From my previous two posts its quite obvious that I participated in the Ragnar Relay. Its is a 36 hour run that takes place at different times of year all over the country. This particular race started in New Haven, CT and finished on Harvard Campus in Cambridge, MA. In all the race was about 190 miles and involved 12 runners. We ran constantly without stopping, which means that somebody on our team was running constantly from the time we started until we got to Boston.
Looking back on the experience I had a great time, and I now feel it was an extremely worthwhile and exciting. However; during the race I felt very differently, the running got quite painful and I was convinced that not only did I make a mistake in signing up for ragnar but that running in and of itself was a great waste of time. Somehow though I finished the race.
When we were standing around the finish line it we started talking to the race co-ordinators who told us that they are running the next CT to MA race in May. I’ve been thinking about this race in the spring and I really am considering running the race again. If I do end up running the race again I think I’ll try to get more people from Cambridge to run it with me.
emily
/ September 14, 2009Hey, I really want to hear more. Why did your mind change. Kind of like a natural-non-epidural labor thing? I have heard those races are pretty brutal, but hey I am so proud of you!