Utah - Epic running and cycling adventures

Running...
RAGNAR - let me explain what a RAGNAR is, it is a long distance relay race for teams of 6 or 12 runners. Wendy was doing this 180 mile relay running race from Logan to Park City in Utah. This is a pretty big deal as each runner has to cover 30 miles in less than 2 days. What made this even harder is that 2 of the runners had to pull out the day before the event. That meant that each runner (all 4 of them) now had to run 45 miles each in less than 2 days. I can't even run 4 miles!! We'll they did and they won their category. It took them just over 30 hours to run the 180 miles, that an average pace of about 6 miles/hour. Not too shabby, huh?

I'm very proud of Wendy, she had some physical issues during the night, but pulled through and kept going. Amazing!!! Next for her is TranRockies in August. This is a 6 day endurance running race with an average of about 20 miles per day... at elevation!!! ... In the Rockies!!!

Cycling...
I, instead of supporting my beautiful wife, decided to go mountain biking in Park City with my friend Dan. We did two rides. Friday we rode for 5.5 hours with about 6,000 ft. of climbing. The trails were awesome and we did quite a bit of exploring. All the riding was on singletrack. Awesome. The next day we rode another 4.5 hours, with 5,000 ft. of climbing. Again, 90% of singletrack with a little pavement to get to the trailheads. We ended up finishing about 500 Yards for the RAGNAR finish line.

This is some of the best riding I've done in a while. All the trails are awesome. Next year I plan to arrange a week long trip to Park City to do lots of mountain biking. Hopefully other folks are interested and we can rent a house or a condo. Can't wait!!

Our next adventure is in about 4 weeks. We're headed to Durango, Colorado to do some cycling and running. Although I probably won't be taking part in the running thing :-)