About Our Team
We are a 4 person Adventure Racing team based in Boulder, CO. We pledge to give back 5-10% of all sponsorship money and winnings received in 2009 to environmental nonprofits. Through these efforts, we will again be a carbon-neutral race team for 2009 with all carbon offsets sponsored by Native Energy!
Our team would also like to announce our partnership with Native Energy. Of all the options out there, we feel that Native energy provides the best rewards for Renewable Energy Credits and Offsets. Rather than just feeling good about offsetting, Native shows you where your money is going, and is using the offset money to help promote renewable energy and build renewable energy farms. For the 2008 Racing season, we will be using Native Energy for our Carbon offsets.
We are proud to announce that Smartwool has agreed to sponsor us for the 2008 racing season. We all race exclusively in Smartwool socks, and can't wait to see what other Merino wool goodies we can test for next season. I have had serious wool aversions in the past, but since I started wearing Smartwool I am hooked. The small fiber merino they use doesn't itch, and it really is one of the best technical fibers around (not to mention it doesn't make you stink). A big thanks to Smartwool, we are definitely excited for the new partnership.
Well, I certainly learned one thing this past weekend. Orienteering solo is a whole new ball game from working with a team. With Brian in Australia, Tiff still laid up with a bum ankle, and Colin prepping to go to DC, I went to the RMOC orienteering meet in Nederland this weekend solo.
Going for the red course (highest difficulty and longest length), everything was going great for the first 5 points. Looking for CP 6, I got hopelessly off course - (I think my compass is broken, you'd believe me if you saw the way it works) and spent 30 minutes trying to find where I was. Although there were other teams around to ask for help, I wanted to dig myself out alone, and finally found the way. After reaching CP6, I just took it pretty easy, and spent more time trying to discover tricks and just having a good time. All-in-all, finished around 30 minutes back from the other Adventure Racers there, so I know not to get lost next time!
Orienteering meets are great fun, and the people are great. Even with the cold weather and rain (which destroyed my map) it was a blast, and I am hoping to do another this weekend at Kelly Dahl campground again in Nederland. Hope to see you all there!
Remember, when in the woods, stay found...... being lost sucks.
-Brooks
While Tiffanie is making great strides with her injured ankle (she made it out on a road ride on Sunday...no one hammers like Tiff Beal) Brooks and Colin continued some more off season training and fun. Last Wednesday, they went for a run with elite ultra-runner and fellow GoLite athlete Dave Mackey up Flagstaff Mountain. The three of them bagged the summit and made it back to the trailhead at Chatauqua in just under an hour.
On Saturday, Brooks ran an orienteering course near Nederland to continue to hone his already sharp navigating skills and Sunday was Tiff's aforementioned day back in the saddle.
Colin also went out on a road ride on Sunday before leaving for a business trip in Washington DC. After the mountainous terrain of the greater Boulder area, Colin was expecting some nice easy terrain and thick, oxygen enriched sea level air. Since his group was staying in downtown DC, a road run was in order Monday afternoon. Call it a lack of road running lately, but Colin's legs are on the sore side today after only a 50 minute run! Needless to say he's looking forward to getting back on the trails in Boulder!
We're going to make more of an effort to carry a camera with us and add more pics to this site, but in the meantime, check out this link to the video from the Adventure Xstream Vail race. Brooks and Tiff get a great close up during the rogaine section!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGlobXIczj8
Much to Tiffanie's dismay (icing her ankle), Colin and Brooks decided to take a run on Saturday... To the top of Bear Peak @ 8461'! As usual, we started from the house, ran up Bear Canyon, and then up the Bear Peak West Ridge Trail to the summit. 5 miles and 3000 vertical feet later, we were finally there. By the way, the last 1/4 mile is really steep! A quick descent down the very steep Fern canyon got us back home in around 2h:30minutes. It was a great run, we definitely took some time to enjoy looking at the new snow up in the Indian Peaks, and chat with other people on the trail. I wouldn't say it was leisurely though, Colin runs uphill like a gazelle!
Hope everyone had a good weekend! Sorry no pictures, but neither of us felt like carrying a camera up the mountain!
During a short run from the house up to Mallory Cave here in Boulder last Thursday night, Tiffanie had a little mishap, rolling her ankle on the way down the hill. She was able to "walk it off" and make it the 2 miles back home under her own power, but a trip to the doctor on Friday morning revealed a severe sprain. After a mellow weekend (which is not easy for Tiffanie, she is not one to take days off), the swelling has subsided quite a bit, and she is able to walk with very little pain.
Hope for a speedy recovery!
We are proud to announce GoLite Footwear as an official sponsor for the 2008 racing season! We have all been racing in the "Sun Dragon" shoe for the past year, and I'll be the first to tell you, these shoes are AMAZING!! Having chronic foot problems in races for the past 2 seasons, switching to these shoes has been incredible. No more foot pain, no more knee pain while running downhill. Not to mention the Precisefit system, which allows you to customize the insole depending on your foot width and volume!You need to get some of these shoes. Trail running, hiking, lightweight backpacking, you can't go wrong.
