Subject: RE: Mamma Amy Knows Best - Mentor Group Year One - CLOSEDWell, I survived the Ragnar Relay: Miami to Key West this past weekend. And before I'm asked.... YES! I'd do it again!!! :-) :-) :-) The weather was brutal with heat indexes in the 90+ degrees and no respite even during the night time runs since the humidity was a killer. We had runners in our van with varying pace times from sub 8 minute miles to the the 14-16 min mile pace. All in all we averaged a 10:40 pace throughout the 200 miles. We came across teams of extremely high caliber athletes and they were shocked at how badly they were performing because of the weather. I suspect that a large percentage of teams were falling behind that the Ragnar race staff allowed "leap frogging" on the last leg in order to get everyone in on time. With "leap frogging" you essentially have two runners running their leg at the same time. All runners run their assigned distances. If anyone is doing this kind of race and would like to ask specific questions, feel free to. Learned a lot along the way. Martha |