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Reply #1860 on: June 27, 2012, 09:29:46 PM
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Adam Alphabet
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« Reply #1860 on: June 27, 2012, 09:29:46 PM » |
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Great Ride Eszter!! Awesome to watch your incredible effort.
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Reply #1861 on: June 27, 2012, 09:44:47 PM
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Reply #1862 on: June 27, 2012, 11:08:06 PM
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Is my math right that Ollie also broke the US only record by about 6 hours?
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Reply #1863 on: June 28, 2012, 12:05:45 AM
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hikernks
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« Reply #1863 on: June 28, 2012, 12:05:45 AM » |
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Congrats to Eszter! Awesome job. What I find interesting is that only one woman has technically scratched. I know Tracy Burge had some problems early on, but she's still trucking. Amazing job to all riders this year, but especially so on the women's side. Katherine Wallace appears to have a long day ahead of her, but I think she'll finish today! What an amazing race!
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Reply #1864 on: June 28, 2012, 01:02:03 AM
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DenisVTT
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« Reply #1864 on: June 28, 2012, 01:02:03 AM » |
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Katherine Wallace appears to have a long day ahead of her, but I think she'll finish today! What an amazing race!
She has 270 miles to go, including the toughest part of the Gila, so even if she goes for it in one stretch, it's unlikely she'll finish today. But even finishing sometime tomorrow would easily put her in (previous) record territory, 2nd woman (OK, behind Caroline, but she's in tandem category), and a very respectable Top 15 overall finish. |
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Reply #1865 on: June 28, 2012, 01:12:42 AM
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schillingsworth
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« Reply #1865 on: June 28, 2012, 01:12:42 AM » |
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Kurt & Caroline making an all-night push to the border? Still cruising @ 2:15a local time with 75 miles to go!! Roll on big blue!!
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Reply #1866 on: June 28, 2012, 01:29:18 AM
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hikernks
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« Reply #1866 on: June 28, 2012, 01:29:18 AM » |
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She has 270 miles to go, including the toughest part of the Gila, so even if she goes for it in one stretch, it's unlikely she'll finish today.
But even finishing sometime tomorrow would easily put her in (previous) record territory, 2nd woman (OK, behind Caroline, but she's in tandem category), and a very respectable Top 15 overall finish.
Yep, my mistake, I misread her info. Either way, you're right, definitely an impressive run! |
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Reply #1867 on: June 28, 2012, 01:34:46 AM
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DenisVTT
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« Reply #1867 on: June 28, 2012, 01:34:46 AM » |
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Hi Denis,
Thanks for your vote of confidence! You'll see I've been stuck in Steamboat for a few days ... I got to Bush Mountain Lodge at 21:30 on Saturday night with Elena and Marco (from Italy) where Matt and Scott fed us a great dinner. Unfortunately got an e-mail that my 90 year old mother had that day fallen and broken her hip.
I rolled out at 04:00 and got to Craig at 09:30 where I was able to get some calls in and an update. My father was going to be put into residential care since he has mild dementia and there was nobody to take care of him until I finished the race. I couldn't continue with a clear conscience so I hoofed it to Steamboat and got to Denver that night, and Toronto the next day.
It was a real drag as I was 100% physically and mentally, and keeping my 100+ miles a day up. I had broken the back of the race and there was no doubt in my mind that I would finish.
Matt has kindly left me as 'active'. My wife is flying in from New Zealand in just over a week if if the stars align I'm going to head back to Steamboat mid-July and finish the course. My wife and work are OK with this plan - just depends on my parent's situation.
If this unfortunately does not eventuate it's OK. This year the race didn't break me ... but I still want to finish the beast!
Chris, best wishes and health to your parents. Hope everything turns out alright. Are your parents in Toronto, or do you have to fly all the way to NZ? |
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Reply #1868 on: June 28, 2012, 05:12:40 AM
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« Reply #1868 on: June 28, 2012, 05:12:40 AM » |
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Calls overnight: Caroline and Kurt called in from Silver City. They’re trying to beat the heat! Caroline’s legs are feeling better. Kurt is very tired but okay. And Fixie Dave Nice called in from Helena. He’s doing okay despite having a bag suck into his front wheel and endoing! His left thumb isn’t fairing well but otherwise okay.
