Introductions all around

For those of you who may have surfed here idly and don't know who these crazies are in these pictures, a brief moment of introduction...

I'm Sam, the tallest of the bunch (see photo). The youngest and the least athletic (and quite possibly the most self-deprecating). I'm normally seating in front of the comforting glow of a monitor while playing all manner of computer and video games.

Then there's John, the most experienced of us when it comes to 'adventure racing,' who prefers his bicycle to the two feet that God gave him. You'll normally find him spending his time ranting against Windows, playing chess, and managing his Madden football team.

There's also Rob, who'd rather be managing Windows domain controllers in a overheating tent in Iraq. He is very muscular and suffers from a peculiar hypercharisma. He likes challenging himself by running up and down hills and intellectually dominating people who don't know what they're talking about

Finally there's Carol. Carol is a blond chick. Carol is also an intellectual ninja. She'd probably rather be writing software right about now (or being a 10th degree black belt in some form of martial arts dancefighting -- see? Nin-JA!) Instead she pals around with us meatheads and adds a very zen flavor to the group.

I'll let one of the other group post about our recent misadventures in Jim Thorpe, PA, site of the Cradle of Liberty race in which we just competed.