I AM GOING TO LAS VEGAS!!!!!
November 7 & 8
To run.
Pretty far.
Okay...let me back up. I won a contest to be part of a Ragnar Relay running team sponsored by Bondi Band, a company that makes no-slip, sport headbands. What is a Ragnar Relay, you ask? It's an overnight, 200 mile relay race that 12 crazy people on a team participate in. Oh wait! Did I mention we're an Ultra team? That means there's only 6 of us doing the same course as the 12 man team....we're running double what the crazy people are doing. What does that make us? Probably completely insane, since none of us actually signed on for an Ultra team when we entered the contest...but no one wanted to give up the opportunity to participate!!!
This will explain it!
It will be fun!
So....we've been working hard at getting this team organized since the winners were announced in April. We've been through a few changes, but our team is gelling quite nicely. We decided on a team name of "BONDi GIRLS"...a play on the 007 movies. We've then been back and forth trying to decide if we wanted to costume ourselves like Bond Girls or go completely branded since we're sponsored by Bondi Band. At this point, I think we're going completely branded. Oh...and I should mention that this is Bondi Band's first time sponsoring teams, too. There's a second team running the Adirondacks Ragnar Relay September 26 and 27th!
The Las Vegas Ultra Team
- Katie Knight (California)
- Tina Garstad (Calgary, Canada)
- Camie Beaubien (me) (Arizona) - Captain
- Cheri Armour (New Jersey)
- Amy Smith (California)
- Angela Williams (Calgary, Canada)
- Jennifer Selenoff (our driver) (Oregon)
Most of us will be meeting each other for the first time when we arrive in Vegas!! However, we have been communicating almost daily on our (closed) group Facebook Page. We are still trying to iron out the details in our lodging logistics and agree on which Bondi Band items we want to wear while cheering on our teammates...I think we got the colors nailed down! We're a total girly-girl group and we're loving PINK!!! Our Bondi Band contact, Sandy, is getting us a little something special for our race...but I don't think I can say yet what it is.
I am SO excited that our very own Katie Knight is actually doubling as one of our team sponsors!!! She is the owner of Chase This Skirt, a custom running skirt shop on Etsy.
And speaking of sponsors....my house has been looking like Christmas lately! I've already been receiving shipments from our wonderful sponsors! I've gotten boxes from Shower Pill, the Athletic Body Wipe,,, Clif Bars, the mini ones...Shot Bloks for energy...Mojo bars minis...ENERGYbits for Spirulina fuel...Krave Jerky - Yummy! Also...Nuun tablets for optimal hydration, AND nutritional shakes, pre-workout drinks and hydration from Vega Sport - all natural. plant-based nutritional systems!
Let the adventure continue...
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