| Current team | Fudugazi |  |
| Alias (known as) | "Mandy" |
| Occupation | Lifeguard/Swim Coach/Cistoms Inspector |
| Home town | Kenora, ON |
| Country | Canada |
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| I thought I loved rowing and then I found triathlon. I thought I loved triathlon and then I found adventure racing. It wrecks your body, destroys brain cells, plays havoc with your metabolism and you finish one looking like absolute hell with huge ankles. My husband calls it my other marriage ... and my mother-in-law tells everyone I'm out in the bush somewhere playing with strange men. My kids think it's just an excuse to eat a lot of junk food. Perhaps they're all right. |
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| Best AR discipline | Running (Which we rarely get to do!) |
| Worst AR discipline | Technical or really muddy mtn biking |
| AR ambitions | To be able to afford to keep racing |
| AR bugbear | Imagining that everyone else is going the |
| AR best moment | Whitewater paddling in foggy darkness Atikokan '04 |
| AR worst moment | Nausea and wasps at RTNX Atikokan 2003 |
| My AR best results | RTNX Atikokan 2003 3rd place |
| RTN Hope, BC 2003 3rd place |
| Atikokan Adventure Race 24 hr 1st place |
| My next AR events | RTNX World Champs Newfoundland |
| Favourite AR race | RTNX Atikokan '03 (Quetico Park paddling) |
| Favourite piece of kit | Smartwool socks |
| Advice(tip) for other racers | However long you think the bushwhack will take, it will be longer! |
