tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151459512011-07-07T17:39:59.642-07:00A resource to find out about the west coast adventure race scene and to provide an inside look into an athlete's viewpoint of racing, training and traveling around the world in the pursuit of adventure.DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.comBlogger1981100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-64620082928222963362010-04-15T22:55:00.003-07:002010-04-23T10:48:02.917-07:00

Dear readership, I mean Dad, I realized some time earlier this year that it requires too much time for me to try and keep the blog/journal of racing and travel so I am going to end the madness here.As an adventure racing team we have developed many ways to track our team including the top 3 here:Team website - http://www.dartadventure.com/Facebook - Team DART siteTwitterI am currently and will

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-45287163926508945502010-03-09T11:24:00.005-08:002010-03-09T11:29:53.531-08:00

One of my favorite underground Adventure Races, or birthday bashes went down on Saturday March 6th, in and around downtown Seattle. I think we ran between 8-10 miles throughout Seattle on an urban adventure of a lifetime. After climbing fences, dodging cars, getting our picture taken with a pink dildo and drinking a beer or three we were all smiles.This was a fun way to hang with a lot of peeps

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Off the radar lately, too busy to write about stuff.Raced NGAR and took second. You can read about it here on the DART site.Hit Colorado for some sun and powder.Trying to figure out the 2010 calendar...more on this later.

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The season is officially over for DART and myself. I'm letting the body rest a bit and not doing anything called training for a while...now its just called biking, trail running, orienteering, paddling and skiing. G, Aaron and I are going to do the Deception Pass Dash next weekend which should be fun and I am looking forward to some dawn patrol sessions up at Snoqualmie. Both Jen and I have been

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Worlds are over, no one seemed to be sure what was happening during the race. Some would say a state of chaos others speculated on strategic mayhem. The website was not very helpful, I turned to a mosaic theory of piecing tidbits of info from the site, posted pictures and tweets into my own dillusional version of what was happening. I was wrong. Now that racers and spectators have had some time

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Everyone is out there racing or getting ready to race!Aaron, Aaron, Seegs and Cyril are in Portugal getting ready for the 2009 World Championships... you can follow the race here.Down in California Glenn and Mari are getting after it on day one of the Gold Rush Motherload. There is spot tracking and a cool map overview here.Good luck and safe travels to everyone out there gettting after it. Can't

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Good race, bad results. We worked well together and had a great pace when we were able to do work. Fitness was never an issue for us, we were fast and could pick it up when we needed to. Mechanicals and rookie mistakes got us in the end. We did not deserve to win... GraniteAR raced a good race and are the new National Champs, well done guys!Here are our cliff notes from the race:-It rained 5" the

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To hone the Navigation skills Glenn and I raced as Team Trioba in the 12 hour rogaine at Mt. Tahoma. The race is put on by our friend and long time racer/race director Eric Bone of Mergeo.com. We entered the 12 hour duathalon, 6 hours of biking followed by 6 hours of running, so we could hone our skills and work any kinks out that would be better left in the hills of Washington over the next

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2009 Trioba has come and gone just like that...wow. We were scouting the area near Lake Wenatchee for a 24 hour race in October of 2008 and a year later we were able to throw together a course that was challenging, had some good navigation and was a real challenge to physically get through.Overall it is tough to be on the other side of the start line, or the race director's side. What's different

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-50140788903310406052009-08-27T06:01:00.002-07:002009-08-27T14:12:52.334-07:00

I am back into the swing of things in Seattle and have now had some time reflect on our epic adventure in South Dakota at Primal Quest...wow what a trip. I am by no means back to normal, my hands are constantly numb and my feet feel like some one hit them for the last week with a meat tenderizer. Each day I feel like I get an hour closer to making up my sleep deficit, and would estimate my

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-54694871862775498202009-08-10T07:08:00.001-07:002009-08-10T15:42:50.097-07:00

It has all come together and we are getting excited to get to South Dakota and have a fun and exciting race. Cyril, Aaron, Tessa and myself will be making the team up this year. The last month has been filled with trainings galore...including the following races-Cascade Cream Puff-Peterisoba-Lake Tahoe Big Blue 24 hour raceI found out it was going to cost me an additional $800 to get my bike box

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My schedule finally aligned itself with the annual race known as the Peterisoba...which follows suit with the Colinoba as an underground adventure race which costs nothing and gets you racing in un-permittable areas in our backyard (follow tie in with Trioba). Peteris out did himself with a 12 hour Creekteering, challenging Mountain Bike, rapel, ridge running and boulder hopping course followed

