Passing time in the back of Shane’s expedition on our way to the Soggy Bottom Boys ROGAINE. Also riding in the car is Michelle and we wil be meeting up lots if other TeamHalfwayThere members including. This is my first event this year and I’m really looking forward to getting out into the woods. The event is a 12-hour rogaine with both foot and bike sections. It will be a great navigation tuneup for E-Fix. I will tweet some updates and pictures tomorrow (@lukas42) if I can and look for a wrap up post with pictures early next week.

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Congratulations to Rottencheeseburgers (Bryce, Andy, Michelle) for their 2nd place overall, second place co-ed finish and Andi for her 3rd place co-ed, 3rd place overall finish racing with Odyssey. Both teams ran great races…and qualified for Nationals!!!

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I look forward to this race every single year and it’s my 4th time braving the New River gorge.  Odyssey always puts on a good great race.  If they had a “backyard” this would probably be it. 

WWAR 2006 - My first long adventure race, after completing the Odyssey Adventure racing camp, finished with 4 minutes to spare for a 10th place finish.

WWAR 2007 - Luke had some heat issues and was sick for the back half of the race.  That day Luke and I started our reputation as a “never quit” group of racers as I towed and he cramped for about 6 straight hrs.  Our extremely tough third place finish (and Luke’s never say die attitude) remains my proudest racing moment.

WWAR 2008 - Always willing to leave a little bit of ourselves out on the course, Luke does an endo a few hours in and fractures his collarbone (we would learn a week after the race).  We were racing with Towanda…and short of a bone sticking out, they’re a “rub some dirt on it and race” couple of gals.  Luke races for 12 more hours with the fracture, I end up getting sick, seeing Doc Whartley, and not remembering any of the night segments of the race.  This 5th place finish was probably the funnest I’ve had in a while (maybe because I don’t remember much of it). 

WWAR 2009  - Luke and I are back for more, with Nate and Christy…I’m a little leary of what we may have to overcome to bring it in this year.  I’m dying for a podium finish this year and we’re going to push ourselves to the limit to get there.  At hr 70-something and mile 290-something Nate, Luke and I (along with Shane, Andy, and Victor) were running in the finish at E-FIX, so I know we can dig deep and bring this one home.  We’ll have at least two teams there, HTW-Werewolves and our team.  I think we may have a few soloists, or even a third full co-ed team.

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Up next for two of our team members Aaron and Ronnie is the Fredricksburg Off Road Dual # 1 on April 11th. FRED Events an up and coming multi-sport company is putting on the event which takes place on the shores of the Rappahannock River in Fredricksburg, VA. Several years ago I did the same event and it is a great race. Fun, technical mountain biking along with a great trail run.  And to top it off they have great post race food including bar-be-que and beer!

Good luck to both guys!!

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We have two teams heading on down to the New River Gorge in WVA for the 2009 Odyssey Endorphin Fix. It’s 3.5 days of some hard racing and fun in wild West Virginia. The race kicks off April 16th thru the 19th and is a part of the 2009 Checkpoint Zero Point Race Series calender. You can check out our teams progress live come race day on their website  www.checkpointzero.com 

Looking forward to a great race!

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