A month from today, I'll be one of twelve making up the Universal Sole team at Ragnar Relay. Ragnar Relay is a 200 mile relay race from Madison to Chicago (formerly called the Madison to Chicago 200).
Unlike a regular road race, there are thousdands of unknowns with a relay race and a million logistics. How can one even begin to strategize?
Here's what little I do know:
I will be in runner position 5. I will run 12.4 miles in three legs.
My first leg will be in the afternoon on June 10th.
My second leg will be somewhere around 2am on June 11th in a town nearby Milwaukee.
My final leg will be somewhere around 10am. I will run the team over the state line.
This morning I ran three miles. I plan on heading home this evening and running another 3 or 4, just to get my body used to the idea of running twice in a day. I'm not sure how much this is going to help me since I'm on a good night of sleep. I imagine it's the sleep deprivation that really gets to people. Oh, and I'm running a course I know very well. Unlike when I get dropped in Wisconsin. I'm about as familiar with Wisconsin as I am with Brazil.
Here's a cool video that one team did of their Ragnar Relay experience in D.C.
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