23
Oct
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Starts today.
Good luck to my teammates Jeni, Andy and Dave who are competing at Nationals for the first time. It’s in Texas.
(Me? I’m still in stealth training mode.)
From Jeni by email:
Race start is 7a.m. Friday, and cut-off is 1p.m. Saturday (although many, many of us may still be racing long after this time…). [...]
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31
Jul
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Wow.
I was shocked to see Kraig’s headline on the official blog:
Robyn Benincasa and Team Nike Out of Primal Quest Badlands
… the withdrawl of defending PQ champs Nike. Last week, team captain Mike Kloser suffered a crash while mountain biking, which left him with a broken collarbone, a collapsed lung, and five broken [...]
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16
Jun
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UPDATE – Team Nike Beaver Creek won the first annual Adventure Sports Week 2-day Adventure Race.
For this race the team was made up of Mike Kloser, Gretchen Reeves and Jay Henry. Congratulations.
official results
The win was far from easy, however. Nike was pushed hard by Team Life [...]
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13
Jun
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Just added 20 new pics from our sprawling Adventure Sports Week event in Idaho.
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The Crux and The Crucible Adventure Race starts tomorrow early. Teams hope to finish each of the next 2 days within 14hrs.
Hints from event organizer David Adlard lead us to understand it’s going to be a [...]
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12
Jun
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We are getting some good press.
Best was The Adventure Blogger, Kraig Becker, giving us a nice shout out on his Gadling travel blog:
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho plays host to Adventure Sports Week 2009 , which got underway this past weekend in beautiful Farragut State Park, located just outside the mountain community. Hundreds of endurance athletes [...]
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8
Jun
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Jason Wade Heflin of outdoorzy.com has been buzy:
The Outdoorzy Blog is now The Outpost. You can reach the site through the same url – blog.outdoorzy.com. We just gave the site a much needed face lift. The new format is organized way better and allows for more fun features such as polls and ratings.
We’re pretty [...]
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7
Jun
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Just started to upload my best photos of our big Adventure Sports Week event in Idaho.
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Good FUN so far. Not much sleep.
I was a “leader” for a kid’s Adventure Race, Saturday. (My team finished last after 4.5hrs. But we had a GREAT day.)
It was an honour to assist arguably [...]
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28
May
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… I’ll be sure to pack some GU for the run and mtb leg, as well as some of GU’s new Chomps, which are like gummy bears, but with lots of calories as we’ll need. …
Gear Junkie – Athlete Interview: Mike Kloser
GU Chomps utilize GU Energy Gel’s proven blend of carbohydrates, amino acids, antioxidants and [...]
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25
May
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My big AR event is right around the corner – Adventure Sports Week. Contact me if you can come down with me.
May 24, 2009
For Immediate Release…
Danelle Ballangee is scheduled to compete in the “Crux and the Crucible” at Adventure Sports Week 2009!
Adventure Sports Week is a 10 day long festival of [...]
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5
Apr
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My FARTS Adventure Racing teammate is an advocate of bikes with only one gear ratio.
That’s NUTS.
Or is it?
From an Adventure Racer, Mike:
A single speed will not only make you a stronger rider, it will improve your peddle stroke, improve your bike handling skills and teach you how to use momentum. Over all, your riding [...]
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