First Geoff now Jane tackle the RAAM

[sylv]

Yes, Frank, who I rode with in Moab last year. Grahame should be able to tell you more about him, he's one of his friends from the Chilterns.

[Grahame]

My friend Frank Ho (went to Moab with Sylv, Will and I last October) did it when he was in the US Marine Corp. He's hard as nails, but still finished outsid ethe "official finishers" deadline.

I used to know Gerry Tatrai from Sydney, Australia pretty well. Here are his results:

1991 - 3rd
1992 - 3rd then he had a major training accident. He suffered a broken ankle, femur, pelvis in three places, three ribs and a punctured lung when a car took him out.
1993 - 1st 8:20:19
1994 - dnf (2291 miles, pulled muscle)
1995 - 3rd
1996 - 4th
1997 - did not start
1998 - 1st 8:11:22
1999 - 3rd

[Dr Frigo]

MTB legend Tinker Juarez is the rookie everybody will be watching out for this year. Long way to go!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road.php?id= ... 06/RAAM061

[Maria David]

They are apparently 2 different events.

The one that Jane's doing is over a few weeks. Good on her.

The RAAM is a completely insane event where you go across America over 10 days - non-stop riding. People usually do it as teams of 4 or 6 and they have to do stints of 10miles at a time at a minimum of evens pace.
A few triathletes I know have done it - they really enjoyed it - not only are they insane but they're not big on sleep - a big advantage in this of event.