Welcome Paula

TMMAR welcomes the newest member to the team. Paula officially joined the team this year but has raced with TMMAR members in the past. Paula brings over 8 years of AR with nearly 50 adventure based events under her belt.

We are definitely looking forward to her contributions and leadership. Welcome aboard.

MNOC AR TUNE UP

MNOC AR Tune up

Not an official race but it is structure and operated like an AR Sprint. This week Pete and I again as two person. The race was up north of Elk River in the Sand Dunes State Park. This race is structured to be 4-6 hours with Orienteering, Running, Cycling and some Kayaking.

We started at 9:15 and based on experience we jumped out in a quick lead to make sure we stayed ahead of the CP1 pile up. After grabbing the next five CP’s we transitioned to our bikes for about 12 miles and a few CP’s. Back on foot for some more orienteering using nothing but a satellite map of the area. Back on the bike for another CP before we transitioned to the Kayaks. This leg was on a marshy lake. Lots of weeds and cattails. Three CP’s hidden the weeds and back to the bikes for a few more miles and the last three CP’s. These ended up being in an area where “hiking the bike” was necessary as the sand was so loose and tons of downed debris.

Pete did a great job at navigating this race as we spent less than five total minutes looking for all 19 CP’s. For the most part, they were right where we expected. Even though we finished in three hours even this race kicked my ass. Not sure if it is the lack of sleep, poor nutrition, out of shape or just……a tough sprint.

Bike, Hike (, Ass-Slide) and BBQ

Team,
David and Pete took an unofficial first place at the Bike Hike BBQ this past weekend. We beat Justin and Molly from WEDALI who were riding with Tom Puzak from 24-7 by 1-2 minutes. Tom rode the whole event with a broken finger....one hand on the handlebars. We were neck and neck, then Molly had a flat. We got to the orienteering section, and searched for CP10 for about 10 minutes. It wasn't out yet (Dan Williams strikes again.....).

David showed me how to properly descend a cliff.... at least how to properly descend the first 10%. The rest was an excerpt from Will'e Coyote. Complete with the poof at the bottom of the cliff. I made it down 25% before I did my imitation.

No bragging rights for this event. It was fun and a great day.