ADVENTURE RACE #1

This past weekend I had my first ever adventure race. The local YMCA puts one on up in Caladonia State Park. It is a sprint distance, so is expected to last anywhere from three to six hours. I was on a team of four women, my friends Trish and Cathy, plus a new friend Jane. Three of us went out the weekend before to check out the venue and to test out gear. It was a bit cold, but the team dynamics seemed to be in order.

It rained all day on Saturday, but luckily it was all blue skies come Sunday morning. So Sunday morning we, Four "Dirty" Girls, met up at the park along with 33 other teams to take on the challenge. The best part of an adventure race is that you don't know the course or what they are going to throw your way. In the end we ended up doing about twenty miles of mountain/road biking, seven miles of running/bush wacking, an hour of boating on a lake, crossing a river on a cargo net, two team challenges (puzzles), and about a quarter mile on thigh deep river walk which half was done while carrying your bikes. In the end it took us exactly 4:30 and we were about ninth overall and first in the women's division. We were pretty happy with that, as the race was pretty smooth thanks to good communication and the great team dynamics. We all had a really good time and I think that Trish is already planning for next year.

GLORY MOMENT: Our boat of four ladies passing a boat of four men. :)