Last week I received an email from my Ragnar team (RunWalkCrawl) with our "assigned" legs, and I noticed that, although I had requested leg 11 or 12, I was asked to do leg 10. The asking was followed by a bunch of "please, please, please!" All I remember about leg #10 during last year's race was watching Lisa S. run 4 miles straight up a gravel path on a very hot day. She had her Camelback on, but as her support vehicle we were still worried about dehydration. We all watched in wonder at her studliness while at the same time silently sending up prayers to the heavens that we weren't running that leg. So, with great trepidation at receiving this "assignment," I pulled up the Ragnar course map:
Yep, it is still as gnarly as it was last year. But with a huge "gulp," I typed back a "yes," closed my eyes and hit the "send" button. I am committed to leg #10, with it's Easy 3.6, Hard 7.7 and Very Hard 4.0.
Now for the training. I am so lucky to live in the foothills of Bountiful. If I want to go anywhere, it involves going up or down a hill. I knew that I could come up with a good simulation for Ragnar. I clocked a great training run in my car, and today I ran it and it felt great! Mentally and physically, I know I can do this. And I will definitely live up to our team name of Run, Walk, Crawl (as I will be doing all three!).
