Wicked Pissah NEWShttp://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/en-US2010-03-10T04:53:30ZSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Blue Ridge.http://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/11/20/blue-ridge.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-11-20T03:21:05ZNationals this year was in Blue Ridge, GA. A few weekends back about 80 teams converged for the 30-hr rogaine style course. What resulted was rain, 35 degree temps, and a non-traditional race-course with a few arbitrarily placed checkpoints. Mike K, Tamela, and myself had a tough race. The weather really dampered our forward progress so I guess that means we are just high-maintenance? We finished 19th out of the 80, nine places off our top-10 goal. I'd give us a B-. Either way, another awesome experience with some memories to boot.

Props to the New England teams who raced well (EMS, Dark Horse, & Berlin Bike.... am I forgetting anyone?).

I'll put some photos together soon, I know I've got one somewhere documenting David D's blown tire which, in an impressive McGiver maneuver, he was able to temporarily fix with a poland springs bottle until his team was able to steal a tire from another team.

Time to fix my sensitive body and get back on the weights in preparation for some snowshoe racing this winter. I should probably wash my gear, too.

]]>Heading to the 508, on bike?http://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/9/18/heading-to-the-508-on-bike.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-09-18T13:20:40ZWP's Joe DeSena is known for doing some crazy things like running from NYC to Vermont in three days (300 miles, only stopping 3 times for 2hrs each). If you think you have some crazy stories then prepare to be humbled by this guy. There are few people in this world who have done 17 Ironmans in a 12-month period or who have completed the Badwater Ultramarathon (120ish miles), Vermont 100 Ultra (100 miles), and Ironman Lake Placid within a 10-day span.

Joes latest vacation is to ride his bike from Vermont to California where he will then race the Furnace Creek 508 Cyling race, a 508 miles race with a 48 hour time limit and something around 35,000 feet of vertical (up Mt Washington 10ish times). Joe's been riding his bike for 5 hours at a time on the indoor trainer while working at his desk over the last few weeks to prepare!

A blog of the adventure (written by a companion) is below.
http://www.peak.com/cmitchell/blog/

Photos of the Trip:
http://picasaweb.google.com/maltomitch/RideAcrossAmerica#

Press release of the adventure:
http://peak.com/Wolf/blog/565/

Joe, have fun.

-Morris

]]>Run Like a Girlhttp://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/9/10/run-like-a-girl.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-09-10T13:19:00ZProps to Jen shultis from Team EMS for putting together a local trail-race at Great Brook Farm in Carlisle, MA, this past Saturday. EMS and montrail teamed up and opened this up to ladies only, so Mike K, David D, and I decided to go and show some support. This came in the form of helping pre-race danzels in distress get situated as well as directing runners at confusing intersections. Bonus was the ride and run we built into the day for training.

]]>Think.http://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/9/3/think.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-09-03T13:25:00ZMany adventure racers consider paddling the boring and worthless part of racing. Although I'm not a huge fan of pushing an inflatable tub for 12 hours against a headwind, I do find a lot of enjoyment out of some good kayaking. For those of you looking for a little more excitement out of your forward stroke, consider getting into a surfski and hitting up some rough stuff. Like mountain biking is to road cycling, surf-skiing requires more balance, power, and concentration. Plus, it's damn fun to ride some surf and hit 15 mph as you cross your fingers you don't get tossed. Bonus is that if you do on a surfski, you can remount and not have to bail out the boat.

My birthday yielded me a new Think Evo in Fiberglass construction. Super comfortable on my bumb and stable enough to enjoy some more of the rough stuff. I was paddling a Huki S1X before and that was just too unstable to enjoy.

]]>Athletic Supporterhttp://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/8/28/athletic-supporter.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-08-28T01:53:00ZA few weeks back I had the opportunity to see a different side of adventure racing: Support. I was still recovering from my ITB tendonitis that I developed 8 hours into the Untamed 60-hr race and we needed a good navigator for the Racing Ahead 24-hr race. Team WP recruited long-time racing enemy Steve Reif who has seen great success racing with Team SPTU. Since I had to make my way through 15 miles of the Jay Marathon the next weekend in order to brainwash my future wife into marrying me I thought it would behoove me to not push my way through 24hours of racing.

