This is the beginning of our Ragnar Adventure for this year. We rented two vans and spent the night at our house. . .we had people from fly in from all over the U.S. - Annette from Charleston, S.C., Jeannie from Norfolk, VA, Ian and Annie from Denver, Erin and Helen from Sacramento, Allison from Denver, and then all of us locals, Brad, Margaret, Danny, Megster, Donna, Christopher, and Steve. Our start time was for about 9 a.m. on Friday from Huntington Beach so the first van, pictured above (minus Brad, who joined us later that evening), headed down there.
Of course, the most important participant, Nemo, our mascot, was packed very first thing. We had 3 first timers this year, Annette, Steve, and Christopher, and they did super.
Pictured at the start line are Donna, Christopher, Nemo, Allison, Jeannie and Annette.
And they're off. . .there were almost 500 race teams this year with 12 team members each, running 3 legs apiece with mileage ranging from 3 miles to 9 miles. They start team groups about 15 minutes apart.
Jeannie was our first runner, with Nemo helping her along. It was a beautiful day running along the beach.
Here is Helen starting one of her legs of the race, doing a quick Nemo pass before she started her 5 mile run about 10 a.m. It was just starting to get hot.
While we were waiting for Helen to finish her leg, we all took some time to get a picture of us in our van, that was still in reasonably good shape at this point (not too sweaty).
I started my leg of the race, 4 miles, right at Angel Stadium. Here Allison, Annette, Jeannie and Christopher doing the classic "jump" shot.
Helen passes the slap bracelet with Nemo to Margaret and she is off - unfortunately, it was getting hotter and it made running a bit more difficult.
Margaret passed off to Annette who ran up some pretty steep hills in Anaheim. . .Nemo was there to motivate us.
Ian is looking pretty fresh here after Christopher passed off to him. It was close to 90 degrees for most of Ian's run through Gypsum Canyon.
When Ian took off, we all posed for a picture at Yorba Linda Regional Park. Mom and Dad joined us about this time to cheer us on.
James, Brielle and Ethan joined us as well as Megan, Gavin and Coco to inspire us. It was either run the race or watch the kids for the 36 hours. We're not sure which was harder.
The four kids are refreshing themselves as they watch their parents run.
Ian finished his run, exhausted after his 9 miles of 90 degree heat. Megster looks pretty happy here. . .before she realized that she now had a big hill and 7 miles to run.
It was lunch break time for Ethan and great-grandpa.
Gavin and Coco shared a peanut butter sandwich with great grandma at a park in Corona.
The first van reached Lake Elsinore in time for a bit of a nap after running 6 legs. . .hard to nap with hundreds of people wandering around. Van 2 was completing their first 6 legs of the race before they handed the slap bracelet (baton) back to us about 8 p.m. Fortunately it started to cool down for all of us as we ran all night down side roads to Escondido.
The final member of our team, Steve, met up with us in Lake Elsinore. . .he didn't realize all the fun that he was going to have. His first leg was scheduled for 2 a.m. and he earned the nickname "The Green Flash".
Fast forward about 18 hours, after we had all done a number of other legs, round-the-clock, and here is Steve finishing his 2nd leg of 6 miles right on Mission Bay in San Diego.
Ian, Steve, Nemo, Coco and Erin are all posing before Erin has to run her final leg of 9 miles, where we finished up about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Silver Strand State Beach on Coronado.
We were waiting here at Silver Strand Beach with our bowl of noodles at the end of the race. The little kids loved playing in the sand.
Pretty much everybody is here except for Erin who was finishing the last grueling leg of the race. . .way to go, Erin.
Finally, as the sun went down, we all jumped for joy that the race was over. Thanks to Ian, Annie and Erin for all of the time that they put into planning it. It was a lot of fun and plenty of family and friend bonding time in the vans. . .we finished in about 35 hours. Maybe we will try a different Ragnar Relay next year. . .Napa Valley anyone?
