Busy Race Weekend Highlighted By Untamed New England 'Maple Leaf' Team Victory

Posted by Grant on 8. June 2010 18:28

The dust has settled from this weekend, and the Untamed New England "Maple Leaf" team (our Canadian contingent) won in commanding fashion at the Wilderness Traverse race in Ontario.  There's a nice race report over at RunningFree's website (Running Free was the 2nd place team).  A few quotes are circulating about how well the Untamed New England team raced, including the race director Bob Miller reportedly saying that the team "destroyed the course" and "had a flawless race."  In the Running Free race report, the author writes how they found the Untamed team on the home stretch of the race:

Late in the race, on an out-and-back leg, "it was great to finally see the ghost we had been chasing for the past 20 hours!  We gave them a “nice work” as we crossed paths and took a look for fatigue on their faces…  Nope…  Damn!"  

Here's a pic (courtesy of Luis Moreira, who also photographs our New England event) from one of the trek/swim legs at the race:

In more of an urban adventure race in Philadelphia, a hodge-podge Untamed/HRAdventure team finished 4th overall at the GOALS ARA Cradle of Liberty race.  They won the all-male division, if I understand correcty.  Chris Roberts, who has staffed many of our most remote checkpoints at Untamed New England, led this team at the 24-hour race.  Chris is now the director with HRAdventure, by the way.