Ragnar Relay Great River: Pre-race

This year, Team Mega Tough assembled for the Ragnar Relay's Great River event. We were a lovely 12-women team that wasn't afraid to run fast and kick butt. Some of us met in Minneapolis and the rest met in Madison. Andrea met up with us in Winona. The wind in Winona was brisk and the sky looked menacing! The team gathered at the starting line at 3pm to watch Margot take off as our first runner.
The start of the race.

Here's the run-down of this year's team:

Margot from Houghton- The starter! 16.8miles
Jill from Houghton- #3 runner, 15.2miles

Tien-Tien from Madison- #4, 17.2miles

Sam from Duluth- #6 runner, 20.8miles
Lisa from Duluth- #7 runner, 14.6 miles

Megan D from Ann Arbor-#8 runner, 16.8miles

Megan K from Houghton- #9 runner, 14.4miles
Jess from Madison- #10 runner, 15miles


Mel from Madison- #11 runner, 13.9miles
Sarah from Omaha- The anchor! 11.6miles

[Mug-less: Andrea- runner #2 with 16.9miles and Leslie- runner #5 with 21.4miles]

Who knew we could run for 24hours straight? But we did it- well, we actually only ran for 23 1/2 hours straight! We ended up finishing 1st in our division (all-women regular) and 12th overall. Not too shabby! But I will talk more about that later...

Here's a little preview:
The ladies lining up at the finish and watching the boats go by- Jill, Megan D., Margot and LeslieJess, Megan D., Andrea, and Jill enjoying a well-earned post-race barbecue at the W's! Everyone survived!

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