I raced on Team Blue Runner for the Mobile Urban Adventure Race. This was the second year a race was staged in Alabama and the turn out was huge. 60 teams of three participated in this year's race which started at the Battleship Park. We biked to downtown Mobile via a tunnel and hunted for CP's in unique locations such as a cemetary, firehouse, cathedral, fort, museums, parks. On the return trip we had a flat on a 29" tire and no tube! We stretched a 26" tube and hit it with enough CO2 to get finish the bike leg back to the battleship Park. Next we were instructed to find two CP on the Battleship Alabama. Having learned a little from last year's errors our navigator was now able to distinguish between decks and levels, port and starboard, bow and stern...they don't teach those things in orienteering school. We were quick in the canoes and then made a short run back to the Bomber and the finish line. We placed 1st in the Masters division and 8th overall.
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