Although not my first time supporting (I did solo at one of the AppExtreme races), a few thoughts:

Where does 24 hours go? I thought I'd be able to work out, sleep, relax, get some sun, eat, and relax some more. But, somehow 24 hours came and went and all I got to do besides the obvious support crew duties was eat, sit in the sun, fall asleep reading 5 pages of a magazine, and sleep in the back of the subi wagon. It was nasty humid and the bugs were crazy so we had to turn the AC on while sleeping in the car or we would wake up sweating.
Supporting is just not that exciting. (This doesn't mean I didn't enjoy it). Maybe I pictured the various crews getting together to throw a rager but that never happened at this race.
Someone ordered a pizza to be delivered to one of the TA's. It showed up being delivered by a guy on a tractor. Only in New Hampshire!

]]>1st Personhttp://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/8/17/1st-person.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-08-17T01:32:00ZTime for a bit of a change. Since I'm the only one with a password to post news everything's going to be written in 1st person from now on by yours truly. As for some news, the video of my magical moment at the end of the Jay Marathon has made some rounds and I've gotten a fair share of congratulatory emails from people I've never met. Thanks everyone for the kind words and if you want to sponsor our wedding we were thinking somewhere up north next spring... maybe our teammate's farm in Pittsfield, VT? We could do some epic riding and running in between the rehearsal dinner and ceremony. Joe has done some amazing things with the property, and the town for that matter. Check it..... http://www.riversideweddings.com/

-Morris

]]>Jay with a Twist...http://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/7/29/jay-with-a-twist.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-07-29T02:56:57ZWP's own Mike Morris joined his girlfriend Shonda at the 2008 Jay Marathon. Mike's knee is still recovering from the 60-hrs of dancing last month and in antcipation of an upcoming adventure race decided he shouldn't run the entire race. So, he jumped in half-way and joined Shonda for the remaining 14 miles (the easier half of the race, by far!). If you have raced Jay then this video will surely bring back some memories... be sure to watch the video until the end for the surprise race ending!

]]>Wicked Pissah Dance Video World Premierhttp://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/6/22/wicked-pissah-dance-video-world-premier.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-06-22T22:40:04ZSee it first here... MTV wants a piece but we're keeping our work grass-roots. This is how Team Wicked Pissah / Fitness Together keeps their sanity while racing for 60-hours straight. (Besides making fun of one another).

And don't forget to checkout our sponsor page... if you are an entreprenuer and an athlete then you owe it to yourself to check this out!

]]>Dancing Queens - Surviving the Untamed NE.http://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/6/16/dancing-queens-surviving-the-untamed-ne-1.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-06-16T15:40:12ZTeam Wicked Pissah / Fitness Together crossed the finish line of the Untamed New England 60-hr adventure race Sunday morning at about 12:30am. A more formal race report / video summary to come, but a quick recap:

-Our goal of winning was quickly diminished when 12-hours into the race Mike M's knee blew up making it usless for anything involving running, hiking up, or hiking down. With enough advil cyling was still doable, albeit slower than usual. Our goal shifted to just crossing the finish line, which we did, we think around 7th place. Not bad considering the entire last 10-mile trek throught the White Mountains was done by Mike using only one leg and trekking poles.

-We shot lots of video of us dancing, our creative new way of documenting the race. Apparently the race staff enjoyed it as well and were excited when Team WP/FT showed up!

-Mike K and David D have absolutely no dance moves.

-There are lots of hills in New Hampshire and Vermont.

-There is a great little motel in the town of Jefferson NH that will rent three smelly adventure racers a room for 4 hours at 10:30pm to shower and sleep for a solid 3.5 hours.

Congrats to all the teams who race, and to Summit Achievement for wining the race. They were smoking fast...

]]>50 gallons of stuff into a 24 gallon bin? > Untamed New England ARhttp://www.teamwickedpissah.com/news/2008/6/7/50-gallons-of-stuff-into-a-24-gallon-bin-untamed-new-england.htmlTeam Wicked Pissah2008-06-07T16:18:14ZIt's about 4 days 'till we head up north to the Untamed New England 60-hr Adventure Race. For you new to AR, this means we'll be racing straight for 3 days and only sleep when we need to. What's unique about this race is that there is no support crew or team vehicles and we are limited to how big of a gear-bin we are allowed to use as race staff will be transporting these around the race course for us. I'm an Eagle Scout and take "being prepared" to heart so I usually have the most crap when I race. Besides the 25,000 calories I need to pack, we're looking at climbing gear, lots of clothes (can be in the 30's in the mountains in NH at night), 2 hemlets, first aid, trekking poles, and three pairs of shoes (paddle/bike/run). As of now it looks like the hardest part of the race is going to be just getting to the start with all my stuff! Time to start catching up on some sleep...

For the live Race Site where you can track our progress via real-time GPS updates, goto:

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