A video would be worth more than a thousand words. Here is a recap of the race. The elite race started at 8 AM with a quick run and 5 checkpoints taking teams to the water and a beautiful morning paddle. The 5th checkpoint was the most challenging and some teams had to take multiple attacks to successfully find it in the open woods. The paddle also proved to have some navigation challenges (keeping a few teams out there for hours) - but the top teams moved through it in under 2 hours also completing the paddle challenge (a marked paddle course).
The elite teams then ran back to the main TA picking up 6 more checkpoints along the route.
After completing the run-paddle-run the elite teams were out on the challenging bike course. Even though this was a short bike by elite course standards, it also had a spiderweb network of trails and very challenging navigation.
Meanwhile the sport teams were gathering for a long pre-race in preparation for the sport course. The teams would split into two groups, one doing a bike-paddle-bike, the other doing a bike-run-bike. Teams would complete one section and then return to the main TA for the passport to do the other leg.
In the end it was a beautiful day for racing and plenty of teams cleared both courses. Results are at the Pangea Web Site - http://www.pangeaadventureracing.com/ The next race is the Treasure Coast Adventure Race - I should the race from the perspective of a racer as I'll be out there with Jim and Wanda, team Florida XTreme.
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Team World Vibe AR's elite racing perspective - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wt-4dTMpBI
We were in the front of the pack going into the canoe. The first 5 checkpoints were fast and the course flowed well to the river.
We lost our bearing in the "very challenging" spider-web maze biking portion, going from CP 25 to Cp 26. This race is a good spring-board for our 2011 season. Pangea never fails to challenge.
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