Our friend and patient Bucky was going to race with me. He ended up having work obligations/got sick right before, so Amanda decided to "replace" him.
This meant two things: We were changing class (from Duo to Co-ed duo) and half of the team's training was going to consist primarily of Zumba dance sessions :)
This was going to be an interesting fitness experiment. I mainly trained by surfing. My mountain bike sessions being limited to twice a week. Amanda trained by doing Zumba and only got to ride MTB once per week.
Our premise was that we wanted to do this race without having to ride on the road or get on a stationary trainer. We wanted the "training" portion to be fun.
Race day came and it was a perfect day! 60 degrees and sunny. The trail was a mix of flowy singletrack , rockgardens and some doubletrack, with some roots sprinkled throughout.
There were about 100 racers. Our class had 5 duos. We ended up in 2nd place and most importantly, had an amazing time! I don't think this will be our last endurance race... Official results, lap times and photos below.
http://results.active.com/pages/displayNonGru.jsp?rsID=121095
DUO CO-ED RESULTS
Place Bib Firstname Lastname Laps Time
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1 68 DENA ALI 10 5:53:01 1: 33:34 33:34
2: 38:18 1:11:52
3: 30:41 1:42:32
4: 36:33 2:19:05
5: 31:42 2:50:46
6: 36:57 3:27:43
7: 34:03 4:01:46
8: 37:41 4:39:26
9: 34:33 5:13:59
10: 39:03 5:53:01
2 134 AMANDA DAN CERQUEIRA 8 5:59:16 1: 40:48 40:48
2: 35:36 1:16:23
3: 55:04 2:11:27
4: 57:47 3:09:13
5: 35:38 3:44:50
6: 41:26 4:26:15
7: 53:21 5:19:36
8: 39:41 5:59:16
3 47 DAN AND BETH INGRAM/ BALL AND 7 5:28:08 1: 46:17 46:17
2: 57:53 1:44:09
3: 37:21 2:21:30
4: 56:22 3:17:52
5: 37:13 3:55:04
6: 57:24 4:52:27
7: 35:41 5:28:08
4 75 MATT JENKINS/COOK 7 5:58:26 1: 58:28 58:28
2: 47:00 1:45:28
3: 49:22 2:34:49
4: 52:36 3:27:25
5: 51:38 4:19:02
6: 48:54 5:07:56
7: 50:30 5:58:26
5 145 SARWAT PARTNER KHATTAX 4 3:19:02 1: 46:48 46:48
2: 49:57 1:36:45
3: 46:48 2:23:33
4: 55:30 3:19:02
The team
Our number
The race starts on pavement and funnels into singletrack
The pit area
Passing through a checkpoint, lap #6, or 7? Or 8? Not sure at this point...
Amanda, on the fire road about to enter the singletrack
Crossing the finish line right before the 6 hour mark
Cooling down
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