WINNERS are GRINNERS . . . this saying pretty much sums up the June long weekend for Team APEX. In my previous post I stated that I wanted to post a win at this annual event of physical and mental exhaustion, suffering and sleep deprivation, and this is exactly what we did. Leading from start to finish team APEX opened up a 1.5 km lead on the first ocean paddle and never looked back, surprising race organisers throughout the race by smashing estimated times for most legs.
Although as always with adventure racing not everything went to plan, and we faced some stressful situations and hard times out on the course throughout Saturday night and Sunday morning. Never the less the team overcame these issues to hold onto the lead and take victory just before 12 noon Sunday, a little under 29 hours of racing.
This was my fourth attempt at the Geoquest and with ever improving positions from 7th 2005, 4th 2006 and 2nd 2007, I was putting everything towards taking victory in 2008. A very satisfying win for the team, and a great return to health and fitness for myself after a very tough 6 months of illness. I just enjoyed this race so very much, felt strong from start to finish, and shared many a great laugh along the way.
Thank you to my sponsors AYUP lights, The North Face, City Bike Depot, Jaggad and Oceanpaddler.com for their support.
It's on and up from here as I am very excited to have raced strong and come out healthy the other side. See you all at the next event, Christie x
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