What this is all about -

You may ask why are we signed up and trained for such a race. For our team, RAAM is not just a Race Across AMerica, it is a race to better our community. Our charity is North Coast Community Service (NCCS), which teams with 11 nonprofit organizations in San Diego County to make a difference in people’s lives. In the past 12 months, 5,500 NCCS volunteers have completed over 450 unique service projects. There is a broad spectrum of support which include the following: feeding and providing shelter for the homeless, assistance to a drug and alcohol recovery program, a home for people disabled by HIV/AIDS, support of military families by providing: financial support, home improvements, baby supplies, childcare, and counseling, outreach to nursing home residences, help to pregnant teenagers and adult women, help for homeless kids, and non-profit resale for foster children. This is just a short summary of the help provided by the organization we are raising money to support. If you feel compelled to join us on our journey and support making a difference in this world, you can make a tax-deductible contribution to our team. Please follow this link Support NCCS RAAM 2008.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

6 Days 3 Hr 48 minutes

6 Days 3 Hr 48 minutes

We had a solid race. A lot of lessons were learned and I think everyone learned something new about there ability to perform under stress and push their limits to new levels. We were unable to close the gap on Team 607 - it turned out to be time lost durinig navigation that caused us to lose more time than the difference between us. It goes to show that there is more to a victory in this sport than pure physical performance. Your crew is just as important - and don't get me wrong, our crew was awesome. We simply missed a couple of turns and that was the story.

Here we are at the finish line -

We are enjoying the day recovering here in Annapolis. We will follow up with a whole bunch more details on the finish.

Thanks for checking in.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Congratulations to all of you. It is very amazing to me that you all did this. I'm sure you both can't wait to get back to RFI's, etc. At least Karla doesn't have to deal with me when you both get back.

C-Shizzle said...

Great job, guys. That looked like a blast from this end. See you soon.