Arizona Trail Race 2015!

Racing the Arizona Trail

Racing the Arizona Trail
Start Date: Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Choose your poison:  300 miles / 750 miles
No entry fee, no prizes, absolutely no support

 The Arizona Trail Race is an unofficial challenge that takes place every spring on the cross state Arizona Trail. Two distances are available, a 300 mile and a 750 mile. You can track all the racers at Trackleaders and join the discussion on Bikepacking.net!

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This year, I’m doing a little incentive give-away for each race. For the AZT each call-in you do gets you a shot at a backpacking gift pack which includes a SOL Escape Bivvy, a Sawyer Mini water filter, and a Petzel headlamp along with stickers and other miscellaneous items that may be thrown in. Just a little something that might make a call or two worth it for someone. This year’s line-up: aaron denberg        Adam Marcinkiewicz
Alexis Ault              Alice Drobna
Arturo Codina         Ben Thornton 
Bob Monahan         Chris Hull
Danny Hill              Darren Smith
David Wicks           Dylan Taylor
Elliot DuMont          Eric Dannenberg
Garrett Alexander   Greg Hardy
Gunther Desmedt   Jason Hanson
Jason Thorman       Jeffrey Tomassetti
Jens MacAller         Joey Ernst
John Fairbairn        Josiah Morgan
Kaitlyn Boyle          Kurt Refsnider
Mark Caminiti         Matt Quinn
Matthew Brunson    Michael Ackerman
Mike Kunnecke       Mike Prochaska
Montana Miller        Norb DeKerchove
Rich Otten              Rich Wolf
Rick Miller              Robert Orr
Ron Thomson         Ryan Mostue
Scott Jones            Tanner Morgan
Todd Denham         Todd Holmes
Tom Wolf                Van den Daele Tim
Zane Nelson

 

 

This year, I’m doing a little incentive give-away for each race. For the AZT each call-in you do gets you a shot at a backpacking gift pack which includes a SOL Escape Bivvy, a Sawyer Mini water filter, and a Petzel headlamp along with stickers and other miscellaneous items that may be thrown in. Just a little something that might make a call or two worth it for someone.

300 finishers:

Kurt Refsnider – 2:01:02
Neil Stitzer – 2:08:13
Darren Smith – 2:08:21
Hunter Keating – 2:10:51
Joey Ernst – 2:11:17
Aaron Boatman – 2:11:27
Aaron Denberg (750) – 2:13:17
Jay Petervary (750) – 2:15:42
Kaitlyn Boyle – 2:20:41
Ray Hemmele (ITT) – 2:22:16

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – Rich Wolf called in from Flagstaff with his finish call

Rich Wolf called in from Flagstaff with his finish call!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Jacob Lake

John Fairbairn called in from Jacob Lake!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in heading out of Tusayan

John Fairbairn called in after taking some down time in Tusayan. He’s getting read to head out for the canyon!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Tusayan

John Fairbairn called in from Tusayan!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in again from Mt Humphries

John Fairbairn called in again from a cold Mt Humphries!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Mount Humphries

John Fairbairn called in from Mount Humphries!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – Rich Wolf called in from Mormon Lake

Rich Wolf called in from Mormon Lake!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Flagstaff

John Fairbairn called in from Flagstaff!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Mormon Lake

John Fairbairn called in with a triple from Mormon Lake!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Pine

John Fairbairn called in from Pine!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – Jeffrey Tomassetti called in to say he is OUT

Jeffrey Tomassetti called in to say he is OUT! His neck pain returned.

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – Mark Caminiti called in from Flagstaff

Mark Caminiti called in from Flagstaff!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – John Fairbairn called in from Payson

John Fairbairn called in from Payson!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – Norb DeKerchove called in to say he is OUT

Norb DeKerchove called in to say he is OUT! He needs to recover from food poisoning!

MTBCast: Arizona Trail Race ’15 – Rich Wolf called in from Superior

Rich Wolf called in from Superior!