Espresso 2007
Marcus and Muz organise the first local adventure race in WA – awesome! They manage to get a full race with 20 teams getting to the start line. And although it takes most teams a bit longer to get back to the finish line than 24hrs we all agree it was great fun and we’ll be back for more!
- leg 1 – trek 7km
- leg 2 – mountain bike 25km
- leg 3 – kayak 12km
- leg 4 – time based rogaine, minimum distance 9km
- leg 5 – mountain bike 42km
- leg 6 – trek 13km
- leg 7 – mountain bike 27km
- leg 8 – kayak 17km
- leg 9 – trek 8km
Jon’s team finishes 5th and Jude’s team finishes 6th after more than 24hrs continuous racing. Only 7 teams from the 20 make it to the finishing line after completing the entire course.
checking out how to use the mtb lights
team ‘Woop Woop’ having a chat before the start
team ‘Just in Time’ planning the route
waiting for the start
we’re off
team ‘Just in Time’ coming into the first TA
and they’re off on their mtb’s
puncture for team ‘Just in Time’
there are a few logs across the river
team ‘Woop Woop’ getting ready to leave on the bikes
Jude getting ready to kayak
team ‘Woop Woop’ gear box
kayak at night
Mikey lost his paddle so they split the other paddle and went canoe style for the rest of the paddle (it was actually Marcus’ paddle)
Jude about to tuck into some veggie lasagna
Mikey, Jude and Troye on the mtb
team ‘Just in Time’ on the bikes
team ‘Just in Time’ at the TA
tired…
another TA, this time heading out for a paddle
Jude and Troye kayaking
team ‘Woop Woop’ finishing their paddle
team ‘Woop Woop’
Jon and Jo at the end of the paddle
team ‘Woop Woop’ about to start the final leg
Jon eating some veggie lasagna?
checking the maps
team ‘Just in Time’ dragging the kayak up the bank at the end of the paddle
team ‘Woop Woop’ across the line
team ‘Just in Time’ on the finishers couch
Jon asleep at the end of the race