Ok...so here is my Ragnar report. I was leg three and was suppose to do a 5 miler, followed by another 5 miler and then finish up with a good hard 8 miles.
As mentioned earlier...I have been sick. I got a fever and then that turned into a bad cough. I left for ragnar deciding to just do my best.
The first three mile I felt sluggish. My mind wanted to go faster but the body wouldn't move. I finished this 5 miles with a very sad 10:00 pace. I decided I was going to run the entire 5 miles of my next leg and see what happens. I felt OK, but again sluggish I was able to pull off about a 9:36 pace, which given the situation i was happy with.
I got some drugs into my system, climbed into the back of grandma's van and slept through the next 3 legs. The next thing I know we are at the high school and everyone is getting their sleeping bags to get ready to go to sleep. Mckenna and I stayed van because I was afraid that my coughing would keep everyone up in the gym. It was this night that I coughed so hard that I actually broke a rib.
Needless to say, I knew I couldn't run my last leg. Kathie being the great sister she is switch legs with me. This meant she was going to run a total of over 23 mile and we are talking real hard miles. If you want to see wat she did goto ragnar web site...look up the first two legs of leg 6 and the last leg of leg 3. She was so wonderful to do this for me.
All I had to do was finish the last 3 miles. The first mile and a half I had a hard time getting my breath. It seemed my throat had closed up. I think it was from all the coughing the night before. I had to stop and walk twice during that 1 1/2. The next 1 1/2 I decided I was going to run all of it and just get this over with.
I finished this wasatch back and I am already looking to do better next year.
Kathie, again THANK YOU so much for running my leg.....you are the best | 