Russ McBride calls in from Silver City. He now has a Spot!
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Parker Smith calls in from Sparwood. He’s with KRefs, Rob Giannini, and Ethan Passat!
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NoBo Paul Attalla called in from Silver City about to camp!
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Bruce Giroux checks in from Separ where he’s copping some shade from a railroad trestle.
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Crazy Larry Melnik, TD’s undisputed cheerleader and racer caretaker called in to give us a race start report! It gets cut off at the end so maybe he’ll call later with more. I didn’t want to edit out the plug for the YMCA at the end because they do SO much for the racers and those who make their way to Banff!
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Kevin Hall called in from Canmore. He’s at the Canmore Bike Shop getting his bike fixed as he had a mechanical just 17mi in.
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NoBo Russ McBride called in. He was with Dennis, Paul, and Frank and appeared to be up on I-10. He’s Spot-less until Karlos can get his bike and get moving.
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ITT racer Rob Roberts called in from the trail after heading out early this morning to take advantage of the daylight.
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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
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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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