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Coming Soon! |
10/24 2:54 PM |
Passports and final results are being reviewed. We will have results posted soon. It's a beautiful day for racing in Pilot Point, TX. Everybody is in and accounted for - 30 hours of hard racing. Great job everyone!
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still waiting |
10/24 1:35 PM |
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game over officially |
10/24 1:13 PM |
Still 3 teams out there. Now for the countdown. According to the rules, they will lose one CP per minute late getting here. Ouch...
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Only minutes left on the official race clock |
10/24 1:06 PM |
Time's ticking.
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Too fat and drunk to play golf finishes again! |
10/24 12:59 PM |
They made it back for the second crossing of the finish line. They went back out after some confusion and nabbed 5 CPs since dawn. AWESOME!
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Teams 51 & 38 made it in |
10/24 12:54 PM |
Teams 38 had 2 flats and a broken chain all at once and invented the "scooter bike", towing one racer all the way here from the last CP. What an effort!
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Finish Line Watch underway |
10/24 12:24 PM |
There's a little more than 30 minutes left on the race course. 9 teams remaining. Come on teams!
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Teams 38 & 48 in together |
10/24 12:12 PM |
Team TexasAdventureRacing.com & TexasAdventureRacing II both in together. "Yea old people!" Their words not mine.
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Team 35 is in |
10/24 12:11 PM |
Team DFW Adventure Racing is alive and well! Congrats on the finish.
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Punch Junkies cross the line |
10/24 12:01 PM |
Team 33, Punch Junkies getting it done. They arrived feeling great!
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Houston Fit just in |
10/24 11:51 AM |
Houston Fit just in and they are very happy, despite swimming at CP 31.
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Team 57, Crazy J's made it! |
10/24 11:39 AM |
Crazy J's are looking good and muddy! Way to go guys!
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Team 57, Crazy J's made it! |
10/24 11:39 AM |
Crazy J's are looking good and muddy! Way to go guys!
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Team America is in! |
10/24 11:31 AM |
Team America made it in and they are happy!
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Team 67 & 50 & 37 cross the Finish Line |
10/24 11:20 AM |
Cave Run Bicycle and Outdoor Center, then HFAR Nomads, then Hefner Bunny Pie have finished USARA Nationals 2009!
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TeamSOG made it after some mechanicals |
10/24 11:00 AM |
Baby Sogs are here! They had major derailleur issues and had to shave down a new "universal" hanger with their fancy SOG Knives to make it fit!
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Team 21 - Angry Cow Adventures |
10/24 10:38 AM |
Crossed the finish line like they just got started! They look amazing!
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Race to the finish |
10/24 10:35 AM |
Team 39, Soggy Bottom Boys & Team 18, FL Xtreme / Relentless race to the finish. Soggy Bottom Boys edged them out! Both teams are looking good.
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Verlassen is in |
10/24 10:33 AM |
Verlassen crosses the line after a hard-fought race.
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Top 20 (Unnoficial) |
10/24 10:17 AM |
1)& 2) Granite AR, 3) IMONPoint.org, 4) Wedali, 5) MOAT, 6) BikesPlus - Little Rock, 7) Nuun - Feed the Machine, 8) Proformance Physical Therapy II, 9) TeamSOG, 10) Alpine Shop, 11) Vignette, 12) Green Paw / ClubScrub.org, 13) Verve, 14) Berlin Bike, 15) Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8, 16) MOAT 2, 17) Mystic (CITGO) / Gray Goat Multisport, 18) Tahoe Truckers
MASTERS - 1) Eastern Mountain Sports Monster Masters, 2) Proformance Physical Therapy
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Team #34, Darkhorse crosses the line |
10/24 10:12 AM |
Darkhorse is in! Darkhorse is in!
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Team 26, Tahoe Truckers finish! |
10/24 9:50 AM |
Tahoe Truckers finished, looking muddy and happy!
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Lab Rats finished! |
10/24 9:47 AM |
"Just glad to be here", they said. There will be beers in their future I hear.
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Team 32 through CP 25 |
10/24 9:28 AM |
Team 32, Too Fat and Drunk for Golf just crossed through CP 25. Still plugging along.
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Mountain Biking total distance |
10/24 9:27 AM |
The grand total on the mountain bike odometers are reading about 103 miles. That's a lot of tough miles too!
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Finish results continued |
10/24 9:23 AM |
12) Green Paw, 13) Verve, 14) Berlin Bike, 15) Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8, 16) MOAT 2
Congrats Teams!
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Team DINO across the finish line |
10/24 9:22 AM |
Team 15 across line and looking great!
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Top Teams thus far: |
10/24 9:18 AM |
Top teams thus far are:
1) & 2) Granite AR, 3) IMONPoint.org, 4) Wedali, 5) MOAT, 6) Bikes Plus - Little Rock, 7) NUUN - Feed the Machine, 8) Proformance Physical Therapy II, 9) Team SOGKnives.com, 10) Alpine Shop, 11) Vignette
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Quark is across the finish line! |
10/24 9:08 AM |
Team #58, Quark is across the finish line! Congrats.
