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20:27 Monday
George and I are slowly getting it together over here in Hood River. First we want to say how much fun we had this weekend. What an amazing group of racers, crew, supporters and officials. We had an unbelievable race this year – we feel honored to have been a part of it.
First, I’d like to thank our gracious and generous sponsors: Detours Sports – encouraging riders of all types to Decide 2 Ride – and to be part of the global solution! I’d also like to personally thank Guntram Jordan and Sam Bailey, the brains, brawn, heart and soul of Detours for coming out to the finish line. They are unflagging supporters of all Race Across Oregon events and we are grateful.
Hammer Nutrition supplying RAO and all of our sister events with the most amazing supplements, prizes, goodie bags and support. I’d like to give a special shout out to Steve Born – he’s our guy on the inside and a special friend to both George and myself.
Voler – the gang at Voler has provided killer support for many RAO events over the years – again – just another star in the RAO universe. Simply put, we couldn’t do it without our friends at Voler, especially Bill and Elaine.
Co-Motion Cycles Without Dwan and Dan at Co-Motion we wouldn’t have a grand prize for our NW Cup – a handbuilt frameset! Wow. It makes racing your bike worth it! This is some ride!!
We would also like to thank our officials on the course this year. Joanne Helinger manned two time stations and still had the chance to look so lovely at our awards banquet this morning! Dr. John Caton and his lovely wife Lena – who both provided amazing support at the registration and inspection on Friday, but who rendered aid to spent racers on the route, took hundreds of amazing pictures AND proved to be very entertaining at the finish line on Sunday! Thanks for helping us out this year! A huge special thanks to Rick Martin – a blast from RAO past. It was so special and wonderful to see him out there this weekend. His support of the event and the racers was unwavering. Please don’t stay away so long Rick!
Adrienne Johnson deserves a shout out for helping with inspections. And for bringing that adorable baby out for everyone to hold, cuddle and squeeze!
I’d also like to thank all of the staff at the Best Western River Inn. They were really helpful to George and myself – especially this morning at the awards banquet. Amber and William, this one’s for you!
Here’s a quick recap of RAO 2010
Solo Male Mick Walsh 39:20
Solo Woman Leah Goldstein 39:58
Solo Recumbent Men Dennis Johnson 47:24
Two Person Men’s Open Aging Warriors 31:50
Two Person Recupright Jamais Vue Deux 33:07
Two Person Mixed Team Teal 37:07
Four Person Mixed Woodinville Bicycles 31:36
Four Man Open Team Harder Cycling II 36:56
Thank you everyone for a truly memorable wonderful weekend!
See you next year!
All racers have finished, Thank you everyone! See you at the banquet tomorrow morning – monday at 8AM at the Best Western. Cost is 20.00
04:27 Sunday
Dennis Johnson has finished! Our last solo racer – in 47:24
03:46 Sunday
Joan Grant has landed with a 46:28:16. Waiting for Dennis Johnson, our last official finisher to arrive at TS 6
03:24 Sunday
Lap Lai has finished at 2:35, Larry Kluck finished at 2:54. Joan is on her way in and Dennis is going 34 mph on HWY 35 about 17 miles from the finish
23:36 Sunday
Paul Danhaus has arrived at the finish line! 42:36
23:11 Sunday
We’ve had a flurry of activity here at the finish line! Team Harder Cycling has finished. Both mixed two person teams have finished, Team Teal and The Flying Aquarians.
We’ve had four man team Team Harder Cycling II finish. Karen Armstrong and Ian Filinger have also finished – second and third respectively in the solo field!
Eddie Page arrived in Fossil late this evening – and is going to ride to the finish though he won’t be official.
Dennis Johnson just got to Dufur, having passed Joan Grant.
21:00 Sunday
Leah Goldstein wins the women’s division in 39:58:52.
Checking into Maupin
160 Kluck at 19:22
141 Deitchman at 20:24
130 Johnson at 20:21
20:42 Sunday
Leah Goldstein at TS 6 and on her way to the finish and 1sp place female! Nice job.
