Sunday, November 8, 2009
USARA Adventure Race National Championship
Approximately 2 weeks ago I competed with Team Mystik (Citgo), from Indiana, at Nationals. What an exciting race we had! Perfect teamwork, chemistry and work-hard/never quit attitude. 25 hours and 48 minutes later, we ended up with a 15th place finish out of 70+ U.S. teams. Here we are. Aren't my boys handsome...
And here is a short tease of a race report written by one of my teammates:
2009 USARA Nationals (race report summary)
OK, whether it's due to the race being the national championship race, or the fact that it's the last big race of the year this race report is going to be longer than normal. And I haven't exactly been good at keeping them short up until now. So, I'll summarize real quick for starters.
Texas is far from Indiana, even farther when you go there the wrong way. USARA Nationals brings a decidedly stronger field of racers but they still ask an awful lot of questions. Not all adventure racers are comfortable riding in large high speed groups on the road. God either doesn't like adventure racing, paddling, or maybe just paddling in adventure racing. I don't know if everything is bigger in Texas but a few things damn well are including thorns, mud puddles and briar patches and thorns. (Yes, it was appropriate to say thorns twice, I have the scars on my scalp to prove it.) Even when things aren't going your way if you hang in there you'll frequently still be pleased with the result. And most importantly, don't forget to turn east at St. Louis.
And that about sums it up.
If you're wanting more details than that, you'll have to wait another day or so.
And here is a short tease of a race report written by one of my teammates:
2009 USARA Nationals (race report summary)
OK, whether it's due to the race being the national championship race, or the fact that it's the last big race of the year this race report is going to be longer than normal. And I haven't exactly been good at keeping them short up until now. So, I'll summarize real quick for starters.
Texas is far from Indiana, even farther when you go there the wrong way. USARA Nationals brings a decidedly stronger field of racers but they still ask an awful lot of questions. Not all adventure racers are comfortable riding in large high speed groups on the road. God either doesn't like adventure racing, paddling, or maybe just paddling in adventure racing. I don't know if everything is bigger in Texas but a few things damn well are including thorns, mud puddles and briar patches and thorns. (Yes, it was appropriate to say thorns twice, I have the scars on my scalp to prove it.) Even when things aren't going your way if you hang in there you'll frequently still be pleased with the result. And most importantly, don't forget to turn east at St. Louis.
And that about sums it up.
If you're wanting more details than that, you'll have to wait another day or so.
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