Latest call-in from Jay P. is posted and he "sounds" mighty chipper in this update from Tom P., just a bit of a rebound from the last couple of call-ins. He has the attitude of someone who has this thing sewn up and is ready to roll it to the finish without much difficulty.Rich007 said:New updates are up at http://greatdividerace.blogspot.com/
Rick is calling it quit, seems like a knee injury. Hope you get well fast, you put a great effort. Congrats. JP was in Grants at noon today. If I got my basic math right he's ahead by little over 20 hours on the current record. Keep it going man, not much left...
Yep. It's impressive and shocking (to me) that he seems to be rolling through the whole race without much difficulty.edemtbs said:Latest call-in from Jay P. is posted and he "sounds" mighty chipper in this update from Tom P., just a bit of a rebound from the last couple of call-ins. He has the attitude of someone who has this thing sewn up and is ready to roll it to the finish without much difficulty.
first of all, thanks so much for your work on the pod casts. it's so fun to listen to those every night.jav1231 said:Yeah, listening to it he doesn't sound quite as lively as before but he does sound determined as usual. Maybe it's the pie....filling the stomach...blood rushes in...and he's basking in a sugar-induced buzz....
Or he's just tired...
Good points Scott.Krein said:So, it's far from over, but it sure seems like he's going to take a sizeable chunk off the record. Looking forward to Matt's next update too. It'll tell us if he's within striking distance or not. I'm guessing not, but I'm hoping it might turn into a close race.
True indeed - our little NMORS XC Series has a race around the Signal Peak area - and the few miles the race hits the CDT are rough! That short, small piece of trail just in the race is an ass-whooper, and as you said - unloaded and fresh this portion of the GDR is cruel indeed. Craggy, loose, rocky, and steep at times. I'd worry about 'losing it' here and injuring myself after what? 2200 miles thus far?Krein said:The last 30 miles into Silver City are a very rude surprise for those not familiar with the route. There are some very steep, 700'-ish rollers in there. It'd be tough to average 10mph on this stretch, fresh and unloaded.
Ah, no. The CDT and GDMBR are completely different routes. Coming into Silver City the GDMBR (race route) is just the Geronimo Trail (a 2wd road), between the Aldo Leopold and Gila Wilderness areas. After that (in Mimbres) it's a mix of pavement and relatively benign dirt road into Silver City.glenzx said:True indeed - our little NMORS XC Series has a race around the Signal Peak area - and the few miles the race hits the CDT are rough! That short, small piece of trail just in the race is an ass-whooper, and as you said - unloaded and fresh this portion of the GDR is cruel indeed. Craggy, loose, rocky, and steep at times. I'd worry about 'losing it' here and injuring myself after what? 2200 miles thus far?
Freakin "A" BadAss ya'll...
HumanEdgeTech rents and sells a pretty slick comm package used by many light and fast climbing/adventure expeditions the world over. May be worth a look.CyclingCa said:There was a bit of discussion on real-time coverage of future GDRs on the forum and during the pre-race meeting. While I was sitting at home with my Achilles, I started to think a little more about what could be done and the results are below.
Technically the biggest issues is the lack of cell phone coverage along the route. This leaves us essentially with two options:
o use satellite technology for location updates - expensive and probably no multimedia data support
o cell phone technology (CDMA/Edge or GPRS) - less expensive, support for voice, pictures and video, spotty coverage
Let me know what you think. Specifically if you feel that this is in the spirit of the race.
If there's consensus that this is an interesting approach, I would pitch this my employer for developing and hosting the service as well as for getting the devices (probably finding a co-sponsor a carrier, e.g. Verizon, ATT, ..., or device manufacturer Motorola, ...).
Check it out at:
http://home.pacbell.net/hillmann/GreatDivide/GdrCoverage.html
Cheers,
Andreas
Thanks. Glad you're getting into the podcasts.grroes said:first of all, thanks so much for your work on the pod casts. it's so fun to listen to those every night.
interesting to hear you say that JayP sounds not so lively on this one because reading the text gave the impression that he was riding high and ready to fly.
perhaps he's just not much of a morning person. his 6:00 am call in the other day he sounded like it was a struggle just to talk and then yesterday afternoon he sounded like his usual excited self again.
I'm sure I'll have the orange gloves next year toomikesee said:Sure thing. First few days might look a bit like this, though:
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So what difference is someone with a camera going to make, and or satellite tracking.The_Boy said:Film crew doing a documentary (yeah I know they couldnt get visas this year),
One of the professor/racers is thinking of doing a writeup for Outside magazine,
Satellite tracking racers...
Maybe I view this race/experience differently than others, but I think there is a slippery slope we are approaching.
Ah. Now I know! Guess I assumed the divide race followed as much of the CDT as possible - but I see to hit the areas I've ridden would make for a hell of a circuitous route! Not what one would want after 2+/- weeks of abuse... I've not ridden the routes you noted - but know the sort of terrain it's likely to be composed of / goes over.Krein said:Ah, no. The CDT and GDMBR are completely different routes. Coming into Silver City the GDMBR (race route) is just the Geronimo Trail (a 2wd road), between the Aldo Leopold and Gila Wilderness areas. After that (in Mimbres) it's a mix of pavement and relatively benign dirt road into Silver City.
There's not one bit of actual singletrack on the route. There are some short singletrack-ish sections (old roads, atv trails) but it's pretty much a dirt road route.
I don't know if you've ridden the Geronimo Trail, but even though it's a dirt road, it packs a solid punch. Especially when you are used to clicking the miles off on the flats between Cuba and Pie Town.
