This week was a crazy one! On Thursday night I left in a van full of 6 girls and drove to Wickenburg, a town about an hour 1/2 away from us, we stayed in a motel and got up at 4 a.m. to start our Ragnar del Sol relay race. I didn't get any sleep in the motel and was so tired. Our first runner had to run 9 miles straight up a mountain, a super tough leg. It was freezing cold!! I was the 4th runner and it started heating up, super warm. I ran 6.5 miles and all of the runners were so encouraging. There were so many vans decorated so creatively. One van had lights all over the outside of it, at night it was really cool to see. Our van finished running around noon, and we left to go get lunch and some rest. We rested at a high school where the next big exchange would happen, but there was a softball game going on and it was really loud. So we just did some yoga to stretch ourselves out. The last runner of van 2 had to run 11 miles! She's an ironman athlete, so it was no big deal for her. Amazing!! We then took off running again around 7 p.m. and my leg came up around 11:30 p.m. which is crazy for me to even be up that late, let alone running 5.3 miles! It turned out that I had the scary leg, where I had to run down this deserted road, with cement on each side of me with graffiti and trash all over the place and pure darkness all around me. It was terrifying, and i was so scared. Luckily that helped me to run really fast through it, and i was so grateful to be out of there. The next 4 miles was straight uphill, so that was tough. Our van finished running around 2 a.m. and we were exhausted and freezing. We were supposed to sleep inside of a high school gym, but we were too tired to get out of the van, so we slept in the van. I couldn't sleep because I'm a light sleeper and with 6 women, it wasn't quiet in the van. hahaha. So 2 nights of no sleeping, ugh. We had to start running again around 5:30am and I ended up running my last leg around 8:55 a.m. and ran 2.7 miles, that was a beautiful run through farms and there were hot air balloons and mountains all around me. Cave Creek is a beautiful city, kind of the scottsdale of farm towns. I was so happy to be done! We then drove to Mesa and ate lunch and started watching Little Women but van 2 finished before we thought they would, so we had to race out of the theater where we met the rest of the team and ran through the finish line together. It was an amazing experience, one that I'll never forget. I learned that I can push myself harder than I ever thought and survive. Between both vans we ran 200 miles! So crazy!
The medals we got for the 12 of us created a puzzle when they're all put together and each medal says something different, Mine says Achieve the Impossible which was definitely true for me!
Jacob and Abby playing at the park while waiting for me to finish the race....
Abby looking cute...
Putting my first check mark on!
Eating lunch was so refreshing, we were so hungry!
Night run!
At the starting line...
My first leg...
Hot air balloon from my last leg!
Last mile of my last leg....
Putting my last check mark on...
Heading into the theater...
The medals all put together!
We loved seeing those 1 mile to go markers along the way!
Before the race...
My last leg just starting out...
All done!!
The different teams create magnets and place them on vans that they see, so cool!!
Ashlyn's friend drew this for Abby....
I did it!!!
Thankful for a husband who supported me doing this crazy experience. I actually only did it because he said that I should. I didn't initially believe that i could, but he believed in me. He's the best! I'm grateful he took care of the kids, and I didn't have to worry about a thing while I was away.
Today Rick is wearing his 49ers gear for Super bowl Sunday.
Haley played the organ today and did an amazing job. She was very nervous, but she did a great job!!!
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