Run. Drive. Sleep? Repeat: Ragnar Relay Part 2

We're 2 days out now and we're almost (almost) walking normally :) Anyway, you haven't seen one of these in a while...so here's what we looked like before our 2nd leg:
(That's our residency director over Matt's shoulder...he ran the relay with us and had some of the hardest legs in the race!)

So even with all of the serious running we did in the Ragnar, there was still plenty of time to laugh. To start, most everyone decorates their van and a ton of the team names are very creative. For example, one team was running for Rabies Awareness...they had signs to hold up as their runners past, stuffed animals dragging behind their van and their runners would even shout out statistics on rabies (apparently it kills 4 people/year)! There were so many funny teams: variations of More Cowbell, Never Nudes (from Arrested Development), Swine Flu Survivors, etc. Then there were some teams that were just kind of weird...one went around during the first leg with a bullhorn handing out chocolate milk (why?) Anyway, some just had funny sayings on their van:
Also, as Matt mentioned, we used porta-pottys like they were going out of style! They had a ton set up at each exchange:
(How gross is it that they are called Honey Buckets?!?!?! Sick!)

Here's our support van at one of our stops waiting for a runner...it looks like a GMC ad, doesn't it?
So Matt & Rob (the 2 men in our van) had some really hard legs during the relay. Here's Matt coming in after his first run...which left him so dirty that even after bleaching the shirt...it's still dirty!
(Notice the people he passed in the background? Go Matt!)

Here is a pic of us doing a water trade during Matt's last run:

I wasn't paying attention after I handed him this water bottle and almost smacked right into the mailbox...graceful Audrey! :)

At the end of the relay, you wait for your last runner at the last 1/8 of a mile. Since the Ragnar has 600 teams running, you have to shuttle in from the Park City Resort. Here's what we looked like on the shuttle:
It was pouring, so we were soaking wet! Here is the rest of our van shuttling in:
From the left: Kim, Paula, Rob, Soleil :)

Here's our end of the relay Van 1 team picture:

Dana was our last runner, so for our team run at the end, we all wore boxers with our team name (Got Meds?) and dressed as patients in hospital gowns:

Then Dana wore a doctor's long white coat and we chased her in our hospital gowns to the finish line:

In the end, we were dirty, soaking wet, sleep deprived and very sore...we loved it and will be back next year:
Ooooo and they give you snazzy metals at the end that can double as bottle openers :)

YAY! WE MADE IT!