The kayak leg consisted of a 22km downriver paddle. The water wasn’t moving fast enough to influence the boat at all, but just being close to land can make you feel like you are moving faster…or slower depending on your mindset! We were able to keep ‘Capital Stamina’ within sight of us for the first… →

Our strategy to sleep in the kitchen to stay warm worked perfectly, but no one mentioned that the kitchen sink was the only place for teams to refill their water before departing! I think I slept through the first fifteen people coming in, but eventually it got a bit ridiculous. Thankfully it wasn’t too long… →

Howe Sound Crest Trail 2007, 30km, five runners, 7hr’s total time with over 6,000 feet of climbing and 9,000 feet of descent. Being up in the clouds all day didn’t dampen anybodies spirits and even though two runner’s had to take an early exit off of the route, everyone enjoyed just being out there and… →

As Nick and I started to gain elevation, and the sun cleared the horizon and we were presented with a much clearer picture of the lay of the land. We yelled back to Megan and Mark that we thought we might be right on top of the CP and were going to the top to… →

The sun had just risen and there were so many teams fumbling about on this plateau that it looked like the unofficial third starting line in three days. The one thing I noticed was that there were plenty of teams standing around and looking at maps but very few people were actually moving at all.… →

The alarm started buzzing at 6am, but it didn’t matter. The temp had dipped significantly overnight and no one really slept that great under our $0.99 space blankets. We arose to notice that but three teams were ready to go for the 6am re-start, which was a relief to all of us. We had intended… →

The first full Stage of XPD would see us paddling for up to 50km, trekking for 30km and biking for 47km. There was a dark zone before the start of the second Stage and no teams would be allowed to begin before 6am the following day. The first day of the race was basically a… →

Let me just say this right now, if this posting sucks I apologize. I am suffering from a major lack of motivation to write anything lately and I have chained myself to the chair to get through this first report. The race season is pretty much over for me and Team Helly Hansen-MOMAR (only the… →

As a small side note to this video, I meant to say 1/16 of an inch, not 1/4 inch, and our absolutely brilliant idea failed miserably. Not only did it NOT prevent flat tires, it actually caused our first three!! Also, if you have not already signed up for this Facebook crap, DON’T DO IT… →

I didn’t write it, but it was too good not to post on here: TO THE SPOILED UNDER 25 CROWD… When I was a kid, adults used to bore me to tears with their tediousdiatribes about how hard things were when they were growing up; what withwalking twenty-five miles to school every morning…uphill BOTH ways.yadda,… →