Ozark Extreme: A Racers Story

Veronica Battaglia, Photos by Phillip Walrod Photography / 19.03.2006

Race (Sunday March 12th) Race Meeting 9:30, Race Start at 10:00 A.M. - Saturday night proved to be a very nasty, intense storm night. Constant storm alerts filled the T.V. stations. Thank goodness there was a break in the storm systems that filled our weekend and we actually had some sun peaking through the clouds Sunday morning. Unfortunately, the storms from the previous night caused some delays in our race start.

At 9:45am we met in the field to receive our race maps and instructions. It would be bike, kayak, trek. There were 14 points total. Race start at about 10:20am. The instruction sheet said “take the best choice of trail to the CP” for all bike points. Unfortunately, we didn’t know the trails there, and we weren’t given any additional info on the trail system, and didn’t think to pick up a trial map...ARG!

Bike Section – I forgot to check my bike computer after the race, but I think there were about 10 miles of biking. We went 2k to a trailhead and took it up hoping that it was the right trail to the hilltop where CP 1 was. Yep, and up we went!