The race started with a mass boat launch and a short paddle down to the first CP/TA. It started snowing as soon as we got in the water. Paddling is…
From Bruce Dale (Team 5-0), Bruce raced with Dale Long of Conway SC. Dale is the current Columbia Chapter President, check out their entire race report and results here!
I raced with Dale Long of the Columbia Chapter and we were hoping to move up from our 5th overall finish from 2007. This was one of those races were you’re reminded of…
Congrats to Jeff, Brian and Ernie for finishing their respective races at the Uwharrie Trail Run in early February. This trail run is known for the toll it takes on the runners given the often cold temps, muddy trails and early season timing. Jeff tackled the 20 miler with time of 3HRs 48MIN, Brian took a very well run 23rd…
Break Time, Rocky Road, Matt Jenkins droppin’ in, 29″ RATT, RATT Rider, Take it on the run., Mac Dodge,
Well, judging from the racer feedback the ORATT was a success with 21 riders…
Starting Line, Bruce Dale/Finish, Jeff Thompson
Well, what can we say the toughest offering yet of this classic…Bruce and Jeff took it on the chin with 73.8 miles of riding over 11HRS10MIN in the saddle…..classic rocky singletrack climbs….barbwire fence crossing bushwhacks…cramped feet and hands downhills….missed the damn connector trails navigation and very nice…
Congrats to Ernie Chilcott and Charlie Roberts for their 5th place overall and 1st place Duo finish in the July 21st OAR 24HR AR! The Duo completed the event in 19HRs 04MIN over very tough course in the Roanoke Va. area. For complete results see OAR24
Closing In.., Torc XC Photo, On the Chase, Start area,
If there’s one lesson to be learned from this posting is that you don’t run a 5K prior to racing in an 18 mile XC singlespeed bike race in 90 degree heat. Though admittedly a slow learner, Bruce…
Congrats to Ernie and Charlie for their great performance at the Burn 24 Hour MTB race in Wilkesboro NC on May 26-27th. The two paired up to race in the very competitive open duo category and came up with a third place finish with 33 laps. Both of them reported having a strong but trying race with the…
Triangle-AR Team, Juancho, Muddy Mess, Raleigh area racers, Miller Time!, Bruce Dale
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PISGAH MTB ADVENTURE RACE RESULTS:
17th- Ernie Chilcott/ Charlie Roberts 10:01 4 Checkpoints
19th- Dave Anderson/Preston Aldridge 10:48 4 Checkpoints
21st- Brian Thompson/ Jeff Thompson 11:02 4 Checkpoints
23rd- Innes Wright/ Grant McCullough 11:12…
Team member Bruce Dale competed in the 4 Hour Garner EMS MTB race Saturday finishing 3rd among the Single speed racers and fourth among all SOLO male racers with 8 laps. Surprisingly among the 30 SOLO male racers the 2nd, 3rd and 4th places were all single speed riders! Check out the race reports for more details!
Brian finished his second marathon in 3:47:19 (32nd overall)…23 minutes better than last year.
Preliminary results for the RDU-Trailblazer’s are in from the Swamp Fox 12HR Adventure Race, visit our race report section for details:
1st Place- 3 Person, 5th overall, 8HRS 47MINS
Bruce Dale, Dale Long, Rory Avant
1st Place- 2 Female, 10HRS 45MINS
Shelly Fischer, Sheila Whight
40-mile:
Winner 6:14:01
Brian Thompson 7:54:02 (14)
Ernie Chilcott 8:55:49 (36)
Charlie Roberts 8:58:00 (37)
20-mile:
Winner …
January 13-14: Natural Bridge Va.
Brian Thompson Raced as a member of Team Momentum, the team fared very well with a 2nd place 4-Male placing and 5th overall Pro-full course finish. The team finished in 22:16 raw time with a 3HR added penalty for “abandoned gear” for a final time of 25:16
Club results from the Little River Run are in: Good work by all, this is a tough time of the year to push through a long trail run.
NEXT UP FOR SEVERAL MEMBERS: The Uwharrie Trail Run……
9 MILER-
Jeff Thompson 1:14.59
Ernie Chilcott 1:16.57
Rob McClintock 1:20.43
Kate Bowman 1:38.38
5K (Long)-
Deena…
Brian and Jeff headed to Virginia Beach to race in a 12hr adventure race, a 5 mile trail run and a 6hr urban orienteering event…all in one weekend…and came away with a 3rd and 4th place finish respectively. Read the full race report.
