So this is pretty much the craziest relay ever! 3 legs of 4-10 miles, one in the middle of the night, often there is rain (for us it happened during Tawna and Christie's night trail runs, which made it more like a mud run.) However, we did get to shower after almost every leg cause the first legs were in Brianhead (showered in Enoch...and got to nap in my own bed....not common for this type of 2 day relay), then just west of Cedar and our final legs ended near Snow Canyon. I think I was the only one who slept at all the whole weekend, but I can and will sleep anywhere. :) But the girls we ran with are the best so it made it so much fun! We definitely bonded! (Which may or may not have included one of the scariest experiences of my life, where a member of our team, and really close friend of mine, who is hyperglycemic had 2 full blown low blood sugar seizures and then insisted on running her 3rd leg at 2 in the morning! During which we tried to check on her every mile but somehow missed her on mile 2 which left us frantically retracing her steps and searching for her, knowing only hours ago she was seizing uncontrollably. Little did we know she had unknowingly passed us and was waiting at the exchange.) How do you not feel bonded to someone after that???!! Terrifying though.
I personally felt great about my legs though. The first one was 3 miles-ish but the longest, steepest hill I have ever ran, I could barely run it was so steep right out of Brian Head. My second leg was west of Cedar and had 4 kills and a great time (not that anyone really cares about times in this long of a relay...but still fun for me to push it). And my 3rd leg was around 4AM just north of Snow Canyon, and I literally had to pee for 6 WHOLE MILES. It was one of the longest 6 miles of my life. I know I didn't have to go when I started. Yikes! Anyways it was my 2nd Red Rock relay, and I still think the sleep deprivation and crazy schedule of running is nuts, but I'll probably be talked into it next year.
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| The exchange at SUU |
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| Before Christie's night/mud run. |
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| After showering at Christie's brothers house in St. George just waiting for the other van to finish. |
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| Ending in Zions! |
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| High legs. (high five) |
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| Showing off our 3 accomplished marks on our calves representing each "leg" we ran. |
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| At the finish line! Well at least our van....not sure what happened to the picture of the other half of our team in the other van. :) |
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