Sunday, June 28, 2009

Finish 2:02 am Sunday June 28th

We have finished the race, with an amazing sprint to the finish. 2 teams we battled all the way across the country (Berliner and Buzzard Bay) closed in near Gettysburg (100 miles from finish) by putting all their riders in a 4 person rotation for the previous 24 hours. Brent and Ted had road a 12 hour shift overnight holding them at bay over the West Virginia climbs and then handed off to Pete and Tracy for a difficult leg, during that leg we got passed and we decided to bring Ted and Brent back in for a race to the finish. All 4 riders piled in one van with all four bikes (not sure how). We immediately got in rotation, Pete started up the hills for 30 minutes and passed them, putting them in the rear view by 1-2 minutes. Ted was up next and road hard toward Gettysburg for 30 minutes, pulling away rapidly, as we entered Gettysburg Pete got back on and continued the run, Brent was next. After Pete and Ted's first runs we did not see the teams again until the finish line, when the buzzard bay bunch came in well behind us. It was a heroic run "The run to Gettysburg"

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