2012 Rev3\MK Adventure Racing Team
John Hohenberger – Captain |
Cleveland, OH |
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At a high level, I’m both an adventure racer and a triathlete. My participation in ARs has grown slowly and steadily since I saw Eco Challenge back in 2000 or 2001. Every year I’ve participated in 2-4 person male divisions, with 2010 being my best year. That year, I was part of a 2 person team (Salamander with Joe) that won CheckPoint Tracker’s point series competing in six 24+ hour events as well as the Rev3 Cedar Point 140.6 full triathlon.
Why Adventure Racing?I’m always up to try something new and every race is a different with new challenges. I guess it’s the thrill of the unknown and trying to be prepared for it. |
. | 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Lighting Strikes 2010 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2009 Efix 2009 Wild & Wonderful 2009 Lionheart 24hr 2009 Society South Kettle Moraine Challenge 24hr |
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Mark Harris, Team Captain |
Centreville, VA |
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Hailing from the mountains of South Wales Mark has always had a passion for the outdoors and the recreation that it can provide. Growing up in an outdoor education center ingrained mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, and other outdoor pursuits into Mark’s body and soul. Mark’s says “I have always had a passion for outdoor sports, want to maintain a level of fitness and have fun.
Why Adventure Racing?It is 2am, the mist is low making is hard to see further than 100 yards and your cloths are damp to the touch. No one else but your team mates are around and the long unified beam of light cast by your head lights bouncing off the section of woods that it illuminates is the only thing you can see anyway. You feel hungry, the thought of eating is nauseating but you know a necessity. The trail mix congeals in your mouth and you sip some water to help wash it down and give the extra bit of energy you need. Energy that keeps your tired legs moving forward, up the hill, through the under brush and onto the next checkpoint. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 2012 Adrenaline Rush 2011 Rocky Gap AR 2011 The Fig 2011 Lionheart 2010 USARA Nationals 2010 Lionheart 2010 Sheltowee Extreme 2010 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 2009 VentureQuest 2009 Rocky Gap 2009 Krista Griesaker |
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Dennis Azato, USARA Team Captain |
Burke, VA |
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I started Adventure Racing because I was looking for a new challenge in my life. I spent years pushing the limits in sports like mountain biking, climbing, running and white water kayaking, and I knew that AR could bring all these elements together. Once I did my first race I was hooked, and it continues to deliver the adrenaline fix I need.
Why Adventure Racing?Everyone has their release, the things they like to do to take the edge off. Adventure Racing is just that for me. It’s my fix, without it I’d go crazy! |
. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2012 Adrenaline Rush 2011 Linoheart 2011 Odyssey Efix 2011 Rev3 Epic 2010 Lycian Challenge (Turkey) 2010 Florida Coast to Coast 2010 Fat Otter AR 2009 Rev Frozen Foot Challenge 2009 Odyssey One Day 2009 Cradle Of Liberty 2009 Rocky Gap |
. 3rd DNF 3rd 4th DNF 4th 4th 4th 3rd 6th 1st |
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Greg Voelkel |
Pensacola, FL |
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Greg is an Air Force instructor pilot who currently lives on the beaches of Florida’s gulf coast. Whether flying F-15s, skiing a 14k peak in Colorado, or his typical bike commute to work, Greg is always planning his next adrenaline rush. Unfortunately for his students new to flying, that often means losing their lunch.
Why Adventure Racing?Adventure racing takes the persistence and drive required for endurance sports and combines it with teamwork, the skill of navigation and the excitement of the unknown. It is the only sport that combines all of my favorite hobbies into the perfect competition. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 2012 Rev3 Epic 2010 Mandatory Gear Adventure Race 2010 Black Beard 2010 Sproute Adventure Race 2010 Odyssey Sprint Adventure Race 2010 Yough Xtreme Adventure Race 2010 Odyssey Wild Wonderful 2009 VentureQuest 2009 Marine Corps Marathon 2009 Black Beard 2009 Tucson Half Marathon 2009 Ocmulgee AR |
. . 1st 4th 1st 1sth 1st 1st 1st 6th 2:56:37 1st 1:15:43 1st |
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Terri Spanogle |
Alexandria, VA |
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I started racing mountain bikes in 2007 and always like the challenge.
