The youth pastor at my church, a good friend of mine, convinced me to run a relay. I thought, sure, I’m game. Then I found out it was a 24 hour, 196 mile, 12 person relay from San Antonio, Texas to Austin, Texas via the scenic hill country.
The Ragnar Texas Relay starts in San Antonio and meanders its way through Fredricksburg and other Central Texas towns ultimately ending in Austin. Each of the 12 team members will be required to run relay legs ranging from 4 to 8 miles in length. The hilliness of the course will make some relay legs more arduous than others. I have not been training nearly as hard as I should, but that all changes this week.
I am going to try and step up my training to get in 4 or 5 runs each week, with at least one of those being a long run (6+ miles). My injured hamstring is feeling much better so I should be good to go. I’ve never participated in any event like this, but it should be fun. Just pray that I don’t keel over and end up like a piece of road kill on the side of the highway.