Alisha running her first leg in Hyrum.
Megan, in the hot pink, just finished her leg from the top of South Canyon to Liberty. She was so dusty!
This is Amy and she smiled and waved to everyone on the road as they passed by.
Go Allison!
Our team was called the Sole Sisters.
We happened to find a team of men called the Sole Brothers and parked by them.
Sierra, beginning her first leg in Huntsville.
Dianna, just finishing her leg.
Sierra, giving us some love.
Alli, Amy, and Krecia.
Dianna, Katelyn, Krecia, Amy, Sierra, Allison
They had just finished their first round.
One of the cool things is that eveyone decorates the cars they drive. It is fun to see how creative the names are. Our favorites: Damn Soles in Distress and Half Fast Runners.
We are resting in Morgan.
We had the worst rest times: 5:00 p.m.- 10:45 p.m. and then 5:30 a.m.- 10:30 a.m.
Nice Tatoos
Krecia, catching some rest.
The view from the top of Guardsman Pass
Dianna is amazing. She runs two hours every day--rain or shine.
She has completed 4 or 5 marathons.
She ran an extra leg to help one girl who had a bad cold.
She logged nearly 20 miles.
She ran one of the hardest uphill legs on the whole race.
She smiled the whole time.
She is my hero and she is my sister.
Sierra ran the other hardest leg of the race. It was a 4 mile 8% grade run. It took her only an hour! She is amazing!
The finish line was at the Park City High School. It was a good time to relax and wait for the final runner to make her way to the finish so they could all cross as a team.
The finish line
Tara, Dianna, Kenzee, Leslie, Megan
Katelyn, Krecia, Amy, Sierra, Alli
We are missing Amilyn and Alisha
Amy and Sierra
If you can imagine, we actually slept for 3 hours on this cement. It was the best sleep we had. The grass was wet when we arrived at 5:30 a.m. It helped that we had been up for nearly 24 hours.
A year ago, Sierra decided to put together a team to run the Wasatch Back, a rely race that starts in Logan and ends in Park City. She ran it 2 years ago and had a blast, so she decided to get 11 other friends to be on her team and run it again. She talked two of her cousins (Amilyn and Alisha) and my sister (Dianna) into running and then eight of her friends. I drove van 2 and Aunt Pam drove van 1. Van 1 started at USU. Six runners are in each van (or Suburban in our case) and they run each of their legs and then van 2 has six runners that run their legs. There are a total of 36 legs and so someone is running day and night. When each van was done running they were resting, and other than that, we were driving and running. It took them 33 hours to complete the whole 191 miles! In comparison, the winning team (BYU Cross Country team) ran it in 18 hours. It was just our goal to run and have fun and finish! Each girl ran 3 legs and logged an average of 15 miles each! It was an amazing feat.
Eat, Drive, Sleep, Repeat!
Sierra's final run!
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