adventure race no. 4 | tuna 200

The Monkey Tribe came & conquered the Tuna 200 a couple of weekends ago. This year we ran a girl strong team (4 girls / 2 guys) vs a guy strong team & straight up dominated (no offense boys of past races...y'all are awesome). We came in 9 / 96 & held an 8:13 pace for a total of just over 25 hours! We get a little better and more efficient with each one of these that we do. This time, our secret weapon was one of my BFFs, Carolyn .. the team PT. She tortured us stretched and rolled us out between legs (it hurt so good!). Seriously, I'll never run another one of these unless Carolyn comes. I love these races and I love these people! 

[Tuna 200 | 2015]

Tuna 200

Tuna 200 | 2015 

   Y'all. These people are super studs. We ran 29hrs 40 minutes (breaking 30 hours for the 1st time) thru the night with a healthy, strong team. I have no words to describe the shared experience that comes from doing something crazy-fun with a group of friends like this. Just grab your most bad-ass friends & get out and do something crazy together. You'll thank me later!!

The Monkey Tribe:
Me (Mc)
Mikey
R2000
Bennie
Face Jacket
Benji
Luka
Bennet (who needs a nickname)

We won the ultra - mixed division (6 man team / male + female) with a time of 29 hr 40 min! Run, monkeys, run!!


Mc's favorite memories from this run:
-the gorgeous scenery (cotton & soy bean fields forever)
-R2000 smoking anyone who tried to keep up with her
-giving Mikey a hard time about the old woman who passed him (she was at least 60)
-feeling BM3 squirm like crazy when I got the chance to rest btw (my) leg 3 & 4
-the many faces of Benji (thanks to Mikey's bizarre requests)
-12:30AM stretching led by Luka...hilarious
-Bennet having a cure-all for any & every ailment that came our way
-having a running buddy on my 5/8 leg (3rd in the middle of the night)--THANKS Bennet!
-encouraging texts from friends & family the ENTIRE race
-Renfrow family dubsmash videos
-listening to the boys on the two-way radios
-finishing the race 6 (wo)men strong