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| Stream Of Conciousness #21
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
1/2/2010 1:00 PM |
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Ramping up the race website for 2010; several teams are already registered, high time we get our act together for the new year
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| Stream Of Conciousness #20
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 6:58 PM |
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Crash And Splash (#29) has reached CP 36, but missed 2 checkpoints so stay tuned...
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| Stream Of Conciousness #18
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 4:44 PM |
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And it is now pouring rain!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #17
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 4:20 PM |
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Thunder echos off the mountains here at Checkpoint 36. Still no teams in from th final bike leg.
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| Stream Of Conciousness #16
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 3:47 PM |
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A bit of background on #36 - they won the final entry into Untamed New England by winning a partner event (Vert le Raid) just 1 month ago.
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| Stream Of Conciousness #15
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 3:31 PM |
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Storm clouds look to be moving in for tonight. Who will get to the final orienteering portion of the race first? My money is on #36.
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| Stream Of Conciousness #14
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 3:28 PM |
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Wow - #36 is FLYING through this final bike leg; I think they have passed Crash And Splash (#29) through the maze of trails en route to Dixville Peak.
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| Stream Of Conciousness #13
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/11/2009 12:04 PM |
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Just came across one of the Dirty Avocados teams near the Maine/NH border -they took a heinous moose trail to the ropes course.
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| Stream Of Conciousness #12
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/10/2009 9:04 AM |
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Man, it is HOT out here! No signs of rain today!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #11
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/9/2009 5:01 AM |
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Lost 'Cause (#32) is the first to go through race check-in ... let the games commence!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #10
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/9/2009 4:47 AM |
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Absolutely gorgeous morning here at race check-in, clear and sunshine!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #9
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/5/2009 5:56 AM |
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A brilliant bright and sunny day up here today. Cool breeze, just perfect!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #8
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
7/1/2009 11:31 AM |
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First day of July, but it is another rainy one for the Untamed New England course. Bring your snorkels next week!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #7
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
6/8/2009 4:55 AM |
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Gorgeous day here in New England! Lots of rain has the rivers flowing high and fast; 1 month until race time!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #6
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
6/6/2009 10:31 AM |
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test...
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| Course Cleared
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 1:32 PM |
The Untamed VA course has officically closed; all teams are in! Thanks to our sleepless and fearless RD, our racers, sponsors, volunteers (what would we do with out you?), live spectators, and e-spectators. You have truly made this weekend an Adventure.
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| Nearly finished
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 1:15 PM |
The insanity returned to the finish line so I've just gotten a chance to load splits We are only waiting on one more team to come through and I can see them tracking close. We are almost there; we made it! The leaderobard DOES NOT take O-course bonuses, time bonuses, or penalities into account.We'll work up these final calculations with a clear head tomorrow.
However, based on my (unofficial) calculations congratulations go out to Team YeRen/Sycom ASR (#23) for the best showing - they got tons of extra time bonuses and o-course points. Absolutely excellent race.
The winner of the 3/4 coed divison is Calleva (#4). Congratulations, fantastic race!
And Team Hype (#25) had a brilliant race and won the 2 coed division.
Kudos to all teams who came out and raced even just a part of this course. And again, official results will be posted within the next few days. Thanks for following!
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| Post Race Snacks
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 10:06 AM |
Got a question over trail mail regarding post-race food. We are organiznig some snacks (sandwiches, drinks, fruit, etc.) at the race finish, but I don't think we'll have a formal gathering since teams will be pretty spread out. If families/friends are in the area, stop by, grab a snack and help us cheer teams on! Just refer to the live race course CP22 (map feature is easier for driving) for the location; you can't miss us.
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| Off the water
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 10:04 AM |
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First two teams are off the water (#23 and #26)!
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| H20
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 9:18 AM |
All but one team have put in for the last paddling leg!
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| Dash Course
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 7:44 AM |
Oh, and we have 35 or so teams out on a 4 hour fun dash course. You can't write them trail mail but you can send them good newbie AR vibes!
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| Update
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 7:36 AM |
It was a long, long night. The heat really hit our racers hard and we had 12 teams drop out of the race. This meant driving all over picking up racers and it really stretched our race logistics to breaking point. For a couple of hours there, it was tough to be in our RD's shoes.
