Tippy Canoe and Tyler 2's revenge

The official results are in, and Tippy Canoe and Tyler 2 came in 177th out of 464 teams that competed in the 99th Ski to Sea in Bellingham. Our total time was 8:48:03 for the 90-mile relay (the winning time was 5:47:55 with some help from Olympic athletes). The competition was fierce, the water attempted to tip the canoe, but Margarito and I stayed strong and conquered the Nooksack River.

Here's the breakdown of our individual times that contributed to our awesomeness:

Frank cross-country skied a four-mile loop in 43:10 , giving him 191st place out of all the skiers.

Dan, the man, completed his 2.5 mile downhill ski loop (which consisted of hiking up the mountain too) in 27:10, putting him in 32nd place out of all the downhillers — that's damn impressive.

Steve said he ran an "acceptable" eight miles in in 55:36, ranking him 212th out of all the runners.

Eric posted an all-time personal best of biking 38.5 miles in 1:38:10, knocking off his previous record by five whole minutes. That put him at 149th place with the other cyclists.

Margarito and I were happy to just finish, and we took down the Nooksack River's 18 mile course in 2:36:58, placing us at 332nd with everyone else.

Tyler was covered in mud when he finished his 14 mile mountain bike leg, which he completed in 1:11:31, earning him 212th place.

John brought it all home in the kayak by paddling five miles in choppy waters in 1:15:28, giving him 263rd place.