Ok, so I didn't run the entire 197 miles but I did contribute along with 11 other of my teammates. Being 8 weeks pregnant it wasn't my fastest race but hey I did my legs plus some without walking. It was a crazy two days that consisted to 2 hours of sleep, a sick team captan (who had to leave the race early due to his vomiting), lots of driving, and extra running due to a missed exchange by van #2. over all I ran my three legs plus an additional 1/2 a leg. On the last exchange van #2 got a bit confused and went to the next exchange point which left Dena and myself to finish an extra leg. Dena was amazing because she had just finished running what she thought was her last leg of over 5 miles and after waiting for about 5 minutes she took off expecting to run an additional 4. We stopped her about half way thru where I jumped out of the van and finished it for her so she could actually rest. At that point we were exhausted, hungry, and dying to get out of the van. Overall it was a lot of fun and I would do it again.
This was our first exchange just at the bottom of the hill from Timberline lodge. Look at all those cars!
This is the field that we got our 2 hours of sleep at 5am.
Another exchange point.
Here are my van mates. Our team name was Kiss My Asphalt which I don't think applied to me. I did however, have about 14 road kills...not bad for a pregnant woman, right?
Finally finished! Here is our team running across the finish line. Ready for a good meal and bed. I was lucky to have already taken a shower by the point at a friends parents cabin but a bed sounded really good at this point.
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Way to go! That looks like so much fun.
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