Team Ragged Glory – Adventure Racing, Multi Sport, Friends

We had an awesome day! Team Ragged Glory raced fast on a beautiful day and an excellent course layout. Kudos to Jay Newlin and Monty Wilson again for killer course design and execution!

Sadly, although we finished in the top fivetimes , we completely skipped a checkpoint, moving us down in the final standings. But we’re proud of the way we kept moving and executing! Nice job Nancy and Jeff!

@PlanetAdv Urban Sprint starts at 8:15 tomorrow morning near the Athanaeum in downtown Indy. If you’re wondering what an Adventure Race is like, come on down around 7 am and watch the fun!

Bloomington endurance legend Dave Tanner will race once again with Team Ragged Glory in the Indianapolis Adventure Race, September 11, 2010 at Bradford Woods near Martinsville, Indiana. Nancy Gawrys, Dave and me (Doug Theis) are looking forward to the new venue and the new Race Director, Ryan Burke. Mighty hilly around Bradford Woods. See you there.

August 7, Team Ragged Glory (Twitter: @TeamRaggedGlory) races in the Planet Adventure Urban Sprint (Twitter: @PlanetAdv) with Nancy Gawrys, Jeff Boxell and me (Doug Theis). The race is back in the downtown area this year, according to Jay Newlin, the veteran race director. Looking foward to seeing our friends!

Team Ragged Glory is racing in August and September. Our plans for the Planet Adventure Urban Sprint Race have changed slightly, because of teammate availability due to vacations and a broken clavicle. Still working on teams, but it looks like Nancy Gawrys, Bob Mueller, Jeff Boxell and I (Doug Theis) will be racing for sure.

The Urban Sprint is reported to be almost entirely in downtown Indy this year. The race was sub-urban in the last couple of iterations.

Indy AR is at Bradford Woods near Martinsville, Indiana this year. Super hilly. Sounds like fun.

18 teams and 62 racers hit the trail on Friday night for the 10th Planet Adventure 24 and 36 hour expedition races in Paoli, Indiana. Nancy Gawrys and I (Doug Theis) volunteered this year because we couldn’t stand the idea of missing this race.

At 9pm, the maps were distributed to the teams. Racers would start with a run, then a paddle, then a bike ride to Abe Martin State Forest with a six-point orienteering section on foot. After the first o-section, they would do a long bike with both roads and trails to the second o-course on foot at Natchez. The second o-course included a rappel. After the Natchez o-couse, the final bike leg would take them back to the start/finish line at Paoli Peaks ski resort.

The heat on Friday was oppressive. Nancy and I set a couple of controls late in the day and helped prepare for the 1am race start.

More to come.

Two members of Team Ragged Glory, Nancy Gawrys and I, will be heading to Paoli, Indiana to help out with the simultaneous Planet Adventure 24 hour challenge and 36 hour old school race. This is the first year in the ten year history of the Planet Adventure race that TRG has not fielded a team. Steve Kincade will end his streak at nine consecutive Planet Adventure races. But we’re happy to be going down to help. Volunteering is super fun; is like being on everyone’s team.

See you there, racers!

Team Ragged Glory plans to race with at least two teams in the Planet Adventure Urban Sprint on August 7.

In the mean time, Nancy is visiting Chattanooga in July to run one leg of a relay triathlon team. She runs in memory of her late brother, Joe Gawrys, who taught at Baylor in Chattanooga. Cheer her on!

Here are the Team Ragged Glory photos that Brightroom and a few other people shot at the 2010 Muddy Buddy Nashville.

Congratulations to Bob Mueller and Julie Nor for taking first in their division finishing ninth overall in a field of 520 teams.

Steve Kincade and I took first in our division as well.

The picture of Nancy Gawrys and Maddie Gawrys-Strand crossing the finish line is awesome.