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Wow, another whirlwind year at the Puff...this year the temperatures held off but the skies opened up with a light drizzle all day and we traded overheating with sloppy trails and nice comfortable mist. 11 hours and 49 minutes of from start to finish and I was happy to scrub almost all the poison oak off with Tecnu and get the race fee included massage at the end.I raced this year with Aaron, JVG

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-19456299668842295482009-07-20T22:53:00.004-07:002009-07-20T23:07:42.027-07:00

We made a trip to Tahoe to hang with Grams and Gramps and do some high altitude training with the benefit of some endurance babysitting. We were able to rent some high end bikes and tour all of the North Shore...Saturday was a long exciting day that had us on trails between Truckee, Tahoe City and Brockway Summitt. We finally found 2 Beavers and a Bear and 2 bridges, I've been hearing about hem

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This past 4th of July weekend had superb weather and was filled with all sorts of good times. We intended on running the PCT from Stevens pass to Snoqualmie pass...Glenn sent me this note on Thursday...***********************Talked to the snoqualmie ranger station. still snow in some avalanche shoots. They went up to kendal catwalk and didn't go beyond because they didn't have their ice axes. the

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-78481626687632971552009-06-24T22:22:00.002-07:002009-06-24T22:35:35.551-07:00

Quick update...DART was going to send a last minute kick ass team of our 3 ladies and Glenn to the expedition race in Alberta Canada, The Best of the West, but had to pull the plug at the last moment. Looks like Jen will be joining me in Tahoe for an extended weekend of training and hanging outThe Yukon River Quest started today. Local superstars Eric Abraham and Robin Smith are racing in a

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-22598754585522078882009-06-18T20:35:00.003-07:002009-06-24T22:37:26.965-07:00

Top of Mt Washington...in between the clouds

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Trioba CP (photo: Mike Bitton)The Trioba Sprint has come and passed and was a success from a race directors standpoint. It was quite an experience from this side of the table and was very rewarding to see local teams of all caliber out there on a rugged and challenging course giving it their all! Props to everyone who toed the starting line. As well we need to thank our race sponsors with a

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The Michagin Expedition race is in Day two and nuun-Feed the Machine (DART) is in first place and all notes seem to be indicating that they look strong and are having a good race...Checkpoint Zero has good coverage and the Checkpoint Tracker is proving itself as a good way to deliver real time race news to the masses.Last ime I checked the team comprised of: Mari Chandler, Matt hayes, Glenn

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We are still caught up in the ice age known as Spring here in the Pacific Northwest...rain, rain and more rain. Desert Winds was a nice refuge from the cold temperatures and a great race. I made a slew of navigational errors that cost us heavily in the results department but overall we had a blast. The highlights for me was swimming in the canyons and being able to bike throughout the night in

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Here is a blurb from the Trioba newsletter that went out this week in case you are not privy to the presentation this Thursday at REI:"Thursday April 30th- AR in the NorthwestDon’t forget our presentation this week at REI. We will be there with our partners and sponsors handing out free goodies and talking about upcoming Trioba events. Come see a sneak peak video of the sprint course and hear

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-11349683461893937772009-04-12T17:19:00.003-07:002009-04-22T13:56:45.434-07:00

Lots of changes through March...The foot's on the mend and I have been able to hit the trails again, phew. Things are looking up and preparation for the Desert Winds is coming along. Looks like there is no paddling in this years race and it will be biking, running, canyoneering and swimming. The latter being my least favorite, but I think we have the set up dialed.A quote from an email I saw from

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I'm addicted to fast paced team sports...its kind of funny that I ended up getting caught up in Adventure Racing as most of the time the fast part seems to elude me. Anyways, I can't get enough of my Basketball, Soccer and other high intensity team sports. After years of my team mates telling me that I was going to shoot my eye out, I mean injur myself, it finally happened. I partially tore some

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Early in the year we spend a lot of time adding base miles with bike rides, long runs and paddles. The gang paddled around Camano Island yesterday, nearly 40 miles. Along with adding base it's time to work on strength and core. It has been just about a year since I started working out seriously in the Gym and it has paid dividends. I've been spending a lot of time at the Washington Athletic Club

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Check out Trioba.com ...Well its been live for a bit, but it is updated with the 2009 racing details. Get over there and check it out! The sprint will have white water rafting...going to be sweet! The 24 will be loaded with epic singletrack and some tough nav.

