Wasatch Back Relay

Last year at this time I don't think I had ever

heard of Wasatch Back.

It is a CrAZy relay race consisting of 12 team members that

run 3 legs each from Logan to Park City for a total of 188 miles.

I thought it would be a great way to get motivated to get into shape,

which it was, but there is nothing like this race to make you realize

just how out of shape you really are.

We put together 2 teams from my hospital, consisting of nurses, CNA's, a paramedic, and spouses/friends. Our team name(s) was STRIP TEASE, in reference to the cardiac strip that shows heart rhythms. Here is my van all decorated for the race.

Van 1 from our team started in Logan and
here we are at Liberty City Park getting ready to
meet up with them for our first legs.
Still smiling . . . we have absolutely no idea what is in store for us!
Here I am waiting for Lisa to exchange to me . . .
And she's off ...
I ran so fast, Josh couldn't even catch me in this picture! haha

I'm a dork!

Here I am passing Amanda, who is on the other team.

Here I am passing off to Josh for his first leg.

Eden, UT Run, Joshie, Run!

Here's cute 4~month~pregnant Trish

finishing her first leg into Snow Basin.

Strip Tease Buddies:

Amanda & Jen

Here is some of both teams at the

Snow Basin Exchange.

Here is our van members

at Snow Basin

~Jen, Josh, Kara, Trish, Sam, Kevin~

No pictures of our night-time runs ...

party cuz it was dark and partly cuz WE WERE TIRED!

My night time run consisted of a

"moderate" hill through Echo Lake area that was

NOT what I pictured as "moderate"!

I could barely walk up it!

Josh's was a 7 mile down hill into Henefer which he did great.

Here we are waiting to start our last legs.

Heber, UT

Still smiling ...

Here I go ...

Here is Josh finishing his last leg.

That's Heber down there ...

Our team (mostly Sam and Kevin) just climbed

up that (over 3000 feet in elevation)!!!

Here we are at The Canyons, Park City

meeting up with Trish, who was runner 12, so our team

could all run to the finish line together.

Here is some of Strip Tease 2

at the finish

~Jolene, Britney, Kecia, Katie, Justin, Courtney, Mary Ann, Amanda~

Strip Tease

at the finish!

~Josh, Steve, Lisa, Laura, Chris, Kevin

Jen, Kara, Lorey, Bobbi, Trish, and Sam~

This experience is like nothing I have ever experienced. What a Crazy, exhilarating, exhausting, fun, emotional, nerve-wracking experience that can not even be explained.

Would I do it again?

Yes! I'm signed up for all-girl race in Vegas for October.

Would I train harder?

Definitely!

Would Josh do it again?

Probably not!