tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348642012011-07-30T05:35:31.476-05:00Team Enduraventure is an adventure racing team based in the southeast US. Most say we're crazy for doing what we do, but we simply call it a good time.Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04455357354889512140noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-40455855527191436642007-05-25T09:05:00.000-05:002007-05-25T09:22:33.547-05:00

We are frantically doing our last minute packing and shopping for the upcoming Michigan Expedition Race. Thanks to all those who we had to bum gear from, as packing for an unsupported 3-4 day race is no easy task. Cramming all our food, clothing, and gear in two gear boxes has provided quite the challenge for me. Anybody know what the shelf life is of PB&J in a dark, enclosed bin? Anybody

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-5392258366560419262007-05-25T08:57:00.000-05:002007-05-25T09:04:23.768-05:00

Look for us to be shaving hours off our race times with this new bike-swim technique..

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-24228838581974115042007-04-30T13:47:00.000-05:002007-04-30T14:10:50.118-05:00

Lisa Randall, Neal Radford, and Bill Fletcher (of Snickers Marathon fame) took another overall win at this past weekend's Save-The-World Adventure Race in South Carolina. They managed to find 42 of the 46 total checkpoints on the "modified-rogaine" course format... and did so with nearly 2 hours left to play with. As was the case with the team's 2 previous wins at STW in '05 & '06, route

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Yes, we've been neglecting our blog so hideously that no excuse can begin to justify it. Well, maybe one. We've been out training and racing like crazy and just haven't had time to do much of anything else. Get the house ready for sale? No. Clean the car? No. Update the blog? No. Just racing racing racing.To make a long update short, here's a contrite list of bullet points:-Picked up local bike

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The team is organizing a flea market and day of clinics in a couple of weekends up in Roswell, GA. I did this a few years back with TrailBlazers and it seemed to be a hit. Since then, we've re-accumulated alot of gear so we decided to do it all over again.Details & Registration Here!

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We're all now decompressing from an uber-successful year of racing that goes a little something like this (let the shameful bragging begin):-9 overall wins-3 of those wins were USARA Regional Championship Races (North Georgia AR, Save-The-World AR, Adventure24 AR)-17 trips to the podium in 19 attempts-Ranked second in the USARA's frequent shopper program-3rd place finish at the USARA National

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USARA Nationals Draft Recap - 3rd placeThe starting beach run, coasteering was fast and furious, and the bathtub paddle lived up to expectations. I heard that there were a few isolated encounters with the surf, but for the most part it was very tame. Unbeknowst to Lisa and I, the floor of our boat managed to deflate itself mid-paddle, so we slowly plodded through the leg, emerging at our first

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What better way to get ready for Nationals than with 45 minutes of suffering above your lactate threshold, otherwise known as Cyclocross. Being off my cross bike for two years, I spent the first lap getting used to the bike, figuring out the lines through the corners and basically sitting in and gauging everyone else. Once we reached the sand pit and some barriers I was able to run around about 4

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1162243356662741992006-10-30T16:18:00.000-05:002006-10-30T16:22:36.673-05:00

Rather than squeeze in one more monster training, we all decided to scale things back and take advantage of the taper theory. That didn't keep us from doing a little somethin somethin though.For Lisa & I, Saturday night was spent running around in the woods with our spouses at the Georgia Orienteering Club's annual night-O even at Cochran Mill. It was chilly and dark at the start, but our

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Ok, so it wasn't controversial, but I had to get your interest somehow. Last Saturday marked the 2006 Night-O put on by the Georgia Orienteering Club. Proving that two heads are NOT necessarily better than one, the Randalls displayed poor judgement and a case of "I thought YOU were looking at the map" and ended up getting themselves DQ'ed for running overtime on the course.Starting with a fairly

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1161638496224862932006-10-23T16:05:00.000-05:002006-11-05T22:31:35.756-05:00

We had our last big training before Nationals on Saturday. It started of cold (36 degrees) but it turned out to be a beautiful day of climbing in the N. Georgia mountains. The autumn leaves and colors were peaking and it feels like we are as well. Lisa says we logged ~83 miles, 16,500 feet of elevation (11,300 on bike, 5,200 on foot) in a shade around 10 hours. I was feeling good about it until

Goblenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1161362884526081182006-10-20T11:33:00.000-05:002006-10-20T11:48:04.536-05:00

Yak of Checkpoint Zero was kind enough to offer Team Enduraventure a comped entry to the Checkpoint Zero 30 hour race in Helen in March of 2007. Were excited to defend our victory from NGAR last year, but I'm starting to feel a little like this...The team is off to Dahlonega this weekend for one more big training event before packing up for Nationals.

