Team Ragged Glory – Adventure Racing, Multi Sport, Friends

Two members of Team Ragged Glory, Nancy Gawrys and I, will be heading to Paoli, Indiana to help out with the simultaneous Planet Adventure 24 hour challenge and 36 hour old school race. This is the first year in the ten year history of the Planet Adventure race that TRG has not fielded a team. Steve Kincade will end his streak at nine consecutive Planet Adventure races. But we’re happy to be going down to help. Volunteering is super fun; is like being on everyone’s team.

See you there, racers!

Team Ragged Glory plans to race with at least two teams in the Planet Adventure Urban Sprint on August 7.

In the mean time, Nancy is visiting Chattanooga in July to run one leg of a relay triathlon team. She runs in memory of her late brother, Joe Gawrys, who taught at Baylor in Chattanooga. Cheer her on!

Bob Mueller, Julie Nor, Doug Theis, Steve Kincade, Maddie Gawrys-Strand and Nancy Gawrys will race the Nashville Muddy Buddy on Saturday morning, May 22. Weather looks promising and the field is large.

If you’re racing, look us up! We’re teams 333, 335, and 336. See you there!

• Steve and Doug
• Nancy and Maddie
• Bob and Julie

Three Team Ragged Glory teams are racing Saturday May 22 in the Nashville Muddy Buddy. This is a first for all of us, and we’re looking forward to it! Thanks to Jill and Andy for putting us up.

Look us up if you’re racing!

TRG is training for the Muddy Buddy in Nashville. This multi-city race involves six miles of two-person, one-bike fun. We’re fielding three teams: Bob Mueller and Julie Nor, Doug Theis and Steve Kincade, and Nancy Gawrys and Maddie Gawrys-Strand.

The race is May 22 and our friends Andy Gullahorn and Jill Phillips are letting us camp in their yard. Their neighborhood, like so many others, felt the effects of the Nashville flooding. Please pray for that area and help if you can.

Nancy Gawrys and I (Doug Theis) will race the Planet Adventure Sprint Race this weekend in Brownstown Indiana. This is the first time we’ve raced as a twosome, which puts primary navigation on my shoulders. I’m looking forward to it. We’re also looking forward to seeing all our friends. Over sixty teams are registered! See you on the course.

Team Ragged Glory plans on racing again in 2009. This will be our tenth year in adventure racing. Plans include:

PA Sprint AR in April
Geist Half Marathon in May
PA 24 AR in June
Kettle Morraine ultra run in June
PA Urban Sprint in August
Indy AR in September
Maybe Owen Putnam 50/50 or Dino Marthon late in the year.

Stay tuned. We’ll update a little more regularly in 2009.

Nancy, Bob and I race tomorrow in the re-running of the flooded Planet Adventure Sprint. Looking forward to seeing all our friends. We’ll report after the race.

Bob, Nancy and I will give Cloverdale another whirl October 25 in the Planet Adventure Sprint Race do-over. We’re considering fielding another team for this race as well.

Steve and Julie are plannning to do the Owen Putnam 50/50 shortly thereafter, and Nancy is on for the Outback Scramble.

See you in the woods!

TRG is fielding three teams in the Planet Adventure urban sprint race this summer. Team Ragged Glory Outlaws is comprised of me (Doug) and my two brothers-in-law. Our unbreakable link is the three Abrahamsen sisters that we married. Team Ragged Gawrys is made up of my long-time teammates Nancy Gawrys, Steve Kincade, and Nancy’s daughter Maddie Gawrys-Strand. Just plain Team Ragged Glory is made up of longer-time teammates Julie Shimer and Bob Mueller, along with Greg Huffman, who raced with Nancy and me last summer in the urban race.

Looking forward to seeing you all out there. Garfield Park is my home turf. Too bad I’m not fast.