Book of Leakes

RAGNAR RELAY - aka. WASATCH BACK!

Run 192 miles

Logan to Park City

12 people, 2 Vans - Team: Cops and Robbers

32 hours 23 minutes!

Ragnar (n) - In mythology and legend, a man, often of divine ancestory, who is endowed with great courage and strength, celebrated for his bold exploits and favored by the Gods.

Check out this team of great courage and strength! Who decided to have a bold exploit and run together for 192 miles of fun, encouragement, personal achievement, with a little pain and suffering.

Candace ran this last year with her work and enjoyed it so much she registered and put together a team. The best part was the comaraderie of training. We got together for a few group runs, compared progress and enjoyed each others company. The second best part was completing the challenge.

I was runner #7. Lucky me. My total miles to run was only 12.2. My first leg was flat, I was the first runner in Van 2 and we started about 12 noon near Pine View resevoir. My second leg started about 8 p.m and climbed out of East Canyon resort. In the last 2.5 miles, I had the most elevation gain of my leg. Total elevation gain was 626 feet. It doesn't sound like much. But it was a good little hill. As I climbed, I kept telling myself, "no matter how slow you go, do not walk!" And I did it.
The third leg was flat, but the hardest, due to sleep deprivation, (only 3 hours of sleep). I started running right after the sun came up.

Adam was runner #8. Total miles to run was 16.3. His first leg was flat and east of Pine View. His second leg was more difficult, if running downhill is hard for you, Adam thought it was easy. He ran 7 miles, all downhill, from East Canyon to Henefer. Total elevation loss was 957. His third leg was fairly flat, a slight uphill, through Midway. This was also his hardest leg, due to sleep deprivation and a big blister.

Jamie was runner #10 Total miles to run was 15.5 Jamie's first two legs were relatively flat, But her third leg was the "Ragnar Hill". This is considered the steepest section of the total 192 miles. In 4 miles there is an elevation gain of 1678 feet. She climbed a paved mountain road that had some switch backs. The snow had to be cleared from the road this year, due to the enormous amounts of snow we had. The snow banks were 4 feet high that we drove through at the top. She did awesome. Had to slow a couple of times to catch her breath, but she ran this section in great form.

Our van/suburban of 6 consisted of Adam, Jamie, Myself, Lyndsey, Carli and Angie. We did so good together, we laughed, suffered, shared snacks, slept, stunk and cheered each other on. We got along so well. I would do this again with this crew.