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Our friend from around the world and right next door in Vancouver, Washington has posted a write up and a nice montage of photos to Wend Magazine. Thought I would show the world and let everyone know it was out there to view...happy reading.Nice work Mikey! Seems like just yesterday we were smoking a hooka, talking about camel spiders and messed up feet on desert runs while looking out over the

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-37712874361753112872009-02-01T21:19:00.004-08:002009-02-02T08:45:52.882-08:00

Well, I'm oficially off of my blogging hiatus and back into training. '08 was an incredible year and I experienced a blessing in the birth of Jaden and had fun out on the race course and exploring the world with my friends.This year there are a lot of things in the hopper... Here is what comes to mind:-Cascade Cream Puff, just sent JVG and my registration in for the '09 race in Oakridge-Costa

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-72384947473955617412008-12-20T19:15:00.011-08:002008-12-26T14:08:36.000-08:00

The Abu Dhabi Adventure Challenge (ADAC) has come and gone in true whirlwind fashion. This was a stellar event like no other I have competed in, for many reasons...The race production itself was enormous and must have had a multi million dollar budget. The military convoys moving gear, catering, hookas, arabian knights pouring nightly coffees and portable showers are just a few of the finer

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-57977571288404118632008-12-05T08:39:00.002-08:002008-12-05T08:41:46.575-08:00

Dear sponsors, friend, and media:It’s now official! After weeks of work, we now have a new and improved website. Check it out and let us know what you think. http://www.dartadventure.com/ The site still offers our gear reviews, news, press releases, sponsor section etc. But, these are all in a new and improved format. In addition, we have complete roster bios including indvidual photo galleries,

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-56139160829080277982008-12-02T06:51:00.006-08:002008-12-02T17:53:34.282-08:00

This was Saturdays run, it consisted of 7 hours 45 minutes (25.5 miles) of amazing running, bushwhacking and snow stomping. JVG, Glenn Hayes and myself connected the Taylor creek drainage to the Dingford Creek drainage, which we have done before, just not in these conditions or traveling clockwise. Love the terrain and old growth in the Middle Fork region....get up there if you haven't yet.It

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The hard work is all done, now its time to taper and prepare the logistics for the Abu Dhabi adventure challenge.This weekend we hit it hard and heavy starting on Thanksgiving for me. I wanted to get 4 days in a row of intense work outs, mission accomplished.Thursday/Thanksgiving- was a 2 hour fast paced run and a 1 hour hike up to RattlesnakeFriday- Hoops marathonSaturday- 7:45 trail run around

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-80874732925410922892008-11-21T06:55:00.000-08:002008-11-21T08:05:24.221-08:00

The team had a small presentation for nuun last night at their vendor party where we showed this video and talked a bit about our sport. Thanks to Erik (our team Manager) for putting this together, it turned out great!

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2 weeks after a victory at the Upstate Adventure Race in South Carolina, Glenn and Mari headed back out East to compete in the USARA National Championships with Sean...this team is something to be feared. Mari is on top of her game, Sean is a self proclaimed dream crusher and Glenn is a cunning strategist with nothing but victory on the mind. These guys had a sensible game plan and they executed

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-28964977849807797832008-11-07T07:34:00.006-08:002008-11-07T07:59:15.265-08:00

There is soo much going on for the team right now!DART-nuun (Seegs, Cyril, Rinn and Matzke) just crossed the finish line in 6th place yesterday in Brazil at the AR World Championships. Placing 6th among one of the toughest fields to to the line is very respectful and our team is extatic. Can't wait to get the details and pictures! Of course we will some how find it within ourselves to strive for

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Well, I finally received my bikebox from UPS and dug my camera out so I could let the photos do the talking. Up above is a quick stop to one of our great sponsors manufacturing plant in South Carolina, not too far from the race HQ. The Upstate Adventure Race 2008 has come and gone and we were able to pull off a victory. Glenn posted a race report here on the CheckpointZero team blog so I'll let

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We are off to the Upstate Adventure race in South Carolina this weekend...hoping to represent the West Coast and enjoy exploring a new state for me. My maiden voyage to South Carolina, I can only think that the colder and nastier the weather the better for us...outlook good.Friday...rain and in the 50'sSaturday...Scattered showers 60'sSunday...Scattered showers 60'sHere is the website: http://

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-81287810118676838982008-10-10T06:12:00.001-07:002008-10-10T09:48:07.222-07:00

The Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race (Momar) has been a long standing race that has history running deep here in the Pacific Northwest. Momar Ladyfinger or Mt. Tzuehalem (sp?) was my second adventure race ever in 2001 or 2002, I can't seem to remember back that far.What a race that was... Frenchy, Cyril and myself taking exact bearing to find orienteering controls and running from tree to tree

