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Sunday Jul 20, 2014 #
5 AM
Adventure Race 5:52:00 [3] 60.5 mi (5:49 / mi)
CT Day 4. 0500 start.
BIKE 1, CPs 47-49, 50mi
rolled out in a paceline w Tecnu, Columbia, and YogaSlackers. fast and fun! once the road turned to gravel i was worried about killing ourselves trying to keep up but luckily Garrison got a flat so we let the train go and changed it. much better for us. just soaked in the WY countryside during the sunrise and early morning hours. hooked up w local 4-guy team GUTS and got post-race food recommendations as well as an escort thru town using secret shortcuts. well, not really that much shorter but it was still cool.
TREK 1, no CPs, 5.5mi
from the finish line (cruel...) up to the paddle put-in on a paved bike trail. mandatory route, but no mandatory gear. jogged.
PADDLE 1, no CPs, 5mi
downstream on the North Platte River. first 1/2 was just flat and then we went thru man-made WW park w i think four Class 3 rapids. me and Garrison made it thru each but had to stop twice to bail water. we had a fun time on the third rapid...http://vimeo.com/channels/cowboytough2014/10132140.... after that we looked up and rocky33/Space Monkey were no where to be seen. they cleared the rapid but took on too much water, flipped, and lost their boat. GUTS caught it though so we all reunited for the final rapid and paddle to finish line. much love for the local team today.
after we finished, Rachel got the news that one of her good friends had passed away after a mtb crash. this was hard on her and, by extension, on the team. take a minute to read Laura's story and then go take a beginner on a bike ride.
http://www.arkansasoutside.com/we-lost-a-hero/
BIKE 1, CPs 47-49, 50mi
rolled out in a paceline w Tecnu, Columbia, and YogaSlackers. fast and fun! once the road turned to gravel i was worried about killing ourselves trying to keep up but luckily Garrison got a flat so we let the train go and changed it. much better for us. just soaked in the WY countryside during the sunrise and early morning hours. hooked up w local 4-guy team GUTS and got post-race food recommendations as well as an escort thru town using secret shortcuts. well, not really that much shorter but it was still cool.
TREK 1, no CPs, 5.5mi
from the finish line (cruel...) up to the paddle put-in on a paved bike trail. mandatory route, but no mandatory gear. jogged.
PADDLE 1, no CPs, 5mi
downstream on the North Platte River. first 1/2 was just flat and then we went thru man-made WW park w i think four Class 3 rapids. me and Garrison made it thru each but had to stop twice to bail water. we had a fun time on the third rapid...http://vimeo.com/channels/cowboytough2014/10132140.... after that we looked up and rocky33/Space Monkey were no where to be seen. they cleared the rapid but took on too much water, flipped, and lost their boat. GUTS caught it though so we all reunited for the final rapid and paddle to finish line. much love for the local team today.
after we finished, Rachel got the news that one of her good friends had passed away after a mtb crash. this was hard on her and, by extension, on the team. take a minute to read Laura's story and then go take a beginner on a bike ride.
http://www.arkansasoutside.com/we-lost-a-hero/