Lake to Lake Relay 2010

(Right before the race started, I had the first leg which was just over 6 miles)

This past Saturday I ran in the St. George Lake to Lake 50-mile relay.  There were 5 girls on our team and between the 5 of us we ran all 50 miles. It went from Gunlock Resevoir to Sand Hollow Resevoir.  We each had 2 legs to run that were about 5 miles each.  There were 3 girls from my ward that ran plus a girl from another ward in our stake.  When we weren't running were were traveling around in Jenny's van cheering on our team mate that was running and supply the runner with water.  We definitely were not in it to win it, we just wanted to finish and not come in last place.  And we did it, I was so excited to actually finish this race.  It was such a fun and exciting day, I can't wait to do another relay!

Our team!

Camille, me, Kristine, Rylee, and Jenny

My first run and it was cold, my hands were freezing.  I could definitely tell the difference in altitude between Henderson and St. George.  I remember thinking at one point, "why can't I get any air" and then I remembered I was at a higher elevation.

The first run wasn't too bad, it was quite flat or down hill and the scenery was beautiful so it was quite the enjoyable run!

Coming into the first exchange point, it was so exciting, people everywhere cheering you on!

This is Kristine running, she ran our 2nd and 6th legs.  She is mother of three and only started running two weeks ago and did a great job!

This is the "energizer bunny" Jenny.  She was our team captain and our amazing runner. She ran our 3rd and 9th legs.  She was so quick passing tons of people by and she always had a smile on her face!

Camille ran our 4th and 8th leg, she was so awesome she kept telling us she was slow and would have to walk a bunch of it.  Yeah right she was so quick and such a strong runner.

Rylee ran our 5th and 10th leg and did it so fast in the hot St. George sun.  She did such a great job and took some of the runs that none of us wanted to do

Running my second leg was not so much fun.  I thought it wouldn't be too bad since it was only 4.4 miles but it was hard because I was tired from the first run and it was really hot and by this point my knee was hurting really bad.  I have a bad knee and I forgot my knee strap.  The first 3 miles of my run were on a trail where no cars could reach me and it was so hot, I didn't think I was going to make it.  I had to keep telling myself to keep running and not too walk, and when I got to the end of the trail there was my team with water and a spray bottle, such relief even though I still had another 1 1/2 miles to go.  But I was proud of myself I ran the whole thing.

The water felt so good!  Towards the end of my run I had a big hill, to survive it I put my head down and watched the pavement as I run and would not let myself look up to see how much longer the hill was and the next thing I knew I was at the top of the hill.

Coming across the finish line of my last leg, how good it felt to be done!

At the very end of our race in front of Sand Hollow Lake!

Showing off our awesome medals we got for finishing the race, whoo hoo!

I need to thank my sister Leslie for coming to St. George and taking care of my kids all day long.  She was awesome for putting up with them because I know they are not easy and for packing up and checking us out of our hotel.  Leila had so much fun with her and keeps asking when I am going to run again so Leslie can watch. 

Thanks girls for and awesome experience!