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Well you might have seen the updates online but here is the behind the scenes scoop from the transitions. Congratulations to Mari, Glenn, Sean and Matt for a great race!!!! Great crew work out there Jill and Tom!!!! and way to get after it team :-)From JPC out of the transitions:*******************2nd update:When we had notice Matt quiet and not eating in the last TA we decided to revamp the food

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Another national expedition race put on by the folks at Gravity Play, known as the Adventure Xstream Expedition. We've raced in Moab before, beat Nike and then got disqualified for not staying on the recomended route...that is neither here nor there, just flashing back ;-)The team is in full force racing in Moab, where among other things teams have started to drop like flies because of the heat.

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Well summer has come and gone, not so fast. We are still hanging on to summer here in Seattle and are getting out for a lot of play time in the mountains before they get covered in snow.Last weekend Seegs and Norm cruised down and joined myself, JVG and Rinn for a couple of good sessions in the Cascades and foothills. We ran up Taylor creek into the Alpine Lakes region on Saturday, were also able

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-31629557614256092792008-08-19T06:09:00.000-07:002008-08-19T15:45:35.298-07:00

Last weekend I scooted up the Brother Mountains (South Peak) on the Olympic Peninsula with Glenn and Mac . It could have been the hottest day in the Pacific Northwest in 2008 as far as I am concerned, wow it was a scorcher. We started the day off early in Seattle and headed down to Tacoma to pick up Glenn. Down to Olympia and up 101 just past Hoodsport to FS 25 where we drove to the Lena Lake

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If you haven't noticed I've been taking some time off. I figure what better way to blog time off than not blog.?.? Anyways there is still a lot going on with the team and its members, as well as friends of DART-nuun. What do you do with your down time??? Here's a picture of my friend chugging syrup in his downtime...ever seen super troopers?The team just registered for the Upstate Adventure Race.

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Trioba has been reseructed and we are excited about bringing it back. Look for races in the Pacific Northwest in 2009...again more on this later.DART-nuun's captain Cyril Jay-Rayon interviewed and highlighted in the Gregory blog(Click Here) about DART's adventures at Primal Quest.Mikey Bitton's coverage of the Mountain X Race was great and it was a fun event to follow.Saw this sad article on

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The Gorge Games have come and gone and they lived up to the hype and expectations. DART-nuun took home the victory in a well fought battle between Mergeo, Yoga Slackers and Wedali was up there too. The race was in a rogaine fashion and yielded a spider web of of racers heading in all directions at all times.The first leg of the race was the paddle section, which was canceled due to high winds and

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Jen Segger, Dart-nuun team mate and good friend, is currently 14 hours into her run at badwater...135 miles of pure madness, or in her eyes pure running pleasure. Jen stopped in on her way down South and was in great spirits and seemed very ready to run her heart out. I honestly did not know much about badwater until recently...135 miles of running on the pavement from the lowest point on North

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-71087389901521843542008-07-07T23:15:00.003-07:002008-07-07T23:46:20.509-07:00

Well the cream puff has come and gone, and I completed my first goal of surviving the race and not falling victim to heat exhaustion and also rode hard. The results were emailed out and I finished in 12:13 and placed 36th.Now for the details... I came out of the gates blazing and was in a chase pack of 6 riders that followed the top 10 riders up the first 4000 foot climb over 12 miles. I swapped

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While the team is racing I am lucky enough to get an occasional call from Ryan Fleming for team updates. I will post them and any other updates I receive along the way here as I get them...not sure how many more I will get.*************************************I'm officially signing off for a couple of days....headed down to Oakridge, OR for the Cascade Cream Puff. Go team go!!!!******************

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-37121593385700394742008-06-24T08:29:00.003-07:002008-06-24T08:38:57.104-07:00

The race started yesterday and is looking to be another crusher. I will be posting links to media that DART-nuun pops up in at the DART-nuun news blog on Checkpoint Zero. Here are a list of places I am getting info from:-Primal Quest-Checkpoint Zero-Sleep Monsters-Bitton BlogAnyone have more news sources?

