Found this sitting in my drafts: 6/2015
Some days opportunities knock. Last January I saw a post on Facebook from a race director needing some help with a race. It was called the Grand Teton Half. I thought it sounded fun and I love being on both sides of a race! I had a phone 'interview' and he said he would love me on the team! Fast forward to last weekend! It was the Teton Half. First I have run one race with Vacation Races, it was Zion 2014 and I loved it!
This race is also through Vacation Races and I felt honored to be apart of it. It was a long two days and as I drive out of Jackson Hole I realized I really wanted to come back and run Yellowstone Half the following week.
By Tuesday I decided I really couldn't afford it and didn't have a spot on the pacing team so I wasn't gonna go. Thursday morning I got a message saying some spots opened and within a couple minutes I had a ride, a spot and a place to stay! So excited!
We pulled into West Yellowstone and went right to packet pickup and got our bibs. Then headed to the hotel to check in. I haven't berm to Yellowstone since I was a young child so everything was new to me. As we were getting ready to leave another van pulled up that had a few more pacers, we ended up getting in their van and heading out to sight see. I really wanted to see animals we saw some elk, buffalo and cranes. And a beautiful sunset.
