Life With Boys: So Cal

Another Ragnar, come and gone.

I flew into Orange County on Thursday afternoon and drove home with the team on Sunday. I left Bryan and the boys in charge of the snack shack and all went well.

Me and Whitters ready to run run run.

Feeling good before the 5 miles, 108 degree, heat exhaustion run. I always pride myself on never walking during a race, HA! This was more stumbling than walking. Never have I felt anything like it. Glad I didn’t pass out and get pulled from the course. Glad I lost control of my body functions, a true athlete.

Had a good nights sleep from 8:30-12:00 on a grassy hill next to a stream.

Up and ready for my favorite run every Ragnar. Middle of the night. 4 miles at 2:00 a.m. With clear cool air running through my lungs.

Another little good night sleep from 5:30-8:00 a.m. on this beautiful patch of grass on a foggy cliff down to the ocean. I am not kidding when I say I LOVE sleeping somewhere like this. I was out like there was no tomorrow! I got almost 7 hours of sleep this Ragnar, the most I have ever had, made the recovery much easier!

Enjoying the warm sidewalk as I geared up for my 11.1 which was really 11.2.

Seriously took this pic while running. It was BEAUTIFUL.

Ran next to a Ferrari and Lamborghini car show. Very cool.

The whole 11 miles was beautiful. A very intense one mile straight up hill and the rest along Mission bay and San Diego bay. Along the sidewalks with tourists, next to people on Segway’s, chatting with people in a bicycle pulled cart….kind of wanting to hop in with them. Wondering the whole time where my team was, after mile 3 I never saw them again. Luckily I was cheered, high fived, yelled at from a megaphone and bummed water from other teams.

Got to the exchange and stood for 20 minutes waiting for my van. They had missed me at mile 6 and sat and waited. Did they not realize I was a FAST runner???????? No big deal, just ran 11.2 miles and no one at the end to congratulate me. I forgave the team quickly.