Sunday 8th June 2008 – Monday 9th June 2008

A lovely morning in Oceanside, everything calm. The race started at noon, Daniel is in good spirits; his actual official start time is 15:23 – Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) . The first 40 miles is cycled without a follow vehicle, for safety reasons, to allow the riders to space out a bit. After the first 20 miles the support vehicle can “bunny hop”, thus being able to give the rider water and sustenance before moving on to a spot further up the route. The next few days will be tough as Daniel and crew head into the desert.

400 miles in 26 hours…Daniel made terrific progress, arriving in Prescott, AZ, having completed 401.4 miles in a race time of 1 day, 1 hour and 57 minutes. Having coped well in the cool overnight conditions, Daniel arrived in Hope Arizona at 9.00 am east-coast time with 284 mile complete. However, the rising sun in the Arizona desert meant for a tough end to the first day. The 6th leg, included the big climb from Congress into Prescott, AZ, completed in the heat of the afternoon sun. Daniel had to grit his teeth and fight the 3000′ ascent into Prescott overcoming the physical and mental fatigue of a tough first day. In Prescott, a motel room was obtained to enable him to shower ,eat some rice and chilli and have a well earned three hour sleep in a cool, room on a proper bed. His progress to date is shown below. The next two sections take him to Flagstaff, (490 miles), both will be taken overnight on day 2.

Daniel Rudge’s Progress (RAAM 2008)

7th in Age Group
TS # TS NAME Miles Raced To Go Arrival DT Avg Spd Avg This TS

6 Prescott, AZ 401.38 2613.02 06/09/2008 17:20 15.47 12.65
5 Congress, AZ 344.9 2669.5 06/09/2008 12:52 16.05 15.54
4 Hope, AZ 284.75 2729.65 06/09/2008 9:00 16.17 18.55
3 Blythe, CA 231.26 2783.14 06/09/2008 6:07 15.7 14.37
2 Brawley, CA 142.86 2871.54 06/08/2008 23:58 16.65 17.24
1 Lake Henshaw,CA 54.66 2959.74 06/08/2008 18:51 15.78 15.78
0 Oceanside, CA 0 3014 06/08/2008 15:23 0 0

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