Milford Extreme...Cramps!

Well, we did it. We finished (kinda/barely) the Milford Lake Extreme AR. This surprisingly was the toughest 50 miles of racing I have endured. The course/race was great and well organized. My only personal complaints were inflatable kayaks, and not any technical/offroad riding. The coarse was definitely not the hardest and it showed early as we easily fought for 2nd place, the majority of the race. It was between 30-40 miles that we made a costly navigational error (probably brought on by early stages of bonkage) that put us back an hour or more and into 6th. It was also at this time that we started having serious hydration/cramping issues. My bro, Louis, cramped so badly during one of the last biking legs that he was forced off the course. I fought through several episodes and was eventually reduced to my smallest gear set and hiking. There would be no more running or powering through tough gears. Although it ended in frustration and exhaustion, I had a blast and am so thankful for my team and their efforts. Megan, you are a machine! Thank you for joining us!

Highlights:
-The town party at "The Tropics" bar & pizza shop for pre-race meeting (Classic)
-Catching team Inertia at CP 5 (the pond)
-Running through the awesome ORV hills
-Bushwhacking Kansas fields until my legs bled
-Crossing a lake inlet by crawling across fallen tree
-Sticking it to my wasted legs by finishing with the 12 hour limit
-Circumnavigating the entire lake

I can't wait for Georgia and peeing like a race horse all the way there! I will hydrate...I will hydrate...I will hydrate. (obviously, nutrition is the key)

Peace,