EAT, SLEEP, RUN… IT’S RAGNAR
The RAGNAR Wasatch Back Relay race is scheduled for June 20 – 22, 2013. RAGNAR features a crazy 12-person team (or sometimes an even crazier 6-person team) completing a combined run of almost 200...
View ArticleWhat’s the Rub?
Ragnar’s Wasatch Back is an intense relay with many crazy ups and down—and we’re not just talking about Guardsman Pass, or trying to sleep in a van full of other sweaty runners. We’re talking about...
View ArticleCramp…That Hurts!
How to Avoid Running Cramps Ever been in a groove while running? Early morning air, sun rising over the mountain, and you just think: Life’s good. That is until the sharp pain runs through your body....
View ArticleHydration How To’s
Salt. The familiar taste trickles down your rough, cracked lips in small beads of sweat from your upper lip. With each new strike of the foot, small dust clouds rise up from the dry dirt. Your muscles...
View ArticleThe Hot and Cold Game – Do You Ice or Heat a Running Injury?
If you’re an avid runner, or if you’re getting ready to run RAGNAR this June, you might want to take some time away from training for a few minutes to read this: Running is awesome exercise. It’s good...
View ArticleRunning into Embarrassment
Runners are awesome. Runners are cool. When you’re running, you know deep down that as people drive by they’re thinking, Wow. That person has it all together. I wish I did. But you also know, deep...
View ArticleThe Little Things…That Become Big Things
You’ve spent $150 on shoes, $40 on running shorts, $25 on a running tank, $140 on an iPod, $12 on socks (one pair—seriously, socks are expensive!) and at least $200 on other running gear. And yet,...
View ArticleCarb-Loading- A Runner’s Best Friend
Running the Wasatch Back, one of the most beautiful locations in the nation for the annual RAGNAR Relay, you will experience the beauty of open fields, majestic mountains, and starry skies. After...
View Article7 Sleep Tips for the Week Before Ragnar
Getting ready to run the Ragnar Relay? Finding it hard to fit all that running preparation into your regular work/family schedules? Well, you’re not that much different from every other runner. It’s...
View ArticleRagnar Tips – Warning Signs that You Need to Stop
Have you ever run a Ragnar Relay? If you have, you know it’s an absolute blast. How could you not like exercise, philanthropy, competition and teamwork in such a picturesque setting like the Wasatch...
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