I can hardly type "Potpourri" without laughing, but it is an appropriate title. Here we go . . .
Sea & Sand Adventure Race results are now available in a
preliminary fashion; we've got a few teams in the wrong division and I need to go over the passports in more detail, but I know what it is like to wait on race results and so I hurried to get this update together. Congrats to all the racers and thanks to the land managers, volunteers, and sponsors -- this event had to be completely revamped at the last minute and it turned out really well (although having to locate all the CPs on existing trails was an unfortunate requirement of the venue: it made for fairly straight forward nav and you know I'm all about seeing tears on some faces due to a few tough nav points . . . I'll be looking for more tears in June of 2007).
Speaking of 2007, you might also notice
a bit about our events set for the first half of 2007 has made it onto the website.
It's crazy right now because there's so many directions we're moving in:
Potential partnership relationships are popping up in many new and exciting places (I actually don't have time to explore each opportunity to the fullest) . . .
I'm working to get Mike, Pam, and Morgan set up to be fairly self-sufficient in their management of the March and April 2007 events . . .
The June 2007 race, my final event as a race director before relocating to Switzerland (more on this another time), is coming together. Rip Board will be sourcing riverboards for the racers and providing a free instructional clinic a week or two prior to the race -- yes, riverboarding will be on the list of disciplines for this race. The Charlottesville Boys and Girls Club will be the beneficiary of our race and Blue Ridge Mountain Sports will be presenting sponsor (their HQ are in Charlottesville). If teams can't wait to get into the event, they can email info@UntamedVA.com expressing their interest in the race and we'll extend a discount code to them for when official registration opens in December.
I'm also working to make HRAdventure visors, the "AR is Not A Crime" shirt, and some other propaganda available for purchase via our website in time for Christmas; we might even get an HRA wall calendar together for 2007. If you can't wait for true ecommerce to arrive at the HRA website just email info@HRAdventure.com for info on how to buy this stuff and I can send you a PayPal invoice or something less sophisticated.
And one last thing: for anybody interested in heading down to retrieve the CP flags from the Sea & Sand with me: I'll leave from the Little Island parking lot at 1 PM
sharp this Sunday afternoon. I'll be biking for them as you can't get in there by car (but most should know that at this point). Low tide is 12:30 so the bike South should be fine . . . but we'll need to push the pace because the high tide is set for 6:30 PM.