A short note on the race Bill and I ran this past weekend as the T2 Team: The Columbia Andes Crossing Race (www.columbiacruce.com). The race was run by over 500 teams of 2 people and was on trails for a total of 100 km starting from San Martin de los Andes in Argentina and finished over the border in Chile after going part way up the Lanin Volcano that you can see in the picture below.
The race was 38 km on day 1, 26 km on day 2, and 36 km on day 3 - camping at night on different lakes.
Running up and down some pretty big elevation changes and crossing different streams and narrows.
We wanted to be in the top of the over 80 year old category (sum of both runners) and the grueling training we did over the last couple of months paid off!... we had a 14 minute lead after day 1 and managed to win our category by 27 minutes by the end of the three days. We finished in 11th place overall - not bad for a bunch of veterans.
Hopefully I will be able to walk again soon! The memories will last a lifetime! Thanks to all for their support and encouragment. Here we are at the awards ceremony in San Martin with our trophies and prize gear from Columbia.
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All I can come up with is WOW. UNBELIEVABLE also comes to mind, well, now thinking about Bill and John, I'm thinking BELIEVABLE.
Congratulations again. Thanks for posting the pictures and commentary. There's a couple guys in the office that I can show this to and brag about my family...
Congratulations - you guys are so adventurous! Looks like a beautiful area, too. Nice!
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