Adventure Race 15:00:00 [5]
Whiskeytown Adventure Race. Back still bothersome, but a non-factor at race. Our goal was to clear the manatory course and skip and bonus checkpoints and minimize navigation errors. It started with Mountain Bike ride to top of Bally and we were crushed and my teammate suffered on his second time ever on a Mtn. Bike. We passed a few team, but confirmed we would be near the back the whole time. Flet good to transition to the Trek which had a great combination of peaks, valleys, bushwack, and small trails. Hit the first two checkpoints easy and worked with another team on 6 and 7. Frankly, it is unlikely that we would have found CP7 without their help at night. Their navigator was from the area and relentless and we eventually found it. We banged our way up Bally and ran out of water for the last hour. Cold at the top and hoped for quick run back to the main TA. However, one light malfuction at start of singletrack and we did not have any backup and I had accidently left our main treking lights at the drop. Anyway, this turned this section into a long slog and we battled along and found the next few CPs. We got to CP 11 and were in the right general location, but never could find the CP. I heard some other teams also struggled with this. We grabbed some food and then headed out for the kayak and it was a perfect and good paddle. We skipped the two CPs to allow my teammate to make his flight out of SFO.