Bio: Chris Mehus

Location: South Saint Paul, MN

Year Born: 1985

Height/Weight: 5’9”/150

AR Strength:  Cycling

Pay the Bills: Grad Student in Marriage and Family Therapy (i.e. I don’t, my wife does.)

Goals for 2010:  Increase running distances and navigation skills, complete a multi-day race, and get one of my hallucinations to beat one of Will’s hallucinations in a fight.

Why AR?: Adventure Racing allows an individual to push his or her body to its limits and can result in a good deal of post-race, accomplishment pain.

Bio: Paula Meyers

Location: Chaska, MN

Year Born: December 6

Height/Weight: 5'4''/125

AR Strength:  Beginner’s luck  Paddling, tenacity, speed dumps, able to be cheerful when lost in a nettle patch “I’m not the fastest, tallest, or strongest one of the bunch, but I ain’t scared”

Pay the Bills: Chemical Engineer/self-defense instructor

Hobbies: I like dragging my dogs running, crashing my bike into trees (mt bike riding), paddling , gardening, fighting, singing in the choir, teaching Sunday school, making beer, cooking, pretty much anything except bowling.  I guess I could try bowling given the right circumstances.

Thoughts on AR: I can’t believe these guys let me hang out with them and have so much fun.  AR is a lot like fighting, you don’t have to have the best punch or kick or be the biggest, “baddest” girl in the cage, but if you race smart, have a strategy, make good decisions, you can still come out on top.

Bio: Paula Waite

Paula Waite, a seasoned racer joined TMMAR in 2009. Paula has been racing since 2000 with nearly 30 races and always finishing towards the top. In addition Paula has a number of triathlons plus array of other adventure related events.

Paula Waite
Born: 1972
Height: 5'-6"
AR Strength: Paddling and team dynamics
Pay the Bills: Software Engineer
Hobbies:  Ice hockey, golf, orienteering, snowboarding, mountain and road biking, paddling (flat and whitewater), running, cross country skiing. Little known fact: I’m currently building a wood strip canoe in my “spare” time.