(The whole team: back row, Alicia Tebbs, Karen Mordue, Lisa Coles, Misty Mower, Kayley Taylor, Heidi Lowe,Lisa Serio and front row, Ali Hale, Stephanie Maynard, Leann Brinton, Lauretta Sechrest, and Heather Passey)
RUN, Walk, crawl...
12 women, 188 miles, 30-something hours=tough and awesome!
(Van#2; Lisa S, Stephanie M., Lisa C, Karen M., Alicia T., and Leann B.)
Van # 1 had to start up in Logan at 6:45 a.m., while my van (#2) got to sleep in and leave Bountiful at 10:00 a.m. We drove up to Eden to meet the first half of our team as they finished up their first legs of the race.
My first leg, a steep 3.1 incline, was the one I was most worried about, especially since Alicia just finished an even longer ascent with no walking. She was my inspiration to keep running when my legs were burning!
My first leg, a steep 3.1 incline, was the one I was most worried about, especially since Alicia just finished an even longer ascent with no walking. She was my inspiration to keep running when my legs were burning!
Since I was runner 12, I was the very last to come in. As I was running the path next to the road, I could see the HUGE, long line of cars trying to turn in to where the finish line was. I was running a really good pace, (considering that I was going on 30 plus hours at this time on about 4 hours of sleep, 160 miles of driving and 14 miles of running) but when I saw the cars at a stand still on the road, I wondered to myself multiple times why I was pushing it so hard---I didn't even think my team would be at the end to run in with me. However, as I rounded the corner to the finish line, I could see the girls from my van waiting. Wow, what a moment of excitement and joy to see these cute and awesome ladies! We were jumping up and down and pumped up to run the last .10 mile into the finish line, when Alicia got word that Van #1 was still stuck in the crowd and wouldn't be there for about 15 more minutes. We just had to chill off to the side until the rest of the team made it, and THEN....
...we all crossed the finish line TOGETHER! What a great feeling to accomplish something that was so hard for all of us. I am so proud of all of these women, and so grateful that I was able to spend the time with six of them. Thanks Alicia T, Lisa S., Lisa C, Stephanie M. and Leann B.!