Ragnar DC in photos...
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| It was my birthday weekend, so in addition to having an entire case of Shittens courtesy of our sponsor, I was also gifted with many sweet gifts, including this amazing mug |
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| I was also given some birthday bling and a cupcake headband, and this fabulous Shittens high-five turnnel |
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| #TeamShittens! (Official name: "We're just here for fun... and to win) I couldn't have asked for a more fun group of women to spend the weekend with! |
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| We may have used a lot of energy jumping, but it all worked out in the end |
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| In between photoshoots, jumping, and handing out Shittens, there was also some running. Leg 1: 5 miles, 8:28 pace. Only moderately hilly, but I do not know how to handle single track! I think it would have been beautiful, but I was too concerned with my footing on the rocky, rooty trail to be able to enjoy the view. I would have liked to go faster, but only 2 guys out of our start wave finished ahead of me, and despite 137 ankle rolls, I came out unscathed, so I counted it as a win. Leg 2: 4.6 miles, 7:12 pace. Night run through the middle of nowhere. Leg 3: 4.2 miles, 7:29 pace. Perfect morning running weather, passed a few more people, and held a fairly decent pace without vomiting or needing the Shittens despite some overnight GI issues (shared by several of us, so I think the dinner stop in West Virginia was probably unwise). But as the team mantra went... everything was fine, nothing was f@#%ed. |
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| Entertaining ourselves at exchange 12 |
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| The Shitten-mobile |
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| Hand off from Jennifer to start Leg 2 |
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| Exchange 24 photo booth... who needs sleep? |
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| Love my running BFFs! |
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| We started at noon, with only about a dozen teams in later waves. The rest of the field went out in waves starting at 5:30am, so some had a pretty sizable head start and the majority of the race was in front of us. Combined with Van 2, our team passed over 200 runners! |
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| Team finish! |
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| "We're Just Here for Fun... And to Win" Done, and done! |
