Jun 21, 2014
Lori @trigirl1415 and Team Skipper are 25 miles from the finish line! We are super happy for Lori and her huge accomplishment. 3000 in a week across rough terrain. Cheers for Team Skipper!
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Lori @trigirl1415 and Team Skipper are 25 miles from the finish line! We are super happy for Lori and her huge accomplishment. 3000 in a week across rough terrain. Cheers for Team Skipper!
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Watch Mark's Finish Live
RAAM Media plans to stream Mark's finish live over the internet. You can catch it at http://www.ontherivet.tv/. The parade finish is well-coordinated so expect this live feed to begin around 8pm. George Thomas hosts and expect to see Christoph Strasser there to congratulate Mark as he joins Christoph on the podium.
Of course, predictions being just that, Mark is currently estimated to finish around 7:15pm so you may want to fire up the live stream link early. Just in case.
Heading Toward The Finish
As of 9am on Thursday, Mark is 22 miles from TS50 in Rouzerville, Pennsylvania. He is expected to arrive there shortly after 10am.
His forecast arrival at TS51 in Hanover, Pennsylvania is around 1:30pm, TS52 in Mt. Airy, Maryland shortly after 4pm, and the finish line in Annapolis shortly after 8pm this evening. These are just estimates. You can track Mark's progress in almost real time using the Tractalis application.
As noted in an earlier post, fan encouragement is a key ingredient for Mark. If you are in the area and find yourself with some time this afternoon, head on out and cheer Mark to the finish or head down to Annapolis to experience the excitement of a RAAM finish.
Day 5 – Flatlands I need to get up in two hours for the next pull here in Bloomington, IN, so this will be brief. We spent yesterday on the western edge of Kansas enjoying the flat terrain and miles and miles of corn and wheat fields. It really was a stunning juxtaposition to the mountains of Colorado. Mike and I were careful to pace ourselves as we were not yet to the halfway point of the race. We did find, however, that going just a little bit easier did not have a huge impact to our average speed. Starting off the day I actually felt better than I anticipated, just more tired than anything. The real highlight was the post-shift Sonic pit stop for a double bacon cheeseburger, tots, a hot dog, and well, another double bacon cheeseburger. The really amazing thing I wanted to highlight was today’s shift through Missouri. We rode from Camdenton to just past the capital in Jefferson City, and I felt great. How the body can adapt in 5 days to cycling at that intensity level on somewhere between 3-5 hours of sleep is really incredible. I was able to push myself up climbs, and we kept a 23mph pace in the Missouri rollers. As the plains were overcome by trees and rivers the ride became fresh again. I was also able to confirm that US route 54 does an excellent job of armadillo and turtle population control. In fact, I rode just past a dinner plate sized turtle admiring his courage in attempting to cross the highway, immediately followed by a SPLAT as the follow car apparently did not see the turtle and made a fresh turtle pancake. At Jefferson City we crossed the Missouri River and headed into rolling backcountry terrain that offered fun downhills and some tight corners which helped keep me focused at the end of the shift. We then headed to Wentzville (or something like that) in Illinois for a appropriately sized breakfast which was a great cap of our 4-10am shift. Tomorrow will present us with similar terrain, and the opportunity to pull a double shift. So, we got from 1-7am tomorrow, followed by 10pm-4am leading us into Friday, which should be the day we complete the race. I (strangely) cannot believe this is already coming to a close, and am looking forward to enjoying this crazy/fun chance to do something totally ridiculous! Thanks for all the encouragement!
This is what we are using to keep Mark going in the heat!
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Miles and miles of rollers! Lots of heat, lots of road noise on the highway!
Lori and Team Skipper have pedaled 1500 miles and will reach the halfway point of the race within the hour!
RAAM is a RACE!
If you've enjoyed watching Mark and Hansi Nyfeler jockey for 2nd position after so many miles of racing, then you should check out the women's solo race. Currently shown in first place Janice Sheufelt is actually 1 minute behind 2nd place Joan Deitchman in elapsed time at Time Station 31 in Weaubleau, Missouri. Even more exciting is that these two are racing within sight of each other on the road and have another 1200 miles of racing. Apparently no one told them to wait until they reached the Mississippi.
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Post by Joan Deitchman (Ultra-Cyclist).