Somer Breeze 24-hour Adventure Race
June 04-05, 2005, Lake Somerville State Park, Somerville
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Team TOW/pre-race
(R-L) Jason, Maribel, Kim and the photographer.
7:59 AM. Saturday
The moment before the start of the race
Plotting the first series of Check Points (CPs) 8:38 AM - 1:31 PM. Paddling
Approx. 15 minutes into this leg, we began the "hike-a-boat" tour.
Aren't we supposed to be in the lake? Are we there yet? Our mule :-) Finally - CP1!!!
"Chubbies! Chubbies!"
We accompanied each other all the way to CP2.
More "hike-a-boat" en route to CP3.
I should have helped more during this leg like this image I've seen before - click here to view
1:48 PM - 4:17 PM. Trekking
These aren’t the scenes from the latest Survivor. However, my teammates did unanimously vote me to be the “test dummy” for this special test.
Kim and Jason were the excellent navigators. Of course, my assistance was needed from time to time :-)
Here're some teams we ran into during this leg - HART... Werewolves of Austin Chubbies Rule! :-)
4:39 PM - 11:50 PM. Biking As Maribel mentioned before, we were temporaly mislocated for hours and nearly rode off the map. Kudos to Kim who did a superb job of navigating at night and led us from CP11 to CP18.
Midnight at TA - (L-R) Jason took the much-needed nap. Maribel prepared for the next paddling leg. After having 3 slices of pizza, 1 frappuccino and 2 Motrin IB, I felt the rushing adrenalin. :-) 0:53 AM - 6:00 AM. Sunday, Paddling
Long, dark night out there ...
6:00 AM. Sunday
After 5 hours of paddling at night, everyone was glad to be back on shore.
6:30 AM. Sunday, Trekking
We were on the way to our last CP.
Team TOW/post race
Notice that Jason was MIAing from the picture - he was in the shower stall already!!
For the completed results, visit www.toocoolracing.com.
Links:
TOW Adventure Racing Team