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The G-Rant : Grant's Rants on Adventure Racing

“Without adventure, civilization is in full decay.” - Alfred North Whitehead

Yureka! I found one!

For those of you who know me (or just read this post earlier), you know I've been trying to find a 24+ hour race to do this summer and I've really struggled.  I know there are options in the Southeast, but it seems like I've been down that way a lot lately and I don't want to do the long drive on I-85 and through Asheville to another race (in northern Georgia or Tenn); part of the fun, for me, is experiencing new terrain and different race organizations. 

Well, I've got a July 36-hour race to consider: the Raid the North in Quebec Province, Canada!  We looked at moving to Quebec a few years ago, so this might be our chance to explore what might have been . . . could have been QCAdventure instead of HRAdventure!? 

I think we've got support crew options up in that area; the next step is coerce family and get Team HRAdventure fired up about it . . . time to brush up on my French, too . . .



Comments

MNewlon said:

Dude....it's spelled Eureka.......
             -Morgan
# May 16, 2006 1:41 PM

gkillian said:

Dude . . . just checking to see if anyone reads these things.  Are you in for this race or not?  
# May 16, 2006 7:40 PM

MNewlon said:

Dude.....two things:
1) It's in Canada......even worse its in French Canada........
2) Are you sure you wanna race with someone who has a bum knee at this point so only having really maybe a month and a half to really get into racing shape?  Or are you so desperate for teamates you'll take a gimp............
# May 16, 2006 9:54 PM

gkillian said:

Since you put it that way, maybe you should sit this one out!
# May 16, 2006 10:37 PM

Eric - Richmond ASR said:

Hey Morgan Dude,

If Wendy and I are in then you can't claim a bad knee. I've been working so much that training has been an after thought. Wendy has two bad knees yet is pumped to go north! So you in? Dude.
# May 16, 2006 11:14 PM

gkillian said:

Dude.  Rudy said he'd like to race, so I think we're covered for July AND it lets Morgan heel up his knee before Utah.  
# May 17, 2006 8:17 AM

MNewlon said:

Fair enough........what do you think the cost of this event would be?
# May 17, 2006 5:36 PM

gkillian said:

$500 covers lodging & race fee, $100 for vehicle gas and, since you eat like a bird, $3.75 for food.  $603.75 total for you.  In Canadian dollars (the Peso of the North) that's like $24 American.
# May 17, 2006 6:23 PM

Eric - Richmond ASR dude said:

So Morgan you having second thoughts? The Canadian dollar isn't that devalued, it's more like $1USD = $1.1CAD. So 603.75 would be $550 not including the cost of keeping the ice cream cold.

# May 17, 2006 10:38 PM

MNewlon said:

Do they have ice cream in Canadia?
# May 18, 2006 9:51 AM

Eric - Richmond ASR said:

Not that I know of. Canadia? They may have it in Canada but just in case we can take a gallon.
# May 18, 2006 11:47 AM

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