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Folsom Lake Sprint Adventure Race

Angel Garbarino / 09.04.2010

Chris Freeman and Matt Sheehy of team Taintastic took first overall. However, it was the battle for second and third where the drama seemed to occur. The following is a recount of the battle told by Brian Schmitz of the Dirty Avocados. For more information about the event and other Big Blue Adventure races visit our website www.bigblueadventure.com

The Dirty Avocados came to the Big Blue Folsom Lake Sprint Adventure Race expecting a super opportunity to work on some teamwork and have some fast fun. What resulted was a knockdown, drag out fight to the finish for a podium spot!

We were actually 2 teams of 2 (Adam Doti and Brian Schmitz; Adam Armijo and Andrew Crisp) that agreed to work and stay together in order get some quality time as a larger team. The race was held at Folsom Lake California, a super fun and super fast place to run and ride. The lake is also fun, as it can dole out conditions that rival the Pacific!

Minutes before the start we were issued a map and simple instructions. We learned that we had a super quick beach run to break-up the pack; then some more running in between some mountain biking; and finally some paddling.

The start was blazing fast, as usual. We made our way through the scrum and mounted our bikes. As we quickly blazed through the super fast and swoopy Folsom Lake trails, we eventually dropped our bikes at the first transition area and traded our bikes for running shoes.

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