I started my second leg #18 at 3:25 in the morning. I hadn't had a any sleep yet. At this point we had passed a few teams. This leg was 8.2 "very hard" uphill miles to East Canyon Reservoir. I started off feeling like I was running in my sleep. It was pitch black and I was a little nervous being out there by myself. There wasn't a lot of traffic, but there are a lot places where you can't see cars coming around the corners up the canyon. I had to jump off to side once when a tow tuck driver came quickly around a corner. I felt pretty strong running on this tough uphill climb. I didn't walk until I got to the very steep parts at about mile 6.5 and even then I only walked a for a few seconds at a time. I passed the only 2 runners I saw during this leg. Average pace 9:16 with 944 ft of elevation gain.
After we handed off to the 2nd van, we drove about 40 miles to the next exchange at a high school. We started seeing a ton of teams at this point. We slept in our sleeping bags on the grass for about 2 hours.
My final leg was #30. I started at 2:06 pm. It was pretty hot by this time and I was exhausted. This run was only 2 flat miles. I passed 4 girls on this leg. A guy with an Ironman visor passed me at about 1 mile in so I just stayed about 10 feet behind him for the next mile. Average pace 8:11.
I was so exhaused that night. I had a lot of fun, but I probably won't do this again.
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