Votwo Dirty Double Adventure Race
Gorilla's on the Course
Andy Blow (votwo) / 15.11.2007
Over 75 teams of 3 travelled to Inside Park, Blandford Forum to test their mettle against a challenging course of running, mountain bike riding, more running, assault courses and the odd bit of harrassment from a pair of Gorillas!
On the first run the teams quickly strung out and votwo's own Eliot Challifour, Doug Hall and Joe Andrews were the first to hit 'The Bog' - the first of many man made obstacles that complemented the arduous nature of the course.
Following votwo into the 'Spiders Web' and 'The Jungle' were previous winners ‘Off Camber Cycles’ and Team 'The Real Deal' who were looming ready to pounce if there were any mishaps with the front running teams.
With the ‘Inside Park Gorillas’ on the loose in the jungle all of the teams got stuck into the obstacles before starting lap 2 of the run.
On the very next run lap votwo's Joe Andrews stood on a fallen branch and heard a satisfying cracking noise as he did so. Unfortunately for Joe the crack came from his ankle rather than the twig and his race was over only 20min in. The votwo lads continued without him but as a team of 2 now they could not compete for the overall win.
Onto the 4 lap bike loop and team ‘Off Camber’ assumed the lead as the first complete team out there but disaster soon struck them too as first a snapped chain, then a flat tyre left the local lads with a lot of unscheduled maintenance to do as they dropped down the order like a stone.
Coming into the second change over team ‘The Real Deal’ were in charge with a commanding lead over all of the other complete teams. They held this lead to the assault course finale that included the scramble net, Gorilla Pen, Log Walk and the dreaded 'Wall'.
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