Climb A Mountain?

Okay, what was I thinking?  I have the best friends ever!  We had a quite the day on July 7th.  We started out by meeting at Sabrina's at 5:30 and that would be AM!

Then we stopped at Starbucks to fuel up and headed down to the clock tower.

 Kind of a rocky start.  Jen fell down and spilled her coffee and scraped up her knee.

 

Then we were told that the route was going to be changed due to a standoff?

 After a rough start we were off.  Mary was leg number one from the Clock Tower to Hillard.

We made a few friends along the way. Mainly the pick up crew, but this little guy was cheering his mom on.

Mary finished her leg in record time and requested an egg McMuffin.  Dan was a champ and tracked us down and filled her order.  I'm sure Kathy would love Mary's nutrition today.

Then Candy took off from Hillard to the prairie. (8 miles in 1 hour and 29 minutes!)

Mary and Jen rested up at the transition from leg two to leg three.  They would both help out later on in the run.

Leg three was Christie's leg and it was a little hot and the climb really started.  The squirt guns and ice bottles came in handy.

Well maybe not this gun.  Jen was snuggled down in the very back of the car most of the trip. I thinkit might of had something to do with carbo loading getting ready for an awesome leg four! Six miles all up hill with a smile on her face.

Now it was time for me to go.  Jen and I had our power drinks to prep for our legs.

Not sure how Amanda got my camera but she got some awesome shots! NOT it was so hot I couldn't even drink the water.  It was 95 degrees when I started my leg and it went up 1700 ft in three miles.  I might have shown some signs of weakness.

But it was worth the effort what a view!

Amanda brought us home:)

Did I mention what great friends I have?  Well I do!  Sabrina was an awesome driver and support captain:)  We became known as the pink team running for our dear Olivia.  The butterflies were out in force especially during Jen's leg.  When we got to the top we had a little cheese and wine.  We finished around three.

Next event is going to be a little less challenging.