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Reply #200 on: July 04, 2009, 10:16:03 PM
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Marshal
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Michael Komp, just outside of Hartsel, Colorado. Had that ‘focused’ look in his eye, didn’t want to chat, just ride and beat the rain to Salida. Also said he would like to catch up to Deanna and or Brad to have someone to ride with.
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Reply #201 on: July 05, 2009, 01:05:41 AM
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protoceratops
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« Reply #201 on: July 05, 2009, 01:05:41 AM » |
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GO MIKE KOMP !!
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Reply #202 on: July 05, 2009, 12:49:26 PM
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #203 on: July 05, 2009, 05:44:50 PM
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ScottM
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« Reply #203 on: July 05, 2009, 05:44:50 PM » |
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Thanks for the articles, Amy, those are both very well done.
“this is how life should be”
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #204 on: July 05, 2009, 07:53:15 PM
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rocky rode
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« Reply #204 on: July 05, 2009, 07:53:15 PM » |
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The group of 4 as they left Del Norte. A Swede, a Canadian, a Brit and a fellow from Ohio.
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #205 on: July 05, 2009, 08:00:00 PM
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rocky rode
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« Reply #205 on: July 05, 2009, 08:00:00 PM » |
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My good friend, Steve, who works for the USFS ran into Jill on her way into Del Norte.
Gary
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #206 on: July 05, 2009, 08:01:20 PM
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rocky rode
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« Reply #206 on: July 05, 2009, 08:01:20 PM » |
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Steve also ran into Kurt at the Summitville superfund site.
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #207 on: July 05, 2009, 08:02:58 PM
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rocky rode
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« Reply #207 on: July 05, 2009, 08:02:58 PM » |
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After running into Kurt, Steve ran into Jay P and Tracy as the were climbing Indiana Pass
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #208 on: July 06, 2009, 06:40:10 AM
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richNYC
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« Reply #208 on: July 06, 2009, 06:40:10 AM » |
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Gary,
Thanks for sharing the pics;) BTW, Kurt is dressed up for some serious freezing rain...
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“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: “WOW!!! What a ride!” -- Dean Karnazes
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #209 on: July 06, 2009, 08:28:45 AM
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« Reply #209 on: July 06, 2009, 08:28:45 AM » |
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FYI - tourdivide.org is up, but it is having issues (it has been sluggish most of the weekend). The leaderboard works, but the data (position, times) has not been updated since last night. Hopefully the downtime will not be long.
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #210 on: July 06, 2009, 05:49:05 PM
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« Reply #210 on: July 06, 2009, 05:49:05 PM » |
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Back updating earlier this afternoon. Thanks for the patience.
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #211 on: July 07, 2009, 11:16:10 AM
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« Reply #211 on: July 07, 2009, 11:16:10 AM » |
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Hi everyone,
this is Sue, Jason's wife...Jason and Rohan are doing the ITTD....Did anyone happen to catch any photos of them along the route?
They are loving this race and moving v. quickly through Montana!
WRT an earlier post....Rohan did have some tire issues in Lincoln so went to Helena and then back up to Lincoln to continue the ride....hopefully all is well, Jay called in from Lima last night sounded good...
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #212 on: July 08, 2009, 12:57:58 PM
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AmyL
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« Reply #212 on: July 08, 2009, 12:57:58 PM » |
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Banff to Antelope Wells is 2705 miles according to the split chart. I think that makes 27 days and 72 minutes to meet the GDR 100-mile-per-day cutoff (which TourDivide does not share).
Per, Paul and Trevor might make it to Antelope Wells by 11:12 AM Thursday if the wind, bikes, and health cooperate. I wonder if they are working toward that goal? I sure hope so, as it would be a really fine and tidy accomplishment. If they are working toward that goal, they may ride into the night, or get up really early tomorrow.
They rough camped 8 or 10 miles north of Beaverhead. They left Beaverhead Work Center at 0710, traveled 57 mostly rough miles to Mimbres, and arrived at 1330, which is dang good progress through that stretch of rough road.
Mimbres to A.W. - 146.9 miles
Silver City to A.W. - 123.9 miles
Separ to A.W. - 72.7 miles, all paved. Took Matt 5 3/4 hours to cover that.
Hachita to A.W. - 46 miles
Go go go! I'm cheering for you guys!
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Reply #213 on: July 08, 2009, 03:09:14 PM
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protoceratops
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« Reply #213 on: July 08, 2009, 03:09:14 PM » |
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I thought it was 2705 last year and the new BC route made it 2745. From the title page
of the TD, and other places. Adds some time...like 848pm.
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Reply #214 on: July 08, 2009, 03:22:50 PM
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richNYC
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« Reply #214 on: July 08, 2009, 03:22:50 PM » |
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And it's probably another 10-15 miles longer as some racers mentioned that the new Flathead valley re-route cuesheets were under-reporting the distance...
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“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: “WOW!!! What a ride!” -- Dean Karnazes
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Reply #215 on: July 08, 2009, 03:43:07 PM
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protoceratops
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« Reply #215 on: July 08, 2009, 03:43:07 PM » |
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Mandatory bonus miles? Outstanding!
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #216 on: July 08, 2009, 04:20:22 PM
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AmyL
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« Reply #216 on: July 08, 2009, 04:20:22 PM » |
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Thanks for the correction to 2745 miles. That's good news. They shouldn't have any problem making Antelope Wells by 2048 on Thursday.
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Reply #217 on: July 08, 2009, 09:20:57 PM
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Pivvay
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« Reply #217 on: July 08, 2009, 09:20:57 PM » |
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I had 2768 GPS miles to complete the full route. There is some off route in there certainly though no major wrong turns or off route sections.
EDIT: That is with both legal NM detours due to rain...
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Topic Name: Tour Divide 2009
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Reply #218 on: July 09, 2009, 07:42:43 AM
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JeffOYB
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« Reply #218 on: July 09, 2009, 07:42:43 AM » |
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Here's a funny one, to me anyway.
I got a chance to finally meet and have a quick chat with Matthew Lee mid-race in Salida, CO.
We'd emailed over the years and I also had my digicam with me so I put it on video-mode as we chatted so I could upload something "newsy" from the race to YouTube and my OutYourBackDoor website.
I'm a DIY sort of journalist but I couldn't think of any good questions to ask him. It about made me laugh.
I mean, it seems like I could've asked something like "So what's the best time been for you so far out there? The worst?" He's done the route/race 6 times so I could've asked how this year is comparing so far to the others.
But he was in The Zone. And it kinda seemed like questions were silly. So we just chatted about more general race topics---origins, food, water...
So much for the sharp journalism! : )
--JP
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Reply #219 on: July 11, 2009, 05:25:12 AM
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