Wasatch Back Relay
I had been meaning to post this sooner, but I’ve been super busy getting at work and getting ready for the wedding. Anyway, here it is now, rock.
So on two Wednesdays ago an email went out from HR to the entire company. They needed someone to fill in on a Wasatch Back Relay team. I had heard of the race, and since I do a number of endurance mountain bike races, I figured, why not? This was intelligent of me as I had not run since March, when I ran 4 miles. It turned out that the leg I volunteered to run was 18.4 miles, and involved some of the harder running in the relay. This was one of those “why not” considerations. But I didn’t want to let everyone down, so I made it happen.
I ended up running my 18.4 miles in just under 3 hours, about a 10 minute mile. On Saturday I couldn’t walk. On Sunday I was doing a crab walk. Needless to say, it was worth every minute.
Enough of me, here’s the pics:
Joel and I take this running stuff very seriously. I only did the first leg in the outfit.
We managed to do some last-minute decorations to our rental “van”. We do love Klossner, also, hide your daughters…
Here’s why we love Klossner: He kills it!
More pictures after the break…
The handoff.
Jill giving Arnold some water, and some “encouragement”.
Chilling at East Canyon after our first leg. That water was cold, but it felt so good.
Jim Holland getting his chill on at E. Canyon. The Backcountry team ran in gear (skis, snowshoes, etc) and ended up 13th in corporate coed!
The night run. Night running was the most brutal part. Dark and lonely.
The reward!
That’s all I got! I wish I had more pics from day 2 but I was destroyed and unable to operate anything electronic.
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