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My buddy Mikey Bitton is on scene for Checkpoint Zero covering Primal Quest and one of his most recent posts called out the question about whether or not the presence of GPS at PQ was a good thing...he mentioned me particularly because of my incident in Moab and the rescue that was involved.Here is a link to the post where Mike writes, "Mann said he thinks VanGorder, who doctors later said was

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-29166870299131562962008-06-01T22:59:00.005-07:002008-06-01T23:12:20.473-07:00

Have you ever seen anything so pretty! OK maybe, but these bikes are works of art...The Turner Flux's are in and built and have seen some action. I have been like a kid in a candy store up in the mountains lately. With Cascade Cream Puff approaching I can't seem to get in enough training rides on the new ride. We spent all weekend in the saddles of our bikes, assaulting Tiger Mt. and all the

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Desert Winds II was nothing short of an epic race in great terrain. We started out hot and I was thankful that the first of three legs had swimming mixed in with the desert trekking. I'll let the pictures do the talking, overall it was a successfull weekend and I achieved my goals of not having another heat stroke and enjoying the race. It was cool to race against the other DART team too..a new

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My race report, at least the bits that I can remember...grab a cup of coffee, this is a long one.This was my first official Marathon, or Ultra marathon at that. The longest official running race I had done prior to this was Bay to Breakers in SF, it's a 12K. Of course I have run farther than this, I just have not done a lot of running races. My overall goal was to run a consistent race, survive

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-38892615513496158102008-04-24T06:01:00.001-07:002008-04-24T10:33:01.846-07:00

Well he is back at it and has been for a little less than 2 weeks. Dimitri and his endeavors in the Nexus Expedition have begun where he left off after crossing the Bering Straight a couple of years ago...looks like he just keeps on going. His pictures and tales are truly amazing and it is easy to get lost in his adventures.I'm running the Capitol Peak Ultra this weekend with Glenn and Maybe

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What's next for DART-nuun you ask? We will be sending down two teams to the third Desert Winds AR in Vegas Baby! Or Lake Mead, but it is close enough to Vegas to get a bit excited about it. We will be fielding two teams; one comprised of the Primal Quest DART-nuun team (Cyril, Aaron, Aaron and Mari) as a primer and the other including myself, Glenn, Sean and a new face to the crowd Karen Stokes

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I guess they are recognizing a couple of different reasons to celebrate in the nuun family. First off they are launching a great new product called "U" and secondly they posted a great picture of Aaron, Jen and Cyril to say congrats to both teams that tied for first place in Baja....very cool. Check it out here!Stay hydrated!

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The race is over! The two DART teams finished together after a tough battle. I still have not received the inside scoop yet, but when I get the details about the finish I will be sure to post them. Congrats DART-nuun NW Kayaks and DART-nuun!What a great race to watch, wish I was there (not for the attempt at paddling, looked sketch) and am already pondering the possibility of 3 DART-nuun teams

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-68025507135496308072008-03-26T09:38:00.004-07:002008-03-28T08:01:06.920-07:00

The Baja Travesia website has been putting out great info and the race is heating up! Currently DART-nuun NW Kayaks (Glenn, Sean and Mari) is leading with DART-nuun (Cyril, Aaron, Jen)in hot pursuit. The rest of the top 5 is rounded out by Kayak Lake Mead, Dancing Pandas, Dirty Avo's and Bosi Columbia is up there too.If you have not checked out the race site yet, check it out....there are great

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Baja Travesia kicked off this morning at 11:30 am in San Felipe, Mexico. Our team is two time defending champs and are looking to three peat. The race this year is flip flopped with the race starting in San Felipe and ending in Ensenada.A little history on the race...this is the third year that the travesia has been produced by adventure racer extraordinaires Paul Romero and Karen Lundgren. These

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I spent the weekend in Hood River with the family and had some time to get out on some of the trails. That was just enough for me to get pumped about the Wicked AR series coming back this year and uniting forces with the Gorge Games...The Gorge Games popped my cherry...I mean was my first 24 hour race and got me addicted to adventure racing. Ok, so this was enough for me to get some questions out

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I decided to join Glenn and Aaron on what I would later hear Aaron call their toughest weekend of training before Baja Travesia. Well, I bagged out of the run on Saturday (thank goodness) and they tired themselves before I joined them for a ride from Mukilteo up North through LaConnor, over Deception Pass and then south the entire length of Whidbey Island, click here for a map of the ride on

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Here is a link to one of the best articles I've read about back country travel and the Risk/Reward side of it. Unfortunately the article was tied to the death of 3 snowboarders who were from Seattle, but it sheds a bit of light into what we get out of the adventures we take!Here a couple of good quotes ..."The public—mostly people who aren't likely to try backcountry snowboarding or skiing—only

