Some time ago I started working on my Bucket List of races
and adventures I want to take while I’m in good health and enjoying my new
found love of running. One of the races happened to be to run a Ragnar Relay
after following my friend Angie out in Las Vegas. Although she and I haven’t
connected personally in years, having the chance to follow her athletic
endeavors had sparked my interest in the Ragnar Relay Series. So I put my name
on the list of “Runners Looking for Teams” in PA and the rest, as they say in
novels, is history.
My adventure began in July when I was first in contact with
a team captain in charge of THE RUNNING DIVAS. Now as the “queen” of my
household I’ve always known I had some “diva”
running through my veins. After a few quick emails, a discussion with my DH, I
had my invite and was on my way to a Ragnar! WOW!
Little did I know that this was only the beginning of my
journey. As I type this we are 9 sleeps from the starting line!
For some of you, Ragnar is not a part of your vocabulary.
For me it is currently totally encompassing my life and I love it. My hubby
will be the first to tell you that when I put my mind to something it tends to
become an obsession. I’d rather think of it as dedication, but yes I do eat,
sleep, and run Ragnar currently.
A quick overview would be 12 runners, 2 vans, 24 hours and
200 miles. We will each run 3 legs
of the course beginning on a Friday morning and finishing at some point on
Saturday. The logo of Ragnar says EAT, SLEEP, RUN, REPEAT. That pretty much
sums it up minus the actual sleep part I don’t think happens too much!
Since July I have met the most amazing women through
Facebook, email, phonecalls and texting. My team is made up of athletes from PA,
WI, FL, TX and NY. Everyone has different lives, loves and occupations but we
all do one thing the same. RUN!
Most of our conversations do revolve around the adventure we
will be taking in a few short days, but we also cheer on each other through
good times, bad times and hardship that we wish to share with each other. I
believe that some fate has brought us together, not only to kick ass on this
adventure, but to support each other and even be friends after the finish line
is long behind us.
After the event I will blog again about some of our crazy,
sleepless, fun adventures. But for now I am letting the anticipation of the
upcoming adventure we call Ragnar carry me along.
To all of my
Running Divas out there…I love you and CANNOT wait to continue this journey
together!
Hugs, XOXOX
Rachel
~If you run, you are a runner!
