Well Lauren and I ran in a 185 mile relay this last weekend from Spokane to Sandpoint. We were on a team of 12 people and each person ran 3 legs that equaled a half marathon or more. We were asked last minute and so only had about 2 weeks to prepare. I had been running and biking all summer but Lauren had just been working. So our training was pretty limited! Laurens legs were 7.8 mile which she ran in 72 minutes, a 4 mile and a 3 mile which ended up being at 3:00 in the morning! CRAZY! I ran a 6 mile, 2.5 mile and a 5.3 mile. We were pretty happy with our times - we ran 10 minute miles at our slowest! Which is pretty good for me - my short run was actually a 9 1/2 min mile which is really fast for this old woman! It was a unique race where your team ran through silverwood (local theme park) and rode the rollercoaster together as part of the race. But the race was crazy and dangerous. Our first leg a women got hit by a car crossing a 4 lane highway and was taken to the hospital for a broken leg and bruised hip and then our last leg two people got hit by a drunk driver only about 30 minutes behind us and were life flighted to the hospital and one died. The other is in critical condition! CRAZY! So the race was shut down! We ended up finishing all our legs but the second van on our team didn't get to finish theirs so we all just went home! It was dissappointing and shocking all at the same time! You didn't know how to feel! We are not too sore today and are thinking of running a real 1/2 marathon where you show up to run - run the race and then go home - no more middle of the night stuff for me! I am too old for that! We are keeping those poor families who were affected by the accidents in our thoughts and prayers!
Lauren and I running - she was giving me water
riding the rollercoaster with our team
Well Lauren and I ran in a 185 mile relay this last weekend from Spokane to Sandpoint. We were on a team of 12 people and each person ran 3 legs that equaled a half marathon or more. We were asked last minute and so only had about 2 weeks to prepare. I had been running and biking all summer but Lauren had just been working. So our training was pretty limited! Laurens legs were 7.8 mile which she ran in 72 minutes, a 4 mile and a 3 mile which ended up being at 3:00 in the morning! CRAZY! I ran a 6 mile, 2.5 mile and a 5.3 mile. We were pretty happy with our times - we ran 10 minute miles at our slowest! Which is pretty good for me - my short run was actually a 9 1/2 min mile which is really fast for this old woman! It was a unique race where your team ran through silverwood (local theme park) and rode the rollercoaster together as part of the race. But the race was crazy and dangerous. Our first leg a women got hit by a car crossing a 4 lane highway and was taken to the hospital for a broken leg and bruised hip and then our last leg two people got hit by a drunk driver only about 30 minutes behind us and were life flighted to the hospital and one died. The other is in critical condition! CRAZY! So the race was shut down! We ended up finishing all our legs but the second van on our team didn't get to finish theirs so we all just went home! It was dissappointing and shocking all at the same time! You didn't know how to feel! We are not too sore today and are thinking of running a real 1/2 marathon where you show up to run - run the race and then go home - no more middle of the night stuff for me! I am too old for that! We are keeping those poor families who were affected by the accidents in our thoughts and prayers!
Lauren and I running - she was giving me water
riding the rollercoaster with our team
4 comments:
You gals ARE AMAZING!!!
Wow. How amazing and awful at the same time. I am thankful neither one of you were hurt.
unbelievable... we really are twins!! I am soooo proud of you two! That is so hard especially in the middle of the night... way to go LAUR!!
i will admit, the rollercoaster in the middle of the night thing is freaking awesome!! Lets do it next year! haha
love you, and so sad about that drunk driver. so devastating!
Good job you two! What a bitter/sweet story. I feel so bad for those who were hit!! crazy!! You should do the 1/2 marathon in the daylight! Hey do one of the rock and rolls! Better yet, do the one in PHX in JAN. it's the BOMB!!!
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