Team SOLE Bio
Paul Romero - Big Bear Lake, CA / Lake Mead, NV
- 38 years old w/ 9 years racing full time, national and international
events, top finishes on 5 continents
- 2000 Competitor Magazine's "Adventure Racer Of The Year"
- Specialties - the map and compass, relentless heckler for the work horses
- Flight paramedic, Father, Event Director
Karen Lundgren - Big Bear Lake, CA / Lake Mead, NV
- 42 years old w/ 10 years racing full time, national and international events, top finishes on 5 continents
- AR's top female 'MacGyver'
- Specialties - being able to smile in times of absolute hell and torture, energy source for (sometimes) 4 grown adults for days on end
- Project Manager, Ski Coach, Event Director
Petri Forsman - Helsinki, Finland
- 38 year old orienteering champion from Finland
- The Terminator of Adventure Racing
- Perhaps the most skilled map reader and race strategist anywhere
- A teddy bear inside the terminator exterior
- Personal trainer, coach, event organizer
Marcel Hagener - Ohakune, New Zealand
- 40 year old Hamburg born, turned Kiwi
- Former full contact fighting champion of Europe, turned lover
- Top ranked multisport athlete, specializing in paddling and mountain biking. Brings to the team a tireless smile, strategy and hunger for the win.
- 2005 World Champion of the Balance Vector NZ team
