Missing in the group shot are Michelle, Staci, Kandice and Kilee. We were DANG tired so we went home.
We're now down to a day or two and a few hours before it's time to start running! Are you ready? Don't forget that we're going to meet at the Chili's in Layton for our pre-race team dinner on Thursday night at 5:00 and then we're going to Kandice's afterwards to decorate the vans. We promise that we won't keep you Van-One-ers (aka the "Blistuhs") out too late because we know that 3:00 comes awfully early! See you all there!
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I’m Staci McKinnon and am 29 years old. I’m single and recently bought my first house – which is a fixer upper. Its been quite an adventure and I have loved every bit of it. I’m running the Ragnar in place of Cindy Taylor who had to get knee surgery. I ran the race before a few years ago, and it was a great experience. This time, I know it will be even better because I know tips and things that will help make it so.
I started running about 6 years ago – mainly to get help get rid of the 40 lbs that I had gained while serving a mission. J But then I continued to run because it felt good and relieved stress and anxiety. I have run off and on for those 6 years, most recently I've been on the off cycle, so this race has been great motivation to get me running again.
As long as we’re sharing, I have to share too...after all, my mom named me Sheri because I like to “share”! LOL! No one that really knows me very well seems to think that’s exactly true, but I would like it to be! Anyway, I am 44 years old and am the mom to 5 strapping boys...make that 6 if you count my husband! When I met my husband lots of years ago, he already had 3 of those 5 boys and they were 7, 9 and 12 years old at that time, so needless to say, when I got married I became an instant mom...and that wasn’t an easy task! You would think that having teenagers almost from the start would have scared me from having kids of my own, but it didn’t, so we added two more boys to the mix...and I haven’t regretted it for a minute! Now my boys, Patrick, Chris, Jon, Hayden and Connor are 27 (next week), 23, 21, 8 and 6 years old!
As far as running goes, I used to hate it with a passion and I would have much preferred to ride a bike. Then I had a boyfriend that ran a marathon with little or no training and that gave me the confidence that I could do it too…so I started training and ran my first half marathon! Shortly after that, I got hurt and then right after that I got married and my running soon went out the window...for about 10 years!
About 3 years ago when I quit work to stay home, I officially started running again and although at times I don’t love it, I can honestly say that I love all that I’ve been able to accomplish with it! I have now ran 9 half marathons and 4 marathons and I’m excited to keep expanding my horizons...and running the Ragnar is going to help me do just that!
I’m lucky enough to be the one person on the team that knows everyone that we’re running with and even though I don’t know all of you really well, I do know that you’re all pretty incredible people or we wouldn’t have chosen you to run with us! I’m excited to get to hear more about each one of you and I am thrilled to be a part of our team! After all...Blister Sisters rock!