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If anyone remembers our race in Australia (XPD), you would know we got over 40 flat tires from the dirty little goat heads...hate those things. We decided then and there that the more light weight set up of tires and tubes were out and tubeless set ups were in. So after some time off and getting everything we needed ready we set out on Wednesday night to convert. Glenn, Rinn and AV were in the

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-61947318257146111402008-02-09T07:36:00.000-08:002008-02-09T07:48:36.098-08:00

I usually stick to Adventure Related topics on my little blog, here is my adventure of a lifetime. The newest member of our team...Jaden Skye VanGorder. Born on the 7th around 7:45ish..This is how endurance athletes roll: 40+ hours of labor, 25 without drugs and three hours of pushing...Even the longest expedition race pales incomparison to the bohemeth amount of effort JVG put into this. WOW.

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I recieved the email below as a forward(thanks G) from the Sound Rowers and thought it was worthwhile to include as a post for other kayakers to learn from, the last thing anyone needs is another avoidable loss. The questions asked at the end of the write up really strike home...ask these questions before you head out...it might save your life.*****************************************************

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If that didn't get you to read this what will? I noticed on baarbd this morning the page for their season kick off and cross train party. It sounds like a blast and I thought it was a great way to get people fired up about this years races and adventures. Feb 9th in SanFrancisco is bound to be a good time with AR vids, good beats and lots of beer.***********************************On another note

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Todd Jackson, producer of the Big Blue Adventure Race series has announced events and dates for their 2008 races...they are serving up a menu of sprint, 6-12 hour and 24 hour races. Here is a piece of the newsletter with date announcement.**************************************************************The 2008 Big Blue Adventure Series season is shaping up! Whether you're new to adventure racing,

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Norcal Adventure Racing Series has arrived. The race series will be produced by a Bay area based race production company that has AR extraordinaire Rich Brazeau leading the charge. This guy has raced in some of the toughest races in the world including: Eco-Challenge, Raid Gauloises, Primal Quest, Southern Traverse and other big events. As well, Brazeau acted as the CEO of Primal Quest from 2005

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Sunday January 20th, Aaron Rinn, Frenchy and I met up with Glenn at the North tip of Vashon Island. We took the Fauntleroy Ferry over from West Seattle and Glenn came from the Southworth station. In our quest to paddle around each of the Islands in the San Juans, Vashon would be our next target. We chose to cut off Maury Island with the portage and save it for another day.Saturday called for

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I wanted to pass along components of a message I got from Brian Tasaka, producer of the Momar adventure races in and around B.C. If you have not raced a Momar yet, put it on your list of sprint races..."Hello Adventure Racers,Be sure to tune in for the television premiere of Raid the North Extreme this Saturday night at 9:00pm. This one hour special will feature our own Team Helly Hansen / MOMAR

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This weekend was comprised of some good fun in the mud, rain and snow. Saturday started off with Cascade Orienteering's O' Series #5 event at Bridle Trails state park in Kirkland, WA. This was a real runners course (very spread out) and there were a lot of local adventure racers out tuning up there navigation skills and getting in a good workout. As it turns out I happened to get a slightly

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Now that we have set foot into 2008 we can all start planning out our life and race calendars. What exciting things will you fill your calendar with...with a child on the way my priorities will shift, however both JVG(the wifey) and I are ambitious about keeping adventure racing and adventure in general as a part of our lives. I guess it will always be part of our lifestyle, but kids tend to

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We aren't bringing back bell bottoms or the casserole...simply put we are bringing back the wednesday night ride, in style.DART-nuun and Light and Motion are bringing back the wednesday night ride! The last three or four weeks we have had stellar turn outs. It has been great to see so many people from the local adventure racing community out to tune up the handling skills and get their butts back

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-30745776452345681912007-12-08T16:01:00.000-08:002007-12-10T08:46:54.098-08:00

Our adventure racing team spends an awful lot of time working on our fitness, but this time of year we spend a bit more time honing our technical skills, whether it be on a mountain bike, running, climbing or kayaking. Friday night we hooked up with our good friends from the Outdoor Adventure Center in the Juanita high School Pool and went over bracing techniques, wet exits and most importantly

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-89263792109004881902007-12-08T15:47:00.001-08:002007-12-08T15:59:44.048-08:00

Finally, I got my pictures uploaded from last weeks winter Beast. Was without internet for a week or so...hope you enjoy them. Only a couple came out as the lense was wet and sweaty most of the time, at least there was a couple of keepers in there.

