Tim Buchholz

Team Navigator

Tim started adventure racing in 2004.  He first heard of the sport when he saw Eco-Challenge on TV and did his first race a couple years later with his girlfriend (now wife) Anna.  Tim has become one of the elite adventure racing and orienteering navigators in the country and is the current Florida Orienteering State Champion.  Outside of adventure racing, Tim is a Jazz Singer, Music Professor, and arranger currently teaching at the University of Miami and Miami Dade College.

Anna Nummelin

Co-Navigator and Medical Specialist

Anna started adventure racing in 2004.  Her first race was a 12-hour AR that she did solo and she has since become one of the top female adventure racing athletes in the country.  Outside of adventure racing, Anna is a belly dance instructor and a Nurse Practitioner specializing in holistic, integrative, and functional medicine at Vitality Health and Wellness.  Even in her sleep, she can pace-count like nobody’s business.

Jason Willems

Team Papa and Intimidation Factor

Jason has been adventure racing since 2002.  He started out mountain biking, was talked into an adventure race, and hasn’t stopped since.  Jason is team Papa being the “old guy” on the team, and he usually is the one that makes sure everyone is eating, drinking, and taking care of themselves.  His favorite discipline is biking, and he enjoys all other types of racing.  Jason is the current Florida Cyclocross State Champion (B category).

JJ Jehangir

Work Horse and Speed Specialist

JJ’s first big experience with endurance sports was riding his bicycle from his home in Chicago to the University of Miami, FL for his freshman year of college.  There he met Tim and Anna who got him to come to a short race.  Now a junior in college, he has been hooked ever since and is fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in endurance sports.

Erik Martinez

All-Around Athlete and Optimist

Erik is an incredibly well rounded athlete, and is a glass-half-full kind of guy.  He is an accomplished marathon runner, orienteerer, and adventure racer, and our team clothing and layering expert, always selecting the perfect race apparel for any weather condition.  Outside of racing, Erik is a wedding singer, father of twin toddlers, and is currently finishing his degree as a physical therapist.