tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2277657002477184212012-02-16T03:03:00.245-05:00Thank you for visiting the ARFE blog! We'll have a brand-new spankin' site up for you soon--in the meantime, check out our news on this page. Thanks!ARFE Adminnoreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-16415997760967448922007-11-27T15:19:00.000-05:002007-11-27T15:21:25.110-05:00

...for Doctor Robert Cade, creator of Gatorade. The creator of Gatorade died of kidney failure today, at the age of 80.Here's the full story.http://www.wftv.com/news/14705610/detail.html

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-74466843395104660552007-11-11T10:46:00.000-05:002007-11-11T10:47:22.919-05:00

Team ARFE - SmartWool2007 USARA National ChampionshipsThis year’s USARA team consisted of Chris Edmundson, Suzie Snyder and Bruce Swanson (representing Massachusetts, Colorado and New York, respectively). Our team had a great experience at this year’s National Championship race and it’s a pleasure to share it in this brief race recap. Potosi?We all had a geography lesson this year as we added

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-8683052648196301462007-11-07T10:20:00.000-05:002007-11-07T11:07:27.501-05:00

This past weekend, ARFE Management almost did not participate in the USARA National Championship. We were not on time for the pre-race meeting. We almost missed the pre-race meeting! We were so late that we did not stop at the famed Gateway to the West on our way there. This is what the thing looks like from I-55:We watched our smart, wonderful team run 250 people through a Leave No Trace

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-75494857558526608482007-11-04T20:13:00.000-05:002007-11-04T20:16:26.478-05:00

ARFE-SmatWool takes 8th place! Team Travel Country Outfitters FINALLY wins Best Garbage, after three years of trying. Team Terra Firma wins 2nd place Best Garbage after picking up after ARFE-SmartWool (inadvertently) drops a water bottle on course!Aaaand, Jason and Laura Elsenraat pu on a terrifically good show!Stay tuned for the full news and photos tomorrow morning. Pooped now; going to bed

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-4564140084482573572007-11-01T11:56:00.001-05:002007-11-01T11:57:34.360-05:00

can't wait to see our old friend EMS and Timberland there; looking forward to a strong showing from our ARFE-SmartWool members Bruce Swanson, Chris Edmundson, and Suze Snyder! good luck, everyone, and stay warm!

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-75307916295714902502007-10-14T19:17:00.000-05:002007-10-14T19:21:17.458-05:00

Team ARFE-SmartWool, captained by the ever-vigilant Bruce Swanson, finished second in the four-person championship category at NYARA's Shag race this weekend. Our friends at Team GOALS came in first place after a battle in the orienteering section, as relayed by Mr. Swanson, and team A-List came in first place in the two-person category. Big thanks to Chris Edmundson, as usual, and to guest stars

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-73354060095188145602007-10-14T14:46:00.000-05:002007-10-14T14:47:38.043-05:00

ARFE is at NYARA's Shag race this weekend and doing double duty with some fun ARFE activities at Odyssey's AR Series Fall Championship! Keep an eye out for results here!

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-36972267468036172062007-09-28T09:40:00.000-05:002007-09-28T09:52:30.938-05:00

Even better if it's fair trade and organic, or maybe even shade-grown!Well, guess what? On Jim's epic trip to Montana to ride with a bunch of top-notch cyclists and stick them with needles and scalpels in the name of Gatorade research, he tracked down some GREAT COFFEE "for triathletes and cyclists."No, I don't know what this means. What I do know is that Evan and Owen, the two coffee nuts and

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-34033856549702250722007-08-22T15:36:00.000-05:002007-08-22T15:44:45.289-05:00

The Crew Queen recounts a terrifically inspirational visit with none other than the Grand Doyenne of adventure racing, Danelle Ballengee: You guys seem like the perfect target audience for me to babble on fora bit about my weekend. Indulge me for a moment...I had the pleasure of listening to Danielle Balangee this weekend (and hanging with Taz the wonder mutt). I was working for EAS at the

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-91871132840969207732007-08-16T21:20:00.000-05:002007-08-16T22:12:07.467-05:00

Per the Crew Minion's request, the Crew Queen is going to post a little tale about her first half Ironman. After several marathons and with the help of a somewhat recent move to one of the tri capitals of the country (Boulder, CO), I've decided to enter the triathlon world. I've spent the last 3 months being extremely disciplined in my training and am happy to report that I had a great race last

Pamela Robbinsnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-22846391391824187572007-08-14T09:12:00.000-05:002007-08-14T09:17:55.435-05:00

hi there,just wanted to let you guys know of a super-easy way to help out ARFE. instead of using your regular search engine, go to www.goodsearch.comwe've registered with them as a not-for-profit...and every time you search using goodsearch.com, we get a penny. i know, it doesn't sound like a whole lot...but please consider using them instead. in our drive to help outdoors sports take care of our

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-49468020856131080202007-08-12T09:11:00.000-05:002007-08-12T14:28:38.603-05:00

University Square. This weekend, the Crew Minion raced with Team ARFE-SmartWool's alter-ego, the all-women's squad heretofore known as The Fab Flab. She learned a few things at Planet Adventure'surban sprint race.1. Plan Ahead and Prepare (with apologies to Leave No Trace)a. Pull a butt muscle and a calf muscle in the week before the race.b. Be sure to attend a movie, a lunch, two dinners, a

