April

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Why No Chatter?

Hey all you DRW's!! Do you all feel like pros now? I've noticed that there is not near the chatter this year like there was last year! It's so great. I'm so excited to see all of you soon! Chris mentioned that he would like to get together for dinner again this year. How many of you want to do that? I'm hoping we can make it work. It was so great last year!! Hope you are all feeling ready and injury free!! Happy Running :)

SoCal Ragnar

Thought I'd post a little about the SoCal Relay. My total miles ended up at 26.2. Yep, a Ragnar-marathon! Here's a picture of our Shirts:
Here's my team!


That is all

So Cal shirts

They turned out way good. I'll show you the back graphic which dear cousin Allyse did up for me. I'll post pictures of how good they turned out later

Excited yet?

Any of you all crazy runners excited for Wasatch Back yet? I sure am. I loved it last year, and it's going to be even greater this year! RUN ON!

Death Valley Borax Half Marathon

So I didn't make my goal of 95 minutes. I got close. I ran it in 103. That is all.

Results are here: http://results.us.eventdirector.net/4538

Countdown Gadget

Hey team. I would like to have a countdown gadget on our blog. Any help? I have looked, but can't find one that will work.  Come on geeks, help me out.

Registration Now Open!

Hey guys, registration for the Star Valley Half Marathon is now open!! If running 13.1 miles isn't incentive on it's own, ICON has donated a treadmill to be given away to any finishers, so there's some motivation for you. Hope training is going well. Happy Running!

So-Cal

Who is up for So-Cal Ragnar in April? I'm getting mixed reviews. I'm attempting to compile a list of those who want to do it. Let me know via email or comment.

Start your Half Marathon Training!

Hey Guys, I've mentioned this to a few of you but I will post it here as well. Sounds like there are plenty of half marathon opportunities for you! I have another one. The Kunz family is putting on their own half marathon to celebrate the life of Jer. It's going to be in Star Valley on July 9, 2011. We're hoping that it's a big enough success this year that we will be able to do it for a few years. So you should all be trained up for Wasatch Back and can easily handle the distance. We would love to see you all there!! Visit the website starvalleyhalfmarathon.com and become a friend on facebook.

so I am so stoked for vegas. after a knee injury that had me slow down for a week I am finally feeling good. Running in a few eeks in poky, half again. btw. I have a close friend who I was helping train for a half in nov. she suffered a brain aneurysm a couple of weeks ago. She is ALIVE which is a miracle. It happened at church. She lives across the street from me, was a second mom to my kiddos. Anyways a bunch of us are running the ZIEGIEST in boise in nov inher honor. Her dream is to finish the last mile with us as a TEAM LINDSAY. I am opening this up to youall since we are all sensitive to tragedies with runners. Her husband is goingto run it now(he's a big guy). so if you are interested let me know. She's designing the shirts for the race. See you all hopefully next week for wades farewell. BTW wasatch is still a high of my summer!

2011 Team

I just got an email from Bruce Matheson (the guy that hung our medals on us). We are really and truly registered for next year and he thinks they covered our fee again. Wow! that is awesome. I hope you are all still stoked for next year. I know I am. It will be nice to not be newbies this time. Oh yeah, I don't think the van will survive another trip, so if anyone comes across a cool Suburban, buy it so we can use it next year.  BTW, Chris and Channny are still with us? I hope so. I truly enjoyed having you in the same car. Good training everyone, Captain (still) Crusty.

Interval training

Has anyone seen a good interval training program online? I think that will be the trick for me to get faster but I am looking for something well defined and geared for a marathon.

Runner Number

I figured that I would post in the main part instead of the comments. I want to be runner #1. Unless I have to fight someone. Then they can have it. Brian was looking at something in Van 1, and we would like to be in the same chase vehicle.

Runner Numbers

Happy Independence Day everyone. Melissa and I finally got a flag. How patriotic are we, almost 8 years of marriage and we just now get a flag.

So we should probably be thinking of what runner we want to be. There is a pdf that can be downloaded of the legs from the ragnar site. http://www.ragnarrelay.com/lasvegas/racebook.pdf

I want to be runner 7.

Also, what is the plan on van 2? Are we gonna try dads van again?

real distances

So I plugged the GPS coordinates into google maps on my second leg and it says it was 10.3 miles, not 9.6.


It still felt like 12.

Lets go again

I am still flying high from last weekend! I had such a blast! I would have to rate that in the top 10 of my personal experiences. My only regret about the weekend was not getting to spend very much time with van TOUGH (i think that's how they spell 2 in some foreign countries?). I think I may be addicted and will soon be going through withdrawal. I can't wait for Vegas, but after looking at the routes and legs I can already tell that I prefer Wasatch! We have to plan on partying at the finish line next year. It would have been nice to sit down and compare notes and experiences. I definitely want to run van 2 next year. Hopefully my wife will run with me.

CONGRATS

Congratulations to everyone for such an amazing and trying experience. I know that Jeremy was watching over us and probably laughing at times. I thank all of you for your inspiring stories of training and triumphs along with the hardships that we all faced. It is hard to think that it has actually come and gone already, although I am sure that I will know for sure that it is over tomorrow when I try to get out of bed...hahaha. Thanks again for all the memories created and for the closeness we share as a family. I love you all and look forward to seeing as many of you as can make it to the reunion. Hopefully we can keep our parents from killing each other.

Adrenalin

Every time I think about the race I get a little adrenalin rush. I love that feeling! I hope I don't runout of adrenalin before my last leg:) I will probably need it. Can't wait for tomorrow!

Pictures

I need everyone to take lots and lots of pictures. I want to put a slide show together for the beloved George Family Reunion. I will have my camera taking pictures, but I don't want to take pictures while I am running. I would really appreciate it. See you all in 3 days...............3 days..... WWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO