During the last AR, I took to wearing a bright -blue-Kauai-souvenir-lost-in the-back-of-the-closet
for-two-years-cowboy hat. I wore it for several reasons: I was feeling a little
sassy, I hadn't showered in days, and it decreased confusion with folks trying
to find me or the check-in within rather large TAs. For those
of you that are concerned by Grant's change of tone, topic and tempo (and
weren't at the race to view my beautiful hat first hand) this is his wife,
Jill. Sigh, right? As a sidenote, I think that Grant needs some unique feature as well- aside
from the floppy curls- I have a hard time directing people to him.
Grant's busy mixing up a protein shake and unloading our cars for the 4th or
5th time and I just can't do it again. My car unloading sprit is broken and
I've bartered a short blog for Grant unloading my car instead. Deal.
So, we've made it up to New Hampshire after clearing the course (thanks Pike!), sleeping, and playing a little on Bear Creek Lake with Grant's parents.Grant's rather water-phobic dad skippered his very first trolling motor-a day for many a wine glass clink for years to come. At present, we
are still carrying cortisone cream with us like the precious (as I'm sure you are
as well) and have nightmares about ticks, but are otherwise in good spirits and
healthy. I have to say that the support crew, racers, and volunteers in this last race were the best yet-incredible attitudes, perseverence - an inspiring group at the least. Kudos, cheers, clink, clink.
We've hit the ground running (shocker, right?) and are moving ahead with Untamed New England; a
couple permits down and a couple more to go! Grant's been
generally shocked by the enthusiasm and help from the folks who make the decisions up here ("Really, you'll only be here for 5 hours and from midnight to 5 am? Why don't you check out these couple of logging roads, that could keep you here longer." HUH?). You’ll see more detail with race
information as the course solidifies. Question: We are thinking a 50ish
hour dream race (but I'm biased) with a 24-30 hour short course (same finish), and
we are aiming for a Untamed-supported race (no support crew, we source boats for teams).
Would a short course make a
difference with some of you making the trip or would you go for the long one if
you participate? Does 50ish hours blow your mind or is NE just too far anyway?
We'd love to have some familiar faces on the course.
Ok, G's starting to hover with a blender in hand, that's my queue. Hope you are all safe, happy and healthy.
-Jill