June 20th
The first cut-off for the race is at the end of day 4, 3pm on Sunday 21st June. The racers have to arrive at timestation #18, Taos, NM by this time to enable them continue. Dan continues to ride well through the mountains; in the Racer Stats it appears that he is moving quite slowly…click on his name and compare his times to stations with others above. He is actually relatively fast but taking a much longer single rest each night than any of the other racers. This plan was discussed at length by the crew and Dan pre-RAAM and is keeping him safe, awake and injury free, long may this continue as the inevitable fatigue sets in, if he gets too close to the curve then some of this time may need to be shaved. Thanks again to Ross and Jay (artistic black and white shots :)) for the photos…
I have just spoken to Dan, he sounds great no real health issues…tired but then isn’t everyone! He sounded postitive, still laughing and I feel happy knowing he’s OK! They had the choice to push to Taos now or rest for 4/5 hours and then proceed. ..that puts them pretty near the cut off but they will make it! They’ve opted to eat, sleep and continue as on THEIR plan tomorrow…I can’t help feeling that sticking to their sensible sleep plan will pay off. The weather was pretty bad today so he only(!) covered 214 miles in the 24 hour period, Dan and the team are aware of this but they still want to stick to their plan. Fingers crossed that the weather improves tomorrow and for the next few days!
UPDATE: Daniel reached the cutoff in Taos at 9:53 am, Sunday 21st.
8 Comments
clare findlay
June 21, 2009 at 12:54 pmLooks like everything going to plan. Great progress. Ciaran
Dick
June 21, 2009 at 4:10 pmRAAM site all jammed up – but the Alan Tracker does the business. Looks like you are heading North from Taos. Hope the weather improves – I think the plan is going to pay off big time.
Dick.
Anonymous
June 21, 2009 at 4:46 pmI'm tracking Daniel's progress from Bangalore. Keep it up Daniel – its looking good from here ! David M
Anonymous
June 22, 2009 at 2:48 amLooking good. Great pictures – well done team Dan – keep it up.
Claire and Allan
The Cassons
June 22, 2009 at 8:14 amDuring my meager daily exercise I think of Dan and his mega adventure. Glad to see all is well so far – we are keeping an eye on you from far away! Hope the humidity and temperatures are somewhat lower over there!
the Cassons
Andy Breckwoldt
June 22, 2009 at 2:50 pmLooking good! It is great to see how well things are playing out so far.
Many thanks for the updates & pictures – please keep them coming.
By the way, who is on the crew? Hadn't seen a list. And while Daniel is THE MAN, I know the crew is also critical.
We're watching very closely and keeping Daniel & the crew in our prayers. Keep on truckin'!!
Andy B
Helen Goodchild
June 22, 2009 at 4:58 pmHey Daniel,
Good to get a break from all that climbing! Enjoy the Kansas descents! You're looking great! Keep cool!
And to the Crew… keep up the excellent work. Love the photos!
The Goodchildren.
eric2bouvet
June 22, 2009 at 8:40 pmNice going Daniel !
I pumped-up my old bike out out retirement yesterday and cycled a whopping 26 miles. 2998 left for me ! Cheers, Eric B.