My friend Susannah was the Captain of her offices Relay Team and they needed someone to help fill some spots.  She asked me shortly after the Vancouver Sun Run and I said “Sure, why not.”

How it worked was you collect pledges, and then there is always someone on the team walking/running on the 4km route. Once evening comes, it is on the fenced track for safety reasons. 

So the Relay started at 10am but we were there just after 7am to get some stuff sorted out and so she could attend the Captains meeting.  We set up our tents, the BBQ, some food stuff and hung out.

The first people to hit the track showed up, and brought some friends.  So off they went.  And so on went the day.  We Barbequed some Hot Dogs, had chips and pop, jello shooters, beer, coolers etc.  We were really roughing it.

We had our own cheering section - one of the girls brought her dog for a visit.

Had my first turn on the track about 4pm as someone was running late.  Another girl on the team joined me and we ran for a bit and then walked and visited.As night approached someone pulled out Apples to Apples.  Laughter ensued – people argued their points, it was lots of fun.

Around midnight we decided to try and get a few hours shuteye.  I was on the 4 am time for about an hour.  Sleep eluded me as you could hear other teams still partying it up.  So I get up just before 4 and hit the track - it wound up being closer to an hour and a half.  Afterwards I couldn’t sleep.

Had another turn around the track at 8am for an hour.  This one was so hard… I was operating on no sleep and my body was craving the sleep I had promised it after.

After I was off the track at 9am, we packed up camp and waited for the 10am completion time.  And then we were done!! Yay!

Headed home and spent some time in the hot tub, then crashed in bed.  I was sooo tired.

Good experience, lots of fun, and more to come!