Oh my gosh. What a blast. I just got back from California where I ran ragnar with 11 other fabulous ladies. Ragnar is a relay race where you are running continuously 200 miles. We had these 2 humongo vans for our group. Our vans said, “12 moms, 32 kids, 200 miles”. I loved every minute of it, well maybe not that minute when I flew over my handle bars and hit the pavement. (we had some scary night runs through really sketchy areas and I was shadowing Lisa on my bike). I ended up running 16 miles total. That was an accomplishment for me seeing as just 3 months ago I was running 4 miles at the most. I am loving it. Our van only got 1 hour of sleep in the 32 hours we were running. Then we hopped on a plane and headed home still not having slept. Needless to say I am sure that whoever was on that flight with us must have thought we were crazy. At one point I think I was sobbing. I know I was laughing uncontrollabley. I have a faint memory of asking some man (I think the flight attendent) for a massage. He was a little too willing. (thanks Steph for interseeding on that one) I was a little out of it.
my first run… it was beautiful (8 miles with hills) So glad it was my first run and not my last.
my 3rd run along Long Beach. My legs felt like cement blocks, but it was a beautiful run.
You know you are so tiered when jumping out and scaring the runners sounds really funny.
You have no idea how scary it is to run through sleeping homeless people, in back alleys, through down-town LA., until you have done it. We decided to shadow each other on a bike on the really creepy runs. So glad no one was shooting pics when I flew over my handlebars. On my night run I had to run through crowds of people waiting to get into clubs. I can’t even imagine what I smelled like. I know I was looking hot in my reflector vest and headlight.
GO HOUSEWIVES!!!
I had no idea how tired I’d be. We laid down anywhere and everywhere we could. At one point we were laying on the payment at Fashion Island Mall. It is all kind of a blur because of the level of exhaustion.
Our vans were awesome. I think Tatem should be a professional shuttle bus driver she was THAT good at maneuvering the beast around. I think she got the U-turn down to a science from all the times we went the wrong way. 
I loved all the support our team were to each other. Everyone was so encouraging and motivating. 
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