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21 teams (with all CPs) is in |
10/24 9:06 AM |
Pat is reporting from HQ that 21 teams that got ALL the CPs are in! Impressive.
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iMOAT2 & CheckpointZero |
10/24 9:03 AM |
Tean iMOAT & CheckpointZero are in, happy & cold.
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ATP |
10/24 8:58 AM |
ATP from VA, PN, TX. Their gal (whom they're so proud of for giving it her all) had to bail at CP17. Their bummed, but have no complaints.
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Berlin Bikes across the line |
10/24 8:48 AM |
Berlin Bikes just crossed the finish line looking very strong.
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Team HART Hell's Turtles say |
10/24 8:39 AM |
Team HART Hell's Turtles say, "Surely we're almost there. Don't call me Shirley".
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Team 3 still rolling |
10/24 8:38 AM |
Team #3, HART Ike's Vengeance just rolled through CP 25 after a quick run into the ladies restroom! Don't worry, that's not weird in this sport.
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Bushwacker North just in! |
10/24 8:37 AM |
2 Chicks and the mandatory male across the line! 110 miles of mud!
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Team Innerstrength finishes! |
10/24 8:36 AM |
Team Innerstrength finishes at 8:33!
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Team DFW Adv. back at it |
10/24 8:26 AM |
Team #35 just rolled through CP 25 after a quick nap in the men's restroom.
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Green Paw I and II |
10/24 8:24 AM |
are across the finish line. Sharin some love right now among the teams
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race from Bike Plus perspective |
10/24 8:18 AM |
the highlights of the race:
the team - Micheal did a great job with nav which is not easy when water levels is up. Keith says everything about the water hates him :-)
team worked efficiently on its way to the canoes - drafted
terrain: flat but the wind was brutal. Brush and thorns and cactus .... ouch!
some areas were trekked in knee deep water. Took advantage of the portage.
Half way through the race they were in the 20th spot and looks like they finished 7th - WOW!
Team as a whole never raced together.
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FYI |
10/24 8:15 AM |
teams that are finishing are not put in the order they finish - just as fast as I get messages and type them (they are just piling up)
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nuun |
10/24 8:14 AM |
also at the finish line
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Michigan Addicts |
10/24 8:13 AM |
at the finish.
"Just because we're from Michigan doesn't mean we don't get cold!"
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Team SOGKnives |
10/24 8:12 AM |
is also finished
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Vignette |
10/24 8:12 AM |
across the finish line and looking great
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Bushwhacker |
10/24 8:10 AM |
at the finish line
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Old Sog |
10/24 8:06 AM |
just checked in at the finish. Looking sweeeeeet
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Alpine SHop |
10/24 8:05 AM |
Finished!
Riding Strong and Looking great
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Performance Therapy I and II |
10/24 8:00 AM |
at the finish - One happy Family!
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Lost but Found |
10/24 7:59 AM |
Just made it through. Kinda wore out and ready for the day to be over .... oh wait it just started :-)
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Team Toccoa |
10/24 7:58 AM |
crossed the finish line
"Happy to be here!"
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Renn Multisport |
10/24 7:57 AM |
In the finish and looking great.
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Bikes Plus - Little Rock |
10/24 7:55 AM |
FINISHED!!!
They think they are 7th overall.
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HFAR Knights |
10/24 7:55 AM |
Finished as well. Bummer in that they skipped a paddle leg to do the nav legs later on which were canceled
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Too Fat and Drunk to play golf |
10/24 7:51 AM |
yes that is a team name .... just came to the finish line. Bummer is that they were not told that the final O course here has been canceled :-(
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Conditions |
10/24 7:36 AM |
Teams are coming in muddy and cold. Its 41 degrees outside brrrrrrrrr!
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EMS |
10/24 7:22 AM |
EMS just finished with all 42 points.
That moves them to 5th place overall.
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Unofficial standings |
10/24 7:14 AM |
Teams have been coming in for the last two hours and here is the list of their standings: (maximum amount of CPs - 42)
1. Granite AR and Granite AR-1 (tie) 42 cps
2. IMONPoint.org 42 cps
3. WEDALI 42 cps
4. MOAT 42 cps
5. Old Shoes / Team TAAR 32 cps
6. Racing Sushi Farmers 31 cps
7. Olympia Cycle 29 cps
8. GCAR 26 cps
9. Team Torti 23 cps (raced as a 2 person team after team mate injury)
10. KUAT South 21 cps
Again, these are unofficial results!!!
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2 more teams at cp25 |
10/24 6:58 AM |
TexasAdventureRacing I and II are at cp 25 fueling and mapping out their next move.
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CP25 statistics |
10/24 6:34 AM |
35 teams came through so far
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teamwork |
10/24 6:33 AM |
teams Punch Junkies and HFAR Nomands are working as a large team and are making good progress as they pass through cp25
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Vignette |
10/24 6:31 AM |
they are through cp25 and want to thank us for the nice rain when they arrived here and all the mud they now get to play in.
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HART Hell's Turtles |
10/24 6:15 AM |
checked in to CP25. After cleaning some mud from their brakes ...
