Our team rocked this race starting with the best team name
ever, Happy Mammories. We really wanted to get some shirts made but someone
thought it might be inappropriate (that person was not me). If you have seen
the reviews I have done, you know that Red Rock Relay has been run before. Our
team did the Dixie race last year but due to some conflicts with the city of St. George, Red
Rock was unable to put on that race this year. We grabbed what we thought would
be the next best one day relay, Moab.
Communication was great as always. The website is great and
they send informative emails. Apparently they changed the race guide after we
printed it up so we showed up to the captain meeting an hour late. They Red
Rock peeps were cool about it, gave us our stuff, got us all checked in, even
gave us free shirts for our kiddos (which are way better than the race shirts
we got, or maybe my 8 year old just looks better in her shirt).
Red Rock is a super chill relay. It’s not competitive and it’s
relatively small. You will always have other teams with you but you won’t get
stuck in a traffic jam because there are too many teams in the race. The
bathrooms were frequent and nasty as usual. Because it’s a relay there was no
on course support provided, it’s all provided by your team. My team offered
stellar support which included a megaphone and some interesting commentary, a
bag of skittles which later resulted in skittle spittle on a runner’s face, a
language monitor, and a destroyed under carriage that you could hear coming for
miles.
Red Rock Relay could really use a re-do on their finish
line. It’s anti-climactic and a disappointment after spending all day running.
They also need to consider amping up their medals. It was a nice medal with a silhouette
of the arches in Moab, which we DID NOT run by, but is iconic for the area. It’s
time for Red Rock Relay to step up their game. I give this race 3 shoes.