James Nichols @tailwyndevents
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Personal Summary
Challenge Equals Growth – Always strive to do more today than you did yesterday.
- Professional Experience
- Owner of Tailwynd and Tailwynd Events
- Full Service Promotional Companies
- Athletic & Fitness Events
- Marketing Strategy
- Web Design
- Full Service Athletic Event Management Company
- 15+ years in the construction products industry
- Currently President of Rogers Block, Indianapolis, IN
- BA Business – Washington State University
- MBA – Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
- Athletic Summary
- Adventure Racing/Orienteering
- 2009 LBL Challenge (Bonk Hard Racing)
- 2008 Planet Adventure Urban Sprint (2nd Coed, 2nd Overall)
- 2008 Planet Adventure Sprint Redux
- 2007 – … year off for knee surgery
- 2006 – Warner Adventure Race, Nashville, TN (2nd place in co-ed)
- 2006 – Wild Scallion, Chicago IL (15th place overall out of 99 teams, 12th in division)
- 2006 – Indianapolis Adventure Race, Indianapolis, IN (6th place overall)
- 2006 – Planet Adventure Urban Sprint, Indianapolis, IN (2nd place co-ed, 6th overall)
- 2006 – Planet Adventure Sprint, Indianapolis, IN (3rd place all male, 7th overall)
- 2005 – Wild Scallion, Chicago IL (25th place overall)
- 2005 – DINO 18 Hour Mission Adventure Race, North Vernon, IN (10th place overall)
- Running & Other Athletic Interests
- 2008 - Hilly Hundred
- 2008 - Missouri River 340 (340 mile paddle race across Missouri)
- 2006-2009 - 3-State 3-Mountain Challenge Century, Chattanooga, TN
- 2007 – The “Wild Ride”, Road Bike Century
- 2005 – 2007 – Multiple Orienteering Events
- 2006 – DINO/XTerra Triathlon, New Castle, IN
- 2006 – DINO/XTerra Triathlon, Logansport, IN
- 2005 – Indianapolis Sprint Triathlon, Indianapolis, IN (2nd place in division)
- 2004 – Indianapolis Sprint Triathlon, Indianapolis, IN
- 2004 – Indianapolis Marathon, Indianapolis, IN
- 2004 – DINO/XTerra Triathlon, Logansport, IN
- 2004 – Indianapolis Mini Marathon, Indianapolis, IN
- 2003-2005 Multiple 5k’s and 10k’s
- Plans for 2009
- To compete in several 24 hour races
- To race the MR340 again, this time tandem
- To continue volunteering my time to direct and coorindate adventure races and orienteering meets
- Memberships
- United States Canoe Association
- Central Indiana Bike Association
- Indiana Crossroads Orienteering, Membership Director
Monday, May 4, 2009
What a trip!
My 3rd trip to Chattanooga to ride the great 3-State 3-Mountain Challenge Century didn't turn out quite like I had planned. Saturday started out not too terrible, at least until I looked at the weather radar.
At the start line, we were ready to go when a few drops began to fall. Most of us threw on rain jackets just before the race started, a good thing too, because once we got rolling so did the rain.
By mile 3 the rain was growing harder, I saw a few people go down on the tracks and began to wonder if I was actually having any fun at all. At mile 10 I began my ascent of the first "mountain" with a pack of many other riders. The climb was easier than I remembered, or maybe the rain was enough to keep me distracted from a 5 mile uphill grind.
Near the top, I passed a guy on the side of the road and asked if he had everything he needed... he said he needed a bigger wrench. I stopped to help him and quickly found he had lost a crank arm and didn't quite know how to put it back on. We got it fixed and went back to the climb.
I would have to say this was my 3rd trip to 3S3M and I was really not having any fun this time in the heavy downpour. At the top I passed one of the guys from our group who was preparing to head back to Chattanooga. Like me, he had had enough of the rain.
All in all, I would have to say I conquered the "1-State 1-Mountain Minor Tour" this year. I'll be back next year, hoping for better weather and the fun trip this usually turns out to be.
That's my trip report, such as the trip was.
At the start line, we were ready to go when a few drops began to fall. Most of us threw on rain jackets just before the race started, a good thing too, because once we got rolling so did the rain.
By mile 3 the rain was growing harder, I saw a few people go down on the tracks and began to wonder if I was actually having any fun at all. At mile 10 I began my ascent of the first "mountain" with a pack of many other riders. The climb was easier than I remembered, or maybe the rain was enough to keep me distracted from a 5 mile uphill grind.
Near the top, I passed a guy on the side of the road and asked if he had everything he needed... he said he needed a bigger wrench. I stopped to help him and quickly found he had lost a crank arm and didn't quite know how to put it back on. We got it fixed and went back to the climb.
I would have to say this was my 3rd trip to 3S3M and I was really not having any fun this time in the heavy downpour. At the top I passed one of the guys from our group who was preparing to head back to Chattanooga. Like me, he had had enough of the rain.
All in all, I would have to say I conquered the "1-State 1-Mountain Minor Tour" this year. I'll be back next year, hoping for better weather and the fun trip this usually turns out to be.
That's my trip report, such as the trip was.
posted by Tailwynd at
8:35 PM
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