Category Archives: Team Virtus

Adventure Racing 101: How to build your Personal Adventure Network

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Kate

In education, the Personal Learning Network (PLN) is a popular concept. Basically, a PLN is a network of resources — blogs, websites, and individuals — that inform and inspire you in your career. Similarly, aspiring (or active) adventure racers can … Continue reading →

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Insert snappy title here

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Kate

DietBet I have a DietBet starting next week.  I’ve had mixed success, winning one and not winning another (but I still lost weight, so I was pretty happy anyway).  If you’re not familiar with DietBet, basically you “bet” $25 that … Continue reading →

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Bikes on the brain (part 1)

Posted on January 20, 2014 by Kate

Gravel season is upon us, my friends.  Last Saturday morning, I rolled out of bed at the delightful hour of 9:30 to a facebook reminder about Dirty Kanza registration.  Not ten minutes later, I was signed up and committed to … Continue reading →

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2013 in Review

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Kate

Quick Stats Total races: 20 Orienteering: 2 Running: 8 Biking: 7 Adventure races: 3 Volunteering: 4 Night bike rides: 3 Times crying during night bike rides: 0 Races my family watched: 1 PRs: 4 Times placed in AG: 3 DNF: … Continue reading →

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Racing in a winter wonderland: 2013 Castlewood 8-Hour

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Kate

The first thing I did after turning off the 5:30 alarm was to check weather.com and groan: 10 degrees. All week long I’d been obsessing over forecasts of highs in the low 20’s with a rising sense of dread, but … Continue reading →

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2013 Perfect 10 Rogaine

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Kate

Last year was the inaugural Perfect 10 Rogaine, a 10 hour orienteering race.  Luke, Bob, and I had gone and had a great time, so I was already excited about this year’s edition even before a little intra-team bet upped … Continue reading →

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Prelude to war…the birth of a bet

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Kate

Last weekend a little war went down at Lake of the Ozarks State Park, our own Virtus Civil War…teammate vs. teammate, brother against brother (granted, we don’t need to be on separate teams for that particular matchup). The North and … Continue reading →

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On the wrong side of the law: Thunder Rolls part 3

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Kate

If you haven’t caught up with our adventures at Thunder Rolls, take a moment to read up on parts 1 and 2. When I last left off part 2 of the race report, our two teams had decided to go … Continue reading →

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Thunder Rolls 2013, part 2

Posted on September 2, 2013 by Kate

If you haven’t read part 1 yet, go get caught up. It’s ok…I’ll wait…. It was a subdued group that left the ascending area. We were almost certainly in last place at this point, but none of us cared. Our … Continue reading →

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Long time gone (and a winner!)

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Kate

First off, winners for the Race Across the Sky giveaway are Marcia, Patrick, and Kovas.  Email me your addresses, please, so I can pass them on to the publisher. Otherwise, geez…it’s been two weeks since I blogged about anything but … Continue reading →

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