Raid The Hammer

I have wanted to do the orienteering race tittled "Raid the Hammer" for the past few years. It is basically a race through the woods just shy of 30km's and you have over 30 check points that you have to navigate your team to. It is done in teams of 3 and my teammates were Chris Piller and Ryan Atkins. The race kicked off at 9am although my morning started just before 5am... When the whistle was blown, the pace was way faster then I had thought it would have been. We went to the front and throughout the majority of the race we jockeyed with two other very respectable teams as we navigated our way through the 28km course. We all felt pretty solid for most of the race, Chris did a excellent job navigating both Ryan and I to a sprint finish with only 100m separating us from the first place team. We finished strong, cheered a bunch of other teams on as they approached the finish of a long day running through the woods. It was a really well organized event and I would highly recommend it to anyone wanting a challenge crossed with a day outside cruising through the forest with fast cool people.