December 2013
12 years ago
Saturday, June 27, 2015
Boating
We were able to go boating with the Anderson's while Carrie and her kids were here visiting. The kids all had a blast! Cole didn't want to go on the tube, but he did like jumping in and swimming. The girls are dare devils and thought the tube was awesome. Bailee was standing up and jumping and kept asking to go faster. Brooke wanted to be knocked off. They even managed to get me on a couple times -- and off, I might add. The first time Matt and Brooke held my hands so I couldn't hold on and would have to fall off. It was a super fun day!
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Ragnar
I was so sad last year when I couldn't run Ragnar. I was excited for this year! I love spending time with these people who have become such dear friends. Jane had a baby this year so she wasn't able to run, but Glynn took her place and was a great addition to the van. It was quite the adventure!
We were van 1 this year and I was runner 2. When we exchanged at Mountain Crest and went to get in the van it was dead! We found someone to jump us and were on our way again. Well, by the time we got to Paradise it was acting funny. We ended up turning into a driveway and it just flat out died! We were a little panicked because Michael was running and we didn't know how we were going to get to the next exchange. Glynn just took off running and went to catch up with Michael and said to pick him after the next leg. We ended up flagging down another van for Mickel and just asked if they could get her to the next exchange. That left Tyler, Cyrus and me.
We were able to find the people who owned the driveway were we stuck in and they were super nice. The wife went and got her neighbor who was a mechanic and he looked at the van. He was pretty sure it was the alternator or the battery or both -- and we weren't going anywhere anytime soon. We called a tow truck and Boo and settled in. We were very lucky that Boo happened to be headed to Bear Lake with a friend and was able to bring us another van!
The 3 of us hung out in the driveway -- with all our stuff -- for close to 5 hours! In that time, only 1 other van stopped to see if we needed help! Crazy! The people who lived there were very nice to come out and check on us frequently and couldn't have been more accommodating.
Once we got a new van, we were able to meet up with the rest of our team who had managed to all make it to the major exchange in Liberty. We picked them up and were on our way again.
My first leg along Hollow Road was incredibly hot and tiring. Average pace was 7:57. I think of the 5 years we have run this one was the hottest. My next leg was in the middle of the night and was about 8 miles up into east canyon reservoir. I was super stressed about this because I knew it was a lot of uphill. I told my team to fully plan on me walking. Well, apparently running uphill in the middle of the night is a good thing. I ended up with an average time of just under 8:00 per mile on a tough run. I was super happy! My last leg was Saturday mid-morning and only 3 miles. I thought it was going to be great, but I wasn't expecting it to be as uphill as it was. My legs were toast and I was so grateful it was short. My average time for that one was 7:32.
We made it to Park City around 11 and handed off to the other van. Team ended up decided to take Glynn and I to ride the train home instead of waiting at the finish all day so I could make it for dinner at the campout. Totally made the whole weekend worth it! I was pretty bummed that they changed the days of the Jardine campout to the one weekend all summer I was going to be gone!
I got home, hurried and showered and rushed up to Franklin Basin. Dumb me, I assumed they'd be the same place they are every year. After 2 hours of driving up and down and searching, I finally decided to drive to the summit and try to call someone to see where they were. Kelsey didn't know and everyone else I tried was already at the campout! I finally ended up calling Kortni in Colorado and she didn't know where they were, but her parents were home! I called Rog and found out they were back in behind another group of campers. I had walked into the campers camp when I was looked and couldn't see any horses so I figured it wasn't them. Ha! Next time I'll be sure I know where they are BEFORE I go!
Sure feel blessed to have such good friends, awesome family, and a healthy body!!
We were van 1 this year and I was runner 2. When we exchanged at Mountain Crest and went to get in the van it was dead! We found someone to jump us and were on our way again. Well, by the time we got to Paradise it was acting funny. We ended up turning into a driveway and it just flat out died! We were a little panicked because Michael was running and we didn't know how we were going to get to the next exchange. Glynn just took off running and went to catch up with Michael and said to pick him after the next leg. We ended up flagging down another van for Mickel and just asked if they could get her to the next exchange. That left Tyler, Cyrus and me.
We were able to find the people who owned the driveway were we stuck in and they were super nice. The wife went and got her neighbor who was a mechanic and he looked at the van. He was pretty sure it was the alternator or the battery or both -- and we weren't going anywhere anytime soon. We called a tow truck and Boo and settled in. We were very lucky that Boo happened to be headed to Bear Lake with a friend and was able to bring us another van!
The 3 of us hung out in the driveway -- with all our stuff -- for close to 5 hours! In that time, only 1 other van stopped to see if we needed help! Crazy! The people who lived there were very nice to come out and check on us frequently and couldn't have been more accommodating.
Once we got a new van, we were able to meet up with the rest of our team who had managed to all make it to the major exchange in Liberty. We picked them up and were on our way again.
My first leg along Hollow Road was incredibly hot and tiring. Average pace was 7:57. I think of the 5 years we have run this one was the hottest. My next leg was in the middle of the night and was about 8 miles up into east canyon reservoir. I was super stressed about this because I knew it was a lot of uphill. I told my team to fully plan on me walking. Well, apparently running uphill in the middle of the night is a good thing. I ended up with an average time of just under 8:00 per mile on a tough run. I was super happy! My last leg was Saturday mid-morning and only 3 miles. I thought it was going to be great, but I wasn't expecting it to be as uphill as it was. My legs were toast and I was so grateful it was short. My average time for that one was 7:32.
We made it to Park City around 11 and handed off to the other van. Team ended up decided to take Glynn and I to ride the train home instead of waiting at the finish all day so I could make it for dinner at the campout. Totally made the whole weekend worth it! I was pretty bummed that they changed the days of the Jardine campout to the one weekend all summer I was going to be gone!
I got home, hurried and showered and rushed up to Franklin Basin. Dumb me, I assumed they'd be the same place they are every year. After 2 hours of driving up and down and searching, I finally decided to drive to the summit and try to call someone to see where they were. Kelsey didn't know and everyone else I tried was already at the campout! I finally ended up calling Kortni in Colorado and she didn't know where they were, but her parents were home! I called Rog and found out they were back in behind another group of campers. I had walked into the campers camp when I was looked and couldn't see any horses so I figured it wasn't them. Ha! Next time I'll be sure I know where they are BEFORE I go!
Sure feel blessed to have such good friends, awesome family, and a healthy body!!
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