This weekend was time for the Kal-Haven Relay Race. It really is a fun race because it gives the chance to spectate and cheer, but also race. We've been running a bunch, but it's not very often we all get to go as a group. Even though we are all in Run Camp, different schedules cause us to miss each other and even if we all show up on a given week, we are in a couple different pace groups. It just seems like it's been awhile for us to all get together and get a run in. To say it's an adventure being in a vehicle with four women, is an understatement. Oh, the things I learn, yet I really don't even want to know.
Last year, I remember printing everybody out a map, had break downs of each person's leg of the race with expected times. This year, I don't think we knew the full plan until about fifteen minutes prior to the race starting. Maybe my name Slack Ass does apply. Besides the cell phone call in a panic that we made a vehicle mistake as the gun was going off, things went very well.
Just like last year, even though it's a relay, we don't run it that way. Each of us had a distance in mind that we wanted to do, then went from there. None of us were in top form and all seem to be nursing various injuries. Even with that said, we improved our time by 10 minutes this year and place by 4 positions.
Without looking back on my blog, I can't remember the exact number, but I think it was something like 34 people passed. Always need motivation when running, so when it was my turn, that was the game. In my first leg, passed 31. Second leg my number was up to 43, though one person passed me for sure and I think two more got by me at the water/relay stop. It's hard to say if I passed those two again because I'm fairly sure they switched teammates. In the end, I passed a total of 54 people. Heck, even if I never caught the two that got by me, 54-3 isn't too bad.
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