Savanna's Adventures: Ragnar!!

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Ragnar!!

To my dearest Chantel, Oh how I love you!!!! You come at times of need and keep me thoughly entertained!!

We picked up Chantel on the tuesday before ragnar. Luckily she had already been training for XC so she could do it!

Ragnar 2012

Once again we were involved in the crazy Wasatch Back Relay! It is a relay race from Logan to Park City. Sierra chose to be a team captain again. We were the Sole Sisters again and the team consisted of mostly high school girls--except this year mom got to run! We had a girl drop out last minute so we picked up a youngster (15 years old). Mom only had to run one leg and it was at 1:30 a.m. Thankfully it was only seven miles down a gentle decline into Henefer. The longest she had ever run was six miles, so she was a bit nervous about the extra mile, but she made it!

Mckelle Hansen

Mariah Forbush

Krista Winward

The youngster, Chantel Savage

Van 2 rocks!

Chantel, Katelyn, Krista, Sierra, Makell, Mariah

Kissing the moose at Powder Mountain

Katelyn and Sierra and Chantel sleeping in Heber.

Everyone refreshed and ready for their final leg!

Showing off their tattoos.

It was in the 85 degree range while we finished the last legs. It made for slow times and tired girls. We would let them run for a couple of blocks and then spray them off with water.

Who knew there were water buffalo in Heber?!

Refreshing!

I took a turn with the water bottle. I was the driver the rest of the time. While I was running, Sierra drove. I only ran for one hour and she got lost half way through. She had to call Bryan at 2:00 a.m. and ask for directions how to get back! Everyone was amazed that he knew exactly how to get to Henefer. Thankfully, he spent a lot of time shipping cattle there and knew his way around!

Chantel had to run one of the toughest legs in the whole relay--the Ragnar hill over Guardsman pass. She was amazing and plowed her way up the 4 mile 8% grade hill!