I know this is just what you've all been waiting for: pictures of the Ragnar Relay trip. It was so much fun, though it was definitely the hardest thing I've done.
Thursday Night
Decorating the Vans and put-luck dinner with the team.
Then the ladies in van 1 and spent the night in a hotel to be there for a 7:30 AM starting time.
Check out Katrina's the pepper-wrapping skills. I was impressed.
This is Tristalene writing "Sweet and Spicy" on our windows, and
Christine is in the background busting out more decorative streamers and ribbons.
This is me painting flames on the bottom of the van.
Friday morning
We woke up and met with the other Van 2ers. We drove about 2 hours north and met up with the first 1/2 of the team around 12:30. Then we all ran our respective legs! I was runner 8, so this is me running my first leg of 3.4 miles.
This is our whole van after Tristalene, runner 12, finished her leg. We were so excited! A third of the way done.
(Notice the pepper strapped to the top of the van.)
Friday Night
After we finished the first legs we went and got Subway sandwiches and drove to our next big exchange where we would meet van 1 again. It was about 9:30 and we were expecting them around 11:30 so we unrolled our sleeping bags on the grass at the high school. There were people sprawled out everywhere and vans coming and going, plus we were still excited and wanting to be ready when our other van got there... needless to say, we didn't get any sleep. But they arrived at 11:30 and Dana took off on our first night run. We didn't take any good pics of our night runs because they wouldn't turn out very well. But we all had to wear reflective vests and head lamps and tail lights. It also got very cold. But we did it! Tristalene finished her run right around 5:00 in the morning, just as the sun was coming up. It was pretty inspiring and crazy. Then we drove to our next big exchange and rolled our sleeping bags out on the gym floor at that high school. I was very glad it was inside this time! I have never been so grateful for an hour and a half of sleep in my life! We all woke up around 6:45 and prepared for our last stretch of the race.
Saturday Morning
This is us that morning after we all put our team t-shirts on.
We were super sore but anxious to get going again.
This is me after I ran my last leg and snapped the snap bracelet on Elizabeth.
This is all 12 of us after we crossed the finish line!
We had just collectively run 188 miles. Whew! Go Hot Tamamas!
10 comments:
Great job Angie! My opinion is that all van's need some flames on them. :)
I love the whole deal! the van, the shirts, and especially all you hot chicks! way to go, Ange!!!
That is awesome! Congratulations Angie.
What an accomplishment! I love the name of your team.
That is the coolest thing! Way to go!
You are a champ!
Wow, seriously that is so awesome that you did that! Way to go!
Wow that is awesome. Way to be. I love your team name. It is true to form..."hot mammas"
Ang! that is awesome! I didn't know you were training for that! Way to go!!!
Hey Angie, I'm blog stalking. Actually I was reading Emily's blog and saw a link to yours. Congrats on the ragnar!! That's so awesome. You have some cute kids!!
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