Sun, Rain, 188 Miles and Best Buddies

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If you happened to be in northern Utah on Saturday, you might have thought you had gotten your locations mixed up. Never have I seen such a deluge of rain in Utah’s high desert country than I did on Saturday during the last half of the Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back. I’m not sure who ordered up the weather, but it only added to the adventure that Ragnar races always promise to be.

The entire Operation Kids team spent the weekend hanging out with the 9,000 or so crazy Ragnar runners at this year’s Wasatch Back, helping runners and teams raise money for Best Buddies Utah. What a weekend! There will be more updates to come, but the most important is the 40+ generous donors who won gifts as a result of the Ragnar Relay Wasatch Back/Operation Kids charity giveaway … our sincere thanks to those generous people who donated to help Best Buddies Utah produce a 5k walk/run for intellectually disabled children.

Prize winners (and prizes won) include:

*Those in orange denoate those names/teams whose donation status achieved Ragnar Raiser status – giving a minimum of $30 an individual or $360 as a team.

Prize	First Name	Last Name	Team Name
Hires Big H	James	Sorenson	Norwesters Runners Not Winers
Olive Garden	Justin	Manning	Where’s The Finish Line
Tucanos	Terry	Wright	Jacobsen Construction Turtle Crew – The Turbo Tortoises
Merle Norman	Shanna	Futral	Performance Under Pressure
Tucanos	Chad	Iverson	Strong Women, Strong Men meet Gym Class Heroes
Red Rock	Bryan	Tagge	Bourne to Run
Red Rock	Dave	Brooks	CTR
Wasatch Touring	Shawn	Christiansen	Rose Clydesdales & Athenas
Sun Valley	Shanna	Futral	Performance Under Pressure
Tin Angel Cafe	Chad	Iverson	Strong Women, Strong Men meet Gym Class Heroes
Best Buy	Shane	Shupe	The Gimps
La Caille	Molly	Nicholes
La Caille	Josh	Winward	Second Timers
Salt Lake Running Co.	Warren	Duff	Team Chusqui
Sinclair	Trent	Wade	One Less Appendix
Sinclair	Molly	Nicholes
La Caille	Missy	Collard	Collard Chiropractic
Sinclair	Denise	Rager	UTANG MILI-pedes
Happy Sumo	Molly	Nicholes
Happy Sumo	Nathan	Flaim	Whiskey Militia
Utah Museum of Natural History	David	Dunkley	Slowskys
Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company	Nick	Woodward	Mach Trauma
Repertory Dance Theatre	Terry	Wright	Jacobsen Construction Turtle Crew – The Turbo Tortoises
Utah Museum of Fine Art	Bill	Ricks	Rage
Lagoon	John	Spicer	Doggie Paddlin
Odyssey Dance Theatre	Shawn	Christiansen	Rose Clydesdales & Athenas
Utah Symphony/Utah Opera	Rich	Simmons	Honey Buckets
Hogle Zoo	Shayna	Paul	Ultra Team + 6 Guys
Hogle Zoo	James	Borden	Victorious Secret
Evolve Salon & Day Spa	Shawn	Christiansen	Rose Clydesdales & Athenas
Evolve Salon & Day Spa	Jan	Bernhisel Broadbent	Vaguely Related
Evolve Salon & Day Spa	Teresa	Reed	Falcon
Flemings	Michelle	Green	12 Oxen
Utah Jazz	Bryan	Tagge	Bourne to Run
Utah Jazz	Molly	Nicholes
Real Salt Lake	Robert	Smith	Strangers in the Night
Anniversary Inn	Jody	Worthen	Family Friends & Fools
Grand America	Joyce	Wall	Got Pain
Gold’s Gym Gold’s Gym	Jennifer Mark & Christy	Celestino Owens	Shake-n-Bake Road Crew
Ragnar Relay Free Team	Denise	Rager	UTANG MILI-pedes
Tag Heuer Watch – OC Tanner	Chad	Iverson	Strong Women, Strong Men meet Gym Class Heroes

Check back tomorrow for more adventure stories, photos and charitable giving updates!

-Sara

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