Challenge Nation NOLA National Championship and Local Race- 2012

Challenge Nation National Championship NOLA - Singing on stage at the Cat's Meow.

On December 8th we competed in the Challenge Nation National Championships in New Orleans.  This was our first trip to New Orleans and we knew that our chance at winning was very very slim, so we entered the race with the intent to do our best, learn the city a little bit and then compete in the local race the next day for a win.  Overall our strategy paid off and we came in 9th overall and 2nd coed in the national championship and then won the local race on Sunday!  Not too bad of a way to end the season. Full Race recap to come.

Great Urban Race National Championship, Las Vegas 2012

On November 10th, we competed in the GUR National championship against a stacked field.  This was probably the most competitive race we have competed in.  It was also a very long race, we ran about 12 miles in the prelim race and many of the teams that completed both races ended up running over 30 miles!  We finished in 8th place overall and the first coed team but unfortunately because of a bad clue ended up getting a penalty and when all was said and done ended up in 17th place overall.  I really wanted to compete in the elite 8 race so I was pretty bummed, but I don't think that Will could of made it another 18 miles. Full race recap to come.