Bryan, TX 02/28/2009 What makes adventure racing so much fun for me, is that Lisa and I can compete together. The race took place on a day where the winds were reported to be at 40 miles per hour. We were required to either trek, mountain bike, or paddle to coordinates on a map.
Our inexperience was evident right from the beginning. The maps we were given were in kilometers, and our measuring devices were standard. Luckily, a nice gentleman showed us how to make our own measuring device.
The noobness, did not end there. At each check point we needed to take the hole punch at each check point, and punch a card that we needed to carry with us called a "passport". Well, since the winds were blowing at 40 miles per hour, Lisa lost the passport while we were looking for the second checkpoint. I'm glad I don't have a temper. If I would have said anything out of anger, it would have come back to bite me later, when it was my turn to lose the passport during a mountain bike leg. Luckily for us, Lisa saw that I dropped the passport, and was able to retrieve it.
Overall, it was a great race. We ended up finishing last, because we skipped two checkpoints that required us to paddle across the white capped Lake Bryan. We didn't die, and had a blast finishing in five hours.
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