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The Winter BEAST 2007 turned out to be a real test and for some reason coincided with the first big winter storm in Seattle. DART-nuun had 3 members of the team participating in the lottery program where we get teamed up with new adventure racers or racers that are interested in racing with us. This serves as a great opportunity to give many inside tips and tricks of the trade to racers that

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-9086730800815345862007-11-29T09:14:00.000-08:002007-11-29T17:10:48.047-08:00

Rest and recovery is officially over. I was able to take 2 full months off of competitive adventure racing, specific training and any competition for that matter. Recharging the batteries and most importantly the body. Thanksgiving has come and gone, got my turkey and now am laying out my 2008 fitness plan, adventure racing calendar and recreation.My plan is to emphasize running and incorporate

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Monday November 12th we headed to REI to hear a presentation by 'Dr. Extreme', or Dr. Brian Krabak, about his experiences as the Medical Director for the Racing the Planet running series. The race takes place in 4 deserts accross the globe, which has a bit of interest to me as the deserts of Moab recently handed me a big F-U...and I am a bit intrigued by races through these miserable

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-44553701547685829632007-11-05T07:49:00.001-08:002007-11-05T08:59:23.782-08:00

That's right the Rico Challenge made its presence known as the 2007 edition was held in Washington at the Samamish State Park. In our backyard! I fielded a powerhouse team for this event, as I knew it was going to be November's biggest production and have the largest cash purse in all of Samamish State Park, at $0 and a cool medal. The team was comprised of the 6.5 month pregnant JVG, my father

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-35605661581734098862007-11-04T11:14:00.000-08:002007-11-05T07:29:21.148-08:00

Glenn, Mari and Matt crushed it at the USARA national champs...they jockeyed for first with EMS and MOAT through out the entire race and had me on the edge of my seat on Friday. You can see via my last reports how the race played out...I wish the race had a bit more real time reporting but not sure how possible that was in Missouri.Here's a bit of the breakdown from Glenn in an e-mail I got:"We

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News Update! USARA Live updates hereDART in 4th place...looking strong and Yak from CP Zero noted:"DART-nuun was all business and didn't have too much to say as they dashed out of the TA. They reported no problems and were having great time."********************************************Just got off the phone with Mike Bitton in Missouri...DART-nuun moved into first with EMS and Moat trailing...

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Now onto the USARA National Championships. DART will be sending a team comprised of Glenn Rogers, Mari Chandler and Matt Hayes. The race is a 24 hour race with zero assisted transitions. This means that the racers will be carrying everything they need for the entire race on their backs...wow! Glenn and Mari are seasoned veterans of the team and Matt joins the gang from Mergeo as a long time racer

DARTvghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11676493980254956199noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15145951.post-13829646239163055922007-10-23T06:14:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:29:26.786-07:00

The 2007 Ecomotion Pro is happening right now! One of the races on my top 5 list (Despite pulling out from an ankle over use issue last year) and the reporting/coverage has been really good to date on Sleep Monsters.The field is very deep this year with some ral contenders and I think the top 8 spots are really a crap shoot. My call is something like this in order:-Buff-Orion-Sole-Wilsa Helly

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The 2007 season has come to an end for me...what a year! I have been looking forward to putting the chill on for quite some time. What does this mean?I am going to let the body rest for a month or two, or at least participate in sports that I don't do during the heart of the season...basketball for for the time being and then its off to the mountains. I'll probably focus on re-establishing the

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The Big Blue series has come and gone this year and it ended with the 12 hour race in sunny Lake Tahoe. Wait a second I said sunny...We got rained, snowed and sleeted on. But that was all part of the fun. We finished by running accross the finish line in the SUN, so that was a big treat. It was a great race and a stellar production. We will be back for more Big Blue adventure races for sure.The

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Last weekend saw the introduction of a new race, the 4th Dimension 24 hour adventure race to the Pacific Northwest. Produced by Roger Michel and Glenn Rogers (Fellow DARTer) this was the real deal in 24 hour racing. It was a very challenging course accompanied by some difficult weather and especially visibility at night. I needed a fog light.Here are the pictures that I took, the first 3, and

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We are a couple of weeks out of XPD and less than a week before the 4th Dimension Adventure race on the Olympic Peninsula. I'm in that ambiguous state between recovery and taper...is there a place in between the two? Some call it Baskin Robbins, others call it rest ;-)Over the weekend I went on a great hike up Mt. Pillchuck with JVG and had a killer mountain bike ride at Tiger. I think the

