, but by Saturday we were pretty spent. There's so much I could say about this experience, but mostly that I would do it again. I hit a low Friday night after I had been up for 36 hours and run 2 of my 3 legs, but those few hours of sleep at the hotel did wonders and gave me just enough pep to finish my 3rd leg Saturday morning. Like anything else, the challenge is what made the experience so rewarding. I loved the comaraderie between all the teams. It was fun to run into other friends there, also. We went out to dinner as a team to Mimi's Cafe after the race and relished in celebration.

Here's me before the race, thinking I was going to get a few hours sleep.

This marker became my beacon that I came to look  forward to on each leg.  My legs: 5.4 mi., 7.9 mi., and 3.3 mi.

Here we are (half the team) after our first two legs, enjoying a little break at major exchange point 1.

Showing off our Ragnar tattoos.

The end of the race, about 3:00 p.m. Saturday afternoon.  We were so stiff we didn't know if we were going to be able to cross the finish line together, but we did.  All 12 of us.