Team YogaSlackers Wins Coast Raid!

The team showed up to the race start after 48 hours of non-stop travel, including air, 20 hours of driving, and 10 hours of ferries. It was their first ever stage race (they normally race continuous expedition style events), but they set out hard on day one and did their best to maintain the blistering pace each new day.

"It was basically like 4 12-hour sprint races back to back - with 5 - 8 or so hours to rest inbetween."
Not really our strong point, as it seemed like we were always nervous about where we were in relation to the other teams."

During the rest periods, the teams tried to dry wet clothes (they were in the water a lot), eat, sleep, plot the new checkpoints and plan the next days route, as well as organize the gear logistics for the next day's transitions. Team Yogaslackers also spent 30 minutes each night doing yoga to aid in recovery.

In the end it paid off, as they suprised the field with a strong but exciting win, Edging out top teams Salomon by 15 minutes and Ascics by over 1 hour. The rest of the 4 -person coed teams were over 6 hours behind.

The team won a free entry into South Africa's most notable race in 2009 - the SwaziExtreme.

Of course the team wore Inov-8 packs and shoes (Jason's new favorite is the 230).

Pictures and Video can be seen at http://www.enduranceaventure.tv/

Apparently a tv show will be aired in Europe to 20 million viewers. Pretty cool!