12 hour Capitol Punishment Race from Island Paddlers on Vimeo.
3 friends spend 12 hours mountain bike relay racing nearly 100 miles together between 10 laps over a super fun, flowy and steeply sweet technical single track course to finish 1st (and only;) in the 3 person, co-ed class. With 20 miles of 'hard time' put in by Nadja, 30 from Jesse and 50 ridden by ironman Jim...
Lap after lap Team 'A-town Pirates' raged on, super pumped as they continued to happily escape crash and injuries in their first group endurance race together on this unusually hot fall day.
Challenges instead came in the form of a chest cold for Nadja, a loose wheel for Jesse, and a light failure for Jim to deal with- which left him stranded alone in the dark forest for about 30 minutes after he was bombing down a super steep section of the rooty trail at speeds near 20 mph, took a jump and middair before he landed his new bright light suddenly went out!...
*Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers who come along and share their extra lights! And great event organizers and volunteers...We're looking forward to next year's 12 & 6 hours of Capitol Punishment Relay Race race already! :)
