Wasatch Back 2009 "We love to run"

So last weekend, June 19-20th, me and eleven other crazy runners from the ward thought it would be fun to run the Wasatch Back relay. (Here is brief journey through our 30+ hour journey, I kept it brief.)


To start the Wasatch Back is a 188 mile relay race from Logan to Park City. Each team is made up of 12 runners, each running 3 legs. I was runner three on our team. Total I ran 18.6 miles, slept two hours, spent time in heat, rain and way to much in the car. But what can I say I love to run. And as an addition to why this race is so crazy...you never stop. You run through the night. Our team ran the race in 29 hours and 25 minutes. WOW!!! Thats a whole lot of go.

Us at the start of our journey. Note please we look human and a live.


Me preparing to begin my first leg. Lets just say it was one hot afternoon. Curse the sun and heat.


In the middle of my leg. Remember curse the dang heat. I thought I was going to die. Yes Ill admit I questioned my sanity, just for a moment.


And my leg family came to an end. Yippeee!!!


The whole team, well sort of. We were preparing to start our second set of legs. Time to run through the night. The exchanges were the best challenge of all. You had to time things just right for each van to meet up. What a fun game.

So leg two didnt get photos. that would be the fun of running in the dark. Big note from leg two....I remembered why I love to run. After our second leg we headed to the local high school for a good night of sleep...aka roll into the school at 3:30 am sleep on wrestling mats in a humid gym with hundreds of strangers...wake up at 5:30am to get ready to run again.

Leg three was a the hardest run. Up hill, 8 miles long and no sleep. I had a mixture of pure running joy (yes I loved parts), wanting to cry and die, and the best part wanting to lie down and sleep.

And we finally made it. All good things have to come to an end.