Why Adventure Racing?My passion is cycling, but I love new adventures and I’m looking forward to being part of a team. I like pushing new limits, and that is what adventure racing seems to be about. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2011 East Coast Championship 2012 Rev3 Epic 2011 Rocky Gap AR 2011 Lionheart 2010 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2010 Calleva Adventure Race |
. 1st 3rd 4th 2nd DNF . 2nd |
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Ernie Lawas |
Simsbury, CT |
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Ernie Lawas began his “adventure” career from humble beginnings as an avid rock and ice climber and mountain biker then branching into endurance sports via triathlons. The draw of a “thinking man’s” race and the element of the “unknown” along with the team nature of the sport inspired him to begin adventure racing. Racing on a two-man team for the first few years led to his joining his current team, with which he as raced for the past 4 years. Why Adventure Racing?Driven to find the limits of the human body and spirit has been a key factor in his choice to go faster, harder and longer in this sport. |
. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2011 NYARA: The Longest Day 2011 Odyssey: Endorphin Fix 2011 Equinox Traverse 2011 Rev3 Epic 2010 Yough Xtreme 2010 Odyssey: Endorphin Fix 2010 MVP Health Care Frigid Infliction 2009 AR Worlds Championship Portugal 2009 Untamed New England |
. 1st 5th 3rd 3rd 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd . 3rd |
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Aaron Courain |
Hopatcong, NJ |
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My first adventure race was a 6 hour sprint at Allamuchy in NJ in 2007. I had wanted to try adventure racing since watching the Eco-Challenge on the Discovery Channel in the 5th grade. After that first race, while racing with my brother John, we started doing 24 hour events, and dabbling in mountain bike racing, cyclocross and triathlons. My day job is a finite element analysis engineer for aerospace castings, and when I’m not racing or working, I’m enjoying the outdoors relative to whatever season is current.
Why Adventure Racing?It’s so appealing to me because it involves so much more than just speed on a mountain bike, or speed on foot. It takes great amounts of endurance in body and mind, a tolerance for pain and misery, an ability to make decisions while utterly exhausted, and exposes you to courses which go far beyond taped off trails. A 24 hour AR packs into one day what most people can’t accomplish in a week. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2011 ECAR Championship (2 man) 2011 GOALS Cradle of Liberty (2 man) 2011 NYARA Longest Day (2 man) 2011 NYARA Shag (2 Man) |
. 7th 1st 1st 2nd 1st |
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John Courain |
Morristown, NJ |
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I was a rower in high school and went on to row at Rutgers University on the varsity squad there for four years. I learned everything I know about training from my years as a rower and its really translated well in adventure racing. I found out about AR while watching a special on Discovery Channel about the ECO Challenge back in high school. I watched that every night for 5 days while the series was running and after that I knew what I was going to be doing when rowing at the college level came to a close.
Why Adventure Racing?I started with a 6 hour race with my brother and I at one of the NYARA events in Jersey and that was it… hooked for life. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2011 ECAR Championship (2 man) 2011 GOALS Cradle of Liberty (2 man) 2011 NYARA Longest Day (2 man) 2011 NYARA Shag (2 Man) |
. 7th 1st 1st 2nd 1st |
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Cory Mason |
Bloomington, IL |
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My name is Cory Mason, and I am 23 years old. I live in Peoria, IL and am a mechanical engineer with Caterpillar. Like my sister, I grew up playing many sports, such as baseball, basketball, soccer, cross country, and track. I was also a competitive swimmer for 13 years and have been an avid triathlete for the past 9 years (mainly sprint and Olympic distance.
