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Challenge Du Department

15-16 set 2007

Francia

E dopo il riscaldamento nel Raid des Etangs del 2 settembre, mi butto nel Challenge du Department in Normandia, della durata di 1 giorno e mezzo, gareggiando anche di notte.

80km, 800m di dislivello positivo da affrontare in squadra di 4 persone + 1 assistente. 40 squadre in gara!

Gli sport previsti sono:

mtb-40km

kayak - 6km

run&bike - 23km

corsa orientamento notturna - 14km

tiro con l'arco

discesa con corda

optimist (barca a vela) - !!!

 

L'entusiasmo per queste gare e' fantastico tra i miei compagni di corso in francia e ho creato 2 squadre assolutamente internazionali! La squadra Insead 1 e' composta da: UK, Malesia, Italia, Polonia; la squadra Insead 2 e' composta da: Brasile, Francia, India, US!!!

INSEAD 1

Name: Iain
Surname: Gray
Date of Birth: 28/07/1978
Nationality: British
Gender - male
Profession: MBA Student
Achievements in sports:
- Run sub-1hr20 half marathons (PB 1:18:30) and sub-35min 10k
- Regular competitor in triathlons and duathlons - finished in top 25 in the London Duathlon two years in a row
- Recently cycled the course of the Marmotte
- Captain of my college rowing club at Oxford University, and triallist for the Boat Race in 1999
Goal for this competition - to learn how to get the most out of a team with very different strengths and weaknesses

Name - Khang
Sirname - Ting
date of birth - 15 Dec 1977
nationality - Malaysian
Gender - male
profession - MBA Student (previously, Project Manager)
achievements in sports - Hiked Half-Dome in Yosemite (CA, US) in less than 4 hrs, Badminton.
What kind of goal do you have for this competition? - To extend myself

Name - Andrzej
Sirname - WIDZIEWICZ
Age - 1 oct 1976
Nationality - Polish
Gender - male
Profession - MBA student (financial trader)
personnal records - as far as raids are concerned: 3rd in prestigious INSEAD Adv race, top mtb rider at national level in Poland
What kind of goal do you have? - winning?? YES !! kicking ass on VTT at least

Name - Federica
Sirname - Friz
date of birth - 03 apr 1975
nationality - Italian
Gender - female
profession - MBA student (previously, project leader)
achievements in sports - Italian snowboard champion 2003, 2004, international selections LandRoverG4Challenge 2006, WIAR 2006, Viano Challenge 2005, Elbaraid 2006, windsurf, kitesurf…
What kind of goal do you have for this competition? - as usual: give my best and have fun in my team without stress. Then if we get a good result, party!


INSEAD 2

Name - Marc
Sirname - Lopato
date of birth - 28 nov 1977
nationality - French / Brazilian
Gender - male
profession - MBA student (previously Engineer) (future - I don't know yet!!! What kind of question is that???)
achievements in sports - 450m rock-climb in Spain, Mount Fuji in Japan (during summer though)
What kind of goal do you have for this competition? - check whether I am able to go through this both mentally and physically, share such an experience with some of my insead classmates

Name - Ameya
Sirname - Chandavarkar
date of birth - 16 jan 1978
nationality - Indian
Gender - male
profession - MBA Student
achievements in sports - Played national level tennis, played soccer for my high school
What kind of goal do you have for this competition? - to enjoy the adventure; to have as much fun as possible!

Name - Guillaume
Sirname - DEBACK
date of birth - 02 feb 1974
nationality - French
Gender - male
profession - MBA Student
achievements in sports - Iron-Man compeititions, skipper, mountaineering, paragliding, diving, ...

Name - Shireen
Surname - Brathwaite
date of birth - October 8, 1980
nationality - American
Gender - female
profession - MBA Student
achievements in sports - N/A
What kind of goal do you have for this competition? - to have fun


 

E ovviamente, a breve, il report!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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