Stronghold Adveture Race

Cathy and I went to Columbia Saturday am for the Stronghold adventure race. She has been asking me for years to do a race with her and it finally worked out that this was the race for us to do together. It was everything that I expected it to be. I give the majority the credit for our results to Cathy, she is a strong racer with so much ability. She did an awesome job navigating and plotting... I almost wondered what the hell she needed me there for. But we had fun, we were the only all female team there and apparently we made quite and impression on the organizers.
The first leg was on foot and we came in very near to the lead teams. Then we got on the bikes and took off. I had brake problems shortly after getting on the trail but a quick adjustment to my tabs cleared everything up. Then we had to canoe but due to my back we decided to get one check point and head back in. Then we went back out on foot after Cathy plotted out points. When we got back from that we had to cross a rope bridge, then get back across the creek to get our bikes and travel yet again back across the creek. Then we had to ride to find the last few checkpoints. I think that we got 20 or 21 out of 30. By the end of the race Cathy ran out of water and we both stopped eating the way we should. Neither of us really trained physically for this race so we started to run on empty tanks. We headed back to the finish and turned our race key in.
There was a big party after the race at the organizers climbing gym but we just wanted to get home. We were delirious but laughing the whole way home. I am so glad that I got to spend that time with Cathy, she is one of my best, closest friends and making that memory with her was so awesome. I can't say that I'll leave my loves of racing mtb and road but I'll definitely consider doing another adventure race or at least doing that one next year.