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CP24 |
10/24 6:13 AM |
about 10 minutes ago:
Team SOG
Punch Junkies
HFAR Nomads
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First Team in |
10/24 5:52 AM |
Congratulations Granite AR and Granite AR-1!!!
Team Granite AR and Granite AR-1 from New Hampshire came in together about hour and a half ago. They tied for unofficial first place. They stuck together throughout the whole race and collaborated on strategic decisions. They want to shout out to their families. The course was tough, very challenging (between all six of them - 5 tire issues) and they had a blast competing.
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Tahoe Truckers |
10/24 5:38 AM |
through cp25 missing nice warm and dry weather in so cal this morning.
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Werewolves of Austin |
10/24 5:29 AM |
are through cp25 planning how many more miles they got to go on their way out.
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Lab Rats |
10/24 5:11 AM |
roll in through cp25 looking good and strong
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CP 24 |
10/24 5:01 AM |
Werewolves of Austen
HART Hell's Turtles
Tahoe Truckers
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MOAT 2 |
10/24 4:36 AM |
through 25. One bike just broke before getting here. Broken spokes in the rear, not shifting correctly. They left here determined to get team 63.
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Mistic Citgo |
10/24 4:34 AM |
Through cp25 after a short stop to wring out their socks. They are a bit tired of having wet feet.
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DINO |
10/24 4:06 AM |
Team DINO thru 25 having a great time while on vacation.
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cp24 |
10/24 4:03 AM |
Teams MOAT 2, Vignette, ATP and Mistic Citgo
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cp25 updates |
10/24 3:54 AM |
Teams are starting to roll thru cp25 now; Berlin Bike, Performance Physical Therapy II and I. Quick stop for all 3 , eat some fuel and back on the course.
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cp25 |
10/24 3:47 AM |
Alpine shop, Michigan Racing Addicts and Checkpoint Zero are all through cp25. No major issues and everyone is looking good and ready to keep going
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Team Dark Horse Masters |
10/24 3:26 AM |
at CP25.
Left after changing out Dave's rear tube - again.
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more teams through cp24 |
10/24 3:18 AM |
Alpine Shopi
Michigan Racing Addicts
Performance Physical Therapy I and II
DINO
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CP25 |
10/24 3:06 AM |
Team Vignete and Team ATP are through CP25, both looking good and full of energy and glad they don't have to get cp26
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Team SOGKnives |
10/24 2:51 AM |
SOGKnives are through cp25 after a change of batteries and some stretching. Everyone is thankful for the trash bags they were given after the paddle - life savers.
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CP 24 update |
10/24 2:48 AM |
Teams: Berlin Bike, Innerstrength, Bushwhacker and Checkpoint zero came through cp24 minutes ago.
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more teams at CP25 |
10/24 2:27 AM |
Angry Cow Adventures and Renn Multisport at cp25 - one of the quickest teams to get turned around and head back.
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CP 25 and 26 |
10/24 2:26 AM |
Teams are having to punch both points 25 and 26 at CP25. Point 26 is under water.
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update from cp25 |
10/24 2:17 AM |
Team DINO and Green Paw / Club Scrub loaded up on endurolytes and fuel and CP 25. Goal is to finish up in 5 hours.
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Teams 10,13,31,34,64,61 thru CP24 |
10/24 2:12 AM |
10 - Team SOGKnives
13 - WEDALI
31 - HFAR Knights
34 - Team Dark Horse - Masters
64 - Verve
61 - Bikes Plus - Little Rock
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Teams 1,4,45 thru CP 25 |
10/24 2:07 AM |
1 - Team nuun
4 - EMS
45 - IMONPoint.org
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Team Toccoa at CP 25 |
10/24 1:37 AM |
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teams 1,4,16,29,45,49 thru CP 24 |
10/24 1:36 AM |
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Team Bushwacker North at CP 25 |
10/24 1:31 AM |
Team down to two members due to medical Molly says hi to husband and kids mudy mudy mudy
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temperatures are 45 at the river |
10/24 12:57 AM |
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Team 13 Wedali at 25 |
10/24 12:46 AM |
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Team 17 Toccoa at CP 24 |
10/24 12:38 AM |
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Team 44 TORTI |
10/24 12:36 AM |
Speaks highly of their missing motivator Megan
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Team 15 Dino Shoutout |
10/24 12:32 AM |
Hi to Amanda, Lutha, Janet, Mom and Dad
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Team 58 Quark to Quincey |
10/24 12:24 AM |
We are still fighting. Don't eat the last piece of chocolate cake.
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Team 42 misses everyone |
10/24 12:22 AM |
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Teams 42 & 43 are thru CP 25 |
10/23 11:49 PM |
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Baby SOGS difficulties |
10/23 11:47 PM |
Reported not taking their passport on a section and had to run back and get it also had a derailleur hanger break
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Team 7 Werewolves and Team 11 Baby SOGS into CP16 |
10/23 11:45 PM |
Both teams cold and hungry
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Shout out from Team Dark Horse |
10/23 11:40 PM |
Team Dark Horse at CP21 at 11:18.
