Last nights relay for life went quite well! My team of 11 set up a great camp site (with lots of food). We took shifts walking in pairs for 2 hours each shift. We all walked as a team from the start at 6 pm until 8 pm, then 2 members continued on, while the rest of us rested up and waited for our turn. We played light up frisbee and ate, a lot, while we waited. Kinda just chilled with tons of very enthusiastic relayers! It was so much fun! At midnight was the very emotional "lighting of the Luminaria". After which, me and my relay partner took our shift from 12-2am. Whew! 2 hours is really a long time to walk! We chatted about philosophy and such, and I told her stories of my grandma, who I was walking for. At 2 am, I went into camp (while she keep us walking) and woke up the next 2 in our relay. They got up and we had a ceremonial handing off of these blowup batons, did an "over-lap" (chuckle) with them, then went back and laid down. After about half an hour 4 of us were still awake in camp and decided to bring some hot chocolate out to our guys. They were very appreciative, and the 6 of us took a lap together before we headed back to camp and wished them luck. At 4 am we all went out and walked the final 2 hours as a team. It was awesome. Right about when the sun came up at 6 am everyone there took to the track for a last "victory lap" and that was the end of our 12 hour relay. Our team walked a total of about 30 miles! In all the entire relay raised 63,000 dollars for cancer research!! I would call that a success. I plan on relaying again next year, and will again do it to honor and remember my amazing grandma. Thank you.
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