Hi, everyone!!
I hope everyone is enjoying the fact that Spring has finally (cross your fingers!) sprung, and is getting in some good training… we certainly have over the past 10 days or so!
Backing up a week and a half to Friday April 10, I was out with Keith doing some training… first, a bit of [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘gear’
April 22, 2009
I’ve decided that it MAY be possible to overdo it…
April 1, 2009
A great training weekend!
Well, my post is going to be upstaged a bit, since Jeni’s race certainly takes precedence, but a week earlier, we got together for one of our best training day(s) we’ve had in a while…
Friday morning, J and I left for the drive to Missoula, complete with inflatable kayak in the back of her baby [...]
January 20, 2009
Pleasantly Lost…
It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at “Adventure Sports Week Central!
Note the new name… we put in a bid for “AdventureWeek.com,” and found out that for only $15,000 it could be ours… thus, after several milliseconds of thoughtful deliberation, we decided that another choice would have to do for our new, updated website.
The [...]
January 2, 2009
New Year’s FART Training!
On December 30, several of our FART teammates and future FARTS arrived at the North Pole in CDA for New Years, and some good training!
Kelley, Jeni, Morgen, Andy, Liz, and Zeb all made it through the lightly falling blizzard just as Dave finished his 3 hours of shoveling, and settled in for the New Year’s [...]
December 28, 2008
Great Snow Training to “welcome” Winter…
Hi ho!
December 27th… after a marvelous fall, it’s been snowing for 10 straight days… 5 feet… help! Glub, glub… record 24 hour snowfall, record 5 day… send St. Bernard!
Yup. After no snow until basically 10 days ago, I’m rapidly running out of room to pile the snow. At least until today, it had been cold [...]
December 27, 2008
Happy Holidays to all of you!
Ho, ho, ho…
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope that you all had a peaceful, happy and healthy Christmas and DBD day… (Dave’s Birthday Day). Yes, there’s nothing like having your birthday on December 26 when you’re a kid, but I must say, Lisa makes a marvelous effort to make my birthday special, and with all of [...]
December 20, 2008
A couple of weeks training, and winter’s arrival
Sorry it’s been so long since I posted… we’ve been busy getting Adventure Week 2009 going, and boy, has it been going!
Things are really underway, and we hope to have the online registration up within the next day or so, and the facilities are really shaping up.
We’ve had some great news with the addition of [...]
August 20, 2008
gear list for Big Blue race
from the official website:
Mandatory Gear:
Individual:
To be carried by each competitor at ALL times:
• Backpack with or without water bladder
• Water
• Knife, fixed or locking blade
• Headlamp
• Survival mirror
• Whistle
• Fleece light weight long sleeve top
• Waterproof top outer layer, jacket or shell
• Space Blanket
Mountain Biking Equipment:
• Helmet that meets the ANSI [...]
July 30, 2008
Lessons Learned – Ocean Blue
A few recommendations …
Arrive earlier than the recommended time.
Bring a tarp for the transition area
Bring a kayak backpack with all mandatory gear. But leave it in the kayak. Have a second set of mandatory gear in a running / bike pack.
Hydrate as much as possible during the kayak stage, without breaking stroke. Have [...]
