On Friday evening I found myself questioning my sanity. I was driving a 12 passenger van through the desert of northern AZ. Sitting to my right and behind me were 5 other guys, I’m assuming, in the same state of mind. We were in the second of two vans from our team, partaking in the Ragnar Del Sol Relay. The event started as early as 10AM that morning, and consisted of 200 teams of 12 runners each (assuming you could field a full team and weren’t an “ultra” team of 6). Since we were on paper as one of the faster teams our first van would start at 4PM, the idea being that all teams finish around the same time. Each runner would complete 3 legs, totaling anywhere from 12 to 21 miles. The team was made up of various local Flagstaff runners, including two of my teammates from Run Flagstaff (Rob and Jared), and fellow Run SMART Project coach, Mike Smith.



