We Made It!

Ragnar chronicles...leg 3. Let's be clear, this is not DAY 3, it is still the same 24-hour period, it is just the 3rd leg that we have run. If you do the math, that means the run was split out over 36 different pieces and there WAS some running in the dark!

Admittedly, things always look a little more sketchy in the dark, so we opted to escort our nighttime runners with a biker, all of whom wore a headlamp and some reflective gear...safety first! I escorted Holly on her night run through Long Beach over 7 miles starting at 4:45 am. The humor in that venture was me on the bike, which was about 6 inches too small for me. Fortunately, the race was about the run, NOT the bike, so form or style were not critical!

Things dialed up quickly for runner #5 in van #1 (my official positioning), with a 5 1/2 mile run from Long Beach to Huntington Beach at 7:30 am, followed by a 6 mile run through a portion of Orange County, going right past John Wayne Airport. The intersection of Main and Jamboree never looked so good, between the cheering MIMs and knowledge that this was my last leg!

We shadowed van #2 through the last portion of the journey, finishing up together with a group run-in at the finish line. Our first-place-in-our-division time? 24:24:20. The next closest team (The Skirts) finished about an hour and a half behind us.

Let it be known that I did not contribute to any record-setting pace, but still do account for 17 miles run of the 188 total!!