This is the beginning of our Ragnar Adventure for this year. We rented two vans and spent the night at our house. . .we had people from fly in from all over the U.S. - Annette from Charleston, S.C., Jeannie from Norfolk, VA, Ian and Annie from Denver, Erin and Helen from Sacramento, Allison from Denver, and then all of us locals, Brad, Margaret, Danny, Megster, Donna, Christopher, and Steve. Our start time was for about 9 a.m. on Friday from Huntington Beach so the first van, pictured above (minus Brad, who joined us later that evening), headed down there.
Of course, the most important participant, Nemo, our mascot, was packed very first thing. We had 3 first timers this year, Annette, Steve, and Christopher, and they did super.
Pictured at the start line are Donna, Christopher, Nemo, Allison, Jeannie and Annette.
And they're off. . .there were almost 500 race teams this year with 12 team members each, running 3 legs apiece with mileage ranging from 3 miles to 9 miles. They start team groups about 15 minutes apart.
Jeannie was our first runner, with Nemo helping her along. It was a beautiful day running along the beach.
Here is Helen starting one of her legs of the race, doing a quick Nemo pass before she started her 5 mile run about 10 a.m. It was just starting to get hot.
While we were waiting for Helen to finish her leg, we all took some time to get a picture of us in our van, that was still in reasonably good shape at this point (not too sweaty).
I started my leg of the race, 4 miles, right at Angel Stadium. Here Allison, Annette, Jeannie and Christopher doing the classic "jump" shot.
Helen passes the slap bracelet with Nemo to Margaret and she is off - unfortunately, it was getting hotter and it made running a bit more difficult.
Margaret passed off to Annette who ran up some pretty steep hills in Anaheim. . .Nemo was there to motivate us.
Ian is looking pretty fresh here after Christopher passed off to him. It was close to 90 degrees for most of Ian's run through Gypsum Canyon.
When Ian took off, we all posed for a picture at Yorba Linda Regional Park. Mom and Dad joined us about this time to cheer us on.
James, Brielle and Ethan joined us as well as Megan, Gavin and Coco to inspire us. It was either run the race or watch the kids for the 36 hours. We're not sure which was harder.
The four kids are refreshing themselves as they watch their parents run.
Ian finished his run, exhausted after his 9 miles of 90 degree heat. Megster looks pretty happy here. . .before she realized that she now had a big hill and 7 miles to run.
It was lunch break time for Ethan and great-grandpa.
Gavin and Coco shared a peanut butter sandwich with great grandma at a park in Corona.
The first van reached Lake Elsinore in time for a bit of a nap after running 6 legs. . .hard to nap with hundreds of people wandering around. Van 2 was completing their first 6 legs of the race before they handed the slap bracelet (baton) back to us about 8 p.m. Fortunately it started to cool down for all of us as we ran all night down side roads to Escondido.
The final member of our team, Steve, met up with us in Lake Elsinore. . .he didn't realize all the fun that he was going to have. His first leg was scheduled for 2 a.m. and he earned the nickname "The Green Flash".
Fast forward about 18 hours, after we had all done a number of other legs, round-the-clock, and here is Steve finishing his 2nd leg of 6 miles right on Mission Bay in San Diego.
Ian, Steve, Nemo, Coco and Erin are all posing before Erin has to run her final leg of 9 miles, where we finished up about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at Silver Strand State Beach on Coronado.
We were waiting here at Silver Strand Beach with our bowl of noodles at the end of the race. The little kids loved playing in the sand.
Pretty much everybody is here except for Erin who was finishing the last grueling leg of the race. . .way to go, Erin.
Finally, as the sun went down, we all jumped for joy that the race was over. Thanks to Ian, Annie and Erin for all of the time that they put into planning it. It was a lot of fun and plenty of family and friend bonding time in the vans. . .we finished in about 35 hours. Maybe we will try a different Ragnar Relay next year. . .Napa Valley anyone?
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You guys should try Hood to Coast - you seem to have a great team going there.
Or the DeCelle Memorial in Tahoe.
I am a running cheerleader - in case you question my expertise!!
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