Bill's Ragnar

Bill left on Thursday afternoon to head off to Logan, UT with the rest of his team mates for the Wasatch Back Ragnar!  His team's name was 'Law and Disorderly Conduct', since about half the team was made up of the Lindon City Police force.  The officers ran in t-shirts that said 'Police', and the rest of the team mates ran in t-shirts that looked like old fashioned black and white striped prisoner attire.

Ragnar is a running phenomenon that has caught fire across the nation.  12 person teams (and some 6 person 'ultra' teams) run a relay race covering approximately 200 miles in two days, non stop.  Yes, TWO HUNDRED miles!  If you have ever seen one of these stickers on the back of a vehicle...

....that is a Ragnar sticker and it means that the owner of that vehicle is a crazy, but very cool person who has participated in a Ragnar!  Our Expedition now sports one of these 'badges of honor'.  I plan to run the Vegas Ragnar in October with team 'Law and Disorderly Conduct', so I will put my 'badge of honor' on the Alero once I earn it.

Anyways, the Wasatch Back is the most popular Ragnar of all, with about 1,000 teams entered!  That is over 10,000 people running across the back of the Wasatch mountain range (hence the name) from Logan to Park City!  Oi!

Here is a picture of Bill's calf, sporting a temporary marker tattoo and one of the medal and the 'badge of honor' before it was affixed to the Expedition.

I would have taken a picture of Bill's face, but when he got home, he was so exhausted and sore that he wasn't in the mood to pose (and I mean even less than his normal reluctance in the face of a camera), so I let it go and was happy to just get the photo of his leg.

He said that he ran his first leg of the race, 7 miles all up hill, at a fast pace.  He had to walk his other two legs, however, because his knees and ankle were giving him so much trouble.  He is not a runner.  He is a mountain biker, which uses a different muscle set.  He did not enjoy the Ragnar, and said he won't be running it again.  However, he said he'd enjoy joining us as support in Vegas, so I am excited to do this with him in four months!