A little background on Karen Lundgren and Paul Romero for those that don't know anything about them. I met them several years ago through the adventure racing community and those two are pretty incredible. They just finished up knocking off the seven summits with their son Jordan Romero this year and have a string of top finishes in adventure races over more than a decade ranging from 2 hour races up to three weeks long. They seem to be starting off slower then I thought they would but knowing them, they seem to excel the longer the race is.

Paul's Facebook post from about an hour ago
"Started the race eating a box of nails for 9 hrs.holy crap this trail Is serious biz. Refueling in Patagonia, az, super k and bikes r well."

Good luck to everyone still racing!