And with this insanity, we saw our few hours of precious allocated sleep dissapear. Oh well, we don't volunteer for the naps, now do we? Good news is that we have 7 teams on the water so the course is progressing nicely later this morning. I'll go put some splits in....
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| Dropped teams
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| Filed by HQ at
9/14/2008 12:14 AM |
FYI So far we've had a few dropped teams but none are due to medical emergencies.
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| update
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 10:04 PM |
It looks like most if not all of the teams are through CP11/12 but I'm having a hard time getting updates. A lot of fatigued racers have dropped out of the race at this location and it has caused a massive reshifting of personnel with cars that can fit bikes! It's just been a really hot day.
Also, a critical time cut-off has been pushed back one hour at CP 15/16 to make it out onto the first O-course. Teams need to arrive here by 2 am now to stay on the Pro course. More as I know it, but information is moving pretty slowly so you may juuust want to head to bed. :)
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| Team 15
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 8:28 PM |
Is racing as unofficial; one team member is dropped due to fatigue- no medical emergency.
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| Team 16
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 5:36 PM |
At CP 12, one member of Team 16 decided to drop out of the race (I don't have a name). This member is fine and there is no medical emergency, however, they are just completely exhausted - it's tough out there! The other members of the team will continue as Unofficial.
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| Stream Of Conciousness #5
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
9/13/2008 4:37 PM |
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Teams 8 and 17 are racing unofficially due to teammates withdrawing no serious injuries just fatigue
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| Off the water
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 3:57 PM |
All the teams are off the water!
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| Media Packet
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| Filed by at
9/13/2008 1:54 PM |
Posted at: www.UntamedVA.com/Spectator.zip
Enjoy race fans and thanks for your patience!
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| Note about media packet and SPOTS
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| Filed by at
9/13/2008 1:20 PM |
Hi AR fans - don't get too worried if a SPOT isn't moving - the cell phone and sat coverage is not the greatest in this area; and in the best case they only update every 20 minutes or so. Also try the leaderboard for updates for your team if you are wondering where they are. I try to get splits up as soon as possible.
Media packet - Grant (our RD) just ran out of time this morning when he had wireless coverage. It's been a pretty hectic day for race staff; so please just bear with us! He should be back in wireless internet territory before 5 pm (cross your fingers) - we are working on it!
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| Nearly through CP4
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 12:36 PM |
We are waiting on 4 or so teams to arrive at CP4 to transition to the riverboarding section.You'll notice a 1 hr time bonus for most teams. This time bonus was given to teams as a reward for participating in our Conservation Project along the paddle leg. Most teams turned in a tire (yes a whole tire!) - one team turned in approxitely 30 bottles or cans for thier time bonus. Bravo racers!
Team #23 YeRen/Sycom ASR is still in the lead and is one of 5 or so teams to clear CP6. I'll get those splits as soon as possible.
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| CP 3
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 10:47 AM |
CP3 splits - the start of the paddle leg - are in. Check out the leaderboard. :)
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| It's HOT.....how hot?
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 10:30 AM |
Well, since I'm running HQ from a dreary rainy day in Zurich (seriously technology is amazing) it's hard for me to appreciate just how HOT it is in VA today. The volunteers have mentioned it, Grant has, and so have all of our race fans over trail mail. Well, I just got word that one of the bike tires (not a tube!) exploded. This was a bike, in the shade, staged and waiting for teams to finish the paddle leg. Unfortunately, it also looks like the bike belongs to a team in the lead pack and probably the lead team at the moment (waiting on confirmation). Could be from a combination of heat and overinflation; we aren't sure. Not sure how HQ or the team will handle the news.
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| All teams on the water...
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 10:25 AM |
All teams are on the water and our tracking system is working for all the teams when I last checked. It's just so cool to see them all lined up on the water! I expect the first team to arrive at CP 4 within the next 30 minutes.
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| All teams off...
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| Filed by at
9/13/2008 7:57 AM |
All the teams are officially on the Untamed VA race course; phew- that was a long morning as far as race logistics go. The SPOT devices take about 20 minutes to re-initialize, so you should shortly see your teams moving toward that first flag (CP3). It's a looong portage.... Bad news is that I'm not getting cell phone reception from the volunteers at CP3 (we are in the middle of nowhere, afterall), so I'm not super hopeful that I can put splits (see Leaderboard) as they arrive.