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. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Lighting Strikes 2011 The Fig (2 person team) 2011 Castlewood 2011 BSA Physically Strong Challenge 2010 Castlewood |
. 1st 1st 1st 6th 3rd 6th |
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Britt Mason |
Bloomington, IL |
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I live in Bloomington, IL, and am a firefighter for the Champaign Fire Dept (home of the University of Illinois.) I grew up playing lots of sports, including softball, cross country, basketball, soccer, swimming, and track. I went to college at Western Illinois University, where I majored in Exercise Science and played softball. I am an avid CrossFitter, and I have started getting into adventure racing and orienteering the last couple years.
Why Adventure Racing?For me, adventure racing is all about discovering new places and testing my mental and physical limits. When you combine all of the disciplines of ARs into a race, you can create this incredible team atmosphere unlike any other sport I’ve competed in. I’m hooked for life. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Lighting Strikes 2011 The Fig (2 person team) 2011 Castlewood 2011 BSA Physically Strong Challenge 2010 Castlewood |
. 1st 1st 1st 6th 3rd 6th |
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David O’Rear |
Dahlonega, GA |
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I’m originally from Atlanta and after spending 22 years as a US Army Ranger, I now make my home in the Northeast Georgia Mountains. For the past 8 years I’ve worked for the Rangers as a civilian training specialist and mountaineering instructor! So you could say that even though I’m a 50 year old AR rookie, I’ve been training for AR’s my entire life. I’m an avid runner, cyclist, endurance athlete, and a fanatical single speed mountain biker! The previous three years I was member of Trakkers/Rev3 Age Group Triathlon Team but decided I would much rather spend my days and nights in the freezing rain, mud, etc… and have made a transition to the dark side of Rev3 racing! I look forward to a member of the AR team this year!
Why Adventure Racing?Adventure racing packages some of my favorite activities together into a single grueling event and the ultimate test of one’s endurance and pain threshold. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Sheltowee Extreme 2012 Wild & Wonderful 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Blue Ridge Mountain 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Midnight Rush AR |
. . . 7th ? 5th 5th |
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Julie Lee |
Knoxville, TN |
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Julie Lee is a certified instructor with The Rush Fitness Complex in the Knoxville, Tennessee. She teaches multiple Group-X formats that include; Cycle, Swim, Pilates, Strength, Cardio and Circuit. Julie resides in Oak Ridge, TN and grew up in Marietta Georgia. She is a graduate of The University of Georgia with a degree in Environmental Health Science. While in Athens Julie raced mountain bikes at the expert level and competed in triathlon and running competitions.
Why Adventure Racing?I enjoy mountain biking, hiking and camping with my friends and family and love anything to do with being outdoors. i am a self-proclaimed all-around outdoor enthusiast. I just completed my 1st Adventure Race in 2011 and enjoyed everything about the sport to include being outdoors, the challenge of the event, the great camaraderie of the team, and the always popular post race beer celebration. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Sheltowee Extreme 2012 Wild & Wonderful 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Blue Ridge Mountain |
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Chris Spiller |
Knoxville, TN |
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Chris started adventure racing in 2004 after he was coaxed, prodded and ultimately convinced by his brother to get in shape by setting a physical goal. Needless to say that first event was a disaster and I wound up getting lost in the woods without water for 3 hours. 8 years and 30 races later I’m still trying to find my way out of the woods. During the week I work for The Rush Fitness in Knoxville, TN as their Human Capital Officer.
Why Adventure Racing?I love the extreme challenge of pushing your body to the max and the camaraderie of doing something extreme with a team that relies on each member to complete the event. I also like the fact that Adventure racing is a thinking sport that requires physical and mental skills to compete. |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Sheltowee Extreme 2012 Wild & Wonderful 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Blue Ridge Mountain 2012 Rev3 Epic |
. . . 2nd . 3rd |
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David Ashley |
Deerfield Beach, FL |
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The Director of Operations for the 5th Space Launch Squadron at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida. Responsible for the safe and successful launch of Department of Defense, NASA, and commercial satellites into space with the Atlas V and Delta IV rockets.
