City of Woodstock GOLDRUSH 24 YMCA AR
A Teams Point of View of Goldrush 24
Lisa Randall, Photos by John Stanfield / 09.03.2006
On Friday morning, twenty three teams lined up for the first ever Woodstock GoldRush 24 Hour Adventure Race set along the Lake Allatoona WMA and Pine Log WMA. Racers would paddle, trek, coaster, swim and mountain bike approximately 80 miles through a variety of diverse terrain. The event drew in first time racers as well as seasoned top regional teams. With such stout competition, Team Enduraventure knew they had to race hard and smart if they wanted to take home the $1,000 cash prize. Representing Enduraventure were Bryan Goble, Lisa Randall, and James Holmes along with their support crew Chris Randall and Rose Ropke. The race started out with a mile run from the YMCA camp to Cherokee Mills Boat Ramp. The format was a staggered start and Enduraventure was in the first wave along with fellow pace-pushers Litespeed/Inov-8. EV opted to plot all their points before heading out on the run and arrived at the boat ramp a few minutes behind the other teams in their wave. Once they hopped in their boats and headed under the bridge, they were hit with an onslaught of whitecaps and wind gusts. It was a struggle just to keep moving forward. Sitting up front, team member Bryan Goble kept getting lapfuls of water as it came over the bow of the canoe as they crashed through the waves. The wild and wooly lake claimed some victims as at least one boat flipped and several others were moving backwards...literally. Some teams chose to simply portage along the shore and avoid the huge waves for as long as possible.See All Event Posts
