“The decisions you make trying to win a race are different than the ones you make just trying to finish.”  Jeremy said, as we were reviewing the race during our drives home.  What did we do right?  What did we do wrong?  Most importantly, what drove those decisions.

What did we do right?  Most importantly, we put together a great team.  Jeremy and I combined forces with Jen Moos and Mark Bolyard from Paradofobia.  We definitely had a great team dynamic and worked together through double flats, debilitating cramps, nausea, vomiting, thunder and lightening, difficult night orienteering points, rolled ankles and a complete front flip on a bike.  Although we didn’t achieve our goal of standing on the podium we had an excellent race.

What did we do wrong?  We made decisions on the race course that had they worked, we would have made up significant chunks of time.  But…they didn’t work and instead cost us both time and energy.  That takes up back to Jeremy’s opening comment.  We came to stand on the podium, made decisions commensurate with our goals and missed.

Next time!  :)

Ronnie from Odyssey truly put together an epic event.  A special thanks to him and his hard working staff.  As always, kudos to our sponsors - your support is truly appreciated!!!

Already focusing on the next race,

Shane

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