20:37 Sunday
The Flying Aquarians are on the way to the finish. Dennis Johnson checked in at Maupin.
*20:30: Sunday
Mick Walsh finished RAO – 39:20:51! RAO Solo Men’s Champ!!
20:20 Sunday
Team Teal wins mixed two person RAO! WHOOT!
18:40 Sunday
Team Falcon has checked into TS 6 – about 15 minutes away from the finish!!
18:30 Sunday
Dennis Johnson arrived at Time Station 5 at 18:30. He said that there were racers ahead of him.
18:30 Sunday
Max Hogan has DNF’d.
Lap Lai Maupin at 1827.
18:18 Sunday
Joan Grant-Deitchman has checked into TS 5
17:41 Sunday
Racers into Maupin hot spot:
101 Mick Walsh 1400
140 Karen Armstrong 1600
143 Leah Goldstein 1437
201 Falcon 1327
202 Simorgh 1504
210 Aquarians 1427
211 Teal 1434
403 Harder 1608
17:29 Sunday
Both Laurence Kluck and Tom Letsinger have checked in at TS 5. Max Hogan is back on the road after taking a rest near Antelope to deal with some heat related issues.
16:20 Sunday
Team Woodinville Cycling has arrived at TS 6!
16:17 Sunday
We have our first place two man recupright finishers! Team 200 Jamais Vue Deux! Go Phil and Mark!!
Also- Ian and Paul are 5 minutes apart with Karen Armstrong 10 minutes behind Paul.
14:00 Mick Walsh in Maupin – he has just topped out of the Tygh Ridge Summit.
Leah Goldstein called into Maupin at 14:37.
15:47 Sunday
Nicholas Rice McDonald has withdrawn from the race. He is outside of Fossil. He is unable to keep food down.
Team 403 Harder Cycling II has called into TS 5.
Team 401 Harder Cycling I has pulled into the finish line – they had DNF’d due to vehicle issues. What a story! Hitchhiking in both directions – lots of crazy-ness. Kudos to these guys for their efforts and hope to see them at Ring of Fire!
Wind is 20 mph WNW, temperature at the finish is 90degrees.
14:50 Sunday
We’ve got our first team across the line! Team Aging Warriors win the two man team in 31:50:31.
Larry said the worst part was “anything that started low and ended high!”
Ian Filinger took a rest break at TS 5 – leaving before him was Paul Danhaus, racer 161.
14:37 Sunday
Team Teal and Leah Goldstein just checking in at Maupin…heading toward TS 6
14:30 Sunday
Warriors are in Pine Grove – last time station – 4.4 miles to go!! WHOOT!
Karen Armstrong and Ian Fillinger are neck and neck into TS 5 Shaniko! GO!!!
14:26 Sunday
Aging Warriors are feeling their age – I suspect they are about 6 miles from the finish.
The weather in Hood River -windy from the west – about 15 mph – gusts to 20mph. It’s 89 degrees
14:00 Sunday
Lap Lai, Tom Letsinger, Max Hogan in Fossil at 12:50. We think Lap has about 30 minutes on Letsinger and Hogan.
Mick Walsh is leaving Maupin – drinking fluid and looking good.
Headed to Antelope – Flying Aquarians, Team Teal, Ian Fillinger, followed by Karen Armstrong who is followed by Paul Danhaus.
Team Harder is super happy, having fun and on the way to Antelope.
13:14 Sunday
Team Simorgh is through TS 5!
12:55 Sunday
Waiting for 203 Aging Warriors to check in at TS 6. They should be there anytime. Also, 143 Leah Goldstein, 210 Flying Aquarians and 211 Team Teal are through TS 5.
12:22 Sunday
101 Mick Walsh and 201 Team Falcon are through TS 5. Way to go!
11:10 Sunday
Team Harder Cycling 1 has withdrawn from the race due to vehcile trouble.
