My buddy Kraig (who did something for their website) posted post-race thoughts.
Yeah, Nike really is that good. They blew away the competition and the course. We had time estimates for when we thought teams would pass through certain areas, and they pretty much annihilated those times. Team Merrell, who are no slouches either, still [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 20, 2008
Primal Quest post mortem
July 12, 2008
Bike and hike
The new brake set-up is awesome! Just, too bad I don’t have more gears. I don’t really mean that, but I was cursing my guide from The Bicycle Hanger (local bike shop) as I crawled behind him up 5,500 vertical feet in two climbs over not much more than five miles. It was the hardest [...]
July 11, 2008
FART training HPTC 2008
Excellent workouts this year at the Funtastics High Performance Training Camp.
July 9, 2008
Mullet Style
The 10/90 of the bike world
Here are a few pics of the new set-up I’m riding. This disc brake in front, V-brake in back is supposedly known as a mullet. Business in the front, party in the back. Since theoretically, 70-90% of downhill braking should come from the front brake, this arrangement is supposed to [...]
July 6, 2008
July 4th practice race
Dave mocked up a 9hr race.
His team, as I recall, quit after about 5.5hrs. Here are the winners:
This despite Morgen taking the big DUMP while being short-roped on the kayak section.
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