Brian and Jeff headed to Virginia Beach to race in a 12hr adventure race, a 5 mile trail run and a 6hr urban orienteering event…all in one weekend…and came away with a 3rd and 4th place finish respectively. Read the full race report.
Bruce and Brian competed in the 11/4 “Curse at the Crab” 6 hour MTB race at Lake Crabtree Park. Thanks to the Triangle Cyclopaths for supporting this race..great food..great volunteers and very organized. The 6 hour relay format had a total of 95 racers in the SOLO, DUO and TRIO category…Brian finished 10th out of 38 racers in…
Charlie and Ernie raced as part of team Check Point Zero with Paul Cox and Beth Reyburn finishing in 7th place overall. Due to heavy storms the course was halted leaving teams to be pulled from the course, adjustments were made based on time and progress to determine final rankings. Read Charlie’s race report or visit…
After taking off two years to concentrate on race director duties, Bruce was able to race again, teaming up with two fellow Law Enforcement Officers; Dale Long and Rory Avant from S.C to form Palmetto-Tarheels. The trio was able to complete the entire bike leg, logging 33 miles and obtained all 18 points to gain a 50 pt. rogaine…
Despite some last minute snafus, Brian placed 3rd overall and 1st solo in the Enduring Freedom AR, a sprint AR held at San-Lee Park in Sanford.
Brian and Charlie (along with 380 of their closest friends) tackled the brutal 65 mile, 11,000+ feet Off Road Assault on Mt. Mitchell in Pisgah National Forest. Charlie had a mechanical early in the race which limited him to just 3 gears and he still finished in 100th place with a time of 7hrs 50min. Brian wasn’t too far behind…
Well Folks…Sean made a step toward working his way back from knee problems by rolling through the Begginer Men’s race at the Huck-a-Buck race on Sunday….his time of 1:12.27 was good for 22nd out of 37 riders…that says alot that he beat 15 riders given how long his recovery has taken, good to see him back sweating, covered in dirt…
Well folks, they did it…Ernie and Charlie finished the big one on July 3rd after approximately 8 days of racing!!…this was a huge endeavor for both of them in terms of training, travel and expenses. They should definitely be proud of their 21st place finish as team 24/7, when you begin to look at the company they were keeping…
Brian struggled early in this extreme navigation event and eventually lost his passport somewhere between CPs 13 and 14. Despite the mishap, Brian continued racing and finished all but the last leg in 21 hours.
Jeff and Brian traveled to the Catoctin Mountains in southern PA to compete in the Michaux Memorial Day Rogaine. The team came away with a 3rd overall and 1st all male finish in the 24hr event.
Charlie and Ernie teamed up with Beth Reyburn (TX) and Pete Stilwell (NM) as Team 24Seven for a 1st overall finish at the 3-day Rock, Roll, and Rattlesnake Challenge in Haskell, TX.
Three Triangle ARers made it for this epic race outside Brevard, NC. Bruce and Brian placed 18th out of 53 teams punching 4 of the 5 CPs in 11:48. Despite some significant mechanicals (broken seat post), Jeff and Charlotte rider Clay Faine also punched 4 CPs and placed 26th with a time of 17:46.
Ernie and Bruce competed in this relay style MTB race at San-Lee trails in Sanford finishing the day 2nd among the duo teams, one lap down from first place. Laps were around 5 miles with Bruce completing 6 and Ernie 5. Check out the race report for more details….
Bruce, Brian, and Ernie raced to 2nd place overall in the open division!
Brian and Jeff raced to 1st place in the 2-man division and 5th overall, despite some non-standard use of UTM’s by the race director!
Brian, Charlie, and Ernie raced to 5th place overall in this brutal 40 hour race put on by Race Day.
Triangle AR had some great showings. Charlie placed 1st overall and Brian was 2nd, both as solo entries. And Jeff was on the first placed coed team. Another Hammer racer Dale Long of S.C finished 1st as a member of the winning 911 Police team.
Brian and Jeff participated in the American Bushwhacking Championship (Rogaine). Brian placed 6th overall and was the 3rd soloist, while Jeff placed 7th overall and was the 4th soloist.
