RAGNAR RELAY- LA 2009
IT IS NOW WEDNESDAY AND I AM JUST WRITING THIS BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN TOO EXHAUSTED TO SIT DOWN AND DO THIS POST. LAST WEEKEND I DID SOMETHING THAT I HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO AND TRAINING FOR FOR MONTHS. I DID THE LOS ANGELES RAGNAR RELAY RACE, WHICH WAS A RELAY RACE STARTING IN SANTA BARBARA AND ENDING IN DANA POINT. WE HAD A 12 PERSON TEAM, WE GOT TWO 15 PERSON VANS AND HEADED UP TO SANTA BARBARA FOR THE FUN...OR SO WE THOUGHT. NOW THAT IT IS OVER I CAN SAY I HAD A BLAST, BUT IT WAS MUCH HARDER THAN I HAD IMAGINED. APPARENTLY NOT SLEEPING FOR TWO DAYS AND RUNNING THREE DIFFERENT LEGS OF 5+ MILES AND NOT EATING NORMAL CAN THROW YOUR BODY FOR A LOOP. IT MAKES ME TIRED JUST THINKING ABOUT IT. ALSO THERE WERE SOME SCARY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT RUNS, SOME STOMACH PROBLEMS, SOME ANXIETY GOING ON, BUT IT WAS A BLAST TO BE WITH 11 OTHER GIRLS FOR THE WEEKEND. I THINK NEXT YEAR I WOULD RATHER JUST GO TO THE HOTEL FOR THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND LAY OUT AND GET MASSAGES....ANYONE? THANKS "HORMONAL HOTTIES" I HAD FUN, ANYONE WANT TO RUN ON SATURDAY?
VAN #1-MOKA,MIA,BROOKE,ME,SADIE, AND TARA- BEFORE WE KNEW WHAT WE HAD GOTTEN OURSELVES INTO!
WE WERE THE "HORMONAL HOTTIES". EVERYONE LOVED OUR BRAS ON OUR CAR!
I WAS SO EXCITED TO SPEND THE WEEKEND WITH MY SIS TARA, WE ARE TOGETHER EVERYDAY AT WORK, BUT IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THE SAME WITHOUT HER!
THE WHOLE TEAM TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE WERE WAITING FOR TARA TO FINISH HER FIRST LEG, WE WERE ALL STILL HAPPY TO BE THERE, WE HADN'T MISSED ANY SLEEP YET.
WE ALL PILED INTO ONE VAN AND WENT TO A CLASSY JOINT FOR DINNER...
DENNY'S! WE HAD A BREAK IN SANTA MONICA AND WE WERE ALL COLD AND TIRED SO WE MADE IT EASY AND JUST WENT TO DENNY'S FOR SOME FUEL.
FINISHING UP OUR LAST LEGS EARLY IN THE MORNING, NO SLEEP YET AND NO FOOD SINCE DENNY'S, LIFE WAS FEELING PRETTY HARD AT THIS POINT.
THE FINISH LINE WAS CLOSE TO HOME AT SALT CREEK BEACH. OUR VAN FINISHED AND WAS WAITING FOR OUR TEAM TO FINISH THEIR LAST LEGS, OUR FAMILIES MET US THERE TO CHEER US ON.
WE ALL HAD "BABY ON BOARD" SHIRTS ON AND STUFFED OUR SHIRTS. EACH TEAM HAD TO HAVE A NAME AND A THEME...WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PREGNANT MOMMIES!
RUNNING TOWARDS THE FINISH LINE WITH OUR KIDS.
WE DID IT! LOVE YOU GIRLS!
10 comments:
You crazy kids! I personally can't think of anything worse, but I'm proud of you guys! If you go to a hotel next year for massages next year...I'm in! :)
You ladies are rock stars! Want to run with ME on Sat?! Wish you were.
that was so much fun, i'm just sad that we weren't in the same van! I'm sorry you got sick, you had to run WAY more than you thought unfortunately! and um i'm all for doing a girls trip to a hotel for the weekend! sign me up!
that sounds like so much fun!! way to go!
I had so much fun but I am definitely always up for a REAL girls' weekend with massages and LOTS of sleeping!
You are amazing!!
That looks like so much fun. I think. I might need to take that on someday. Good for you!
I'm in for a run on Saturday. You know you are sooo gonna run another Ragnar with me next year! I'll make you do it! I had tons of fun and feel like I got to know everybody a little too well. Love ya Hottie!
Are you superwomen or what? Yes you are!
Holy crap. I don't even know what to say. As a HUGE non-runner I am EXTREMELY impressed!
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