[Triangle-AR] New to the Area

[Sean Butler]

The season is kind of wrapping up, but here are a few things to do:

There's always the local orienteering club events, to keep your navigation
skills sharp:

http://www.treklite.com/bok/schedule.htm

Other than that I know that some folks from our team are doing the Black
Beard AR and Dance with the Devil MTB races in the next few weeks.

There's also the NC Cyclo-cross series starting up now and those last
through the winter.  

And my favorite local race is the Soup Bowl on Super Bowl Sunday.  The bike
trails are only open once a year for 30 days for this race.

But anytime you go out training send a message here and you may get some
folks to show up.  We've been a little slack about doing small "training
races" near by, though Charlie put one on in the mountains earlier this year
that had a good turn out.  In the past we've often biked after a treklite
orienteering meet.  We typically meet at Umstead or Harris Lake.

/Sean


 
> I recently moved to the Raleigh area after living in San 
> Diego for the 
> summer and spending most of my life in Pennsylvania and New 
> Jersey.  I have 
> wanted to get involved in adventure racing for two years now, 
> but was having 
> trouble finding partners and people to train with.  I have 
> dabbled in many 
> outdoor sports for years.  In high school was a member of 
> Civil Air Patrol.  
> I enjoyed participating in their search and rescue program.  
> In college I 
> was on the rowing team for four years, and in California I 
> mostly ran and 
> surfed.  I would greatly appreciate any help getting involved 
> in adventure 
> racing.  I enjoy working in teams, and I am looking to train 
> through the 
> winter and hope to begin racing in the spring. If anyone is 
> looking for a 
> teammate or a training partner, I am 22 years old and looking 
> to train and 
> compete.