The entire Gunn family was gathering. We were here to put on a 100 mile race around Zion National Park.
Remember my post on this book?
Well, Mark's brother Matt has become Caballo Blanco. He's all beardy and hairy and runs 30 miles or so a day because he just loves it.
It's a little bit impressive.
What's more impressive is that he's turned a love of his into a business that can (potentially) support his family.
Matt dreamed up a race 100 miles long through the gorgeous landscape of Zion National Park. He ran and ran and ran, and came up with countless neat things to make it a race nobody would ever forget.
(How anyone could forget simply running 100 miles straight is beyond me.)
It's called:
(Click on the picture to go to his website.)
And it was a huge success.
Luckily Matt the do-er is married to Danika the communicator ... it makes for a very important team when pulling off enormous things.
Matt is also very lucky to have seven siblings. Nearly every one came to help make the race happen.
Everyone drove down Thursday night. They went straight out to the track to help with some last-minute set-up. The race began 6 a.m. They went all day. At night, they took turns sleeping 2-3 hours(ish) and then got up to keep it going. They went until 2 a.m. Sunday morning, came home and slept 5-6 hours, then headed back out for clean up.
When all was finally said and done, we came together exhausted, zombie-like, and very Caballo Blanco-ish. Mark's beard was especially fuzzy. He said he felt like Timmy Timmons on Sandlot when the vacuum explodes in his face.
I was on babysitting crew. And that is an experience that deserves its own post.
I cannot believe what that Gunn family can do when their forces are all put together.
Obviously, this weekend proved it's quite a bit.
Runners posted their experiences here:
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