dawn, Eszter is a machine.  She had never even done a 24 hour enduro before last year when she elected to do 24 hours of Moab.  Despite her rookie status she just kept turning lap after lap at the same time splits for the entire duration, and remained surprisingly chipper, even at 3AM when the rest of us in the support crew were utter zombies. 

I'm somewhat surprised she has elected to use her 29er hardtail for the CTR instead of the fully suspended bike she demanded Walt build for her immediately after Moab, although I guess it makes sense from the perspective of being able to carry more.  Her exact words to us at Moab, somewhere around lap 6 or 7, were "please tell Walt I will sell him my firstborn child for a full suspension bike..."

my fingers are crossed that she's not suffering from the same foot problems as Jeff, because it sounds like there's a really evil hike a bike that the next section of trail has in store.  Her capacity for suffering is amazing, but this is uncharted territory for her.

Yes--I've followed her on her blog for a while now. Her tenacity really makes me think about what makes people keep going and keep trying. The whole mind over matter thing. It's glaringly obvious that she loves what she does. She loves riding bikes. Is it because she's so good at it? or is she so good at it because she loves it so much? Anyway. She inspires me.

great effort Mr. Kerkove.
And how amazing is Eszter? She's Killing It!