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Small in Numbers, Bigger in Hearts

In 2 Adventure / 21.07.2009

With a raging fire in front of Race HQ and Café 2U serving up the Cappuccinos, Lattes & Hot Chocolates there was a warm welcome for the teams as they arrived on a cold and blustery morning at Mt Crawford. With a bit of rain over the preceding days it was definitely going to be a day to get down & dirty.

With a record number of teams Teva Adelaide continues to grow as South Australians get their teeth into the Adventure Racing scene.

As the sun rose, registration was underway and teams planned their course, sorted their kit and prepared for the ‘Opening Challenge’. At 8:20 the first race of the season was underway. A few teams chose to sit it out the opener but the majority got straight into the ‘Men’s & Women’s Health Ultimate Fitness Challenge’.

A few were caught out and didn’t make the first level but most pushed on with encouragement from their team mates on the sidelines. As we hit level 2 all but one dropped out and we watched in awe as Brian Golden from team ‘Hoses, Hooves & Heart Attacks’ went it alone and reached level 3 with ease (or at least he made it look that way J).

Immediately we were into the Race Brief and the first team was away at 9am with the rest following in 2 waves after.

4 CP’s took the teams on MTB towards MT Crawford summit and crossing the Heysen Trail before arriving at TA 5.

SAMFS (South Australia Metropolitan Fire Service) led the field into TA 5 with Just Friends and Hoses, Hooves & Heart Attacks from Ambulance South Australia, just a few minutes behind after using their 3 minute head start to take a detour to try and find the ‘Stash’. Just behind them Fruands led the female teams in with Lock leading the mixed category.

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