Hello! I just just got back to my hotel room after running the Hood to Coast relay race with my team! I’m going to do a full recap/results post tomorrow but today I wanted to tell you my top 10 favorite things about doing this legendary relay race also known as HTC!
Hood to Coast Top 10 Moments and Pictures
10. Seeing Mt.Hood and running down it. It was GORGEOUS! I focused on trying to soak in all the green beauty so there aren’t a ton of pictures. But there were a few small waterfalls and that is awesome.
9. Making new friends! I only knew one person on the team before this weekend.
8. Soaking up all the advice and tips from the man, the legend Bart Yasso!
7. Olive Garden. Yes, this was totally necessary in the middle of a relay race.
Bread stick cheers! Hey, we gotta carb-load.
(source)
6. Checking out 198 miles of Oregon. Partially on food, partially via van.
(RER on instagram)
5. Enjoying the city’s finest beverages.
4. Picking out my favorite team name…
3. Not dying on my night leg. You know I was scared.
Relay vet Robert told me to make a friend so I tried. It worked for a bit.
2. Actually getting 40 minutes of sleep before our last leg.
and delicious coffee and eggs from a high school fundraiser.
1. All the jokes and hand-offs and fun! Team work makes the dream work.
(From Runner’s World Insta)
Question: What was the best part of your weekend?
I’ve always wanted to do one of these races! Looks hard, but fun. Best part of my weekend was doing a hike around Devil’s Lake in WI with my two year old daughter on my back. That 8 mile run I have planned for today will be a piece of cake 🙂
I ran Hood to Coast this weekend with Nuun and it was my first relay experience so clearly I had an amazing weekend as well. So many van snacks, lots of traffic, beers, and good running! Team names and costumes were hilarious. I loved the Anchorman team!
I didn’t see the Anchorman team! Boo.
this is so awesome~!
I should have grabbed a pic when I said Hi at the mountain!! Glad you had fun and enjoyed my state! Oregon is beautiful and Hood to Coast is my favorite!
Celebrating my sis and BIL’s birthdays over dinner yesterday.
Fun! can’t wait to read your full recap. Surprised you actually got sleep
those team names are hilarious.
Seriously, it’s one of my favorite parts.
Can’t wait for mine in Sept.–can’t wait for the recap!
This looks like so much fun, I want to do a relay race! Congrats on a great weekend 🙂
So freaking cool. Seriously, jelly.
Oregon is so beautiful! Looks like you had a great time 🙂
This is so cool! I am glad you had so much fun!
Blessings
Looks like fun!! Congrats!
I can’t even imagine how cool it must’ve been to hang out with Bart Yasso. “Yeah, I did some You-800s last week–felt great!” I’m glad your HTC journey went well and that you enjoyed the experience. Looking forward to reading the full recap!
This looks so awesome! I would love to do a relay one day.
That looks like so much fun and also exhausting, good for you! And ummm, I know we don’t actually know each other but when I saw this I immediately thought of you:
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