Triangle Adventure Racing Team

Brian, Jeff and Bruce traveled to Lake Brandt, Greensboro to compete in the Flying Frog AR as team E-Caps.com. Jeff and Bruce had competed in the race in 2004 with Steve Sewell and come away with 1st overall. The race began with teams trying to piece together their race maps with tape, (the maps had been cut like puzzle pieces) they completed this task on the bottom of the boat while paddling the long out and back boat leg. The team was able to hold it’s own in the team category but were passed by Solo racers using kayaks. Coming out of the water in 5th the team started the 5 mile run to managing to pick up a few more places. As they arrived at their bikes, there was an option to throw horseshoes or skip the event and take a 5 minute penalty. Based on other teams struggling at the task, they wisely took the penalty and rode onto the approximately 10 miles of singletrack. During the short ride the team was able to move into 1st place and started the final run just minutes up on 2nd place. During a short orienteering course the second place team was able to follow them around the course gaining valuable time of not having to concentrate on navigation. Coming off the orienteering course the lead was down to less than a minute. The final trail run of approximately 5 miles took it’s toll on Bruce, who struggled with leg cramps. This soon led to the team being passed repeatedly and dropping into 5th. The final event turned out to be pull-ups, which required each member to complete 5 or face significant time penalties….despite the misgivings all three racers were able to complete the task and run on to the finish.