Why Adventure Racing?I enjoy the outdoors and visiting parks around the country and around the world. I also enjoy trail running and mountain biking. Adventure racing joins many of my hobbies into a single event, and allows me to share it with some fantastic friends or challenge myself and go out alone into the wilderness. Paddling…well, that part of the race I look forward to ending as fast as possible! |
. | 2012 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2011 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2011 Nocatee Conquest 10 Hour AR 2011 Wild Hare 12 Hour AR 2011 9-1-1 Adventure Challenge AR 2011 AXS Buena Vista 18 Hour AR 2011 Extreme Break Up AR 2011 Rampart Rage 15 Hour AR 2011 Yough Extreme Adventure Race 2011 North Carolina AR Series 2011 Nocturnal 12 Hour AR 2010 Dave Boyd Adventure Race 2010 Wild Hares 12 Hour AR 2010 Panama Adventure Race 2010 High Profile Adventure Camp 2010 Truman Lake Adventure Race * 1st Place soloist |
. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd* 2nd* 2nd* 2nd* 2nd* 4th* 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd |
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Michelle Thompson |
Lincoln, NE |
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Michelle Thompson, lives in Lincoln, Nebraska with her husband and 3 kids. She works as a Physical Therapist in a regional burn center. Michelle competed in triathlon for many years achieving the distinction of all american. Then she was coaxed into doing an adventure race and was immediately hooked.
Why Adventure Racing?The combination of unpredictable outdoor adventure, team work, and pushing new limits physically and psychologically was the perfect fit. |
. | 2011 Checkpoint Tracker Nationals 2011 Capital City Nissan Psycho 2011 USARA Nationals 2011 Bonk Hard Chill AR,MO 2011 Wild Hares AR, Omaha,Ne 2011 Extreme Breakup AR, KS 2011 Chadron AR Chadron,NE 2011 Run, Row and Roll AR,NE 2011 Warrior Challenge AR |
10th 2nd 6th 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st |
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Fritz Pameijer |
Hartford, CT |
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. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic |
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Craig Bontrager |
Milford Nebraska |
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Raised on a farm South of town I earned my grown-up degree raising hogs, corn and fixing things on the Farm. While most of our time was spent here, Mam and Dad made sure we had time for fun too. Hiking, Climbing and Skiing in Colorado and hunting and fishing in Nebraska created great memories. In fact the name Craig means “from the mountains”. Dad said I could participate in sports in High School, but the only way to cover the 4 miles from town to home after a late practice was to run it or bike it.
Why Adventure Racing?Name another sport that requires the combination of teamwork, strategizing, reasoning, navigation, operating different kinds of equipment in many different environments and conditions, skills to repair equipment including yourself, seeing wildlife and areas of the country that few others get too. All the while hanging out with teammates that have the same crazy gene that I do and a love of the great outdoors. |
. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2011 Capital City Nissan Psycho 2011 USARA Nationals 2011 Bonk Hard Chill AR,MO 2011 Wild Hares AR, Omaha,Ne 2011 Extreme Breakup AR, KS 2011 Chadron AR Chadron,NE 2011 Run, Row and Roll AR,NE 2011 Warrior Challenge AR |
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Dave Dyer |
Seward, Nebraska |
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Born and raised in Hyannis, NE, population 200ish. Hyannis is the county seat and largest town for about 60 miles in all directions. Inside activities were limited as cable tv was not available and our antenna pulled in one local channel. Atari’s pacman was not able to keep my brothers and I inside. We grew up exploring the sandhills of nebraska by bike, shoe, and 15 horse evinrude, if we could get it started (fishing with belly boats was our best option). As we gained more trust from dad we were dropped off at lakes before sunrise and could be found glassing for wildlife from high vantage points in the evening. The views and memories are still vivid today.
