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Friday Jul 27, 2018 #
Adventure Race 24:00:00 [3]
Leg 4, Trek, 17 miles
We started to TA, and then decided to take a nap. Brenda and I did not sleep, and the guys were able to, so I think I was the only one who had not slept yet. We headed off, and I realized that I had left my trekking poles in the uhaul. Ugh. Eric was quite kind and shared his poles with me. We did a few quick points near the TA, and swung back to drop off our control card. There were new Uhauls there and my trekking poles were there! I felt SO RELIEVED. I really knew I needed them! Then, back out to cross the ridgelines, and get to 5 where are bikes were staged. We had to carry food and supplies for both of these legs, which in the end lasted 24 hours. The trek was beautiful, and met up a kind stranger who took our photo and sent it along to some of our family members:
I was really feeling good at the end of this trek, we TA’d a bit better despite needing to roll maps, completely fill bottles and change into bike clothes. We were off again. My legs felt heavy for about 10 minutes, but they came around. We were really moving through this section, and for a few hours just flying it seemed. I started to have terrible tummy, but took many many many tums and pepto tabs which kept it at bay. We stopped at a gas station and I got some other food, which helped A LOT. It had started to rain, again. As we were going down an ATV trail, I remember asking Brenda why we are doing this. She thought it was strange, but said cause it’s fun. This was the beginning of an about 5 hour episode of sleep deprivation disorientation. I thought we were in Michigan. Brenda tried to tell me numerous times we are in Maine. They knew I needed sleep, but couldn’t stop because we had a 6a cutoff to make. I started to come around a bit, and was able to start to run hard to the TA. We didn’t make the cutoff. In the end, it wouldn’t have changed our placement, but was disappointing. Since we had a bit of time, I rested a bit. I did some looking up on this type of sleep dep, and turns out it’s pretty normal.
We started to TA, and then decided to take a nap. Brenda and I did not sleep, and the guys were able to, so I think I was the only one who had not slept yet. We headed off, and I realized that I had left my trekking poles in the uhaul. Ugh. Eric was quite kind and shared his poles with me. We did a few quick points near the TA, and swung back to drop off our control card. There were new Uhauls there and my trekking poles were there! I felt SO RELIEVED. I really knew I needed them! Then, back out to cross the ridgelines, and get to 5 where are bikes were staged. We had to carry food and supplies for both of these legs, which in the end lasted 24 hours. The trek was beautiful, and met up a kind stranger who took our photo and sent it along to some of our family members:
I was really feeling good at the end of this trek, we TA’d a bit better despite needing to roll maps, completely fill bottles and change into bike clothes. We were off again. My legs felt heavy for about 10 minutes, but they came around. We were really moving through this section, and for a few hours just flying it seemed. I started to have terrible tummy, but took many many many tums and pepto tabs which kept it at bay. We stopped at a gas station and I got some other food, which helped A LOT. It had started to rain, again. As we were going down an ATV trail, I remember asking Brenda why we are doing this. She thought it was strange, but said cause it’s fun. This was the beginning of an about 5 hour episode of sleep deprivation disorientation. I thought we were in Michigan. Brenda tried to tell me numerous times we are in Maine. They knew I needed sleep, but couldn’t stop because we had a 6a cutoff to make. I started to come around a bit, and was able to start to run hard to the TA. We didn’t make the cutoff. In the end, it wouldn’t have changed our placement, but was disappointing. Since we had a bit of time, I rested a bit. I did some looking up on this type of sleep dep, and turns out it’s pretty normal.