Some additional race results: Bruce tied for first place in the Greenbrier Challenge (03:05), and Jeff Thompson and Steve Sowell took 11th in the Midnight Rush. Congrats to all!
Bruce and Charlie finished 3rd in the two-man team division of the Wild 100 (11th overall).
Bruce tied for 1st place after riding 52 miles with a 16.9 MPH average, beating all of the relay teams in the process!
After a 2.5 hour training bike ride, Brian and Bruce took 3rd in a very long and difficult “red” course at the local o-meet. Usually the red course takes around 60-75 minutes, but this time it was just over 120! Sean made the bike ride and the 1st third of the o-course, but after a tough spring health wise, dropped…
Ernie, Charlie, and Kirsten Reff placed 10th in the Mountain Sports Festival AR. A slightly mis-plotted CP (due to mild hypothermia…don’t ask) combined with trying to navigate a blank section on the map with lots of posted property probably delayed us for an hour or more. It was a good result considering the stupid mistakes we made that day.
Bruce raced with a couple of other folks. He said it was mostly o-markers to find and not a true adventure race. Finished 6th in the 3 person category.
Ernie and Charlie tied for 1st in the two-person team division and 5th overall. Finish time 3 days, 19hr, 54min.
Bruce teamed up with Steve Sowell and Jeff Thompson as team “3 Dawg Knight” and finished 1st overall in 3:11:28.
Bruce raced with 3 other mountain bikers and they placed 1st in their division with 26 laps.
Bruce teamed up with Dale Long and Derek Ard to compete in the Law Enforcement category of the 11th annual USMC “MudRun”. The four mile course consisted of a cross country run interspersed with Military style obstacles, such as culvert pipes, cargo nets, six foot walls, rope assisted climbs and mud pits. Competing as team 15th Circuit…
Brian finished 4th in the 24hr Wayne Rogaine. He competed as a solo and scored 2039.
Bruce and Charlie rode approximately 73 miles, finishing 3rd in the 2-man team division and 11th overall on the “standard” course (out of 71 teams/solos). 09:39:45
Brian, Bruce, Charlie, and Sean teamed up for this race in WV. In the end, only two teams finished ranked, but they both took “alternate” routes that allowed them to make the cut-offs. While they were given 6 and 12 hour penalties for their route selections, all the teams that followed the passport were not able to continue. We…
Josh’s diet is an annual training race, that proved quite difficult this year. Charlie, Bruce, Brian, and Ernie all went to VA to take part, and did quite well. They were the 2nd team and 5th overall in 10 hours and 40 minutes.
Charlie and Sean teamed up and placed 2nd in the 2-person category of this 24 hour moutain bike race. The loop was 9 miles and included some decent short climbs (for eastern NC), quick descents, and lots of roots. Charlie got in 10 laps, anywhere from 50 minutes to just over an hour. His last two were a blazing 57…
Ernie raced the 40 miler, and placed 33rd out of 75 finishing males. His time of 9 hours 33 minutes was almost 45 minutes faster than last year! Consider that was without any distance running training! Here’s what he had to say: The trail was a complete mud bath and there were at least 10 additional river crossings this year…
We all raced the soup bowl, which is an individual event. It’s a 2 mile cross country run, a 5 mile mountain bike, and a 2 mile cross country run. Here are the results:
* Charlie: 5th out of 10 in the Single Speed category: 1:14:57
* Bruce: 15th out of 41 in the Advanced category: 1:14:25
* Ernie: 22nd out of 41…
2nd all-male team, 8th overall (31 hrs 42 min). 78 teams started, only 22 crossed the finish line. Charlie, Ernie and Brian raced. Sean supported.
1st overall, expert category in Orienteering Score “O”. Punched 410 of 460 available points. _Brian, Ernie, and Charlie competed as a team.
Sean and Brian placed 20th overall in their first ever Rogaine, which was also the national championship event! (race report)
Sean, Ernie, and Bruce raced as a 3 person male team and placed 5th out of 15. Brian raced solo.
1st 4-person male, 8th overall (56 hrs 14 min). Sean and Charlie raced with Jon Sherwin and Ron Eaglin as team Adventure Sports Magazine.
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