Dan was excited when he was invited to join Sprint oadrunners team to run the Wasatch Back (a very popular relay race). It is a 2-day event, 188 miles from Logan to Park City. The team was made up of 12 guys. They had won the submasters (over 30) division for 2 years and were hoping to win again this year. There were 1050 teams in the race, his team started at 2:00 pm (supposed to start at 3:00, but got it moved up) after 970 had already started (the first teams started at 5:00 am). They passed 930 teams, but were never passed themselves. It took them 22 hours 22 minutes & 11 seconds to finish. They did win their division and came in 7th overall. I'm IMPRESSED!!!!
Dan had a GREAT time and is looking forward to many years of running it with these guys!! They are a good group of guys he enjoys running with. One of these years it'd be fun to go be a part of it (as a spectator NOT a runner).
Sprint Roadrunners Team
Looks like they had fun decorating their van!They had 2 vans with 6 guys each. This is the first van - the one Dan was in. He was the 2nd runner. He ran 3 different legs of the race -
Leg 2 was 6.7 miles - ran it in 44:43 - 6:40 pace (ran aroun 2:30-3:00 pm)
Leg 14 was 3 miles - ran it in 19:07 - 6:22 pace (ran around 10:30 pm)
Leg 26 was 3.3 miles - ran it in 23:52 - 6:29 pace (ran around 6:30 am)
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