10 reasons we are crazy nervous!!

It’s the first race of the season. We are extremely excited!, I feel like we are the most excited and anxious we have ever been, of course being the GGB’s that is trumped by a CRAZY amount of NERVOUSNESS. Yes we’ve raced before, yes we know we have the endurance to run this race, and yes this is our third season…but…these are the top 10 reasons we are crazy nervous:

1. A small knife – a last minute addition to the gear list…umm…is that for cutting our way through the trail?, cutting ourselves out of a booby trap-like net while dangling from a tree? defending ourselves against small animals? A tool we may need to survive if we are lost in the forest forever?
2. Bushwhacking – While one of our favorite moments was bushwhacking for about a mile to find a CP (WAR – 2009) while chomping on some peanut M&M’s a part of us thinks that was not our compass skills, but possibly all luck! (half just kidding)
3. Pink Jersey’s – While we are EXTREMELY excited to be the female series leaders, its going to be pretty terrifying having other teams chase us down! And pretty embarrassing when they chase us down about 10 minutes into the race (again half just kidding)
4. Water – Will we get wet again? Will one of us shiver, and the other just race in their jersey giving her warm clothes to warm up the other?
5. Staggered Start – Will we know which way to go at the start?? We usually follow the pack a tiny bit and figure things out from there! Ugh!
6. Pre-Race T/A – Will teams stare each other down with their laser eyes?
7. Map – Will the map stay dry and more importantly perfectly unwrinkled? (hopefully for K’s sake)
8. The Boys – Will we finally be able to call home to our boys and say we have medal and we rocked it! Or will it be another conversation of we did not do so great, and the boys coming up reasons why they are so proud of us and why finishing last and in 10 hours is a really really great accomplishment.
9. Frank and Beth Ann – Will they be proud with our finish! Will they want us to come back and race again?, we will live up to expectations? Will there be cookies left?
10. Friendship – Will we stay friends after this race?, will we bicker?, will the lip snarl be present?? (definitely just kidding)