Team Ragged Glory – Adventure Racing, Multi Sport, Friends

Doug, Nancy and Eric Henricks will reprise the team that won the six hour version of the Planet Adventure Sprint last year. Looking forward to seeing our friends.

Sunday January 23 run moved to 7:30am, Delaware Lake, Fort Harrison.

Dino Series’ Tecumseh Trail Marathon took place yesterday (December 4, 2010). Steve Kincade, long-time Team Ragged Glory member and longer-time friend, and I (Doug Theis) headed down to Yellowwood State Forest in Nashville, Indiana, wondering what the wintry mix of weather had in store for us.

As sleet poured down on the racers, Brian Holzhausen, the Race Director, announced that the roads were too dicey for the bus drivers. He wisely changed the route from a point-to-point to an out-and-back. The south half of the Tecumseh would be our gauntlet. As fortune would have it, the south half is the hilliest half of the trail.

My running partner Steve Kincade and I have been playing in the woods together for a long time. Steve and I met in 1989. Steve worked in the Lab at Methodist and I worked in IT. During the 1991 Indianapolis Mini Marathon, Steve and I ended up running together during the last mile. We started running together shortly thereafter and haven’t quit yet. I was glad he was running with me. He has an uncanny ability to grind out high mileage. Misery loves company.

More of the blog post from DougTheis.com

Saturday’s run was crowded! Nancy’s sister Patty and brother-in-law Craig joined us, along with their dogs Jack and buddy.Eric Henricks and a few of his Team Tenacious friends joined us for our regular Saturday run at Fort Harrison in Indianapolis. Team Ragged Glory members Nancy Gawrys, , Steve Kincade and I (Doug Theis) had a great time with all the visitors. We hope to see you all more often!

Eric’s wife Gail set up the Team Tenacious website, and was kind enough to include me and Nancy Gawrys in the group. Gail calls me Mr. Photogenic. That’s the first time in my life I’ve been called photogenic. Thanks, Gail.

Mike Skirvin was kind enough to take pictures for the 2010 Indianapolis Adventure Race. The pictures are at the Knobstone site on smug mug. You’ll find them here. Nice work as always, Mike.

@PlanetAdv Urban Sprint starts at 8:15 tomorrow morning near the Athanaeum in downtown Indy. If you’re wondering what an Adventure Race is like, come on down around 7 am and watch the fun!

Bloomington endurance legend Dave Tanner will race once again with Team Ragged Glory in the Indianapolis Adventure Race, September 11, 2010 at Bradford Woods near Martinsville, Indiana. Nancy Gawrys, Dave and me (Doug Theis) are looking forward to the new venue and the new Race Director, Ryan Burke. Mighty hilly around Bradford Woods. See you there.

August 7, Team Ragged Glory (Twitter: @TeamRaggedGlory) races in the Planet Adventure Urban Sprint (Twitter: @PlanetAdv) with Nancy Gawrys, Jeff Boxell and me (Doug Theis). The race is back in the downtown area this year, according to Jay Newlin, the veteran race director. Looking foward to seeing our friends!

Team Ragged Glory is racing in August and September. Our plans for the Planet Adventure Urban Sprint Race have changed slightly, because of teammate availability due to vacations and a broken clavicle. Still working on teams, but it looks like Nancy Gawrys, Bob Mueller, Jeff Boxell and I (Doug Theis) will be racing for sure.

The Urban Sprint is reported to be almost entirely in downtown Indy this year. The race was sub-urban in the last couple of iterations.

Indy AR is at Bradford Woods near Martinsville, Indiana this year. Super hilly. Sounds like fun.

18 teams and 62 racers hit the trail on Friday night for the 10th Planet Adventure 24 and 36 hour expedition races in Paoli, Indiana. Nancy Gawrys and I (Doug Theis) volunteered this year because we couldn’t stand the idea of missing this race.

At 9pm, the maps were distributed to the teams. Racers would start with a run, then a paddle, then a bike ride to Abe Martin State Forest with a six-point orienteering section on foot. After the first o-section, they would do a long bike with both roads and trails to the second o-course on foot at Natchez. The second o-course included a rappel. After the Natchez o-couse, the final bike leg would take them back to the start/finish line at Paoli Peaks ski resort.

The heat on Friday was oppressive. Nancy and I set a couple of controls late in the day and helped prepare for the 1am race start.

More to come.