What a great way to spend a weekend, we had great weather, great volunteers and some very determined racers. It started off with the Kids race on Saturday with 26 runners and 12 bikers with 4 brave athletes doing both. Many parents and spectators lined the 90% single track course to cheer them on. Thanks to everyone who took the time to help out or just come watch, there was a great vibe out there.
The rain that was forecast for Sunday ended up moving to Monday leaving us with a scorching (well at least to our standards) beautiful sunny day. The course was dry and fast all day long and held up well under all of our pounding and skidding. Thanks again to Barry Hagen and his crew for maintaining the trails out there, it is not easy with the year of rain we have had. Other than quite a few cramped up muscles and parched lips everyone seemed to be having a great time. Shayne from Stride & Glide did a spectacular job timing this years event, complete with a live results TV, personalized race plates and an announcers checkpoint so we knew who was coming into the stadium next. Thanks to Aaron from Evolve for providing a bike to give away for the second year in a row and helping with race bibs and plates. Thanks also to Integris Credit Union, Northern Cycle, Cycle Logic, Ruckus, Ruins, Koops, Clear Choice water and Seth Tobin for all their donations. Thanks to Mandy from Script Monster for helping with the BBQ and a big thanks to Otway Nordic Center for use of their lodge, sound system and most importantly - their trails!
Thanks again to our brave volunteers who stood out in the woods for hours watching us pull our sweaty bodies around and around the course. Also to all our co-organizers; thank you so much for putting on an amazing race, this is a completely volunteer run event and many people stepped up to the plate to make sure this event happened this year.
Feel free to post comments on the day on this page or email us at otwaychallenge@yahoo.ca. We have already have had a video of the event been made by Chrissy Alder and we have posted it on our results and pictures page. If you have any photos of the event that you would like to share please send them to us!
The rain that was forecast for Sunday ended up moving to Monday leaving us with a scorching (well at least to our standards) beautiful sunny day. The course was dry and fast all day long and held up well under all of our pounding and skidding. Thanks again to Barry Hagen and his crew for maintaining the trails out there, it is not easy with the year of rain we have had. Other than quite a few cramped up muscles and parched lips everyone seemed to be having a great time. Shayne from Stride & Glide did a spectacular job timing this years event, complete with a live results TV, personalized race plates and an announcers checkpoint so we knew who was coming into the stadium next. Thanks to Aaron from Evolve for providing a bike to give away for the second year in a row and helping with race bibs and plates. Thanks also to Integris Credit Union, Northern Cycle, Cycle Logic, Ruckus, Ruins, Koops, Clear Choice water and Seth Tobin for all their donations. Thanks to Mandy from Script Monster for helping with the BBQ and a big thanks to Otway Nordic Center for use of their lodge, sound system and most importantly - their trails!
Thanks again to our brave volunteers who stood out in the woods for hours watching us pull our sweaty bodies around and around the course. Also to all our co-organizers; thank you so much for putting on an amazing race, this is a completely volunteer run event and many people stepped up to the plate to make sure this event happened this year.
Feel free to post comments on the day on this page or email us at otwaychallenge@yahoo.ca. We have already have had a video of the event been made by Chrissy Alder and we have posted it on our results and pictures page. If you have any photos of the event that you would like to share please send them to us!
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