Cliff White, one of the members of Strong Machine Adventure Racing, participated in the 2017 Raid Gallaecia. His second experience racing in the Adventure Racing World Series (after the 2016 ITERA - Ireland), he teamed up with Eric Wyler and Rick Keilty of Chaos Raid, and Melody Hazi, forming a hybrid team of Chaos Machine. The team elected to short-course early in the race due to an injury to Melody's ankle, but rallied to finish 14th overall. Here's Cliff's report from the race:
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RAID GALLAECIA, PART ONE
RAID GALLAECIA, PART TWO
RAID GALLAECIA, PART THREE
RAID GALLAECIA, PART FOUR
​RAID GALLAECIA, PART FIVE
RAID GALLAECIA, PART SIX

For a map and satellite tracking of the race, go to the Raid Gallaecia website.

And if you're really into learning more about the team and our race, check out Rick and Eric's interview on the TA1 podcast.