1 week after the whole missing CP fiasco at the AdventureMax we were able to redeem ourselves at the Bonk Hard Chill 12 hr. We placed 3rd in the 4 person Co-ed division and 3rd overall of the 4 person teams. The only 4 person teams that beat us were Alpine Shop and Bushwhackers who are both nationally ranked teams and are really in a different league all together. We originally intended to run it as a 4 person male team but one of our teammates was flat on his back with the flu on Thursday, so Kari had to sub in. Turned out great though, she really hammered the whole race and we feel we are really coming together as a co-ed team. It was kind of drizzly and cold the whole race, but we felt great the whole way. We feel that we have found a breakthrough in adventure racing nutrition. We have always loved YooHoo (that deliciously tasty chocolate drink) for post race recovery. Studies have shown chocolate milk to be the greatest recovery drink ever invented (google it). We always struggle to get in calories on the bike, so I thought "heck I am going to fill one of my bike bottles up with the stuff." It was like NECTAR FROM HEAVEN! so tasty and packed with just the right amount of carbs, and protein, we felt like we could go for days drinking the stuff. YooHoo is now the official bike fuel of team Forum Dental. We don't know if YooHoo sponsors any sporting teams but we would like to be first in line. Anyway, I think Judd is writing up a full report so stay tuned. Oh and if you are reading this and are in a future race against us, disregard all the YooHoo stuff, it really sucks, keep choking down Cytomax or Perpeteum YUM :-)
Scott
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Good job, nice write-up and map. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteChocolate milk, ha, you sound like Dennis. At the TOM start in St James last year, a team support person was filling water bottles with half coke / half water, go figure.
nice post!
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