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-43089838822268983602007-08-03T11:31:00.000-05:002007-08-03T11:49:13.998-05:00

You only THINK the two have nothing in common. You'd be wrong. Paul Piorkowski, one of the most creative minds in adventure racing and race director at the Southern Michigan Adventure Club , has outdone himself yet again this year with his unique take on ARFE's Best Garbage program. He asked teams at his July 21st sprint race to collect as much garbage as they could over the course (teams were

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-74002277254916332712007-08-01T13:09:00.000-05:002007-08-01T13:20:26.353-05:00

...would like you all to know that he's now in Montana, "working."If, that is, work means following 20 pro or nearly-pro cyclists around as they ride through montana, idaho, and colorado. and getting to ride with them. well, there is the bit about sticking them with needles and taking sweat samples, but hey, who cares? it's montana! and idaho! and colorado!you can follow jim's progress here:http:

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-86056558325202201112007-07-27T10:22:00.001-05:002007-07-27T10:22:44.841-05:00

me: Have you been watching Le Tour?Pal Tom: Just in the Times and various odds and ends. me: Damned dopers!Tom [frustrated]: you know, i was just telling someone, they should just have two starts. one for the dopers, one for the clean people. that way, all the dopers can race themselves, and all the clean people get to race each other. me: [silence; am on floor laughing.]

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-47017120392882022262007-07-26T13:00:00.000-05:002007-07-26T13:01:16.882-05:00

...SmartWool togs being put to good use. Or summat like that.

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-32985096550620599052007-07-21T11:15:00.000-05:002007-07-21T11:23:01.554-05:00

...and for SmartWool!List of stuff Crew Minion Yi Shun and Crew Queen Pamela brought to the SmartWool headquarters in lovely Steamboat Springs, CO:1. 30 mini notebooks2. 36 mini gelpens3. one honking-big laptop4. one power cord5. two matching SmartWool tops6. two matching khaki skirts7. two matching bike-link bracelets8. one 1992 Toyota Corolla9. one considerably speedier Subaru station wagon...

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-41129819073921166992007-07-19T12:36:00.000-05:002007-07-19T12:38:49.550-05:00

...AR junkie.hello, chris, from team timberland!check out chris' cool new project here.

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-15431026048768034162007-07-19T09:14:00.000-05:002007-07-19T09:16:09.725-05:00

aaaand, hello from the bizarre world of Flatlanders trying to mountain bike at a mile and a half of elevation.a race report from the Danskin Triathlon is up here. it is a tale of sucking wind, and, well, just plain sucking.but you might enjoy the telling.

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-33151845517831396302007-07-04T10:13:00.000-05:002007-07-04T10:37:24.286-05:00

Bruce Tells the StoryThis is the third year that Team ARFE-SmartWool has competed in the Cradle of Liberty 24-hour adventure race organized by GOALS ARA. Our team composition changed a number of times for this year’s event. We were first a four-person all male team. Then a three-person all-male team. Then just a two-person all-male team, and then, finally, the best combination possible in

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-13560413438673850802007-07-03T02:25:00.000-05:002007-07-03T02:28:22.017-05:00

Preliminary reports from the field indicate that Team ARFE-SmartWool finishes second steps behind Team GOALS at the Cradle of Liberty. Congratulations, Bruce, Chris and Jen! This is Team ARFE-SmartWool's third time qualifying for USARA Nationals this year. Special thanks to guest star Jen Shultis, on loan from Team EMS.Best Garbage prize in this race goes to Team White and Nerdy, from lovely

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-6000802875529157532007-06-15T09:01:00.000-05:002007-06-15T09:12:40.033-05:00

We introduced the Treetini last night, and boy howdy, did we do it in style!With terrific games inspired by Leave No Trace and our buddies at Carbon Neutral Events, and prizes provided by our amazing, generous sponsors at SmartWool, CW-X, and GoLite, we attracted a lot of attention and may even have won over a few more environmentally sensitive outdoor athletes!The very talented Cynthia Lin

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-53270860026213696502007-06-14T09:10:00.000-05:002007-06-14T11:51:46.438-05:00

Those of you with a working knowledge of the way we do things here at ARFE know that we love our sport. You also know that we love to socialize. And that when we do socialize, we try to do it with the bigger picture in mind.So it should come as no surprise to you that tonight, ARFE, in conjunction with Live It Green, LLC, is unveiling the first cocktail ever to be inspired by a bunch of grubby

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-73269672539484124342007-06-12T09:13:00.000-05:002007-06-12T09:17:25.699-05:00

Hi there,Here's a photo from the 12-hour race this past weekend in Dover, VT. Your trusty Team ARFE-SmartWool finished second, but ended up third to SPTU due to a time penalty for missing a piece of mandatory gear. I love this photo. It's proof positive that even the best of the best sometimes get confused when it comes to taking out a boat on rocky (durable! LNT principle number one!)

Miss Midwesterlynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-227765700247718421.post-82946469583652840052007-06-11T09:44:00.000-05:002007-06-11T19:07:13.812-05:00

Dear Diary,This weekend is my first adventure race in goodness knows how long, and I am AMPED! Today I'm racing with Jim and his friend JohnEric from work. The race is in a town called Crystal Lake, and boy is it pretty out here. We had to get up at some stupid hour of the morning to prepare, and I'm a little pooped, but other than that, I feel good.I'm wearing a very sexy girdle around my waist

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