Had to change a flat
Shout outs
Tom Smith to his family Rene Jake and Abbey
Dave Darby to his wife Teresa
Mary Guertia to her hubby Doug
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The Night Sky |
10/23 11:36 PM |
The stars are sliiiick out here. Just hoping the teams look up every now and then. But wouldn't expect them to! Nice to be an ambassador/cheerleader today.
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Team TORTI #44 at CP 16 |
10/23 11:24 PM |
Continuing the race in spite of loosing there female team mate early in the race due to a bike wreck.
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Team 9 Red Mountain Rovers are at CP 16 |
10/23 11:23 PM |
Cold yet still determined.
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Team 26 Tahoe Truckers are at CP16 |
10/23 11:06 PM |
They are Ok even though a bit quiet.
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It is starting to get cold |
10/23 11:03 PM |
Cows are starting to converse with some of the course workers who have been in place for a while.
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26 states are represented here at the Nationals |
10/23 10:59 PM |
14 from Texas, it is a big state, but also New Hampshire, California, Florida, and Washington to cover the four corners the lower 48.
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Team 13 Wedali at CP 21 |
10/23 10:54 PM |
Unofficially they have all CPs at this point, came thru at 10:36
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Team 50 HFAR Nomads is at CP 16 |
10/23 10:45 PM |
Great attitudes Cute little girl reporting unhappy feet but they are all smilin
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Team 17 Toccoa at CP 21 |
10/23 10:34 PM |
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team 47 at CP 16 |
10/23 10:30 PM |
CP 16 Team 47 Lab Rats in as well as team 2 Moat 2 and team 25 Olympia Cycle.
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Teams 42 & 43 are thru CP 21 |
10/23 10:07 PM |
Unofficially they have all the CPs at this point.
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Teams 19, 22, 23 all together |
10/23 10:05 PM |
Big jumble of very motivated teams. They are looking really strong. Heading for food!
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Team #32 rolling in with bellies full |
10/23 10:03 PM |
Team #32 - Too Fat and Drunk for Golf, just made it in with their bellies full of gas station chicken. Could it get any better? Adventure Racing and a gas station supper!
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Team Old Shoes / Team TAAR in and hungry |
10/23 9:57 PM |
Team #36 made it in safe and sound. Been out of food for a while, but happened into some Nutter Butters in the T.A. somehow!
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Team #63 |
10/23 9:53 PM |
Team Mystic (CITGO) / Gray Goat Multisport is in and looking solid. They said that CP 15 was an "unexpected nightmare".
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Team Alpine Shop and their bushwacking pants |
10/23 9:51 PM |
Team #14 from Missouri is in and on a mission. The best part is their bushwacking pants that have been receiving years of patches from past aggressive races. Nothing is going to slow these guys down.
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Michigan Racing Addicts moving forward |
10/23 9:46 PM |
Even with some challenges, these guys are doing great and in great spirits. They haven't eaten in a long time and had a broken camelback leading to some dehydration. Seem plenty happy though.
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Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8 & Bikes Plus - Little Rock |
10/23 9:39 PM |
Both teams are in to CP 16 and looking good!
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Teams 29 & 5 |
10/23 9:35 PM |
Teams Berlin Bike and Green Paw / ClubScrub.org - come in together.
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Big pack coming in |
10/23 9:32 PM |
So 15, 25, 53, 12 (DINO, Olympia Cycle, Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8, Michigan Racing Addicts) all in a big pack zooming into CP 16. Impressive looking bunch. Volunteers officially out of oreos - nobody knows how.
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Team 20 having a blast |
10/23 9:28 PM |
HART Hell's Turtles having an awesome time and sharin' the luuuuuuuuuv.
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Team 50 is outta' here |
10/23 9:25 PM |
HFAR Nomads is out of TA and looking good!
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Team Horse is getting after it |
10/23 9:21 PM |
Team Dark Horse / Masters is back out. Yelling "Doin' well"! Also reported eating some good chicken at the local gas station. What a sport!
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Team 31 in, Team 33 out |
10/23 9:19 PM |
Team 31 (HFAR Knights) are coming through CP 16 & Looking sweeeeeet!
Team 33 (Punch Junkies) are headed back out for more fun.
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Team 64 Rollin' In |
10/23 9:11 PM |
Team 64 - Verve is rollin' in and looking strong!
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Team MOAT into CP 16 |
10/23 9:05 PM |
They're hammering and looking for a quick T.A. Teams have been spending a lot of time here. Albeit they have a long night ahead of them.
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60 & 10 Just in |
10/23 9:01 PM |
Teams ATP & SOGKnives.com both in and ALL GOOD!
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NUUN - Feed the Machine & IMONPoint.org outta' here |
10/23 8:52 PM |
Both teams out of T.A. NUUN barely in front.
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Team 33 realized a missed CP |
10/23 8:52 PM |
Team 33 - Punch Junkies just realized they missed CP 15 on the way in - bummer!
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Team 58 just in |
10/23 8:51 PM |
Team 58 - Quark made it in.
