My Ragnar Route

I'm running a 195-mile relay race from Chattanooga called the Ragnar Relay (www.ragnartn.com).  We're raising money to help feed kids in the Dominican Republic through a ministry called Servants Heart Ministry (www.servantsheartministry.com).  We'll each run three legs of varying lengths.  I'm in the middle speed-wise, so I get two 'hards' and one 'moderate', for a total of about 17 miles.  We'll have two vans of six runners each, so one van will follow their six runners, while the other van rests, then we play hopscotch.

Our team starts at 10AM Eastern, but since I'm runner 10 of 12, I don't get to start to that evening. Here is where I'll be running my first leg of the relay, around 6:30PM Eastern time on Friday, Nov 5.  I get the joy of running 6.5 miles up a mountain in Monteagle!

I'll get into a van, wait a couple hours as our Van 2 runners finish, then go to a rest area for another few hours.  Then we'll hop back in our van, and eventually I'll get my 'easy' run as I cruise through Shelbyville, TN, about 3:35AM Central. (we'll have crossed into a new time zone by that point).

Then back into the van, wait for our other two runners to finish, then head to Franklin for a few hours sleep. 

About 2:37PM, I'll get my third and final run through Belle Meade into Green Hills.  You wouldn't believe it, but they rate this one as being harder than the run up Monteagle.  Must be all the Belle Meade bling.

You can follow our progress at twitter.com/shministry, or on facebook.com/servantsheartministry.

If you'd like to donate (suggested is $25), go to www.firstgiving.com/brianlord.  Thanks for helping!

Brian