Susan thinking of the day ahead , getting in the zone.
Jeff in from his first three laps reporting any challenges along the course for Susan. The timing chip being transfered to
another by team member Buki who will be up in the next swtich. The teams had about a minute switch time through out most of the day. A few times someone would slip by and then the ETA on the change lap would be a guess. Kept us on our toes through out the day keeping track of three teams.
Paul here is blowing the snot out of his nose ........ Waiting for Chris to come around the corner.
Sorry Nate did I hit you with it?
Chris in after the first two averaging about 32 minutes per lap , its just the beginning. They take off the electronic ankle timing chip from Chris and
put it on Paul...
And he's off. The ultimate goal is to be around the 8.2 mile course more times than any other team at the end of the 13 hours. (Hence the Baker's Dozen) Go Team Go !!!!!!!!
The gathering of the the riders for a team meeting.
Meet behind the line at the Silo...........
They jumped the gun and started with out an blow of the whistle.
They needed a fire truck to water down the road before the start.
Off through the trees to the single track. Yes a jam up happens, so i would think that you would want to get to the trees first on the first lap.
The race stretch was a stark contrast in what racers do before a big and upcoming event. Some have rituals of certain things to do and some just do it at the very last second. Jack needed a walk to check things out and to meet Dallas his new biking friend. Paul is notorious for doing last minute prep. This brought back lots of memories of his swim team days as a young kid when I couldn't find him for his race that was on the starting blocks waiting for lane 4 to show up.
Now Chris had a more serious start of actual stretching and keeping warm in his out ragious over the top camper. Chris has done the race before and had more experience in the start of 700 riders in a mass start of "The Baker's Dozen 2010 Bike Race"
Jack The Dog Stone, at his first mountain bike race of his life. There were so many things to see and smell that he was on overload most of the day. 
It's a great day for a bike race. The morning sun shining through on each rider as they began their test of strength and determination.