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Team 33 just arrived |
10/23 8:46 PM |
Team 33 - Punch Junkies, just arrived smiling. Bless 'em!
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IMONPoint.org |
10/23 8:40 PM |
IMONPoint.org is in good spirits. Having a convo about ultrarunning with Robyn in T.A. Hey, get back to the race! Great team. Gotta' love 'em!
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NUUN - Feed the Machine & IMONPoint.org |
10/23 8:34 PM |
Both teams flew in together into CP 16. Mayhem! 2 flats for NUUN. All look good now though.
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HART Hell's Turtles -outta' here |
10/23 8:29 PM |
Team #20 is out of CP 16. WEDALI reported that NUUN has had about 4 flats today and they feel bad for them (AaawwwW).
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WEDALI comes firing into CP 16 |
10/23 8:28 PM |
WEDALI is on a mission. They are into the T.A. and moving quick!
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HART Hell's Turtles |
10/23 8:23 PM |
Team 20 - HART Hell's Turtles is now into CP 16 (2nd place). They are apparently in great spirits as they are getting Robyn's jokes.
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Granite Gear leaving CP 16 |
10/23 8:18 PM |
Granite Gear ended up with a long transition as they had to deal with a flat on the bike. Thorns seem to be plaguing plenty of teams.
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Teams 42 & 43 are movin' |
10/23 8:00 PM |
Teams 42 & 43 (Team Granite AR and AR-1) are into CP 16. Look happy and healthy. All 6 folks are sticking together.
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CP 16 coming to life |
10/23 7:54 PM |
Alright, teams are still moving. CP 16 now has a fire, donuts and tons of energy thanks to Robyn, Pat, and other volunteers and race directors. Teams should start showing soon.
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Some more hellos from Verlassen |
10/23 7:04 PM |
Olaf says, "Hi Julie and Heike and Brian".
Charlie says (in a weak voice) "Half done!"
Wendy says nothing, she's out of it.
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Teams 51 & 66 |
10/23 6:58 PM |
Team 51 (Lost But Found) & Team 66 (Verlassen) are loving life at CP 14. They have missed 0 CPs.
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Bikes Plus - Little Rock |
10/23 6:57 PM |
Bikes Plus - Little Rock "is feeling great!"
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Lost But Found says Hi... |
10/23 6:56 PM |
Lost But Found says, "Hi Sarah".
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Teams 29 & 16 |
10/23 6:55 PM |
Teams 29 & 16 (Green Paw / ClubScrub.org & Green Paw Adventure Sports/SAL Miami) say "HEY EVERYBODY!"
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HFAR Knights send some love |
10/23 6:53 PM |
HFAR Knights say, "Go Knights and Hey to everyone in Houston"!
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Teams Leaving for CP 15 |
10/23 6:46 PM |
More teams taking off:
#5 (Berlin Bike) in at 6:28 pm
#14 (Alpine Shop) in at 6:32 pm
#22 (Proformance Physical Therapy II) in at :36 pm
#23 (Proformance Physical Therapy) in at :36 pm
#63 (Mystic (CITGO) / Gray Goat Multisport) in at :42 pm
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Team 35 is in to CP 14 |
10/23 6:39 PM |
Team 35 (DFW Adventure Racing) is in to CP 14. They have missed 0 CPs. Way to represent!
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Rocket Sauce says... |
10/23 6:37 PM |
Rocket Sauce says, "This is more fun than shopping and Linda is not dead"!
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Team #26 in |
10/23 6:37 PM |
Team #26 (Tahoe Truckers) is in with 0 CPs missed. Way to go Michael, Beth, and Matt.
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Berlin Bike says... |
10/23 6:35 PM |
Berlin Bike says, "Don't worry about cactuses, but watch those trees."
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Alpine Shop send some hellos |
10/23 6:34 PM |
Jeff from Alpine Shop says, "Hi Emma and Ellie and the rest of the family. Love you and racing hard".
Dave says, "Love you Dorene".
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Team 27 |
10/23 6:31 PM |
Team #27 (Rocket Sauce) in to CP 14.
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More teams leaving for CP 15 |
10/23 6:28 PM |
More teams on their way out for CP 15.
#36, 32, 34, & 49, all one minute apart.
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Team 2 |
10/23 6:26 PM |
Team #2 - MOAT missed 0 CPs. In to CP #14.
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Teams leaving for CP 15... |
10/23 6:19 PM |
Teams leaving for CP 15:
#12 - Michigan Racing Addicts in. 58 - Quark, 64 - Verve in 5 minutes after #12.
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Team 65 is at CP 14 |
10/23 6:12 PM |
Team 65 - Renn Multisport is in with 1 missed CP.
Jeanie says "I love you Mom". Frank says, "Marta, I've been eating and my stomach hurts."
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Team 19 into CP #14 |
10/23 6:06 PM |
Team 19 (Vignette) is in to CP 14.
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More teams leaving on bikes |
10/23 6:05 PM |
Teams 28 & 60 (Bushwacker North & Team ATP) are taking off on bikes!
