This was definitely one of the craziest races (in regards to mishaps) and toughest races I've run. I signed our team Run, Walk, Crawl up for 3 Red Rock Relay races this year and the Park City race was a new one so we thought we'd take it on. I had 4 different people drop out from our team of 6 with the last one occurring the night before the race!! Luckily, Dayna roped her daughter Charly in last minute to become our 6th team member. A few "memorable" experiences include: 28 degree weather, a toe blister the size of a tumor, hills as steep as a stair stepper, 10-mile trail run with no support, hooking up mid-race with a team member who couldn't come until 2 pm, 2 team members leaving at 2 pm, getting lost and running an extra 2 miles, driving all over Deer Valley looking for this lost person, splitting up an extra 8+ miles between 4 people who'd already run 2 legs each, to name a few :D
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| Lauretta starting us off in COLD temps at The Homestead in Midway at 7:20 am! |
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| Always a happy runner... She should be--she's halfway done with her legs! |
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| Michelle waiting for Lauretta. |
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| Finishing up Leg 2 |
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| Good sport Charly heading out on a 6.7-miler |
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| Why do most legs have to end with an incline??? |
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| Waiting for Charly... Our 6th team member wasn't arriving until the afternoon! | |
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| Fnishing off Charly's incline on Leg 4. |
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| Happy Me--done with my 1st leg. |
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| Dayna took Leg 5 and it was a good thing she didn't show me her blister until AFTER she ran! |
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| Trooper Dayna. |
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| Lauretta running her nasty steep hill by Jordanelle Reservoir. |
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| Another 6+ miler for Charly--good thing she showed up! |
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| At least she enjoyed the beautiful scenery... |
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| Ready to run a 10-mile trail adventure--literally! |
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| Michelle was SO done. |
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| Happy to be starting my 2nd leg. |
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| Happy to be finishing my 2nd leg and that Kara had arrived. |
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| Kara off to run two back-to-back legs from Park City to top of Guardsman Pass. |
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| Finishing the next to last leg. |
Since 2 of our team members had to leave early, the four of us split up the last 8+ miles and tag-teamed a couple miles each. 65 miles and 10-1/2 hours later we celebrated the most interesting race I've ever participated in... At least I got a shirt, right?!
