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, July 6, 2009
Shallows
Well the shallows got us. We fought our way through Logansport only to run aground again just past the Wabash/Eel confluence. We were just starting to gain som optimism as the water level surged briefly, but quickly found ourselves looking at about 250 meters of limestone shelf 3 inches under water.
We contemplated things for a bit, sitting there in the middle of a river that was 100 meters across and 3 inches deep. After more discussion, we turned around and paddled back to Logansport, portaging across more limestone to get to a take out.
Walking around Logansport Indiana at 2:30 am makes for an interesting adventure in itself. We found a combined BP/Arby's and convinced the drive through guy to serve us in the closed dining room. I guess he took pity on a couple of guys wearing pfd's and looking like they lived under a bridge.... Well actually for the moment we did live under a bridge, where we left the canoe.
Regardless we have several hours to wait for our ride, so we're hanging out on some sort of limestone steps at the Little Turtle Waterway.
We contemplated things for a bit, sitting there in the middle of a river that was 100 meters across and 3 inches deep. After more discussion, we turned around and paddled back to Logansport, portaging across more limestone to get to a take out.
Walking around Logansport Indiana at 2:30 am makes for an interesting adventure in itself. We found a combined BP/Arby's and convinced the drive through guy to serve us in the closed dining room. I guess he took pity on a couple of guys wearing pfd's and looking like they lived under a bridge.... Well actually for the moment we did live under a bridge, where we left the canoe.
Regardless we have several hours to wait for our ride, so we're hanging out on some sort of limestone steps at the Little Turtle Waterway.
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3:21 AM
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