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Lost and Found - Report of GKM’08

Elwin van der Gragt / Foto's Rene Schraa / 15.08.2008

The Gerrit Kluivers Memorial (GKM) is a multiday AdventureRace around Lac-de-Paladru in France. The recent version was the 11th edition, but still, different to all the previous ones. This one consisted of 3 racing days 3 to 9 hrs each. The frst day started with a full Orientation-Running (OR) Prologue followed by two actual racing days, where on the first day emphasis was laid on athletic performance (biking, a long stretch of running and a bit of rock-climbing), whereas on the second day the competitors were tested on their specialist skills.

X-Bionic was represented by only 2 teams. Our 3rd team, consisting of Arnaud Temme and Mitch Braakhekke had to resign, since Mitch returned from Africa with an interesting mixture of tropical diseases in his suitcase. So Lisette de Grauw and Eveline van Buijtenen / Renata Dutkiewicz and Elwin van der Gragt raced together. Here you’ll find the report of the latter. All signs said: This race will be different. How true that appeared to be.

Harm, my regular partner, found an excuse to refuse the invitation again. Last year, I teamed up with Arnaud Temme. This year I would be better off with a somewhat less ambitious partner, since I was not yet fully recovered of my infected legs and lungs and I did not want to lag behind.

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