Helen and I went to Las Vegas to work SWAT (Sweaty, Wet and Tired) for the Ragnar Race, a 200 mile round-the-clock relay race. We have both run it twice before and we decided to work at this one, as Exchange Managers, to get a free registration for the Big Kahuna Team this year. The race started on Friday morning at the Valley of Fire, about 50 miles northeast of Vegas. We are shown above at the starting location.
You can just make out the Ragnar Start in the distance. These were the types of roads that most of the race was run on. There were 12 runners on each team and over 400 teams competed. Some of the team names included "The Oxymormons" and "This Seemed Like a Good Idea Last January".
Here is a picture showing one of the groups starting the race. They started about 15 teams at a time every 15 minutes starting at 6 a.m..
Our Exchange, Number 18, was located in Henderson, Nevada. It was a beautiful venue, with nice facilities for the runners. We set up our pylons, the runner's chute, water stations, etc. and had two shifts of 10 volunteer workers to train and manage. Our work started at 5 p.m. on Friday and we went back to sleep at the hotel when the last runner came through about 3 a.m. on Saturday morning. We had so much fun and met a lot of great people.
Just before we started our shift on Friday, Helen and I drove out to the newly opened bridge that spans the Colorado River just beyond Hoover Dam. It is an amazing engineering marvel to behold.
Helen and I went to Las Vegas to work SWAT (Sweaty, Wet and Tired) for the Ragnar Race, a 200 mile round-the-clock relay race. We have both run it twice before and we decided to work at this one, as Exchange Managers, to get a free registration for the Big Kahuna Team this year. The race started on Friday morning at the Valley of Fire, about 50 miles northeast of Vegas. We are shown above at the starting location.
You can just make out the Ragnar Start in the distance. These were the types of roads that most of the race was run on. There were 12 runners on each team and over 400 teams competed. Some of the team names included "The Oxymormons" and "This Seemed Like a Good Idea Last January".
Here is a picture showing one of the groups starting the race. They started about 15 teams at a time every 15 minutes starting at 6 a.m..
Our Exchange, Number 18, was located in Henderson, Nevada. It was a beautiful venue, with nice facilities for the runners. We set up our pylons, the runner's chute, water stations, etc. and had two shifts of 10 volunteer workers to train and manage. Our work started at 5 p.m. on Friday and we went back to sleep at the hotel when the last runner came through about 3 a.m. on Saturday morning. We had so much fun and met a lot of great people.
Just before we started our shift on Friday, Helen and I drove out to the newly opened bridge that spans the Colorado River just beyond Hoover Dam. It is an amazing engineering marvel to behold.
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