The elite race started with a 4 hour Rogaine paddle with 15 control points. No teams cleared all 15, but teams did visit all 15 controls. The luminescence was "insane" - with fish darting all over leaving trails through the water.
The sport teams had the same map - but only 2 hours. Not to make some elite teams feel bad - but one Sport team (Sheriff's Posse got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 14, and 15) got 8 controls in 2 hours. The best elite team got to 10 controls (Rainbows and Unicorns got 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11) in 4 hours - they were both using the same map.
After the paddle - the teams biked to the Grove TA picking up controls along the way. There they headed out on foot to do a trek. No teams cleared the trek/bike - in fact no teams cleared the trek. A lot of rain in recent days made it incredibly wet and challenging.
Results are at http://pangeaadventureracing.com/event-details/events/2014-luminescent-ar - Congratulations to Rainbows and Unicorns for their first major win. Congrats to Blood, Sweat, and Beers for a 3 minute race in the Sport division.
Some pics and video
See everyone next month at the Nocturnal Challenge - looking for another real challenge!
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