“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. “
- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Marna has this quality of being able to remember crucial stuff the rest of us are freaked out, tired, or both. She keeps track of race registrations, required gear, and anything else that needs doing. She is also an incredible trooper out on the course...
Race Resume
2005
Winteroba Adventure Race - Team Just a Flesh Wound
Trioba Sprint Adventure Race - Team Mud and Flesh Wounds
Adventure Extreme, Durango 24 hr Adventure Race - Team Unsuspecting Soles
BEAST #4 Adventure Race - Team Mud and Flesh Wounds
Trioba 24 hr Adventure race - Team Nuun Mud and Flesh Wounds
MOMAR - Team Nuun Mud and Flesh Wounds
9 day Himalaya trek
4 day Costa Rica jungle trek
Mt Rainier summit
Basic Mountaineering Skills Training - Boealps
Basic Rock Climbing Training – Boealps
2004
2004 Degree Ironman Team
Vineman Half Ironman Triathlon
Mt Whitney summit
Ventura County Swim League Championships
Desert Olympic distance triathlon
2003
2003 Degree Ironman Team
Ironman Canada
Wildflower Half Ironman Triathlon
Treasure Island Triathlon
Strawberry Fields triathlon
Mt. Kilimanajro summit
Santa Cruz 2.4 mi open water swim
USMS 1 hr postal swim
2002
Newport Beach Triathlon
Alcatraz Aquathlon
Santa Barbara Nite Moves Aquathlon
Camp Pendleton Olympic Distance Triathlon
Vineman Half Ironman Triathlon
Pacific Grove Olympic Distance Triathlon
Carpinteria Olympic Distance Triathlon
USMS 1 hr swim
Cal Tech Pentathlon swim
Wild Woman Water Day 1 mi swim
How Marna got involved with AR
I had been doing triathlons for a few years and some friends I backpacked with kept trying to get me into adventure racing. We talked about doing races but somehow it never quite worked out. Then in January 2005, at around midnight under a bright moon while trekking through the jungle of Costa Rica a friend and I made a promise that we would do an adventure race during the coming year. That is not a promise you break! My first race was the Winteroba in Washington and I have been hooked ever since!
Favorite gear:
Shoes-Montrail Highline
Shorts-Sugoi
Socks-Smartwool Low
Headlamp-Myo xp
Drink-Nuun
Most memorable racing moment
During the Adventure Extreme Durango 24 hr race, after 12 hours of trekking (which was supposed to take 6 hours), we realized that due to weather and timing we would not be advancing further in the race which was disappointing. Our team sat down for a break in a beautiful meadow and had a “picnic”. We rationed our remaining food so each of us ate a Hammer endurolyte pill and two jelly beans. We didn’t have much but it lifted our spirits and we continued on to the transition area with new energy. We were laughing and enjoying the moment which is one of the things I love about adventure racing – the highs and lows and knowing that right around the corner is a picnic waiting to happen.
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