Ragnar

July 18-19, 2014

Blaine to Langley, WA

197 miles

The Runbelievables

We were excited to be together again for Ragnar, this time with Christina (who was running during this shot!) because  Julie headed up van 2 this year.  (It takes a lot of tries to get a jumping shot just right).

 We decorated Wendy's van,

 had fun during our down time...

  waiting for our runners and cheering them on,

 enjoyed the lights during our night runs and drive,

 and we ran, ran, and then ran some more!

 Here we are (practically in Canada! ) right before 7:00 a.m. Friday morning.  After we all completed our first legs, we ordered lunch at Bob's in Bellingham.  Not that any of us actually had an appetite, but we gave it a go.

 The highlight this year was having Steve at Ragnar, too.  He ran the same leg as I did (van 1, leg 1) which was pretty cool.  I didn't see him at all until Saturday morning, right before our last leg.  Then I watched him finish his part of the race since I was already done!  To be fair, I did start before him.  And to be really fair, our team started 4.5 hours before theirs did on Friday morning, and our vans finished at the exact same time Saturday afternoon.  Holy smokes they're fast.

 Here is his van before the race and after.  

And here is our entire (2 vans worth) Runbelievables team, minus Julie who was, of course, running.  

We didn't know anyone in van 2, except Julie, but we were united in a cause!

So to sum it up, Ragnar is a bunch of girls (people) who take turns running for 2 days, share a van, ring a cowbell, don't really sleep, but are super excited about it!

It's RAGNAR!!