Ragnar Fun and Some Paleo Granola!

This past weekend I ran Ragnar for about the 7th or 8th time. I always have so much fun doing this race, I would suggest it as a must do for EVERYONE!!!! The key to having an awesome Ragnar experience is of course having the best van mates you can possibly find because you are going to be stuck in the car with their stinky sweaty behinds for 197 miles of pure fun!

This is our collection of Ragnar nuts and just plain crazy people....from left to right...Me (Busty), Finese (The Tight End), Tracy (Snooki), Brooke (B-WoWW), Coastie (D-Cat) and Desiree (D-Lish).

How much fun can that be you ask?....geez so much fun I can hardly even stand it! Can't you tell from the pictures?

There were high powered lazer lights, air horns,  a rave on the side of the road at 3am, my awesome van mates helping out Jeff from Alpine, brightly colored spandex, cowbell (who doesn't want more cowbell?) licking ass (inside joke), bull horns, who forgot the water?, flashy light bracelets, are we late again?, and lots and lots and lots of running.

I think that I could do a lot more Ragnar races with this exact van and be perfectly happy with it...they were amazing and so much fun to hang out with for 32 hours straight! I enjoyed every second of it.

These are the legs I ran:
Old Snowbasin Road
Leg 23 Some random lake
Deer Valley leg (this one put a hurtin on the thighs)

I made this amazing recipe to take a long with us and I was surprised to find a left over bag when I got home...it lasted about 5 seconds with my husband and kiddos. I have adapted the recipe from a blogger called PaleOMG she has some great recipes but I've found a lot of them have a lot of fat involved in them that don't need to be there.

Paleo Granola (Gluten free)

1 cup almonds, roughly chopped
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
1/2 cup unsweetened shredded coconut
1 tbsp cup coconut oil (or other oil)
1/3 cup raw organic honey
1/4 cup organic maple syrup
Handful of flax seed
Small handful of sunflower seeds
1 cup non-sweetened golden raisins OR craisins OR what ever you have available
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt (I omit the salt when all I have is salted pumpkin seeds)

 Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
Add all ingredients to a large microwavable bowl.
Mix well. If the honey is thick, heat up in the microwave for about 30 seconds and mix well.
Place on a baking sheet
Bake for about 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally to help it not burn. Try not to burn your tongue off cause it will smell so good you probably will want to taste it when you stir.
 When you pull it out of the oven, mix in dried fruit. Let cool.

ENJOY and here is a WOD in case you are not recovering from Ragnar.

Warm up 10 minutes
30 minutes cardio (swimming, biking, walking, running) anything for 30 minutes

15-30 burpees
20-50 Lunges
push ups until failure
400M run or jog or walk
repeat 4 times

Stretch and cool down