This year I went for round 2 on the Grand Teton Relay. This year I had my 2 sisters-in-law join me for a weekend of adventure. It was so much fun. So glad we all had a good time and made it back a live...well mostly! Despite sore muscles, and weak limbs we made it through to the finish line!
This year I was in Van 1, and i was runner 1. Best times ever to run, they were not in the hot of the day at all. So grateful for that.
My first leg was called Bear Gulch, and it was a 7.4 mile run that was mainly up hill. I completed it in 1 hour and 24 minutes. That was a huge hill, and I was told that I rocked it, but I am just happy to have made it up without dying!
Second leg was called Squirrel Creek, it was a 3.8 mile run that I did right after sunset. Those are the fun runs. I love running in the dark. I don't know how long that one took me though.
My last was Down Targhee, and it was 6.4 miles on solid down hill. That one was the toughest, only because by then my body was tired from lack of sleep and my muscles were screaming "NOT AGAIN!!!" at me the whole way down. That one took me 1 hour and 10 minutes to finish. I'm not very proud of that one, only cause I know I could have gone faster. Oh well, next year right?! We will see.
I didn't get much pictures of the scenery this year. The fires were really bad and most of the time the Tetons weren't even visible. Every runner had trouble breathing when we got higher up. It was pretty bad, but all together very fun! We were called The UnderDawgs. Jessyka and I decided to wear sort of like superhero costumes. We wore underwear over our spandex, and a cape. We also used duct tape to make a U on our shirts. I have a picture somewhere of me that I will have to find. We couldn't figure out how to make masks, so we didn't have those, again, maybe next year!
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| VAN 1: (l-r) Jim, Karrie, Karli (SIL), ME, Melanie (SIL), and Matt |
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| When I mentioned decorating the vans, everybody looked at me. So I drew these stick figured superheros and wrote our teams name on both of the vans. They told me this one looked like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I will admit he kind of does lol! |
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| This was NOT the finish, but the starting line. (The other side says start) Karli is back there getting ready to run! |
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| As we were waiting at transition 12, waiting for van 2 to finish, the safety guy came up and asked our van to decorate a side of his car. Again, everybody looked at me. Why they think I have artistic talents is beyond me. So I took our crayons and "tagged" his car. This is Karrie and I in superhero pose after I was finished. |
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| My masterpiece! Over all he was happy and laughed at the art! you might need to blow it up to read what all I wrote. |
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| one of my sisters-in-law, Karli and I after we crossed the finish line in Teton Village. |
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| So happy to have had this experience...again!!! |
Over all, everybody did a wonderful job, and rocked every leg they had! So proud of Karli and Melanie for doing this and completing it. It is not as easy as it may look or sound, they and everybody else on the team did great!!!
