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By David Duarte, solo competitor
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The first 24 hours of Adrenalin race in my beautiful and HOT backyard was a blast. I was expecting a warm day, but when it was announced that it was already 90 degrees at 8am I knew the day was not going to be nice at all. At the start the temp was nearing 100 degrees and my support crew was in great spirits... without them I would have ended up like Rishi, down and out.
With the strong competition and temperature my plan was to be the turtle and try to pick off riders as the day went on. After the run I was in 15th place and was off. The course was 11 miles and fast. After a few laps I was having trouble staying hydrated and began to vomit pretty much each lap for about four hours. My crew kept telling me that I was gaining positions every lap and that kept me going, not to mention Evil Dave giving me a boosting cheer every lap as I passed the Ellsworth trailer (Thanks Dave!)
By 7pm I had cut the lead in half and was in 7th place and with the heat gone it was time for the second part of the race, night time. During the night temperatures dropped to a great 71 degrees and racing became fun again. Getting too confident in thinking I knew the course after 14 hours, I missed a switch back turn and became very good friends with the desert ground I thought I was mastering. After gathering my senses I got back up and when I completed the lap I realized two riders had passed me.
As I came in to pit I found that my rear shock had blown and Evil Dave came to the rescue. Within five minutes my crew support brought back my bike ready to go. Unfortunately I was not able to make up the time lost after my arrogance (lack of concentration won't happen again). I finished in 9th place and not disappointed.
Special thanks to: my support crew and my fellow firefighters who braved the heat and long night to put up with me; my wife Tammie and sister Tina who kept me fed and massaged my aching body parts; Breck; Scott; Darren; Josh; and especially The Chad who was like a drill sergeant in getting me out on time each lap and watching my places in the race.
Solo men Time Laps 1 Tom Zidek 23.00.49 22 2 Michael Schell 23.29.15 21 3 Brett Goett 23.14.11 19 4 John Mazzola 24.28.58 18 5 Chuck Wheeler 20.46.00 17 6 Alex Hardt 23.56.13 17 7 Carter Taylor 24.04.05 17 8 Jason Suarez 23.41.13 15 9 David Duarte 20.24.30 13 10 Trip Clayton 23.09.33 13 11 Steve Whaley 20.38.03 12 12 Doug Cousineau 23.39.17 11 13 Rishi Grewal 8.42.44 9 14 James Perkins 23.01.44 7 15 Doug Taylor 9.55.05 6 16 Patrick Maderia 0.00.00 0 Solo women 1 Wendy Skean 23.05.48 12 2 Person 1 Adventure Race Drop-Outs 23.00.53 20 2 White Bros/Unita Coffe 23.30.20 18 3 TNT 23.41.36 17 4 TBA 0.00.00 0 4-Person 1 Brother's Squared 24.40.36 27 2 RadonKills.com 23.45.12 26 3 Team Cruisin' 24.18.51 26 4 Team MTNbikes.net 24.19.02 25 5 Insane Beer Cousins 24.31.31 25 6 Team Deep Tread 24.41.46 25 7 Dirt Addicts 23.56.42 24 8 Taint So Bad 23.11.45 22 9 New Riders 23.49.49 22 10 Singletrack Mind 24.19.22 22 11 Team Sofa King We Todd Did 23.25.28 21 Open Age 150-199 1 En Fuego 24.22.37 28 2 Fat Sloths 24.09.39 23 3 Tijuana Donkey Show 20.58.07 20 Co-ed 1 Team Kumoniwanaleiya 24.21.07 26 2 Mommy, Are We There Yet? 24.32.09 26 3 Yard Sale 23.55.07 22 4 Weekend Warriors 23.48.49 20 All-Female 1 DIRTY DIVAS 24.03.39 26 2 Super Go-Go Girls! 23.36.34 25 3 Dirty Daizies 23.01.53 20