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| First teams off...
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 7:34 AM |
At 10:30 am, the first teams left the start!
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| Almost started...
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 7:23 AM |
Teams have arrived at the start location after the 90 minute bus ride, I heard that it was interesting trying to plot points on bus seats. New challenge! Teams that did well in the prologue will go out first (top 15 with one minute in between) after recieving thier SPOT device (for real time tracking). I'll post when I hear that the first team is on the water. Also, a note regarding the time stamp on this website; our server is in California, so you'll need to add 3 hours to be in EST "real time."
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| Stream Of Conciousness #4
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
9/13/2008 6:58 AM |
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Its getting hot in these buses
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| Race Prologue
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| Filed by Untamed Media, Susan & Lisa at
9/13/2008 5:55 AM |
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Untamed Virginia kicked off Friday with an optional prologue that took teams riverboarding down Richmond’s James River and running through downtown parks searching for orienteering points. The top 30 finishing teams received time bonuses of up to 30 minutes for Saturday’s start of the 30-hour race.
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| Everyone on the Bus!
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| Filed by HQ at
9/13/2008 5:14 AM |
And they are OFF - on a bus that is... This morning all the teams gathered around 7 am to be bused to the start location. This makes finish line logistics much easier - allows for a linear course and for cars to be waiting for racers at the end of the day. They'll have a 90 minute bus ride with race booklets and maps, but the race won't "officially" start for a while. Stay tuned...
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| Media Packet
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| Filed by Race HQ at
9/13/2008 3:32 AM |
Hi Adventure Racing Fans!
For those of you interested in cheering your team along, Grant will be posting a media packet online around 11:00 am. The packet will direct you to the best spots for spectating and cheering. Enjoy! -HQ
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| Stream Of Conciousness #3
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
9/11/2008 12:25 PM |
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Social tonight at Legends brewery . . . nearly 'go' time!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #2
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
9/8/2008 6:01 AM |
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Beautiful day here in VA . . . 80+ degrees and sunny. Looks like race weekend will sneak between tropical storms, so we're in good shape!
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| 10 Days Out
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| Filed by Untamed Adventure Staff at
9/2/2008 2:12 AM |
Race day is growing near . . . the 2nd Captain Communication is out to the 30-hour race teams. It offers a few course tidbits such as "prep for a heinous portage" and "technical night biking" and "3 orienteering sections or more."
Not to be left out of the fun, 4-hour "Dash" teams will be hearing from us before the end of the week.
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| Less than 1 month to go!
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| Filed by Untamed Adventure Staff at
8/18/2008 11:56 AM |
The race is filling up and we're excited to welcome some teams returning from the Untamed New England race . . . our Canadian friends from Breathe Magazine will be coming south to check out the Virginia Piedmont. We're also welcoming the Littleton Bike and Fitness team from northen New Hampshire . . . this team finished 3rd overall at the 3-day Untamed New England race earlier this year, so they'll be fun to watch in VA.
Truthfully, at least half the teams are good friends of ours (not even counting the Untamed Adventure team!). Hopefully the other half will become our friends over the course of the race. This event will surely deliver "more adventure than a race" and we're excited to see how teams handle the challenges we've got in store for them . . .
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| Welcome to Untamed Virginia!
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| Filed by Untamed Adventure Staff at
6/18/2008 6:47 PM |
We're getting our online portal together for the 2008 edition of Untamed Virginia. This 30-hour adventure race is going to be a great test of endurance and teamwork.
For those looking for something less intimidating, we're adding a shorter 3-4 hour Untamed Virginia "Dash" that will take place the same Sept 13th weekend. The "Dash" will share facets of the full 30-hour Untamed course, including some orienteering and the race finish line, but you can complete it in 10% of the time -- the "Dash" is a great introductory race and you can rub shoulders with the pros on the full 30-hour course!
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| Stream Of Conciousness #1
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| Filed by Race Director, Grant Killian at
6/12/2008 4:01 PM |
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13 teams in total got the bonus paddle CP 9, giving them a 3 hour time bonus. That's our lead pack right there, those 13.
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