Ragnar Relays

[TriGirl 343]

Anyone here have experience with these? Or better yet, is anyone interested in joining a team? I'm on a team for the Washington, DC event in a month, and we're down another runner. Besides replying on this thread, please send me a PM if you really are serious. The website for this one is www.ragnarrelay.com/race/dc.

Additionally, they've recently established a Ragnar Relay in Hawai'i for next October. Depending on my move schedule, I thought it would be fun to put together a team of skydivers to run it, and call it "12-way" (or something more clever). How likely would it be to find 11 more people here who would be interested in doing something like this? I know we have some runners, but I'm curious how many would want to join in some fun like this.

See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus

Shut Up & Jump!

[SethInMI 174]

I have a co-worker who just finished a local (west michigan) 200 mi relay, not a ragnar but I think the same model, and he got me thinking about trying to put a team together for it.

His one comment that stuck with me was "24 hours is a long time to spend in a van" this was especially true for him because he was a fill-in, and so did not know the others in the van that well. He said he would only do it again if he knew his team mates better.

It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".

[BillyVance 35]

SethInMI

I have a co-worker who just finished a local (west michigan) 200 mi relay, not a ragnar but I think the same model, and he got me thinking about trying to put a team together for it.

His one comment that stuck with me was "24 hours is a long time to spend in a van" this was especially true for him because he was a fill-in, and so did not know the others in the van that well. He said he would only do it again if he knew his team mates better.

This thread got me thinking about the RIT cross country team/alumni relay run from coast to coast that they did in world record time in 1979, and then broke that record in 2004. A few of the guys on the 2004 relay were teammates of mine from my college days.

http://www.rit.edu/news/story.php?id=44322

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[TriGirl 343]

SethInMI

I have a co-worker who just finished a local (west michigan) 200 mi relay, not a ragnar but I think the same model, and he got me thinking about trying to put a team together for it.

His one comment that stuck with me was "24 hours is a long time to spend in a van" this was especially true for him because he was a fill-in, and so did not know the others in the van that well. He said he would only do it again if he knew his team mates better.

Or, the opposite could be true -- 24 (or 36, as is closer to the case) hours in a van with people you think you know, may just end a friendship

My last team finished Florida Keys in 36 hours, and I was a fill-in as well. Luckily, I was in the "cool van." Turns out our team captain for that one (in the other van) was not the most reasonable person. Our van stopped for dinner, got plenty of sleep, helped each other out during our running legs... all very civilized and team-like. I think part of that was because we didn't know each other well, and no one wanted to be "that guy."

See the upside, and always wear your parachute! -- Christopher Titus

Shut Up & Jump!

[SethInMI 174]

TriGirl

Or, the opposite could be true -- 24 (or 36, as is closer to the case) hours in a van with people you think you know, may just end a friendship

Ha Ha! Very true. My wife went on a summer road trip with a co-worker who she has worked with for 10 years. Came back with "never again". Apparently the occasional after work happy hour was different than 4 days in a car.

It's flare not flair, brakes not breaks, bridle not bridal, "could NOT care less" not "could care less".