Congratulations to our TeamSOG teammates Chris Caul, Toby Coker, and Jen Belt who placed first at Tidewater Traverse. Here is Chris's race report:
First off what a race! It was my first time racing with Jen and only second with Toby and all I can say is they ROCK!
We had a fun race and raced strong and fast but the flat land navigation really challenged me. Despite my running us in circles in brier patches for hours - when we crossed the finish line we discovered we had actually won the race. Tons of great times out on the course. Some of the highlights were - Following Toby on the bike portions(it was like riding behind a piece of plywood) - Hearing Toby and I cry like babies because we were having our skin torn apart with the thorns and briers and Jen just going walking through the same sections without saying a word(she is tough as nails) - Doing a bike O in a single track park and actually having fun! - And perhaps the best thing was having all three of us paddle my 2 person touring kayak, I hope to get pics from that experience. We came up with the idea during coffee on Sat morning, tried it out at race check in then executed it in 20 miles of paddling. I know this was a tough spot for Jen but once again she was a stud. As I said I had difficulty with the nav - so did some of the other teams - 2 coed teams that crossed the finish line before us had actually punched 2 of the mandatory points with the same punch by mistake. Due to this we ended up being the first team to finish with all the mandatory points. This is another example of the race aint over till you cross the line. It was a great time and look forward to more in the future.
Chris
Team SOG got a slow start to the season but we have put up some strong finishes lately. Next event for our team is USARA Nationals. This victory shows the depth of our team as Joe Moerschbaecher is out for the rest of the season with an injury and Julia Pollock was not able to race. Chris Caul once again showed his experience and leadership in captaining the team to a second victory in his last to Adventure Races
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