These days I don’t get to do too much adventure racing myself, between kiddo sports/activities and scouting/putting on races, but also in particular, its been 9 months since hurting my ankle at USARA Nationals last year. Did nothing for 2 months to let things heal, then some physical therapy and stretching regimen and slowly working up to something usable. Tested it for real with a 6-hour race in May; was tight/tender but generally held up… and so with that Jeremy roped me into signing up for the 24-hour MSAR this year… Only then he dropped when he got roped into doing the 7-day Endless Mountains, hah. But thankfully BROR regular teammate and friend Bill told me he was game to join and then I found out Chris Ammon was planning on doing the race solo, so we joined forces and made a 3-person team. The best teams are the ones that match on general mentality / goals because agreeing on what “having a good time” is, means being able to have a good time :) In that respect, this might have been one of the better teams I've had over the years. Having raced a few times with Bill before I know we are a good match; and knowing Chris over the years via BROR and EX2 races, we had a pretty good idea it’d fit even though it was our first time racing together. The guys were awesome and we all agreed on a general gameplan: I took lead navigation, Chris as backup, Bill got the passport and while I can bike and paddle just as fine as before, we would go at “enjoyable with purpose” pace on foot. Meaning brisk walking for treks (little to no running/jogging), and try to avoid any big crazy off-camber-off-trail scrambles to increase chances of not aggravating my ankle. Adjust as needed. Seeing as they announced the course this year was in the more mountainous part of Maine (opposed to the coast like last year), the ankle was my main concern and they were cool with that. I will also note starting with the moment we arrived race morning and plenty times on the course we were running into adventure racing friends, but also even all the way up in Maine I'm getting occasional people coming up to chat with me because they've done BROR races and I am always so happy to chat and hang out with everyone, the AR community is the best.

What goes into putting on an adventure race weekend?

Reflecting on the 10 Year Anniversary for BROR