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The Bristol ChallengeRace 3 of the Mountain Empire Challenge
Team Retching Yaks consisted of the recently and almost healed Captain Yak, the incomparable and always fetching Kai-Yak, and the comedic and maniacal Yak Daddy. We began with the biking and quickly realized that road bikes are always
preferable Yak Daddy ruled the run with his machine-like pace! The Captain limped along determined not to let pain slow him for a "wimpy 4-mile run." The canoeing was fun and fast. The Yaks accomplished this leg as quick as anyone and finished the race in 2nd place in the Adventure Team division. At the finish line was a great meal and some good music. What a way to
wrap up the Mountain Empire Challenge series! |
Well
this was the 3rd and final race of the 3-part Mountain Empire Challenge.
Of the 3 races this was a nice one to end on. It consisted of an 18 mile
road-bike on some nice country roads, followed by a flat 4 mile run on a gravel lake trail, and finishing with a 2 mile lake canoe leg.
on, get this now...roads. However, our mountain bikes soon stopped bucking
and jumping and settled in for the ride. It is amazing how eighteen miles
of road can seem longer than 18 miles of trail. I guess it is because
there is less overall body work and more straight pedaling. Captain Yak's
supposedly recently healed hip was SCREAMING at the end of the biking. On
to the run. 
