2007 AROC 12 Hour Urban Adventure Race - Not A Pretty Girl

We had a ball, the change in format to a plan your own adventure was a really great idea I thought, it made the racing more interesting, though it did allow teams to avoid doing legs they were no good at (such as kayaking). Maybe Tom and Al could think about insisting a certain number of points be gained in each discipline in the race to get people to all the disciplines a bit more next time around. I must say I loved the novelty controls this time around too, the team belended drink containing food stuffs starting with the letters L, M, T, R, V and S was interesting. Scrabble at Edgars was fun, the kids play place was a lo of fun according to everyone who went there. Of course eating two pizzas at Debacle for 200 points was again a great way to earn points.

Dave, Julie and Randall won over all with some impressive moseying around Canberra (including a 45 minute lunch break among other things). Results can be seen on the AROC website. Good job to Sarah, Meg and Dave on third placed Mixed too, good to see they beat Ian and co, the most important race of the day of course...

fullsize Sarah and Meg before the race. fullsize A team photo of Meg, Sarah and Dave just in case we went near a photo printer and were feeling generous. fullsize And a photo of our team, Ben, Bruce and Steve, for the same purpose. In the end we got a printout of a team photo taken and printed at a camera shop. fullsize Our first controls were going to be over at the Red Hill rogaine so we hopped on a bus first up, this is us at the bus stop. fullsize And a bunch of other people with us. fullsize Ben and Bruce running along the road at the top of Red Hill.

fullsize And the team we did all the foot sections with, coincidentally, on the day (Love-Handles, Socks & Sandals). fullsize Paddling toward the rowing shed at the base of Black Mountain Peninsula. fullsize And getting a photo while pqaddling with Bruce in frame too. fullsize Bruce at Majura Pines. fullsize Another team getting to the check point up high in the pines. fullsize Bruce running back to see if Ben is alright.

fullsize Which he was. fullsize Our bikes and some others as we are about to go foot rogaining. fullsize Celia, Sally and Jason on Mt Majura, the fog can be attributed to my camera bag being a bit damp from the kayak leg and water having got in there somehow. fullsize Spokey Dokes and a pink basket styling it up on one of Kylie, Edna or Holly's bikes. They did the race in Style. fullsize Julie, Dave and Randall telling us about all the moseying they did on the day.