Wasatch Back

This post will be all about Wasatch Back and the adventure that is the race. For those of you who haven't heard of Wasatch Back, it is a crazy relay race that goes from Logan to Park City in the great state of Utah. It goes for about 188 miles and most of the teams that run it are comprised of 12 members. Each runner runs 3 legs of the race and each leg is between 3 and 9.6 miles. You run through the sun, the rain and through the night.

I have participated in the race the last 4 years. Yes, that was a 4. It is great! The problem with the race is that once you do it, it is hard to stop. There are so many different challenges to the race that you always want to do it again because you always want to do better or try a different leg of the race.

They have expanded and Ragnar Relays have relay races in several states. I would highly recommend it. In addition to bonding with your team through running, you have approximately 24 hours in which you are in the same van, so like any road trip you have plenty of time to bond...and discussions can get pretty crazy.

I am lucky enough to be on a team that is full of fanstastic runners. We placed 18th in the mixed division and 31st overall. That is 31st of the 650 teams that participated. So to all of you that came in after that, you just got passed by A Bunch of Sissies.