Watching the front runners is getting good.Ethan is my bet for the win.He is so well versed out there.CTR win,Leadville 7:30,and lets not forget his win this year in The Elk Mountain Grand Traverse,after placing 2ND the two years prior.Its going to be a fun week of tracking.
T.Ray, I'll take that bet. I've seen a lot of info posted about Ethan and Jefe, maybe because Kurt is a "favorite?" Well, here's part of the reason why:
http://www.topofusion.com/azt/results.phpOverall record holder for 750mi AZT traverse (ITT 2010, bettering Jefe's 300mi record in the process), 2009 AZT300 winner, 2nd in his first TD, and on track to seriously set some records in AZ this year before he bashed his kneecap near Tucson. And, going back in time, Kurt is one heck of a 'cross racer -- this boy has speed!
But that's just part of the story: As noted, he and SO Caroline (current ladies leader) are based in Boulder, CO, where Kurt is/was finishing his doctorate in some sort of amazingly advance geo-physical stuff that's way above my head. He spends a month each year above the Arctic Circle tracking the retreat of the glaciers, where a few years back he found a set of old GT hardtails left over from a doomed crossing of the North Pole ... eerie stuff, for sure. He recently confirmed that he's been posted to his first faculty job later this year, at a school in Arizona -- you can bet he looked for jobs where the singletrack was plentiful! And, Kurt is one of the most genuinely nicest people I've ever met, and I have the honor of calling him a friend.
Plus, he's funny -- check out his blog at
http://krefs.blogspot.com/Now, full disclosure: I've known Kurt for a long time, and my company is one of his sponsors. I have the most tremendous respect for Ethan and Jefe and all of the TD and ITTers out there, but definitely have a soft spot wanting to see Krefs pull this one off in a big way!
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