A week after racing at the Michigan Coast to Coast, several members of Team Checkpoint Zero were back in action with friends the weekend of June 10 in various events in the Southeast.

Team captain Jon Barker teamed up with Mighty Dog racer Rob Howell to win the two-man canoe division of the Back to the Chattahoochee Race in Atlanta. Tim Abbott and fiancee Gina Nungester finished second in the two-person coed canoe division of the race.

Meanwhile, Paul Cox joined friends and fellow Atlantans Bryan Goble, Lisa Randall and James Holmes of Team Enduraventure/Maplewood Farms at the Adventure 24 race in Southeast Tennessee. They came away with a win after about 16 and a half hours of running, paddling and biking in the beautiful Cherokee National Forest. It was hot -- very hot, but Paul was cramp-free thanks to the nuun active hydration in his water bladder.

Never much for being idle, Michele Hobson ran/hiked "like 20ish miles." Then she spent most of Sunday at her 7-year-old niece's birthday party, which was "more tiring than an adventure race, I do believe," says Michele.

Next on the team schedule ... Midnight Rush Aug 19-20 in Clayton, Georgia.