So, last Sunday Jonathan and Allison had a fun, wet time canoeing, running, and biking through one of our favorite campgrounds. They signed up to race in the Red Bird challenge put on by Illinois State University. We weren't totally sure if they were still going to have it because it was so wet and it was even raining on our drive down to the campground! However, they had a great time despite lots of mud:) The team name they came up with was "Paddle, Peddle, Power" (should have been 'Pedal' but hey we all get the drift:) The race started out with a short run to a swimming pool full of popcorn to search for a tag with the number of their canoe on it, then on to a short portage with their canoe to the lake for a 2 mile paddle.
After the canoeing they had to run about 2 miles through trees and mud to reach their bikes.
The biking portion was 13 miles long (because of all the rain and muddy conditions the biking was changed from 6 miles mountain biking to 13 mile road biking) with some obstacle courses thrown in for some fun. They had to bike to a part of the lake and get off and cross a rope bridge, then crawl through a mud tunnel, and go through a tire run.
After the tire run the got back on the bikes to finish the rest of the biking portion.
They got to finish the race running and sliding on a cold slip n' slide! They had a great time and made some really fun memories too:)
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