May 28, 2012

The Longest Day and other trainings



With Untamed New England around the corner we are using every possibility to get ready for this brutal race. Last weekend part of the team that didn't go to Wild and Wonderful, spent long day and night in Catskill mountains. Marcy did perfect navigation job and prepared the most detailed race report. We used the same gear we will use at Untamed new England and it was the last big test for our gear and body.

Yesterday was another good training day:
Packraft upstream along islands of Potomac: (run, unpack, inflate, paddle, deflate, pack) x 2 + 3 hours bushwhacking with packraft, PFDs, paddles and all other gear + 30 miles of biking including 5 miles of technical single track. Biking was also with packraft, PFDs, paddles and all other gear, because you never know what to expect at Untamed NE race. In the process Druce learned that stingy nettle grass is the national Russian tree.