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1161047929844555992006-10-16T19:50:00.000-05:002006-10-17T14:18:03.660-05:00

Well this weekend wasn't spent racing, but that didn't stop our winning streak. Like every other conscious adventure racer, I spent the week watching TV coverage of Primal Quest. Anyway, Golite held a contest in conjunction with the broadcast and each day they had a little quiz to enter drawing for a bunch of gear. I usually don't bother with such things, but Golite gear is pretty good, so I

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110 miles. 31,320 feet of elevation gain. 30 hours.That's the course description we received today from the organizers of the USARA National Championship race. While we're gung ho about being ready for this race, this will be a significant challenge. Above all else I'm a realist. The elevation doesn't intimidate me. The distance doesn't intimidate me. The time doesn't intimidate me. Put them

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It wasn't clean or pretty, but Lisa, Allen and Bryan added a final overall win of their 2006 regular season at the Savannah River/Augusta Canal Adventure Race. Put on by Kando Adventures, the 8 hr. race featured a rappel and traverse along with approximately 25 miles of terrain along the canal and greenway. Despite breaking away during the initial 2-mile run, it was a tight victory as the team

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Last March I nearly caused my teammates to freeze to death on our gloriously stupid swim across Lake Allatoona in the Goldrush AR. Since then (well, once it warmed up) I decided that I needed to work on my swimming technique so I started going to our neighborhood pool over the summer, got some pointers from swimmer friends, and evenutally worked up the endurance to swim a half mile (in the pool)

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1160008616157317832006-10-04T19:21:00.000-05:002006-10-04T19:36:56.166-05:00

So I rearranged my work schedule this week so that I could get some much needed therapy. My version of therapy is rocks, roots, breathtaking vistas, and cool lakes so I spent the day riding up at Pine Log. My technical riding has suffered since my switch to AR and I definitely got my techy fix today. Kim and I rode a bunch of trails and checked out the awesome overlook at the top of Pine Log

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1159378672888156292006-09-27T12:32:00.000-05:002006-09-27T12:37:52.896-05:00

Be sure to pick up the October issue of North Georgia Outdoors and Fitness. Yours truly will be gracing the cover and be featured in the local athlete spotlight. Its not Sports Illustrated, but you have to start somewhere : )

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1159061863969269032006-09-23T20:26:00.000-05:002006-09-23T20:37:43.976-05:00

So Chris and I did some orienteering practice today at the Allatoona WMA. We had a good time running around in the woods and coasteering along the shores of Lake Allatoona. Lots of climbing over rocks and some really cool whacks. We saw some guys that got their Jeep Cherokee stuck in the lake...yes, I said IN the lake. Sigh... My only complaint about our little jaunt is that I got some

Lisa Randallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11522074698450587457noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1159045856229990542006-09-23T15:34:00.000-05:002006-10-13T15:46:32.803-05:00

So, to get things kicked off, I guess we'll post our most recent race. The Overmountain Extreme AR was a 30-hr race based out of Morganton, NC. After a bit of a mid-summer lull away from racing, Lisa, James and Bryan were ready to get back into things and took on the course.The official splits and finishing times haven't come in yet, but the team crossed the finish in first place approx 3.5 hrs

Goblenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34864201.post-1158946270554895712006-09-22T12:11:00.000-05:002006-09-22T12:31:10.560-05:00

Apparently everyone's got one and we don't like getting left behind, so here we are with our own new & shiny team blog. We're used to starting a little behind and moving up towards the top of the ranks, so hopefully we'll be able to put something together that will hold your interest over the long haul. And if we don't, oh well, at least it's not reflective of our actual racing.So instead of

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