DART-nuun edges out MEGEO for the win
From the Pioneer coffee roasting company, Cle Elum, WA. Saturday the 19th 1:14PM.
DART-nuun comes out of the bush carrying their bikes. Salt crusted to his face Ryan VanGorder yells to me, "It's all about the navigation, all about the navigation, bro " as he hops on to his bike for the final assault on the bike section, the last bike section to the finish. I wait 15 for MERGEO to come out directly after them. MERGO was 2 minutes behind them starting the bike section.
Crushing the last section of the bike, Aaron Rinn's tire blows in the last kilometer. Thinking MERGO is hot on their tails they don't take the time to change the tire out Aaron shoulders his bike and runs with the team as the ride as fast as they are able with Aaron on foot. Trying to keep the speed up the team rotates carrying the bike through them to keep a fresh person running. The last 100m into the finish Aaron rides his bike in on the flat.
DART-nuun finishes the race at 11:37AM 25 minutes ahead of MERGEO. DART-nuun crushes the course 1 hr ahead of the expected top team finishing time.
After a fast paced race, the team is glad to have won since any navigational error would have taken them out of the running.
Labels: Real Time Race News
posted by Nathrop @ 1:08 PM
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1 Comments:
Congratulations on the fine performance, DART-nuun! Nice race report.
By the way, it's "MerGeo.com", not "MEGEO" or "MERGO". I think we're all better off if we take the time to get each other's team names right.
Again, great race at Watt Canyon. Our team is looking forward to a rematch on July 14 at Snoqualmie Pass!
-Eric Bone
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