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Team 25 into CP 14 |
10/23 6:04 PM |
Team 25 - Olympia Cycle made it to CP 14. They've only missed 2 CPs.
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Team #53 into CP 14 |
10/23 6:03 PM |
Team 53 - Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8 in (no CP's missed).
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Teams 61, 22, & 23 |
10/23 5:53 PM |
Teams 61, 22, and 23 (all having missed 0 CPs) are in.
Just behind them - Teams 63, & 57!
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More Teams to CP 14 |
10/23 5:51 PM |
| Team 33 - Punch Junkies in with one missed CP. Team 50 - HFAR Nomads,
and Team 9 - Red Mountain Rovers, both have missed 1 CP came in just
behind them. And Team 44 - Team Torti are in just behind them. |
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Teams leaving for CP 15 |
10/23 5:51 PM |
Teams 15, 10, 45, 13, and 1 are off to CP 15. Another tight pack.
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Lab Rats in with some shout outs |
10/23 5:38 PM |
Lab Rats in with one missed CP. Jamie says Hi to Stephanie and Trip. Lauren says Hi to Joe, Jan, and Chris E.
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Teams finish Orienteering Leg |
10/23 5:36 PM |
These teams have finished the Orienteering Leg, nabbed CP 14, and are heading out on bikes toward CP 15:
31, 42, 43, 15, 4, and 13.
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Top 11 Teams (into CP 14) |
10/23 5:34 PM |
Here's the Top 11 Teams as they came into CP 14 (some have moved on from here). But here's the list:
42, 43, 4, 1, 13, 45, 10, 60, 64, 14, 49
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Teams 64, 34, 14, 5, and 9 into CP |
10/23 5:27 PM |
Team 64 - Verve, Team 34 - Team Dark Horse / Masters, Team 14 - Alpine Shop, Team 5 - Berlin Bike, Team 9 - Red Mountain Rovers all in.
Teams 14 & 49 - 0 CPs missed
Team 34 - 1 CP missed
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Teams 32 & 60 are in |
10/23 5:10 PM |
Team 32 - Too Fat and Drunk to Golf have come through and have only missed 2 CPs
Team 60 - Team ATP is rockin' and rollin' with no missed CPs.
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Team 12 makes it through thorns |
10/23 5:08 PM |
Team 12 - Michigan Racing Addicts has missed only 1 CP. They managed to make it through the thorns!
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More Teams |
10/23 5:05 PM |
Team 52 - Bushwacker (no CPs missed)
Team 58 - Quark (2 CPs missed)
Team 10 - Team SOGKnives.com (0 CPs missed)
Quark says "Hi everyone, Hi Quincy II"
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Aaahhhh |
10/23 5:03 PM |
Ivy from Innerstrength says "Hi" to Brad. Tom says "I love Sheridan".
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Team IMONPoint.org feeling good |
10/23 5:01 PM |
IMONPoint.org is in with no missed CP's. Mark says he loves AR!
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More Teams In |
10/23 4:52 PM |
Nuun - 0 CP's missed,
Wedali - 0 CP's missed,
Old SHoes - 1 CP missed
Inner Strength - 1 CP missed
Bushwacker North - 1 CP missed
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Eastern Mt. Sports Monster Maste in! |
10/23 4:46 PM |
Eastern Mountain Sports Monster Maste is in with no missed CP's. Note to K2 (the cat) - "Don't throw any wild parties"!
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Team Granite AR & Team Granite AR 1 |
10/23 4:45 PM |
Team Granite AR & Team Granite AR 1 are both in at CP 14. Chad says hi to his wife and kids. No missed points!
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Final Team in on Paddle |
10/23 4:40 PM |
Final team in on paddle leg and doing well. Team Road Rash says, "That was amazingly brutal"!
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3 Teams in Together |
10/23 4:26 PM |
Team #15 (DINO), Team #20 (HART Hell's Turtles), and Team #31 (HFAR Knights) are in to the next C.P.
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Team 59 In! |
10/23 4:10 PM |
Team 59, Team Adventure Sports Week is in from the paddle section. "Don't follow anyone"!
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Final Two Teams on Paddle |
10/23 3:52 PM |
Still waiting on final two teams to come through the paddle.
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Paddle |
10/23 3:45 PM |
Two teams left on paddle - Road Rash and Team Adventure Sports Week.
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Team Toccoa |
10/23 3:44 PM |
Just came in from orienteering.
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Cutoff |
10/23 3:19 PM |
Paddle cutoff in effect.
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CP 8 updates |
10/23 3:12 PM |
Berlin Bikes through 8. Got behind on the paddle.
Green Paw 1&2 3:12
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Message from Frank |
10/23 3:05 PM |
Frank from Renn Multisport says to "tell Marta I am EATING!"
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Renn Multisport |
10/23 3:03 PM |
through 8 3:05
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MOAT |
10/23 3:02 PM |
Flyin' through 8 on a mission! 3:04
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CP 8 update |
10/23 3:01 PM |
WEDALI 3:01
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CP 8 update |
10/23 2:53 PM |
Going to be veeeeeeery interesting to see how many teams make it off the water in time. 3pm cutoff!
