| Current team | none |  |
| Alias (known as) | that would be telling! |
| Occupation | Environmental Scientist / Flood Risk Analyst |
| Home town | Warrington |
| Country | Cheshire UK |
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Discovered adventure racing in 1998 when I followed up a 4 line classified ad by Phil Humphreys in an outdoor magazine. Got hooked after performing surprisingly well in the night nav stage, despite never having done any orienteering before, even in daylight. [Took me 15 races to discover it was beginner's luck.]
I've competed in over 15 ACE races, mainly in the solo class, but also, relatively successfully, as part of a mixed pair. Have also done a few Quest races, more recently several open5s. Done one team event (but you're really doing things as a solo), namely the Western Isles Challenge (1999) and would like to compete in more team / mixed pair events if I ever get fit again. Just about recovered from sore achilles - so still somewhat short on running fitness.
I really enjoy the atmosphere at adventure races and have also been marshal in several ACE races, open5/12/24, the Ratrace, and the World Champs. After the latter all races seem very short now...
pjrobin'at'gmail'dot'com |
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| Best AR discipline | Navigation, route planning |
| Worst AR discipline | Paddling |
| AR ambitions | To win something somewhere sometime..... DONE :-) !!! |
| AR bugbear | Nobody seems to be able to spell MARSHAL correctly |
| AR best moment | Getting a max 500 in the night nav stage at my 2nd ever ACE Race |
| AR worst moment | Getting completely lost and gaining null points in 3rd ever ACE race night nav |
| My AR best results | 1st Vets Class in Questar, Consiston, July 2004 |
| 2nd in mixed pairs ACE race Sept 2001 |
| 2nd overall in Quest AR, Derbyshire, Sept 2002 |
| 2nd overall in 2008 Dirty Weekend ACE Race Saturday only wimp out |
| Finishing the Western Isles Challenge 1999 |
| My next AR events | open5 winter series 2011/2012 |
| Favourite AR race | open5 |
| Favourite piece of kit | The inflatable canoe NOT |
| Advice(tip) for other racers | Keep going - its just as bad for everyone else. |
