Like they say, Adventure Races are on Rain, hail or shine. But what happens if it all happens during the course of the event? Well I entered another adventure race last weekend held at Narrabeen and we experienced all the different conditions in just the short time we were participating in the race.
Started out Pouring rain, with lighting and a bit of thunder, then mid race the sun came out and it was scorching hot, and I started to pray for rain as my water was running low. Prays were answered, because the rain came, but so did the hail, and boy did it come down. Bringing back memories of those childhood days of splashing around in the deep puddles, caked in mud.
In between the crazy weather, we were in an adventure race, and besides running through puddles, we went swimming in a lake and at the beach, ran around a golf course, went mountain biking up some steep hills, navigated through the many streets and trails around Narrabeen.
But I think the favourite thing out of it all must have been the down hill mountain bike sections, and the discovery of a new sport. Mountain Bike Walking. This is where you haul your bike up some ridiculously steep trail on your shoulder or push it around UP the trail. No need for peddling!
Physically, I think this race was pretty tough, a lot tougher than all the other ones, because of the hills, and hills, oh did I mention the hills on this course? However we pushed through the pain barrier and also the additional running we had to do because we left some mandatory equipment at the bikes.
Finally we saw the finish line, running as fast as we could to the cheers and encouragement of all the teams. It was an awesome feeling completing another adventure race, which seemed to be one of the tougher ones, but it always makes for great stories later, and also it gave a great sense of achievement. Mainly that you could still go out on a Friday night, and then wake up at a really stupid hour on the Saturday and enter and complete an Adventure race. So onto the next Adventure Race.
