Adventure Sports Week

7 friends + 3 Children + 4 different races (with 7 racers) and 2 nights camping = FUN!

This weekend we drove up to Northern Idaho to check out their first annual Xterra sponsored Adventure week with 24 different racing events in 1 week! Our family did 3 racing events and 3 of our friends competed in the triathlon. On Friday night Korrie and I pre-road the bike course to check it out before the races the next day. While we were out on the course we found our boys who had taken off to check out the course themselves. They were quickly disciplined and sent back to camp. I can't even imagine where they would have ended up had we not seen them. There were SO many splits in the trails. Yikes! After our ride, dinner, smores we headed off to bed in anticipation for the next day.

I signed up and competed in the duathlon vs the triathlon (mostly because I didn't want to swim) which ended up being a lot of fun. It started off with a short run and then a fast fun 11 mile mnt bike ride and finished off with another great trail run. It was a fun course and the weather was perfect.

This was the first race that I have placed in which was really fun. I placed 3rd in the women's division overall and then 1st in my age group.

After my race I joined Tob who was keeping track of the kids. Nojah and Kody did a 3 hour adventure race clinic with Michael Tobin (Top world's adventure racer) which was awesome. Alexyss was able to sit in on the clinic as well and picked up some tips even though she didn't want to race this time. She says she "REALLY" wants to do it next year since there were other girls who did it too. After the clinic they had lunch and then broke into their teams. Tob got roped into taking the boys since they didn't have enough people to help. He was handed the map and told to follow the kids. YA RIGHT! He didn't mind helping but he was frustrated he wasn't briefed on the course. Luckily he is a very patient man. The course consisted of 12 check points and included running, mnt biking, kayaking, and of course orienteering. They ran into a few frustrations such as rough water and missing check points, etc. I guess that's the "adventure" in adventure racing. The course was fun but a little advanced for 8 & 9 year olds. The kids had a good time and raced for 4 1/2 hours!

Where's checkpoint #7? Thank goodness Tob has his helmet in case he trips and the boys their life jackets in case of ...............................??

Award ceremony! Gold medals for all! Nicknamed "The Lost Boys"

On Sunday Tob and I competed in a husband/wife mad dash bike relay. We spent 4 hours taking turns riding a 7 mile course. We did 6 laps and I was 1 min and 40 secs too late to get in a 7th lap! I tried. We still placed 3rd overall. TEAM NAME: 2 nuts looking for a squirrel

Tob and Nojah back at camp trying to pop popcorn. 35-40 minutes later and some extra help we had 1/2 of it popped and edible.

We purchased an all day ticket for Alexyss for the bouncey slide and castle which kept her entertained the whole day. Best $5 spent that day!

Nojah and Lex in front of Lake Pend Orielle.

In conclusion it was a great weekend and we look forward to participating again next year!