10:45 Sunday
Team Woodinville Bicycles has checked into TS5.
10:35 Sunday
Team 401 Harder Cycling has withdrawn.
10:07 Sunday
Jamais Vue Due just checked into TS 5 at 9:52 in second place over all. Waiting for our first few solos to arrive.
10:00 Sunday
Updates from the Outback:
Team 401 has gotten their hands on some oil. Hope they decide to keep racing!
Eddie Page, racer 104 checked into TS 4 Dale at 730AM this morning! So glad he’s still racing!
9:30 Sunday
update: Woodinville is NOT in Antelope – they should be there in 30 minutes.
9:20 Sunday
Team 401 Harder Cycling is having vehicle trouble. They are depending on the kindness of strangers, of which there are not many at this hour on HWY 395, they may have to DNF if they can’t resolve the issue.
9:15 Sunday
From reading tweets, it appears that racer 130 Dennis Johnson arrived in Long Creek at about 8:00AM Sunday.
Right now it’s 64 degrees with no wind in Hood River. Expected high today is 93. It’s going to be Very HOT.
9:15 Sunday
Team 203 Aging Warriors are almost in Maupin – about 5 miles out.
8:03 Sunday
203 Aging Warriors just checked in to TS 5!
8:00 Sunday
Happy Birthday Racer 107 Ian Fillinger!
From reading the tweets, it appears that at 5:20 AM on day 2 Racer 104 Eddie Page was climbing up Battle Mountain, almost to the summit! He’s a little tired but moving well!
Racer 143 Leah Goldstein is about 5 miles behind Racer 101 Mick Walsh just outside of Fossil
07:53 Sunday
We have not heard from racer 108 Bernie Cameau since TS 2. We assume he is a DNF but have not officially been notified to confirm. If you have information regarding this situation, please call Candace at race HQ. The number is 720-903-0761.
Also, racer 160 Laurence Kluck just passed the summit at Monument.
06:12 Sunday
Still waiting for two solo racers and one team to check in to TS4. Racer 131 Alex Kohen just reported a DNF. He made it to 395 just outsided of Ukiah. Feel better Alex.
02:12 Sunday
Just Spoke with George, a gave me TS 4 updates for a number of riders—check the results page for details.
01:30 Sunday
Allen Larsen just checked in at the top of Monument Summit.
23:04 Saturday
104 Edward Page just checked in at TS 3. He’s battled the heat today but is moving on. Go Eddie Go!!
22:30 Saturday
Looks like 102 Lap Lai is checked in at TS 3 at 18:48. Our mistake…it seems he checked in at Condon 2x. We believe the second call was at TS 3. If this is incorrect, please let us know.
22:00 Saturday
Updates from the officials:
On Franklin summit there is Team Woodinville Bicycles followed by Larry Kluck, followed by Simorgh, followed by Flying Aquarians, followed by Team Teal, followed by Tom Letsinger. Wow
On Battle Mountain summit Allen Larson, racing for the two person team Aging Warriors has just past first place solo Mick Walsh.
On the route out on HWY 395 – it’s 75 degrees and not a puff of wind, according to Race Director George Thomas. That means it’s either 32 degrees and sleeting horizontally or it’s actually really nice!
Team Falcon, Nicolas Rice Mcdonald has all received time penalties for not calling into TS3
21:23 Saturday
Alex Kohan has checked into Heppner.
21:20 Saturday
Lap Lai checked into Condon at 15:30 but we haven’t heard anything since. From looking at Team Falcon’s spot progress they are past Heppner, but failed to call in. It appears that Dennis Johnson is on the way to Heppner. I assume both Harder Cycling Teams are almost there as well.
21:00 Saturday
Cool link to Team Falcon to track their progress on SPOT
20:50 Saturday I’ve tried to get the twitter feed to work with everyone’s tweets feeding into the comments – but no luck thus far – but if you go to Twitter.com and type #rao10 into the search function you will see everyone’s tweets from the race! Totally awesome updates!!