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I finally got my pictures uploaded and sifted through them to post a couple of the good ones...check out the slideshow:I have woken up in a rant pulling thorns out from my imaginery tires...typical fare for any sleep deprived expeditionist.A little research pointed Rinn towards our nemisis and he pointed out the "Goathead" in wikipedia for us...perhaps knowing my enemy, Tribulus terrestris,

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We arrived yesterday morning into the finish line after 6+ days of racing and a whirlwind tour of eastern Australia. We came across the line 3rd but will have an official finishing place of fourth based on a corse change at CP 35. Very many highlights and a well ran race have left quite an impression on us. We saw so much interesting geography and wildlife was abundant.Early on we had some

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On to the XPD Expedition adventure race, headquartered in Queensland, Australia. We arrived to Sydney and seemed to have slept through an entire day, as we left on Thursday and arrived on Saturday, late in the afternoon....time machine? Nope, its the international date line. The weather is cold for the locals and warm for us at around 70 degrees F. The town of Airlie is a sleepy backpackers town

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We set out on Saturday morning from Jeannie and Jamie's in Rockport for the Teebone Ridge Traverse. We shuttled a car the night before to Newhalem and intended to hike/climb the Teebone ridge from the Lookout Mountain trailhead and then bushwhack down into Newhalem for some great off trail travel and rugged terrain.On our way up to Lookout Mountain...4000ft+ from the car. The mountain in the

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So we are traveling to Australia, and for those of us that have never been there, a whole new chain of the evolutionary animal kingdom exists. What type of creepy crawlies are we going to come accross in the rain forest, outback and Islands? Here are a couple that have been pointed out to me...thanks Maria!The Southern Death Adder...hoping to avoid this guy and his a group of highly venomous

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Starting to really dial in the prep for DART-nuun's next expedition race, XPD, which will be hosted in Airlie beach Australia. This race is going to be a whopper and a good introduction for our team to Australia. A couple of highlights:-Estimated winning time is 4-5 days-Course cut off is 10 days-The race includes a snorkel orienteering section. I'm excited about this!-Length was 700km, the last

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Last weekend five of us headed up to Paradise Lodge with intentions of climbing Mt Rainier in celebration of my dad's 60th birthday and life in general. I think the research had been done which showed the weekend of July 22nd as the best weather weekend for the last 100 years...we think Mother Nature woke up on the wrong side of the bed last Friday.We still made a trip out of it and got to test

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I just received this and thought I would put it out there for everyone to ponder. Wish we could make it but it looks like we wont be hitting Abu Dhabi in 2007. Looks pretty sweet and the prize money is huge. Has anyone ever long distance orienteered with a camel before? Sounds fun!!!****************************LIMITED NUMBERS! For this first edition numbers are limited to 30 teams.All information

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The Trioba has come and gone. The Yeager brothers and NW Adventures put on a stellar race for their grand finale...of course I would have preferred one of their old fashioned 24 hour courses, but the 6-12 hour race was a blast. In the end Mergeo.com edged us (Hart, Rinn and Myself) out by 15-20 minutes after we got into a tailspin on check point 15. As is part of the game in adventure racing, you

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One week after the RTN and focus has changed to the 12 hour Trioba which will be the second race for their season and as it turns out the final race for the Yeager brothers:"The TRIOBA series will conclude and close its event history with the last race of this season occurring on July 14, 2007. The TRIOBA 12-hour race held at Snoqualmie Pass will be the final race in a race series that has

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Erik and I combined Rinn and I's video footage to make a short trailer of the action at the Raid. This is about 5 minutes, but hold on there will be a 15 minute version coming soon with all sorts of goodies.

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We, DART-nuun, finished 2nd and had a great race against a competitive field. We are happy with our results and had a good time up North with the Canadians...Climbing Mt Moreseby yours truly...We made it back after 102 hours of racing and 19 hours of non stop driving to Seattle and home.Here are a couple of my initial after thoughts about the race:-Totally Awesome!-Real Wilderness-Real

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We made the ferry ride up the inside passage to Prince Rupert yesterday and into last night and it was a memorable ride. Very beautiful and the coast line is very rugged and majestic . The mountains began to climb higher the further north we got on the ship and there is definitely snow around on the higher mountain tops.I will be posting more updates through the DART-nuun news blog and Erik will

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With just days before we take off for Raid the North it is time to let the body rest up and taper. Which is usually a great time, filled with eating and resting. This weekend lived up to my expectations, JVG and I road tripped up to Winthrop and spent some time in the Methow Valley. It was perfect. We drove the Mountian Loop Highway which is a big loop connecting I-90 and Highway 20 with Highway

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