RAID the HAMMER - Nov 11, 2007

25 km adventure/orienteering race through the Burlington/Hamilton area
Raced with Joe and Kevin.
Total time: 6:41

Oct 12 Girls Night

Sherry and Cindy came to Milton

Trail run in the AM, then to the bike show in the afternoon

Halton Hilly 100 - Sat Sept 29, 2007

Andrea, Chris, Tara and Greg do the Halton Hilly 100. Just as it sounds, a 100 km bike route through the Halton region. 5 major climbs and LOTS of smaller hills.

Had a great time. Nice slow pace. Beautiful fall day.

http://www.cyclecanada.com/HHH.html

Team Ecco-ESAR races in Milton - June 16

Andrea, Kevin and Vin race the ARC Enduro race in Milton on Saturday June 16. The girls were not available or not interested in doing this race. Janicke raced with Mike and another friend. Figured I should do it since it was SO close to home (12 mins....nice!).

We paddled around Kelso lake twice. Got on our bikes and biked/pushed our bikes up the hill. Looked for a couple of CP's (one was missing and we spent over 45 mins looking for it). We then made our way over to Hilton Falls where we trekked around looking for more CP's. This section was difficult because the map didn't show any trails but there were a lot of trail everywhere. Vin was great with the nav in this section (after having a hard time with the first CP). After getting all our CP's we found out that we were still in 4th place. Got on our bikes and rode on hydroline trails and roads over to Mountsberg. Got the final CP and rode back to Kelso. It was a shorter race (less than 6 hrs). Had the team back to my house for beers post-race.

Hadn't raced with guys for a while....had a great time though.

4th of of 10 teams (very sad to only have 10 teams out for an Enduro race this close to the City)

Adventure Challenge (May 5, 2007)

Sherry, Janicke and Andrea raced the Frontier Adventure Challenge in Huntsville. It was an "interesting" race.
We started on bike from Deerhurst Resort. The gravel roads and some of the trails were quite fun. Others were a bit challenging. From the bike, we transitioned to a trek. This was a bush whack but we were perfect with the navigation (about 2 km through the woods). We then had to cross a river and then run a gravel road for about 5-6 km.
The next TA we moved on to canoeing. This is always interesting with 3 people in a boat. And I was the middle person. I got really cold and was shivering quite uncontrollably for a while. We had to portage around 4 rapids, but also ran many other fun rapids. I just wish it were warmer. After the paddle, we got back on our bikes. I left the TA with a silver emergency blanket wrapped around my upper body because I was still so cold. It was mainly trail and a bit of road back to Deerhurst. We crossed the finish line in just under 9 hours.
-2nd out of 8 all female teams
-17/34 overall

Raid the Rib (April 7, 2007)

Raced the 10/12km course in Milton with team ECCO-ESAR (Andrea, Heather & Vin). Placed 2nd out of 7 teams in the short course. Great day, the weather was a bit chilly. For more info and results check out www.dontgetlost.ca

Indoor Climbing at Gravity (Hamilton) Mar 24

Andrea
Cindy

Snowshoe Raid - FEB 24

I raced with Murray at the dontgetlost.ca Snowshoe Raid. It was a three hour race just north of Barrie. We had to find as many checkpoints as possible in 3 hrs. We ended up 4th out of 8 coed teams. It was a cold day, but I had an AMAZING time! check out the link for more info http://www.dontgetlost.ca/raid/snow.htm

Chilly Half Marathon (March 4, 2007)

Andrea, Cindy and Janicke ran the Chilly Half Marathon in Burlington today.
All the Saturday morning training runs paid off.
Times were as follows.......
Cindy: 1:48:10
Janicke: 1:48:17
Andrea: 1:52:33

These are the results from all the girls from my group who ran the Chilly
Cindy, 1:48:10, #18 of 176 in her age group, #99 of 1,061 women
Janicke, 1:48:17, #19 of 176 in her age group, #101 of 1,061 women
Helen, 1:51:31, #21 of 176 in her age group, #140 of 1,061 women
Wendy, 1:51:55, #33 of 152 in her age group, #146 of 1,061 women
Andrea, 1:52:33, #34 of 152 in her age group, #156 of 1,061 women
Astrid, 2:02:11, #70 of 176 in her age group, #370 of 1,061 women
Trish, 2:04:53, #83 of 176 in her age group, #422 of 1,061 women
Tara, 2:06:11, #74 of 152 in her age group, #461 of 1,061 women
Debbie, 2:08:04, #89 of 180 in her age group, #487 of 1,061 women
Sarah, 2:23:16, #116 of 152 in her age group, #788 of 1,061 women
Mimi, 2:23:16, #128 of 177 in her age group, #789 of 1,061 women

ECCO-ESAR date annouced

The Emergency Services Adventure Race will be held on Saturday May 26, 2007. Please see www.ecco-esar.ca for further information.

Team Sherpas is an all-female adventure racing team based in Southern Ontario. We have competed in races varying from 8 to 36 hrs.

What is Adventure Racing?
The sport consists of a series of consecutive outdoor endurance challenges (running, biking, paddling, etc) that require teams to navigate an unmarked course from start to finish. Race routes are designated by checkpoint coordinates that racers must plot on a map and then locate during the race. Checkpoints are kept secret until just before the race starts. Teams are required to combine physical endurance, psychological toughness, outdoor savy, and athletic skill across a variety of disciplines. While solid fitness is a prerequisite, successful adventure racers are those with the ability to contend with rigors of nonstop racing including sleep deprivation, unpredictable weather, blisters, and general fatigue.

Team Sherpas (Adventure Racing)