Why Adventure Racing?Adventure racing places me in locations doing things I would never attempt on my own. Being dropped off by a bus at 3AM, running down an abandon railroad track, jocking for position to grab a good canoe, only to get on the river to realize that visibility with headlamp on high is 10 meters. Not my typical day. Winning a race is a bonus, but the memories and commradre of teamates is what I rellish. Soon the sun came up, with fog slowly rising off the river to faintly reveal 100 meter tall rocky cliffs on each side of the river. Sleep deprivation, crazy temps and wrong turns aside, whats not to like about adventure racing? |
. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2011 Capital City Nissan Psycho 2011 USARA Nationals 2011 Bonk Hard Chill AR,MO 2011 Wild Hares AR, Omaha,Ne 2011 Extreme Breakup AR, KS 2011 Chadron AR Chadron,NE 2011 Run, Row and Roll AR,NE 2011 Warrior Challenge AR |
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Micah Kohles |
NE |
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Adventure racing places me in locations doing things I would never attempt on my own. Being dropped off by a bus at 3AM, running down an abandon railroad track, jocking for position to grab a good canoe, only to get on the river to realize that visibility with headlamp on high is 10 meters. | . | 2012 USARA Nationals 2011 Capital City Nissan Psycho 2011 USARA Nationals 2011 Bonk Hard Chill AR,MO 2011 Wild Hares AR, Omaha,Ne 2011 Extreme Breakup AR, KS 2011 Chadron AR Chadron,NE 2011 Run, Row and Roll AR,NE 2011 Warrior Challenge AR |
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Dusty |
Woodbridge, VA |
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I’m a long distance mountain bike racer; last season I started making the switch over to AR. I’d gone as far as I could in local MTB racing, won most everything I’d entered and was just doing the same races against the same people in the same venues.
Why Adventure Racing?Last season I entered several races of varying distances: 26-hour, 12-hour, 6-8 hour. I used what I learned to isolate the areas I needed more work in. I took some orienteering classes and went to O meets, took a whitewater and a climbing class, and got certified as a Wilderness First Responder. |
. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic 2012 Adrenaline Rush |
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Alicia Stansbury |
New York, NY |
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Originally from the mountains of Schuylkill County Pennsylvania I spent the last seven years in Lincoln, NE where I became an Adventure Racing junkie. While training for an Olympic triathlon in 2009 I was asked to sub for a female racer in an upcoming 8 hour race. Then I was hooked.
Why Adventure Racing?I don’t know why but I know I have too. I cannot imagine not competing in this sport. Adventure Racing allows me to push my body, mentally and physically. Just when I think the tank is empty I go into this state where the pain goes away and I just ‘race’. |
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Joe Przybyla |
Detroit, IL |
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Been racing since 2007 where my sweet spot has been in races between 24-30 hours, but looking to expand to multi-day and 4 day races, like Untamed New England, in 2012. In 2008, I traveled to Veracruz, Mexico to participate in the 6 day adventure racing camp – Pico to Playa where we hiked to basecamp of Pico de Orizaba, mountain biked down the side of the volcano through every terrain possible, white-water rafted down the El Pescadero in 2-person inflatable kayaks and navigated through some of the most remote jungles in the Veracruz.
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Bev Richardson |
Charlottesville, VA |
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I’ve been racing since age 13 when I gave up on balancing in high-heals and instead opted for a pair of sneakers. I’m a typical outdoor fanatic and race adrenaline junkie with a history of backpacking, paddling, and even caving. Highlights of my past lives as a marathoner and triathlete included the 2003 Boston Marathon, 3 iron distance triathlons, the 2010 ITU Long Course World Championship and 2011 70.3 World Championship. I’m no stranger to mental endurance either having supported my husband through a 3 year battle with brain cancer than ended fall of 2010. Since then I’ve vowed to savor every minute and racing is the purest joy you can find.
Why Adventure Racing?Mostly, I love being in the wilderness and want to get back in the woods. I’m excited about the challenge of mastering the mountain bike and the compass. I love the variety and camaraderie which adventure offers. Every fun thing I can think of doing, I can call training!
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. | 2012 USARA Nationals 2012 Rev3 Epic |
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Kelly Chandler |
Lincoln, NE |
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I’ve been racingWhy Adventure Racing?
I love being in the wilderness.
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