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CP 8 |
10/23 2:50 PM |
Bushwacker through CP8 at 2:51
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Baby SOGS |
10/23 2:46 PM |
| 2:48 |
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Update |
10/23 2:36 PM |
NUUN - Feed the Machine, Team ATP, Team Granite AR-1, Team Granite AR, Red Mountain Rovers all bunched up coming through.
Dark Horse through CP8
Old SOGS through 8 2:41
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Top 10 through CP6 |
10/23 2:08 PM |
Granite AR 2, Granite AR 1, Old Sog 1:47, ATP 1:51, Dart Nuun 1:51, EMS 1:52, Verve 1:56, SOG 1:57, IMONpoint.org 9th 2:01, bushwacker 2:06
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ATP |
10/23 1:50 PM |
got em all 1:50
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Teams Granite, Sog |
10/23 1:46 PM |
Team Granite AR, Team Granite AR-1 and Team SOGknives.com are first teams with all paddle CPs!
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Renn multisport |
10/23 1:45 PM |
1:47. Missed one cp
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More Granite AR |
10/23 1:44 PM |
Granite AR. 1. One min behind granite AR 2. Dave wants to see if anyone out there can summon up some more wind for him (-:
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Old Sog |
10/23 1:44 PM |
1:46. 3rd pl. Goofing around and glad to be here.
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Granite AR |
10/23 1:43 PM |
1st 1:43. Got em all! Looking solid.
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More reports from CP6 |
10/23 1:34 PM |
Red Mountain Rovers 1:32. Broken paddle! Snapped off on a root. Bummer! Missed one CP.
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Update from CP6 |
10/23 1:28 PM |
10 teams have come through paddle with all but one CP. No teams with all CPs.
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More reports from CP6 |
10/23 1:13 PM |
Crazy J's in at 1:10. Missed 1 boat CP.
Bushwacker N missed 1 CP came in at 1:13.
Lab rats are in to CP6. Missed one cp. Lotsa wind and cold out there.
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Megan from Team Torti |
10/23 1:03 PM |
| We have an update - Megan who fell at the beginning of the race is back from the hospital. She dislocated her shoulder. |
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Updates from CP6 |
10/23 12:53 PM |
HFAR Knights in at 12:50 (Skipped 1 CP)
Michigan Racing Addicts & Inner Strength in at 12:51 ( Both skipped 1 CP)
Crazy Jays are in
Team Old Shoes are in at 12:53 (Cold but happy)
Punch Junkies in at 12:58
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CP6 |
10/23 12:46 PM |
Punch Junkies, too fat & drunk to golf & HFAR Nomads opted not to go for the furthest paddling CP
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Message from HART Hell's Turtles |
10/23 12:44 PM |
Living the dream!
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CP6 Happenings |
10/23 12:23 PM |
Olympia Cycle arrived with only one CP checked
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Updates from CP 5 |
10/23 11:45 AM |
Angry Cow 11:38
Texas AR 11:43
Dark Horse 11:43
Team Granite Ar (both teams) 11:45
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More teams at CP5 |
10/23 11:38 AM |
| 11:35
Houston Adventure Racing
Racing Sushi Farmers
GCAR
Kuat South |
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Bushwhacker North and Performance Physical therapy |
10/23 11:36 AM |
| All three teams (PPT has 2 teams) came in at 11:32 - CP5 |
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Teams' strategy |
10/23 11:35 AM |
| Lab Rats and DFW decide to portage to avoid paddling in that cold lake.
Jamie wanted to say hi to his kids Skylar and Trip |
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Red Mountain Rovers |
10/23 11:29 AM |
| in at CP5 at 11:28 |
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Cave Run Bikes |
10/23 11:27 AM |
| In at 11:26. "Freezing" |
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Team Moat 2 |
10/23 11:24 AM |
| in at CP5 at 11;24 |
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Michigan Racing Addicts |
10/23 11:23 AM |
| in at CP5 at 11:22.
girl has a big hole in her tights ;-) (fell of the bike but she is OK) |
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Team Verlossen |
10/23 11:23 AM |
| in at CP5 at 11:23 |
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Lab Rats and DFW Adventure Racing |
10/23 11:19 AM |
| at CP5. Time: 11:20
Laureen says hi Joe and Chris E.
