The Epic Relay

Yesterday, the sisters's Sullivan participated in a Marathon relay, and for all intents and purposes it was indeed Epic! Last winter Roy got the idea in his head that all the brothers should do a race together, but for some reason the brother's missed the memo and the sisters took over the idea (sorry Roy). The race consisted of 5 legs each 5.2 miles, thus completing your Marathon distance with only 1/5 of the pain!

First sister up was Helen: (battling it out up front in the gray shorts)

Helen got us off on the first leg and really kicked trash. Roy may have referred to Helen as a freak of nature, but of course in a good way...all legs, and built for running! Thanks also has to be given to Helen for finding us such a sweet race to run.

Second leg was Bendy's to have:

Passing the baton off to sister Kay

Glad I got one of the cooler legs of the day which helped in turning out a decent time of 51 minutes.
The third leg was entrusted to sister Kay: Private Sullivan kicking it in cut off sweats...love it!

Tom waiting for mom with Katie...all cuteness

Having served a stint in the military, we knew Kay would be more than capable of running a strong leg. She was awesome!

Fourth runner up...Ang:

The temperature was starting to climb by the time Angie hit the course. But despite the heat, and a minor choking incident at the aid station, she still pulled off a great time of 48 minutes.


The anchor leg went to Honey:


Honey may not be an actual sister Sullivan, but she is definitely an honorary one. She owned the anchor leg even while stopping to provide aid to a passed out runner. She stayed helping the downed runner until the EMT's showed up, and than went on to pass all the runners that had not stopped to help. Just fabulous!

We had originally planned to have all 5 Sullivan sisters running, but with Holly and Bruce returning to Mexico for another dig we had to put that plan on the back burner for a little while.
So although Holly was missed, we officially completed our first sister's Sullivan "Epic Relay"

Much thanks to Katie "freak'n" Shaw, who spent the greater portion of the morning cheering us on and taking care of young nephews. Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!



And of course to Mr. Roy who took my place for the morning and cheered me on. Thanks for the Love babe!