So, ladies and gentlemen, I present my Ragnar Top Ten:
10. Wearing your night time safety gear is required from 5:00PM until 9:00AM. You'll look like a total moron wearing your headlamp while also wearing sunglasses if you have a morning leg after the sun is up. This rule is punishable by death, so you better not break it!
9. All of the legs are classified as "easy", "moderate", "hard" or "very hard". I think these should be changed to "hard", "really damn hard", "could be eaten by a mountain lion" and "crippling". Seriously, I don't think any of the legs for the runners in my van were easy.
8. Choose your van mates wisely. This will make or break your Ragnar experience. All of my van mates were awesome and I swear that's the reason my Ragnar experience was so amazing.
7. Grumpy cat makes everything better.
Nicole, Grumpy Cat, and me. Just hanging out. |
6. Ragnar asks that teams keep their van decorating and costumes PG. Only about 3% of the teams actually follow this rule, so you might as well get raunchy, folks.
4. Tagging other vans is a thing. Not only do you decorate and paint all over your own van, other vans will "tag" your van, meaning they'll leave a signature on your van when you aren't looking while parked at a runner exchange. Some even make car magnets to tag other vans.
Now we know for next time... |
3. Having a driver that is not one of the runners is awesome. We were lucky to have such an amazing driver. Thank you, Lance, for being such a great navigator and pace calculator! What a rock star!
2. If you are melting down during an extremely difficult leg, it's very helpful to have a team mate scream out the window as they drive past you that,"everyone else looks like shit, too!"
1. Take the time to enjoy every moment of this adventure. It will be over before you know it, so soak it all in!
Nicole, Lara, Bety, Karla, Jenn, Me, Jenna, Megan, Stacie, Melissa, Tara and Chris |
I woke up feeling the same way yesterday. I still haven't been able to rest without feeling like I should be doing something.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about the legs, I had a leg that was considered "easy' and it was not!!
I love this top 10 list! I agree with everything - and definitely felt when I woke up on Sunday morning that I needed to get to an exchange point. And too true on the packing - there were so many clothing and food items that went completely untouched! Such a great weekend. :o)
ReplyDeleteI'm sad it's over! I had such an amazing experience!
DeleteGood to know about all of the above. I am sad there is no picture of safety light and sunglasses.
ReplyDeleteOh, but there is! There's a super sexy pic taken from far away (I think it's in Part 2 where I'm exchanging runners). The sun is completely up, my headlamp is still on and I'm wearing sunglasses. ;)
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