Jamie says hi to family and Lab of Path
Scott to his family in Florida and Canada |
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more teams at CP5 |
10/23 11:17 AM |
| Teams: Hefner Bunny Pie and Lost but Found come in at 11:17. Both teams look happy. |
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Hill Country Bicycle Works |
10/23 11:13 AM |
| At CP2 they lost the passport - it fell into the lake. Not sure what they plan to do. Teams cannot officially finish if they don't have a passport. |
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Update from CP5 |
10/23 11:05 AM |
| Team Alpine Shop just through .... report is that they were lost with MOAT? |
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First team to CP 5 |
10/23 11:02 AM |
| Moat at 10:58 |
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Old Shoes |
10/23 10:55 AM |
| CP 4 at 10:53
"freezing me nuts mate!" |
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Mystic Citgo and Werewolves |
10/23 10:53 AM |
| reported to CP4 at 10:52 |
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Benincasa Report #2 |
10/23 10:50 AM |
| Robin is at CP5
"Teams are reporting that they saw several teams going the wrong way. Haven't seen team MOAT yet?" |
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more teams at CP4 |
10/23 10:44 AM |
| 10:45:
Checkpoint Zero (both teams)
Team Verve |
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Robin Benincasa reporting ... |
10/23 10:37 AM |
| She is at CP4:
"CP4 is in a swamp right now. Water way up. Very hard to find. Trying to help ...." |
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Teams arriving to CP4 |
10/23 10:36 AM |
| 10:37:
EMS Masters and Berlin Bikes |
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Team America |
10/23 10:28 AM |
| Team America came into CP4 (they skipped over some points). Their strategy: go back to them when the wind dies down. |
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Conditions at CP4 |
10/23 10:27 AM |
| I just uploaded a photo of what it looks like at CP4 - FLOODED!!! (check it out) |
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CP3 Updates |
10/23 9:57 AM |
| 9:57:
Green Paw (both teams)
Innerstrength
Ivy says she love Brad
Proformance Physical Therapy II (both teams)
10:00:
MOAT 2
TooFat and Drunk to Golf
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More teams arriving to CP3 |
10/23 9:54 AM |
| 9:50:
Werewolves of Austin
9:52:
Bushwhacker North
Tahoe Truckers
IMONPoint
9:55
Bikes Plus Little Rock
Mystic Citgo |
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Team Verve |
10/23 9:51 AM |
| Christi says "Hi Honey" |
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Team nuun |
10/23 9:45 AM |
| It is reported that Team nuun has 2 bike flats. |
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CP3 Team Arrival Times |
10/23 9:44 AM |
| 9:35:
MOAT
9:42:
Berlin Bike
Bushwhacker
WEDALI
9:45:
Houston Fit
nuun
EMS Masters
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CP3 |
10/23 9:35 AM |
| Team MOAT just checked into CP3. They are cruising!!!! |
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huh? |
10/23 9:30 AM |
| Team IMONPoint.org just hiked in to CP-2? (CP-2 is a point to be checked on the paddle so ....) |
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Wildlife Report |
10/23 9:29 AM |
| It has been reported that a family of WIld Boars was spotted with babies!!!!! |
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more teams at CP-2 |
10/23 9:28 AM |
| 9:27:
Mystic Citgo
Tahoe Truckers |
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current standing at CP-2 |
10/23 9:27 AM |
| Team MOAT came in to CP-2 at 9:11. Here is the order of other teams as they came through:
Houston Fit AR
WEDALLI
Berlin Bike
Nuun
Checkpoint Zero
9:20:
Alpine Shop and Team SOG
9:22:
SOGKnives.com and Bushwhacker |
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Team Toccoa |
10/23 9:15 AM |
| Team Toccoa decided to skip the paddle section and headed into the trekking section of the race. |
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Team Moat |
10/23 9:11 AM |
| Team Moat is in the lead - just reported to CP-2 (point in the paddle section) |
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Top 10 Teams to TA-1 |
10/23 8:15 AM |
| 1. Team Granite AR-1
2. Team Moat
3. HFAR Knights
4. WEDALI
5. Team Granite AR
6. Berlin Bike
7. IMONPoint.org
8. Eastern Mountain Sports Monster Maste
9. Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8
10. Checkpoint Zero / Inov-8 Masters
These 6 teams came in together in 11th position:
Bushwhacker North
Tahoe Truckers
Team SOGKnives.com
Werewolves of Austin
Bikes Plus Little Rock
Bushwhacker |
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First team to CP 1 |
10/23 8:00 AM |
| Team Granite AR-1 just arrived to CP-1. They are off their bikes and heading for a windy paddle.
Teams have been advised to stay close to the shore, for safety reasons. |
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Team Nuun |
10/23 7:30 AM |
| Team nuun - Feed the Machine is being reported as the team in the lead. They are not off their bikes yet, but they just been spotted in Tioga. |
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Team Torti |
10/23 7:06 AM |
| 100 feet into the race Megan fell off the bike; her front wheel hit the bike tire of another racer. She is OK, but was still taken to the hospital. Will update if we know more .... |
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The Weather Situation |
10/23 7:05 AM |
| Prior to this race, this area received 5 inches of rain. Rivers are flooding, fields are flooding, Lake Ray Roberts levels are up. Race course had to be changed four times and it is still questionable if some parts will be used - it is a race directors nightmare. To add to all this fun, temperatures are 20 degrees below normal and wind is blowing 15 to 20 miles an hour - yeah, so much for a 'warmer weather' nationals. |
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START |
10/23 7:00 AM |
| And the teams are off ... like a herd of cattle :-) |
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One Hour to go ... |
10/23 6:17 AM |
| It's Friday morning and racers are plotting their points. Race starts at 7:00 am. It is a Lemans to the bikes. Temperature: 49°F; winds: NW - 15 to 20 miles/hour. |
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