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The florida keys to be exact! Here is the race recap from one of the 11 team members who traveled from the cold and dark Northwest to brave the hot and humid conditions in Florida for the run of a lifetime! Congrats to all 11 members of team “How The Key West Was Run”.

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Sporting our ‘Tropical Nuun’ sparkle skirts

It was a fairly typical day on Virginia Key just off the coast of Miami, but our adventure would be anything but typical.  The warnings to stay hydrated were being repeated over and over by the RAGNAR staff, but we knew we had a secret weapon.  Our team was fueled by NUUN!  So we started off around 9:30 on a sunny friday morning bound for the southernmost point in the US, Key West Fl only 198 miles away.  Being from Seattle, most of us weren’t used to warm temperatures in January, we’re not even used to seeing the SUN in January!  By drinking our Nuun before, during, and after the event we were able to keep ourselves hydrated during the 80+ degree and high humidity days and nights.

Surprisingly we met a large amount of people who hadn’t ever heard of or used NUUN products.  We were more than happy to give out samples and let them know how great the product was.  It seems most runners in the North West use or have heard of NUUN as an electrolyte replacement aid, but this wasn’t so in the South East.  It sure was a welcome change to have flavored water instead of just the plain ol H2O.  We also received some great feedback on the simplicity of the tablets and great tastes.  I think the original flavors were the most popular but it was nice to get some variety in there with the newer flavors too.