Wow, what an experience my fourth Ragnar turned out to be. Pro Compression, my very favorite brand of compression socks, gifted us a team this year...thank you Pro Compression!!! Holly, Jorge, Josh and I all knew we wanted to do an ultra. We wrangled Jessica, Holly's sister in law, into joining us and even convinced Julia to join us. This was Jessica's very first Ragnar, I am so impressed that Jessica was willing to do an ultra not knowing what a regular Ragnar was like. She is a brave woman.
We had a 9:15 a.m. start time...perfect! Holly was up first and then it was my turn. Holly and I have pretty horrible luck when it comes to the weather when we are doing a race. This time we got extremely lucky, both Holly and I had perfect running conditions for all of our runs...hallelujah!
AutoMaxx let use this Suburban...we like to call it the Beast.
Jake was not only our driver but at times our photographer.
Team Pro Compression
Josh, Jorge
Jessica, Holly, Me, Julia and our driver Jake #allofthejs
We decided that Holly should be Jolly and I should be Jeph...just so we could fit in.
#keepittight
I went into this run extremely worried that it would end up like last years, you can read about that HERE. My left ankle had been bothering me a bit, luckily I found out last Saturday that running slow helped a lot. I had gone on a 10 mile run with Holly and felt my ankle A LOT. I then ran 5 slow miles with my kids and I felt nothing. I had to tell myself repeatedly that it was better to run slow and finish uninjured than to run my normal pace and end up hurt. I watched my Garmin quite closely, not to keep a fast pace but to keep a safe pace. Maybe that's why this was such a great experience, I took my time and actually enjoyed the scenery and the fact that I was able to run. My first run started close to 11:20 p.m.
I don't think the 6.7 miles was "hard" all I know is that it was beautiful.
More beauty!
The cloud cover made the temps perfect and there was a tiny drizzle from time to time.
Holly got some action shots of my first run.
Did you notice how cute my shoes are? Josh did and pointed it out every chance he got...I think he may have been making fun of me a little but that's okay. I took my family to Utah Run to pick up the new Saucony Kinvara 5's for my birthday.
They are heavenly...see they glow :)
I believe I got 27 kills in those 11 miles.
I was very good about doing my dynamic stretches after each run and drinking my Tru Moo, after my last run I said forget chocolate milk I want Dr. Pepper...and that's what I had.
We had a 9:15 a.m. start time...perfect! Holly was up first and then it was my turn. Holly and I have pretty horrible luck when it comes to the weather when we are doing a race. This time we got extremely lucky, both Holly and I had perfect running conditions for all of our runs...hallelujah!
AutoMaxx let use this Suburban...we like to call it the Beast.
Jake was not only our driver but at times our photographer.
Team Pro Compression
Josh, Jorge
Jessica, Holly, Me, Julia and our driver Jake #allofthejs
We decided that Holly should be Jolly and I should be Jeph...just so we could fit in.
#keepittight
I went into this run extremely worried that it would end up like last years, you can read about that HERE. My left ankle had been bothering me a bit, luckily I found out last Saturday that running slow helped a lot. I had gone on a 10 mile run with Holly and felt my ankle A LOT. I then ran 5 slow miles with my kids and I felt nothing. I had to tell myself repeatedly that it was better to run slow and finish uninjured than to run my normal pace and end up hurt. I watched my Garmin quite closely, not to keep a fast pace but to keep a safe pace. Maybe that's why this was such a great experience, I took my time and actually enjoyed the scenery and the fact that I was able to run. My first run started close to 11:20 p.m.
I don't think the 6.7 miles was "hard" all I know is that it was beautiful.
More beauty!
The cloud cover made the temps perfect and there was a tiny drizzle from time to time.
Holly got some action shots of my first run.
Did you notice how cute my shoes are? Josh did and pointed it out every chance he got...I think he may have been making fun of me a little but that's okay. I took my family to Utah Run to pick up the new Saucony Kinvara 5's for my birthday.
They are heavenly...see they glow :)
I believe I got 27 kills in those 11 miles.
I was very good about doing my dynamic stretches after each run and drinking my Tru Moo, after my last run I said forget chocolate milk I want Dr. Pepper...and that's what I had.
He's da man in da pan!
Julia during her super hard first run. Luckily the rain made this part much better than usual because it wasn't so dusty. She rocked it! I'm so grateful for the friends I have met through running.
My second run started pretty close to 9 p.m.
I ran the first part alone and convinced Jake to join me on my 4.2 easy mile run, he doesn't really run but he was nice enough to join me anyway. I married a good man :) I got 46 kills. I ended feeling great!
We got a little bit of sleep while Jorge did his crazy long 19 mile night run.
My final run started at 9:15-ish Saturday morning with perfect weather, it got a little warm by the end but nothing crazy. We really lucked out this year.
Running much slower this year made this leg so much better, I didn't have to walk at all except through the water stations.
I held back a lot on the huge downhill because downhill running is what causes me problems with my calfs.
I ran the first part alone and convinced Jake to join me on my 4.2 easy mile run, he doesn't really run but he was nice enough to join me anyway. I married a good man :) I got 46 kills. I ended feeling great!
We got a little bit of sleep while Jorge did his crazy long 19 mile night run.
My final run started at 9:15-ish Saturday morning with perfect weather, it got a little warm by the end but nothing crazy. We really lucked out this year.
Running much slower this year made this leg so much better, I didn't have to walk at all except through the water stations.
I held back a lot on the huge downhill because downhill running is what causes me problems with my calfs.
Jake ran me into the exchange to finish off my Ragnar. 81 kills on my last leg...yeah buddy! I felt amaze balls and had so much fun.
Dr. Pepper for the win!!
I'm so thankful that Jake joined us on this grand adventure. He is the best!
We are just like 2 people :)
Let's finish this thing but first let's take a weezie!
Just a little gun show, we had to show you how cute our shirts were. Utah Run made them for us and we love them.
The view at the top of Ragnar Hill is amazing.
We chatted with the Pro Compression gal for a bit, I believe her name is Suzanne and she is as cute as can be. She gets to travel all around for Pro Compression...lucky!
We finally finished...YAY!!! Julia had to leave after her third leg, we were sad to see her go.
Outtake numero uno with Nacho...Jake and Jess wondering what the heck Nacho was doing.
Outtake numero dos with Nacho...Holly and Josh wondering what the heck Nacho was doing.
And there's the money shot :)
We had so much fun but I was told at the beginning of Ragnar that what happens in the burb stays in the burb so all I will say is YUP! :D
This was by far my favorite Ragnar! I loved everyone on our team, we all got along and there wasn't any drama. We had a few set backs at exchanges that slowed us down a bit but everyone did their best and had fun doing it. Everyone on my team amazed me but Jessica REALLY amazed me. She was awesome, not only was she entertaining but she did an ULTRA on her first Ragnar...and the girl can twerk like you wouldn't believe.
