Team Ragged Glory – Adventure Racing, Multi Sport, Friends

After winning the 2004 Indianapolis Adventure Race, Bob Mueller and Julie Nor picked up Dave Tanner to sub in for Greg Arnold, who was helping run the Nationals.

It was a perfect combination of racers.
The team passed thirteen other teams in the last orienteering section for an amazing finish.

eBob and Dave made the trip to Louisville Friday, October 22 to practice working together for the USARA Nationals. On Saturday they ran the OLOU-sponsored Lewis and Clark Cup12 hour Rogaine. Bob and Dave finished first in the Masters division and fourth overall, missing out on the top spot by just a few points. Bob said the terrain was awesome and the rain kept them moving. Nice job guys.

Bob Mueller, Julie Nor and newest TRG member Dave Tanner will race as TRG in the AR Nationals in November, 2004. Bob, Julie and Greg Arnold qualified for the Nationals by winning the 2004 Indianapolis Race. Since Greg is part of the Nationals race directing team, Bob went on a search for a third and came up with Dave Tanner from Bloomington, Indiana.. Dave has raced a couple of the Planet Adventure races as has been described as a legendary endurance athlete. Thanks Dave, I’m not the oldest member of TRG any more! Say hello to the team if you’ll be at Nationals.

The 2004 Indy AR was once again held at Eagle Creek Park and the surrounding area. Eagle Creek is a great place to play outside with your friends and other like-minded adventure seekers. The weather could only be described as awesome. The water level in the reservoir was pretty low but the lack of any significant wind made the paddling conditions ideal.
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Bob, Julie and Greg end the two-year reign of GlobalX Pro in the long course of the Indianapolis Adventure Race! RG2 finished thirteen minutes ahead of Jerry, Angelia and John to capture the Indianapolis AR title and win themselves a berth in the Nationals at French Lick in November.. Doug, Leslie and Steve also finished the long course ninth overall in a fun and challenging race. More soon. Congrats to RG2 for coming together as a team in their first race together.

The weather was nearly perfect as the day dawned for the second installment of the Circle City Sprint Adventure Race by GlobalX Racing. Julie, Steve, Bob and I (Doug) had decided on entering this race back at Planet Adventure in April. This was to be the fourth time that this particular foursome would race as Team Ragged Glory and the tenth time that Steve and I would race together.
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Doug Theis
www.teamraggedglory.com
August 8, 2004

Adventure Racing (AR) has a physical component and a mental component. Both the physical and mental components require appropriate training and conditioning. This article addresses the mental side of Adventure Racing.
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This race happened on an unusually warm April weekend in Owen and Putnam counties in west central Indiana.

The traverse over the Falls looked amazing. I was busy having chest pain and dropping out of the race.

Steve, Julie and Bob finished beautifully. I love the picture of Steve taking his pack off at the end of the race.

Julie, Bob and Steve finished the awesome course at the fourth Annual Planet Adventure. The weather was beautiful and the course may have been the best yet. I (Doug) quit the race after 9 hours with chest pain, but subsequent tests show all to be okay. Thanks everyone for your e-mails, your kindness and concern. Julie is writing the race report and I’ll post it as soon as it’s finished. Congrats to all the teams who participated, and a special thanks to Kirk Brunso, our new crew guy, who supported us well.

Excitement came on early as I made my trek from south eastern Wisconsin to Indianapolis. You can easily spot adventure racers and the road was full of them—tow systems on the bikes, SUV’s piled high with gear boxes, paddles, PFDs and gallons of water. The drive is becoming more and more familiar as I put more races with TRG under my belt. I had so much anticipation for the adventures that most certainly awaited us and a lot of time to think about it as I drove with the music of choice: Team Ragged Glory’s pump up mix. I have decided that it is the widest variety that I have ever listened to in one sit, but it just shows the character of the team—we have fun and nothing is ever dull! TRG is family and every time we get together it is a happy reunion—this time was no different. We loaded Doug’s Explorer, watched the tires and car sink down as we put more and more gear in and we were off to Cloverdale.
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