On Friday night I drove 4hrs south of Minneapolis to Boone in Iowa
where the 12hrs Adventure Race The Boonecrusher was taking place the following
day. I was supposed to race with Pete from the Minneapolis Adventure racing
team: Team Midwest Mountaineering, but he injured his leg the week
before, but luckily I found a substitute teammate via the race organizer. So
Amy and I was ready for race start at 7am Saturday morning: race on!
It was a 90km
course with MTB, trekking/running and canoeing. we had several challenges on
the route, including the decision to ride a MTB single track in hilly terrain
after a night of rain (= no grip and a lot of walking with the bike) and a
double flat on my MTB. However after 9 hours and 44 minutes we reached the
finish line and it turned out that we came in 2nd in the 2 person category (out
of 17 teams) Only beaten by the local Minneapolis team Wedali, who are
the 2011 Checkpoint Tracker Adventure Racing National Champions in the US.
Amy and I at the finish line
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