I am an official finisher of the Ragnar 2012! what is Ragnar. It's the largest Relay race! You get 12 people family or friends and run 200 miles over the weekend. It is the most obscured, crazy thing ever. There were over 1,100 teams meaning about 13,200 people running from Logan to Park City. I can say enough about it. we have already signed up for next year! I loved doing this with my family1 they are the coolest people ever!
Our team name was "HOLY SCHMIDT" It was awesome! We had T-shirts and our van was decked out with our name all over it. We even had people taking pictures with our van! We had just as much fun preparing for the race as we did running it. We designated our run to Lexe Selman. She is my hero. Many of you know that Lexe is battling Leukemia and is winning the battle. We were "running for Lexe" with her number 13 on our backs and thoughts of her in our hearts. Lexe kicks Leukemia and we kicked Ragnar for her! We love you Lex!
I ran three legs. For some reason my first, which was my "easiest" kicked my trash! It was only 3.8 miles but it was hot. It ended with a battle to the end with a girl that tried to pass me so I cut her off and ran in front of her. Rude, but awesome. I almost peed my pants though! HA Leg two was by far the best! I started running at 4:15 AM it was totally black and silent. I had my new skull candy ear buds in and flying! I blew past four people in my first mile and continued with a fast speed for 7.5 miles and raced a girl to the end feeling like a beast and..... NOBODY WAS THERE! Heather was just chillin in the honey bucket line! Which was ironic considering she had just told me a few hours ago that she would never not be there. i told her that was my biggest fear of Ragnar, that I would race in and my team wasn't even there. Luckily, Braden found me and told me she was on her way. She is SO LAME! (I still love you Heaffer!) PS she still peed on herself anyways :) Leg three is when I really became a beast! I ran 4.0 miles up a mountain. Okay fine, I didn't "run" I walked for the most part with a little jog on occasion. I gained 1700 feet in elevation in 4 miles. I thought it would be the death of me but after all my energy shots and GU chomps and caffeine drink, I was wired even after my run I could still shake my butt at Heather running past and summiting the mountain! Our family rocks!
32 hours after we started, our 12 members rejoined together in our Holy Schmidt 13 shirts and ran through the finish line, with Howie as our lead man!! It was such an amazing weekend and I hate that the next Ragnar is a year away but maybe this next time I will actually train for it! If anyone is debating about running the Ragnar I say don’t hesitate just do it!!! It’s so worth it!!
Pictures to come soon!
