MNOC 8HR Race July 12

MNOC did another great job at setting up an extremely challenging and fun course. This 8 hour raced proved to be that and more with the majority of teams finishing at the 8hr mark. The setting was North of Bloomer WI in a very remote section of the Chippewa Falls National Forest. This course provided everything from deep woods with more deer flies then anyone expected, single track riding (that is being modest as there some sections that were just overgrown animal trails loaded with stumps, rocks and fallen trees), swimming to reach CP14
, equal parts of portaging and kayaking and some deep bog and swamp trekking. All of this combined with a beautiful day made this one of the best races!

This was the TMMAR first race without Cheeks (aka. Clark Flowers) but we had a solid replacement with William Eddy who backed up a nearly flawless orienteering by Peter.

The race had a few spills. I took header over the bars trying to bunny hop a log and Peter did a face plant after flipping over his handle bars. Jessica provided a little anxiety early in the race with a broken chain that proved to not have an significant impact in the race.
Another pitfall was the miscalculation of the race time and water. Once again most of us were running on a few ounces to get us through the last hour or so. Never again! At a minimum I will always carry two extra bottle so of Vitamin Water as insurance….calories and electrolytes!

Top spots went to Wedali (Congrats). TMMAR took second. And I think Speed Kills took third.

Results should be posted at MNOC soon