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Pre-race report by Scott Markham
O.K., so we are three days away from the Mind Over Mountain Adventure Race (MOMAR) in Squamish, B.C., our second "official" race as team Checkpoint Zero Rookie Rampage. This course is designed by the famous Jen Segger of expedition adventure racing team DART-nuun, and sprint adventure racing team Timberland (formerly team GoLite-Timberland).
Jan Newport, Kim Reinholdt, Ivan Arredondo, and I (Scott Markham) are getting all our mandatory gear ready for the race (uhh...what the heck is a bear bell?). Our media corps, which includes Cristina Fillis on camera and Mike Bitton on the words, are making sure their camera and laptop batteries are charged and ready to catch all the action as we fly by them during the race (hopefully by the time we make it to them we will still be flying).
Squamish is a great location for an adventure race. If we don't count the PDXAR Spring Fling mini-adventure race we did last month, this MOMAR will be Jan and Kim's first adventure race. We are proud to have them along for the fun. I am sure we will have two new members of the adventure racing community once this pair cross the finish line.
I must admit, bringing new people into the sport has been the best part of being on team Rookie Rampage. We have had some great training events. Perhaps the best one so far was our rappelling training. Seeing the smiles on all the faces as they learned something new was exciting. Just wait until race day and we are faced with a 100-foot rappel. I am sure everyone will be smiling when they complete that section of the race!
Like they say, getting to the race is half the fun. Running around at the last minute to make sure we have everything before we head north just increases the anticipation. So here we go. Rookie Rampage is ready to go racing!
