FINAL
RESULTS (pdf) PHOTOS
FROM THE RACE
PHOTOS
BY TONY AUSTIN
Race
morning looking onto Comox Lake. It was another beautiful day for the MOMAR! What
an auspicious start to the day.
Team
Helly Hansen (Denis Fontaine & Justin Mark) start out strong for the opening
stage of the MOMAR.
Racers
head south on the choppy waters of Comox Lake for the first of two kayak stages.
This one was a mere 8km.
Out
of the water and onto the mud flats and the start of the Trek Stage. Racers had
to travel between 8-10km in order to find 8 checkpoints. Team 24 Hours had the
fastest trek time.
Racing
with Carey Sather, first time MOMAR racer, Mary Mark, 57, skillfully hops the
barbwire. They finished in a very respectable 6:26:55!
Frontrunners'
Normon Thibault chases down Team Luposlipophobia's Chris Koch and Doug Doyle.
Thibault would go on to capture the solo male title and place second overall.
Team
24 Hours (Andrew Clarke and Ryan Ervin) dig in with the SRS Shark wing blade.
They had a solid paddle, an exceptional trek, a fast mountain bike stage and went
on to win the MOMAR--the first team to capture
the overall title!
Crab
walking with a bug in your mouth??? That's what you can expect at MOMAR's Mystery
Challenge! One half of the The Whole Fam Damily, Rebecca Wood and Marguerite Masson,
raced with Kyle Wood and Stan Wood as a way to celebrate Marguerite and Stan turning
50 this year. Finishing time 6:03:48--one fit family!
Part
3 of the Mystery Challenge, Team SOL balances their way across a creek filled
with snakes and rats... Coming into this race Team SOL had won their category
in the past four MOMAR.
Team
Frontrunners/Helly Hansen's Stefan Jakobsen and Sean Lunny take on Part 4 of the
Mystery Challenge. The task... put your forehead on the end of the pole and spin
around 5 times and then balance an egg on spoon while going around a slalom course.
Not so easy when it's half way into the race and you just finished kayaking and
walking like a crab!
The
Debt-Busters (Doug Lee & Cornell Pidruchney) try to get steady...
There's
always lots of spirit at the MOMAR and The Royal Tennen-Bums (Catherine Hamilton,
Jason Sandquist, Dodie Cox, & Alison Keple) had the most!
"This Ain' No Picnic" also had some great spirit!
I
can guarantee that Canadian adventure racing legend, Jim Mandelli (left) has never
had to guess the weight of a pumpkin during a race. Mandelli raced with Brent
Chan, sea2summit's Dean Payne, and Raid the North's Geoff Langford.
The
Porn Stars Joanna Lord (I wonder if she's related to Tracy?) gives the thumbs
up during the final 20km mountain bike leg.
Here
a shot of just a few of the 70 volunteers that helped make the MOMAR another great
success!
Ren'n'Limpy
battles it out with The Compadres for the final punch.
The
Compadres (Chris
Daradics, Glenowyn Carlson,
Marinka
Daradics, & Chris Scott) battle through another
MOMAR with smiles and a great time.
Foot,Loose,Fancy,&Free
with the biggest cheering squad of the day.
The MOMAR after-party
festivities have now become as big a part of the weekend as the race itself! Over
350 racers, volunteers, family and friends attended the banquet (some just come
for the party... ). (Photos by Bryan Tasaka)
The
Beez Neez (Greg Willis and Lorraine Russell) take home the Phillips Brewing Co.
"Team in Most Need of a Beer" award for the most time on the course
(ranked).
Here's
a shot of the top two coed teams posing with CARA
president Simon Donato. It was a close and exciting battle between the Snot Sisters
and Booger Brothers and Team Luposlipophobia for the top prize of free entry to
the Canadian National Championships
in Timmons, ON, next May. It was the SSBB edging out Lupo by 5 minutes.
The
Irish band Town Pants played three great sets to get the dance floor shakin' all
night long.
The
Pink Flamingos (middle, Jeannie Posey & Tanya Sutcliffe) celebrate with their
friends after completing first MOMAR with a time of 6 hours. Tanya was a long
time volunteer who FINALLY made the switch to racer.
A
battle of the Race Directors.... Here I am CRUSHING Raid the North's Geoff Langford
because he was drinking Lucky...
THIS
IS WHAT THE MOMAR IS ALL ABOUT!
Be sure to mark September
30th, 2006, on your calendar because you don't want to miss the 7th annual party...
I mean race!
Thanks for coming out
Bryan
Tasaka
Race Director
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