We had 4 portages today, the shortest being about 100 meters. The next two were 250-350 meters. Jennifer Moos is  shown above negotiating her boat on the longest of the three short portages. The longest portage of the day was a claimed 3.5 km (with a disclaimer of “If it’s 5.2km, $#!% happens.”). Luckily our boats were transported for us on the long one. The little run between lakes gave us a taste of what we will see tomorrow, steep climbs, heavy undergrowth, wet rocks, roots, not unlike what we’d see in north Georgia.

At the end of the day, Allen McAdams finished in 2nd  place, less than a minute down. Jennifer Moos was the second female in, less than 10 minutes back. Jennifer Shultis of EMS was 3rd woman in, another 10 minutes or so back. Me? I was over an hour behind Allen, which for me was my goal for the day.

Check back tomorrow for photos and stories from the 35+ mile run.