Wasatch Back roll call

[ERCougar]

Yep, that's how you spell it.

I'll PM you my cell next week. If you guys want to come and wait at our cabin, you would be more than welcome. There's plenty of room, and it's just a couple of minutes to drive to the park. If your team is going slow, our first van is going to go back to the cabin after their first legs, so there will still be people there. At least you won't have to wait in the heat.

That'd be great. We're not going to leave Cedar City until Friday morning, so I'm not sure we'll have a ton of time to spare, but if they're at all slower than they say, that'd be really nice.

[Teenage Dirtbag]

I'm off! Good luck to everyone running in the relay, if you see our van say hi. I'll be posting some stuff on a blog when I have some time, feel free to follow along if you want.

Rants and Runs

[ERCougar]

Well, I made it. Barely.
My first leg was a flat 3.5 mile run through Huntsville. Hotter than I'd like and I ran it harder than I should have (avg HR 177, max 189). I would pay for it later.
Second leg was beautiful. 1:30 am and no moon--everyone should have a run like this at some point in their lives. The solitude, the stars, the crickets--just a great experience. Nevertheless, I was feeling the fatigue from my first run and was ready to be done at the end.
Got about 2 hrs of sleep and then took off with the van for our third legs. Absolutely brutal climb in the middle of a rainstorm. Here's the profile:
http://www.ragnarrelay.com/index.php...leg=34#legmaps
You'll note the 1600' over 4 miles. You'll also note the 9000' elevation at the end. Hardest climb I've ever done. On 2 hours of sleep and 11 miles the day before.

I'm working all day today and I've never been so tempted to pour myself a cup of coffee in my life. I'm still deciding if this was fun.

[scottie]

Well, I made it. Barely.
My first leg was a flat 3.5 mile run through Huntsville. Hotter than I'd like and I ran it harder than I should have (avg HR 177, max 189). I would pay for it later.
Second leg was beautiful. 1:30 am and no moon--everyone should have a run like this at some point in their lives. The solitude, the stars, the crickets--just a great experience. Nevertheless, I was feeling the fatigue from my first run and was ready to be done at the end.
Got about 2 hrs of sleep and then took off with the van for our third legs. Absolutely brutal climb in the middle of a rainstorm. Here's the profile:
http://www.ragnarrelay.com/index.php...leg=34#legmaps
You'll note the 1600' over 4 miles. You'll also note the 9000' elevation at the end. Hardest climb I've ever done. On 2 hours of sleep and 11 miles the day before.

I'm working all day today and I've never been so tempted to pour myself a cup of coffee in my life. I'm still deciding if this was fun.

When I'm not posting from my BB I'll give more details, but plenty of lessons learned after my first Ragnar. We crossed the finish at 12:20 PM then stayed at Zermatt in Midway. Both my wife and I slept from 9 PM Saturday until 9 AM this morning.

[ERCougar]

Finally got around to uploading some photos from the race:

I really thought I was faster than I look here:


Chasing some tail...


Our team

[Pheidippides]

Finally got around to uploading some photos from the race:


Chasing some tail...

That's nasty. Was he really running in tighty whities?

Also, you look buff.

[Babs]

Is that a gravel road? Yuck!

[Teenage Dirtbag]

Chasing some tail...

You gotta love people with personality, even when it's freaking gross.

When I ran the Vegas Marathon in '05, there was a guy in a flesh colored Speedo. On the message board related to the race, we kindly referred to him as "nutsack man", and everyone knew who was being referred to. He was fast, too. I looked up his time and he had finished in something like 2:45.

The next year I read an article about the Grandma's Marathon and how they had banned a guy for life because of his apparel. There in the article was a picture of nutsac man. Pretty funny.

[ERCougar]

That's nasty. Was he really running in tighty whities?

Also, you look buff.

If by buff, you mean scrawny arms and chicken legs, you're dead on.

And yes, he was. I actually ended up catching him and ran the last mile with him. Pretty funny guy.

[ERCougar]

Is that a gravel road? Yuck!

Yeah, that's a gravel road over a mountain. 1600' in 4 miles (at 9000 ft).

Yeah--yuck.

[creekster]

When I ran the Vegas Marathon in '05, there was a guy in a flesh colored Speedo. On the message board related to the race, we kindly referred to him as "nutsack man", and everyone knew who was being referred to. He was fast, too. I looked up his time and he had finished in something like 2:45.

If you like this sort of thing you should come run the bay to breakers.

[Teenage Dirtbag]

If you like this sort of thing you should come run the bay to breakers.

No way. Last time I did that, I was made to feel so unwelcome. That's me in the picture...I'm the one holding the big sign on the right.

[falafel]

Is anyone who did the Wasatch Back going for the Saints and Sinners tandem and coming to Vegas?

[Teenage Dirtbag]

Is anyone who did the Wasatch Back going for the Saints and Sinners tandem and coming to Vegas?

I honestly don't see how I could possibly do more than one relay a year. It kicks my trash.

[ERCougar]

I honestly don't see how I could possibly do more than one relay a year. It kicks my trash.

I'm with you. Last year, I didn't push it very hard and had a lot of fun. This year, I pushed it a lot harder and had a lot less fun. Our other van (who really didn't push hard AT ALL...grrr...) wanted to do the Saints and Sinners thing, but again wanted the easy van. The vans on that are really uneven with van 2 running something like 40 miles more than van 1. We said no. My trash was kicked.