SPROUTE AR
Team TRAKKERS place first in the 3 person/co-ed division and second overall in the SPROUTE AR on Saturday. On the team were Monika Sattler, Greg Voelkel and me.
On Friday night we set up camp, dropped off the canoe, plotted the coordinates and came up with a tentative game plan. The pre-race meeting was at 7:30am, and then the race organizer met with the team captains at 7:50 to give the remaining set of coordinates which were key to planning our route. We had reviewed the map and guessed on where these unknown coordinated might be, so when we got the list and plotted them, we knew which routes we would take. We were the 4th team to hit the course after plotting.
Onto the bikes for some dirt road and paved county byways for about 90 minutes of hard riding and collecting some easy checkpoints. Then we dropped the bikes in a state park and did some bushwhacking for about checkpoints. Greg had calculated the distance and azimuths the night before and he did a fantastic job navigating, our pacecounts were sometimes dead-on. A few checkpoints gave us some trouble, but by putting our heads together we were able to figure it out and clear the course. We had dropped our bladders for the run, and although it was hot, no problems and it was a relief not carrying that extra weight.
At that point, Team Too Many…
Categories: Adventure Racing, Athletes, Biking, Events, Race Reports, Running, Team
Backyard Burn #2
What a great warm up for the season, the 10 mile EX2 Adventures Backyard Burn cross country race at Hemlock Overlook. This is arguably the toughest of the four BYB courses. Although I shaved a minute off last year’s time, it didn’t feel like it…the hills are thigh killers. 1:21, not bad for a course with so much vertical gain, but it will take a few days to recover from this one!
Categories: Running
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