Baja Travesia 5 Day Adventure Race

Tuesday March 20th
So the time has come. My very first expedition race. 4 Sleeps until I fly to Mexico, to the warm and hopefully sunny Baja. I can't wait to leave the none stop rain in Canada!
So my goal for this race is to make it through it. I have no idea what my body is going to do and how it is going to handle it. So I have no thoughts on placings etc, just to finish and experience it, learn from it and to be ready to kick some butt in the races mid-year when I will be in prime shape !! I am extremely excited to paddle the coast of baja (although the water temp is a lot colder then I thought it would be), and I am excited to rapel and travel through a canyon of 20-30hrs worth that no-one has ever been through before. My team mate Gary just brought a waterproof digital camera, so there will be plenty of photos to share when we finish.
If you are wanting to keep track throughout the race you can do this through the website www.bajatravesia.com and follow team mindovermountain, or if they have updated our name it will then be helly hansen / mind over mountain. Don't expect any great results ......... but who knows this body might do better then expected (thats what I hope for anyway!!)
Will write and post some pics of the race when I return after April 3rd.

Dirty Duo

Dirty Duo Race

Went down to North Vancouver for the Dirty Duo race on Saturday. There were a bunch of events to choose from, a 50km trail run, a 25km trail run, a 30km mountain bike, a team relay combining the run and ride, or solo (do both the 25km trial run and 30km mountain bike), and thats the one that I opted to do, why I asked myself at the start line, "do I choose the hardest one??". I told myself it was to challenge myself and get a great day of training in for Mexico !!! So anyway the trail run was first on this cold raining morning, it involved a lot of climbing and some great technical descending (which is where a few of us broke away from the pack). Coming in at the end of the run at 2hrs 44mins in 2nd place, I was not really looking forward to the ride. The mountain bike course was wet, muddy, and technical. But all in all I was happy with my efforts, the uphill was slow and painful, but the downhill made up for the pain, and I had some great fun descending in the crazy conditions. I was thankfull to cross the finish line in 3rd place, tired, soaked to the bone, and layered in mud !!

Here is the link to the write up through MOMARS website: http://www.mindovermountain.com/momar/blog/blog.htm

4th Dimension Adventure Race Results

Our first "Mind Over Mountain Team" race together went pretty well. We went down to Washington State to do a 4-7hr Winter Adventure Race. Really is was just running and snowshoeing. We finished with a 2nd place, behind Dart-Nuun (a well respected fully sponsored USA national team). We would have actually been up close to finishing with them if we didn't get off track on our navigating so much. So it was great to know our teams fitness is not bad !! The navigating was actually pretty technical, there were a lot of beginner teams out there and they were getting extremely lost, and many teams didn't finish. Some teams were still looking for Checkpoint 3 when we had finished - there were 19 checkpoints, poor people !! The race started with me losing one of my gloves in the first 5mins, then about 15mins into it we jumped a creek, my foot got soaked in freezing water, but after that it was all good !!

Kayak Training

Took some pic's out on my Kayak session this morning. It was a gorgeous day, and was a great change from the constant rain or snow. I one week Squamish has transformed from endless snow all over the roads and trails, to now most of it gone, which makes it easier for training. Anyhow enjoy the pic's from this morning. The 10min hard slog walking with the kayak from my place to the river is somewhat harder then the kayak itself !!!

Events Calendar

Events Calendar

Our Team Is Sponsored By Mind Over Mountain and Helly Hansen, So In Most Of These Races, That Is What Our Team Name Is (MOMAR/Helly Hansen), Just Incase You Are Looking Up Our Progress & Results On The Website Links Etc .......................

February

3rd * Dimension Winter Adv Race: Snoqualmie, Washington USA 4hr - 7hr Race http://4thdar.com/races.aspx

March

3rd * Dirty Duo Duathlon: Vancouver * Off road 25km trail run & 30km Mountain Bike Race http://www.dirtyduo.com/
27th - 31st * Baja Travesia: Baja Mexico 5 Day Adventure Race * Mountain Bike, Kayak, Trek, Dune Buggy www.bajatravesia.com

April

15th * Vancouver Sun Run: Vancouver 10km City Run http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/sunrun/index.html

May

6th * Vancouver Half Marathon: Vancouver, 21km City Run http://www.bmovanmarathon.ca/hm/
12th * Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race Series: Squamish 1 day http://www.mindovermountain.com/momar/

June

2nd - 3rd * Full Moon In June Adventure Race: Fernie, BC * 36hr Race * Televised Event http://www.fmij.com/

16th * Test of Metal Mountain Bike Race: Squamish * 67km Mtn Bike Race of Single Track Trails http://www.testofmetal.com/

25th - 30th * Raid The North Extreme: Prince Rupert, BC * 6 Day, 500km Event * Mtn Biking,Trekking, Kayaking, Fixed Ropes * http://www.raidthenorth.com/rtnex.html

July

7th * Mind Over Mountain Adv Race: Shawnigan, Vancouver Island * 1 Day http://www.mindovermountain.com/momar/

August

22nd - 31st * XPD Adventure Race: Whitsunday Islands, Australia * 10 Day, 700km Race * Mountain Biking, Trekking, Kayaking, Snorkeling, Sailing, Ropes http://www.xpd.com.au/