Team Calleva Halloween Party

That's not happening too often, but Halloween party was a good reason to get almost all local team members together. We even had some race planning discussion before entering The Forest:

Everybody survived the dark trails and the bravest ones even went for The Death Jump:

All photos from the party are here.

Third weekend, third race, third podium!

Dima and Shon raced Little-Big adventure race this Saturday in Black Hill park. Shon moved to the most competitive 11-12 years old category and our third place was determined by seconds. Weather was almost "perfect": strong gusting wind on paddling, wet rocky trail on biking and light rain on the run. We finished the 5.5 miles course in 47 minutes 14 seconds.

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Calleva TRIs something new!

Wanting to show off some mad swimming skills, but not wanting to complete the entire course a day after returning from Rome, Karen convinced Dima to sign up for the Brierman Half Ironman Lite relay.  Karen swam the .85 mile leg in Greenbrier lake.  Even with a wetsuit, her fingers, toes and face were numb in the cold water.  Karen came out of the water in 3rd place 30 seconds behind the 2 leaders.  First out of transition, Dima's took the extra long 45 mile bike leg next.  Dima's first road race went great, with just over 2 1/2 hours on the extremely hilly course.  In true adventure racer style Dima freaked out all the turn volunteers with his speedy descents and turns.  They kept shouting "slow down" as he careened by them! Dima held his own on Karen's cyclocross bike, especially compared to all the $5,000 bikes on the course.  Only 7 super fast triathletes were able to pass him.  For the run, Karen recruited George Corbi from Middleton.  George has blown through several triathlons this year and is running in the Marine Corp Marathon in a few weeks.  George scored the fastest 7 mile run leg of the race making up 2 places and securing a 1st place in the relay teams and 5th overall!  Awesome race for everyone!  Karen hopes that the team can do more races that have swims, Dima wants a road bike, and hopefully we can keep speedy George in the loop!

Official finishing was 3:51.54 only 20 minutes behind the leader.



The race was sponsored and supported by Calleva Outdoor Adventure.

Brierman Triathlon. Results and first photos.

It was HUGE!!! We are first in relay. Dima is thinking about road bike... to cover 73 kilometers of BIG hills in less than 150 minutes is really cool. Detailed report and more photos are coming. For now take this one from the podium:

Photo Debby Adler

Markoff's Haunted Forest starts... yesterday!

Actually it started Friday with 2000 patrons coming at the first day. Yesterday was the staff training. Don't miss your chance to get scared ... Team Calleva covers the belay on the Death Jump, a little warm up before two dark trails in the Haunted Forest. It's up to you to decide which trail makes you "to feel better"...

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Official Shag results and first Calleva Triathlon

NYARA published the final Shag results. Calleva/Red Fox is third in prime and tied 4th position with team NYARA in overall. Calleva/Red Fox official time is 11 hours and 5 minutes. Now we have to make the final decision about Nationals October 22-24 in Pilot Point, Texas.

This Sunday team Calleva will compete in unusual for us event: Brierman Triathlon in Greenbrier Park in Boonsboro, MD. We will race relay: Karen will swim about 1 mile, Dima will bike 45 miles (road bike !!!), and George will run about 8.5 miles.