Jay Petervary’s No Idle Tour kicked off with his record-breaking win of the 1100 Iditarod Invitation Race to Nome, AK! Next on the agenda is the RAAM (Race Across AMerica) in June then he’ll be doing an ITT of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route in August! This will be a total of around 7000mi to support the Willie Neal Environmental Awareness Fund. Click on the image to get more info or visit the No Idle Tour Facebook page!
The Iditarod Trail Invitational 2011 kicked off Sunday, February 27th, 2011 @ 2:00 PM! For 2011 the 1100 mile race the Southern Route was followed moving through the ghost town of Iditarod, Shageluk, Grayling, Anvik, Kaltag. The South Route splits off the Northern Route in the ghost town of Ophir.
2011 Results
Peter Basinger wins the race for the 5th time!!
Louise Kobin sets a new woman’s course record of 3 days 22 hours and 20 minutes!
Loreen Hewitt sets a new women’s foot record in the 350 mile 6 days 23 hours 30 minutes.
Jay Petervary wins Nome race sets new Southern Route record: 17 days 6 hours!
Aidan Harding finishes in 17 days 9 hours 15 minutes in second place. First person by single speed.
Tracey Petervary first woman to finish the Southern Route in 18 days 6 hours 30 minutes!
Tim Hewitt sets new overall course record on foot to Nome: 20 days 7 hours 17 minutes!
Check out pictures:
2011 Race Pictures
Jay’s No Idle Tour Flickr photos
Be sure and get the latest news from the Alaska Ultrasport pages!
Starting January 1st, 2011 MTBCast will cease as a business. It will become what it has essentially always been, a hobby. How long even that will continue remains to be determined. However, there will be no more PayPal link and no more expectation of funding.
There are a few reasons for this. My inability to garner any lasting sponsorship is part of it, in large part due to my ineptitude at it. As anyone who has met me knows, I’m a talker but not in the sense of a salesperson. This, as you might guess, means that getting the idea that podcasting would be a good avenue for advertising mountain biking wares out to vendors has been poorly done. My shortcomings, noted. Continue reading
Matthew Lee called in from Cottonwood where he’s chillin’ and resting the legs!
Matthew Lee called in from Sedona headed to Cottonwood.
The inaugural TNGA is done! All racers are in. Huge congrats Eddie-O and to all the racers, thanks to Dave Muse, Mulberry Gap, and Amy Larimer. Thanks for following along!
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Jeff Papenfus finished as well! All riders are in, Folks!
Ruth Cunningham came in right behind Karlos, per his call, but her Spot time shows 4:12:22. Perhaps because he signaled after her. Great ride, Ruth!
Karlos Bernart called in from the finish! His Spot time was 4:12:30. Way to go, Karlos!
Rob Roberts called in with some words about his finish.
Cricket Butler finishes with a time of 4:04:59!
John Nobile starts his ITT! You can track him here.
Karlos Bernart flatted on the other side of Snake Creek and had no more tubes. He called to say he’s pulling out then called right back to say he has some tubes and is moving again! Go Karlos!
MTBCast: Eddie O’Dea takes the win with 2:07:57! Awesome job! We pick up yesterday’s calls, talk to Eddie, Matthew, Karlos and more! Still four more bearing down on the finish!
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