The West Central Florida Adventure Racing Club (WeCeFAR) is known for putting on great events all over the state, and the 2008 Croom Crusher/Crumbler was no exception.  I’ve been lurking around at WeCeFAR’s races when they are in my neck of the woods for a few years now, and I’m thinking that perhaps next year I might just participate in the Croom Crusher or Crumbler.  Living just outside the sleepy hamlet of Nobleton has finally paid off. You see,  I would have home-field advantage, and this might make up some for my lack of skill and conditioning.  

I wish I could have stuck around longer, but I did manage to catch the teams preparing and the start of the race.  Months prior, my wife and I had signed up for the Inagural Expedition Everest Challenge 5K over at Disney’s Animal Kingdom which happened to be on the same day.  Wimpy in comparison to the WeCeFAR events, I know, but it was our first foray into organized running.  Good fun, more about that in a upcoming post.  It was a lot different that running around on our own at Tucker Hill, that’s for sure.

Back to the Croom Crumbler.  Actually, I’ll just let the pictures and video do most of the work, take a peek at them and I’ll bet that you will want to get out and participate in the future.  It was pretty chilly the morning of the race, and the start of the course led the racers through one of Nobleton’s outstanding algae-encrusted canals.  Stanky cold water is the perfect way to start off an adventure!

Click here for the pictures.

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