Last weekend Mark and Rich Mirocco went up to northern CT near the Rhode Island boarder for an "adventure race". Much like Bear Grylls in Man v. Wild, Mark and Rich decided that surviving a normal triathlon was not enough and participated in a race that included going to multiple check points out in the wilderness as a team. They had to mountain bike, kayak, or run to get to each of the check points. Some of the checkpoints were actually over water, so they had to do each of the different activities. Unlike a normal athletic event, the course was not mapped out and the fourth task outside of the biking, running or kayaking was to read a map with a compass. They were doing really well until Rich saw another team going downhill another direction. At that point, they had biked such a long time, Rich was looking for any downhill route and barrelled down the wrong direction:-) After getting back on the right track, Mark and Rich ended up finishing 4Th out of 46 teams, which is amazing for their first attempt at one of these races. Attached are some pictures of the race, along with a pic of Rich and Mark at Barcelona chowing down that night after the race.
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