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Reflections & tales from a life of adventure faith & Family
I know it’s not a RTNX Race Report. i promise there are more coming. However i had a different experience this evening i want to share. Being from NZ, one of the things i here the most, or most often is… “Why are you here in Georgia, when… Continue Reading “Ok, so you know you are a long way from home”
This part of the report begins with us starting the lake paddle. This was expected to take between 3-5 hours and having had a few hours “sleep” we were feeling quite good. While it was still raining when we pushed off the shore the weather… Continue Reading “RTNX Part 3”
As mentioned we swapped running shoes for bikes, not before making sure we ate and drank enough. I should mention at this time that the weather was still really favorable with a few threatening skies earlier in the day. In adventure racing the longer… Continue Reading “RTNX Part 2”
So here it comes my reflections and race report from Raid the North Extreme (RTNX) not sure how many parts this report will have but do plan to drop some pics in here for you to see. However in looking at photos they sometimes don’t… Continue Reading “RTNX Part 1”
Hey there folks Currently sitting on a bus on my way back from Canada over to Spokane Wa and ultimately home. Will write ALOT more in the coming days. The race was amazing definitely the most physical thing I have ever done but also… Continue Reading “Quite possibly…”
Hurry and wait is alive and well currently sitting waiting to load ALL our gear bins into a truck to take it somewhere bikes left this morning Pouring over our 8 maps now looking at route choices etc I know one of the two… Continue Reading “Eeek out one More”
This might be the last post I make in a while. While the race doesn’t start for another 36 hrs I will put the phone away in the morning and won’t bust it out until sometime next weekend. We had pre race meeting this… Continue Reading “Final preparations”
Sitting in Nelson BC, well not sitting really. Lots to do Getting bikes ready Packaging food Getting ready for on average 3hr check in process …. However this is quite normal for AR The photo attached is me with 1 of my favorite foods… Continue Reading “Getting ready”
Another challenge of AR is this… Waiting in airports for shuttles and team mates to arrive. Between flights being cancelled and computer glitches we are waiting in Spokane airport. We could be here for 4 hours while they catch up to us then drive… Continue Reading “More sometimes…”
While sitting on the plane I had LOTS of time to think and with the busyness of summer haven’t done that in a while. As my mind wondered I was entertaining thoughts about why adventure racing and initially there are always 2-3 reasons that… Continue Reading “Spare time”
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