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Reply #1869 on: June 28, 2012, 07:03:16 AM
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« Reply #1869 on: June 28, 2012, 07:03:16 AM » |
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Bt has made an impressive push to the finish. Hats off to you! A quick look at the track and there is only 1 significant stop, north of silver city, since Cuba! Almost there!
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Reply #1870 on: June 28, 2012, 07:25:58 AM
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« Reply #1870 on: June 28, 2012, 07:25:58 AM » |
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Interesting that Greg Strauser decided to leave the route around Kremling and take the roads to Del Norte. I've toured that on a road bike, and the GDMR is so much nicer. Smooth cruising in Colorado too. I'd rather do a GDMR tour in Colorado than make it to Mexico via those highways, but to each his own. Hope he is enjoying the ride.
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Reply #1871 on: June 28, 2012, 07:39:07 AM
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« Reply #1871 on: June 28, 2012, 07:39:07 AM » |
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Any serious blue dot junkies might like to check out this one: http://www.yukonriverquest.com/yrq/app/12yrq/results.phpI'm following a friend in a 715 km paddling race on the Yukon. She is in one of the magenta two person kayaks. The display is pretty entertaining, though no call-ins. |
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Reply #1872 on: June 28, 2012, 08:14:53 AM
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« Reply #1872 on: June 28, 2012, 08:14:53 AM » |
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Interesting that Greg Strauser decided to leave the route around Kremling and take the roads to Del Norte. I've toured that on a road bike, and the GDMR is so much nicer. Smooth cruising in Colorado too. I'd rather do a GDMR tour in Colorado than make it to Mexico via those highways, but to each his own. Hope he is enjoying the ride.
I'm not sure if he's the one who's going to run out of vacation time... There was a post earlier about someone having to go roads instead due to the amount of time left... couldn't find it when I went back looking for it. |
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Reply #1873 on: June 28, 2012, 08:36:02 AM
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DenisVTT
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« Reply #1873 on: June 28, 2012, 08:36:02 AM » |
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So looks like both the singlespeed and tandem old records will survive, right?
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Reply #1874 on: June 28, 2012, 08:53:02 AM
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« Reply #1874 on: June 28, 2012, 08:53:02 AM » |
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Bt has made an impressive push to the finish. Hats off to you! A quick look at the track and there is only 1 significant stop, north of silver city, since Cuba! Almost there!
Nice ride by the tandem. A couple of hours of nap time during the early morning hours in Separ area, and now just a few miles from AW. |
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Reply #1875 on: June 28, 2012, 09:08:38 AM
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« Reply #1875 on: June 28, 2012, 09:08:38 AM » |
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I'm not sure if he's the one who's going to run out of vacation time... There was a post earlier about someone having to go roads instead due to the amount of time left... couldn't find it when I went back looking for it.
We talked with him along Hwy 112 yesterday evening....he is out of time and trying to just make the best of it in the short time he has. Great spirits and just doing what he has to do! |
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Reply #1876 on: June 28, 2012, 09:38:31 AM
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schillingsworth
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« Reply #1876 on: June 28, 2012, 09:38:31 AM » |
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Babe th Blue Tandem's SPOT is bouncing around!!! Congrats Kurt & Caroline on a strong ride, looking forward to the blog writeup!!
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Reply #1877 on: June 28, 2012, 09:57:00 AM
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« Reply #1877 on: June 28, 2012, 09:57:00 AM » |
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Congratulations to Kurt & Caroline!! Way to go!! :-)
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Reply #1878 on: June 28, 2012, 10:02:24 AM
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« Reply #1878 on: June 28, 2012, 10:02:24 AM » |
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Looks like Chip has hit Canada!!
Did anyone find out why Eric did the backtracking thing? I have him at 6+ hours in Silver City... Hope he's ok!!
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Reply #1879 on: June 28, 2012, 10:51:49 AM
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DenisVTT
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« Reply #1879 on: June 28, 2012, 10:51:49 AM » |
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Congrats to Kurt and Caroline. What an adventure it must be to ride as a couple like this! (I'm not sure my marriage would survive beyond 5 miles, but that's a different story...  ) |
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