Folsom Sprint – A race typically completed with two members was run this season by three Dirty Avocados, Aja Cook, Adam Armijo, and Mike Chastain. The race started with a half mile run from what once was the water bank of the Folsom Lake to the new water line of the Folsom Pond. The three of us took off at the count down in an attempt to sprint to the water line, to Mike and Adam’s dismay they found an initial challenge of trying to run with two inflatable kayaks in 20 mile an hour winds. I had sprinted ahead unaware that the two men were having such problems. When Mike and Adam finally arrived at the waters edge we found ourselves near to last place.

During the quick paddle across the pond, we were able to paddle ourselves into fifth position just before the run leg. The three of us took off down the sandy waters edge for a short 2 or so mile run. Trucking past teams we quickly placed ourselves in third position. From the run we got back in our boats for a short paddle north up the lake to a round about that would head us back to the start/finish line. Mike had an idea of cutting time by pulling boats onto shore and running over the finger that was standing between us and the alcove where we had started the race. This choice was extremely effective, putting us in first for a few short minutes before the teams in second and third caught on.

Quickly over the finger and back into the water we were passed again by the team who had originally held first place. Once we arrived at the start finish line we found ourselves back in third place.

We quickly transitioned from the kayak onto our bikes. With minimal gear that was needed we quickly left the transition area in second place. I believe we were in the TA for no more than a minute. We rallied the single track trails of the Folsom Lake area for no more than an hour and a total of ten miles. During the bike leg we passed no one, but were passed by one super fast coed team that ended up taking second overall, Tahoe Surgery Center

The second transition came where we dumped our bikes in the same transition and ran back down to the waters edge where we found ourselves faced with an obstacle of sorts. One team member was to use a small one gallon bucket to take water from the lake, run the bucket to the partner, who was holding a 4” PVC pipe that had 11 to 13 holes drilled into the side. The one member retrieved water from the lake, poured it into the pipe, while the other teammate attempted to plug the holes with various body parts in order to hold the water inside. There was a small ping pong ball inside the pipe and the object was to get the ping pong ball out without touching the ball, or tipping the pipe. On average it was taking the teams five minutes to complete this activity.

Once we completed the task teams were to sprint back up from the water line to the finish, which for some was a grueling task since several of the sections were 5” deep sand traps. The Dirty Avocados ended up taking forth and fifth overall, since we were supposed to be teams of two, with an elapsed time of two hours and 4 minutes.

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Folsom Sprint – A race typically completed with two members was run this season by three Dirty Avocados, Aja Cook, Adam Armijo, and Mike Chastain. The race started with a half mile run from what once was the water bank of the Folsom Lake to the new water line of the Folsom Pond. The three of us took off at the count down in an attempt to sprint to the water line, to Mike and Adam’s dismay they found an initial challenge of trying to run with two inflatable kayaks in 20 mile an hour winds. I had sprinted ahead unaware that the two men were having such problems. When Mike and Adam finally arrived at the waters edge we found ourselves near to last place.

During the quick paddle across the pond, we were able to paddle ourselves into fifth position just before the run leg. The three of us took off down the sandy waters edge for a short 2 or so mile run. Trucking past teams we quickly placed ourselves in third position. From the run we got back in our boats for a short paddle north up the lake to a round about that would head us back to the start/finish line. Mike had an idea of cutting time by pulling boats onto shore and running over the finger that was standing between us and the alcove where we had started the race. This choice was extremely effective, putting us in first for a few short minutes before the teams in second and third caught on.

Quickly over the finger and back into the water we were passed again by the team who had originally held first place. Once we arrived at the start finish line we found ourselves back in third place.

We quickly transitioned from the kayak onto our bikes. With minimal gear that was needed we quickly left the transition area in second place. I believe we were in the TA for no more than a minute. We rallied the single track trails of the Folsom Lake area for no more than an hour and a total of ten miles. During the bike leg we passed no one, but were passed by one super fast coed team that ended up taking second overall, Tahoe Surgery Center

The second transition came where we dumped our bikes in the same transition and ran back down to the waters edge where we found ourselves faced with an obstacle of sorts. One team member was to use a small one gallon bucket to take water from the lake, run the bucket to the partner, who was holding a 4” PVC pipe that had 11 to 13 holes drilled into the side. The one member retrieved water from the lake, poured it into the pipe, while the other teammate attempted to plug the holes with various body parts in order to hold the water inside. There was a small ping pong ball inside the pipe and the object was to get the ping pong ball out without touching the ball, or tipping the pipe. On average it was taking the teams five minutes to complete this activity.

Once we completed the task teams were to sprint back up from the water line to the finish, which for some was a grueling task since several of the sections were 5” deep sand traps. The Dirty Avocados ended up taking forth and fifth overall, since we were supposed to be teams of two, with an elapsed time of two hours and 4 minutes.

This entry was posted on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 at 4:42 pm and is filed under Race Reports, Team. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. [Permalink]