Emerald Beach (just North of Coff Harbour) the location of this years
GeoQuest (http://www.gar.com.au/). But as we travelled further north the
clounds parted and sunshine appeared. This was great especially after
the last week of wet weather in Sydney.
Friday was all about getting ready for the race, checking our gear,
packing our food and planning our support drops and pickups. All
looked good and we were ready to rock and roll.
Saturday (7/6/08) morning 9:30AM Woolgolga Beach. We're at the start
line and ready to go. Unfortunatley, this is also where the diffences
in our teams fitness levels started to show up. However we percervied
and continued as quickly as possible, but the difference began to also
build a certain level of tension within the team and the team dynamic.
I believe this affected most aspect of our race, and was the cause of
basic errors being made that cost the team even more time.
It all came to a head at 04:30 AM on Sunday morning in the Kayak leg,
where things became too much and I no longer wanted to continue the
race with my team, but I did want to completed it. Unfortunalty this
wasn't possible, so I guess I'll have to wait until next year before I
get my chance again.
Lessons learnt, choose your team mates carefully, ensure they're all
the same fitness levels and expectations. :-)
Pete
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