20:48 Saturday
Team Teal checked into Heppner. Flying Aquarians have also checked. They are even out of the town of Heppner. George reports that the moon is gorgeous and it’s “really really pretty out here”
Oh! Team 402 Woodinville Cycling is through TS 3
20:30 Saturday
Report from the road: Official Lena Caton reports that Mick is about 30 minutes ahead of the rest of the solo field and has summited Franklin Summit – I think from here it’s downhill to the next climb!
20:25 Saturday George reports from the road between Condon and Heppner that Joan Grant looks fabulous and is riding well. Racer 108 Bernie Comeau had some issues with the heat before Condon and is resting there for a bit.
Racer 104 Eddie Page has been battling the heat and stomach issues all day. He’s been off the bike on and off, but has resumed riding after Condon.
20:15 Saturday
132 Keith Kohan has withdrawn due to issues with the heat. So sad that this happened – he looked amazing at TS 2.
18:41 Saturday
Racer 143 Leah Goldstein checked into TS 3…second overall and 1st female. Racer 107 Ian Fillinger and Racers 203 Aging Warriors also checked in. See results for deatils.
17:47 Saturday
Racer 101 just check into TS 3. Racers 401 and 403, Harder Cycling 1 & 2 are through TS 2.
16:28 Saturday
Nearly all racers are through TS 2. Racer 101 Mick Walsh still leading the pack and closing in on TS 3.
15:20 Saturday
First female racer, 143 Leah Goldstein, is through Condon.
15:11 Saturday
Racer 101 Mick Walsh leads the solo race into Condon. Racer 132 Keith Kohan is right behind…
12:56 Saturday
Tea 402 Woodinville Bicycles has a 19 minute leader on 401 Harder Cycling 1 and 21 minutes over Harder Cycling 2. Teams 200 Jamais Vue Due and 203 Aging Warriors are racing together on the course toward TS 2
12:40 Saturday
Racers 101 Mick Walsh, 105 Nicholas McDonald and 107 Ian Fillinger are tied through TS 2.
11:54 Saturday
All solo races have summited the climb at Grass Valley!
11:33 Saturday
First Time Station Report—All solo riders through TS 1, as well as, 2- person teams 200 Jamais Vue Due, 201 Team Falcon, 202 Team Simorgh and 203 Aging Warriors have also check in at TS 1. 101 Mick Walsh, 105 Nicholas McDonald and 107 Ian Fillanger are almost to TS 2 and racing neck-in-neck.
10:34 Saturday
Racers 101 Mick Walsh, 102 Lap Lai, 105 Nicholas Rice-McDonald, 107 Ian Fillinger and 143 Leah Goldstein are heading into Grass Valley.
10:15 Saturday
4-person team 402 Woodinville Bicycle leads both 401 and 403 Harder Cycling Teams.
10:12 Saturday
Just received confirmation that 101 Mick Walsh is also racing with the lead pack of 5 riders.
10:07 Saturday
All 2-person teams now on 48. Still no wind to speak of, great riding conditions so far. Racer 132 Keith Kohan has caught up to the lead solo pack along with our first place female 143 Leah Goldstein currently holding 5th place overall.
9:45 Saturday
All teams and solo racers on the road. Five solo racers through TS 1. Weather looks like its going to be a warm one…
5:45AM Saturday
The solo racers have begun! The weather is clear, about 57 degrees. Wind is from the east, which means less wind, but hotter temperatures. We’ll see how that affects the racers on the way out toward Central Oregon today. We’re racing east all day
930 am Saturday
Terri here out toward time station 2 in Moro. It’s hot.
All of the racers are on the road- I expect some solos are already through time station 1 Tygh Valley. We are just waiting for updates from the officials. Stay tuned for more info – we’ll post as soon as we get it!
3:00PM Friday
Racer check-in is almost complete – it’s looking good. Wow, these racers are so intensely fit and fast looking….just wait until Sunday.
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