Team HRAdventure entered the VentureQuest adventure race in Northern VA. I couldn't do the race -- more on that in the next post -- but Mike (a regular on Team HRAdventure who I race with a lot), joined forces with Rebecca (who we've trained with and know well) and Scott (who is relatively new to adventure racing but helps to organize the races we put on).
I got a voicemail from Scott a few hours ago. He said in the message, "It's been a bad day for me, but Mike and Rebecca are still out there racing."
That's strange. Adventure racing is a team sport. I finally got to talk with Scott on the phone and it turns out he had to withdraw due to medical reasons; he was way too dehydrated and cramping really badly. He abandoned the race part way through and Mike and Rebecca continued as a partial team. He also had 2 flat tires in the first 30 minutes of the biking portion of the race, which just added insult to injury.
So, it sounds like a rough day for Team HRAdventure up in Northern Virginia but sometimes rough days are the ones you learn from the most. Scott is going to write a race report for the HRAdventure website so we can get the full details. I hope Mike and Rebecca had fun, they're two great athletes.