AMANDA AND JUSTIN

I finally got the pictures downloaded from the camera and found a picture of Amanda and Justin that Dave Shultz took.

Sunflower Adventure

We took two teams to the Sunflower Adventure Race in Lawrence Kansas last weekend. John and I did the 24 Hour course while Justin and Amanda took on the 12 Hour course. We figured we had the bigger challenge but it seems the wind picked up on the 12 hours first lake paddle and swamps some canoes. We started an hour later and did a trek to their canoe take-out to put in ourselves but were diverted to another trek when they didn't show on time. Everyone was eventually pulled from the water safely but you could cut the tension with a knife as we came through that CP not knowing if Amanda and Justin were one of the teams that required rescuing.

They ended up alright and were diverted back to shore after helping some of the swimming teams.

I can't speak to the short course but I know the long course had close to 95 total miles split between biking, trekking, three orienteering sections and canoeing on the Kansas River. We had three rope elements; a 11 story rappel, rope bridge and a zip line. Very cool indeed. One of the highlights of the entire race was the CP placed at the 24 hour donut shop in Lawrence. That cinammon roll really hit the spot.

John and I finished in 2nd place in the two person open division and 8th overall with a time of 16 hours and 43 minutes.

Amanda and Justin finished 13th out of 24 teams with 25 minutes left until the 12 hour cutoff.



There are more pictures at the link below:

Sunflower 24 Pictures

Bonk Hard Chill

Off Road Fixation had two teams for the Bonk Hard Chill. John and Amanda Clausen teamed up for the Chill, the race that brought them together for the first time. The way John tells it, if they can make it through the Chill without ripping each others throats out, their marraige is good for at least another 75 years. They finished fourth in the 8 hour division.

Justin Montgomery raced with another team under the Green and Gold name. This was Justin's first adventure race and they finished the full course in just over 8 hours without missing a CP. Great job out there!

I ended up volunteering for the event but didn't get around to taking many pictures as I planned.

Catchup Time

I've been posting like crazy on my daughters soccer blog and have left my entries here slip. So it is catchup time.

Rockin the Paceline

Team Offroad Fixation in action. The team formally known as "BAMF" works a tight paceline for the Ozark Greenways Adventure Race.

CAMPFIRE USA

I just got word from Campfire USA that they have $5000 to spend on new tandem bikes and they want me and another bike volunteer to help pick out bikes for them. Needless to say, me and Dan are like school kids on Christmas morning. His son is one of the visually impaired that we take out on bike rides in the summer. We've been using their old broken down bikes for the past couple of years and it will be great to put these kids on some new steel. Looks like the Bike Stop in Blue Springs is going to check on some prices for us. I'll add pictures when we get delivery. More later.

Kelly

Blue Springs Adventure Race

We are waiting on all the details to get worked out but just wanted to let everyone know we will be promoting our first adventure race in Blue Springs, MO. The date will be April 26th.