tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842Fri, 01 Nov 2024 11:05:11 +0000RACE ACROSS AMERICAhttp://nfendurance.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)Blogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-6634292001393155070Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:39:00 +00002009-06-29T09:47:24.994-04:00We made it! As you can see by the pictures, everyone made it across the country safely, soundly, and, most of all, overjoyed by this amazing experience. It’s difficult to find the right words to describe the emotions we’re all feeling; not just for these 38 who made the 3000-mile trek, but also for the families and friends who were waiting here in Annapolis at the end.The photos do say it besthttp://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/annapolis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-3822921199631309441Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:19:00 +00002009-06-27T11:27:49.005-04:00Dear RAAM Riders & Crew,We are just packing up to head down to Annapolis, and I can't help thinking how absolutely incredible it is to think that in the next 24 hours, all three of our amazing NF teams will have completed RAAM 2009. Not only the incredible journey from California, through the desert and the Rockies, through the heat and boredom of the plains, around the steep climbs of West http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/raam-final-push.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-737076298877405617Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:34:00 +00002009-06-26T19:40:41.078-04:00Hi everyone,Only have a second here but I thought I'd send ya'll one more note from the road. Dan and I are resting right now and will start riding at midnight again.The Bills will join us to help climb some of the West Virginia mountains sometime in the morning. Yikes! I have no idea what town or state, for that matter, the hotel that I'm writing to you from is in. One of the side effects ofhttp://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/last-post-before-annapolis.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-912046058538154737Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:36:00 +00002009-06-26T10:47:22.128-04:00Hi All,I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post. Even though I actually only spend six hours a day in the saddle, Dan and I do 12 hour riding shifts together in his Suburban, and then we eat, shower, sleep and drive ourselves forward to the next exchange with Bill Edmonds and Bill Hardy. There is so little extra time to write or call home, or do much of anything else -- it's all sort of http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/some-more-thoughts-from-road.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-4040206637355345870Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:28:00 +00002009-06-24T23:29:58.617-04:00http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/pictures-from-wed-june-24-2009.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-7961571586876645995Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:33:00 +00002009-06-24T18:27:43.539-04:00Aidan, one of our NF Heroes, recorded a video message offering inspiration and support for our NF Endurance teams and crew.Thank you Aidan. We love you.http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/our-nf-heros-message.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-7195175037742315203Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:46:00 +00002009-06-24T23:35:00.957-04:00As I write this we are traveling downhill out of the Rockies in the RV to meet up with Bill Edmonds and Bill Hardy (with Trish Hardy and Dan Kendra crewing). We will start riding at around 10 p.m. local time and have a wonderful 200 mile (basically downhill) ride – which, after last night’s crossing of the continental divide and associated other peaks in the Rockies, is a blessing beyond http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/tuesday-june-23rd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-1946537626288791242Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:59:00 +00002009-06-24T23:37:32.325-04:00We are past the 1,000 mile mark (1/3 of the way there).Monday, we encountered some obstacles:A dog chased Ari's Angel's rider, Bill Edmonds and Bill crashed. Hisshoulder is very sore! A therapist from the other team thinks he may have a tear in the shoulder. But, he is still riding -- enduring for the team!One of the follow vehicles threw a code and is at the shop right now. It was a transmissionhttp://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/past-1000-mile-mark.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-4234351433353376934Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:23:00 +00002009-06-22T22:37:46.604-04:00I hopped off the bike after Dan and I finished our first 12 hour pull in Congress, Ariz. and said to Drew's Crew as they prepped to do an exchange, "My knees hurt, my neck hurts, my shoulders hurt, my feet hurt, and my butt is killing me...I'm having the best time of my life!" They high-fived me and knew exactly what I meant. I can only speak for myself, but this is simply an amazing experience. http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/calling-all-angels.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-885018820456509294Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:19:00 +00002009-06-21T22:20:35.784-04:00We (the crew) had an inspirational night watching our guys hammer up those hills all night long. After a long night, we were all thrilled to see the sun come up just as we came into Hope, Arizona. It was such a profound moment. Seeing the slight glimmer of the sunrise and the sign "Hope" within minutes of each other. That moment had many different meanings. It remined us that the sun continues tohttp://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/inspirational-night.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-8363224213626265086Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:33:00 +00002009-06-20T17:13:51.825-04:00Click on picture to view larger image of race route.StartWhere: Oceanside, CA, just below the Oceanside Pier.Teams: Saturday June 20, 2009, 2:00pm (PDT)Along the CourseThe full details of the 3000 mile course are in the RAAM Route section. RAAM has 53 Time Stations along the course. During the race RAAM provide estimates of when each team might arrive at a particular Time Station.FinishWhere: http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/race-starts-soon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-4562020563580767056Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:44:00 +00002009-06-20T00:53:25.142-04:00...The waiting is the hardest part.Team Sami, Drew’s Crew, and Ari’s Angels are all preparing to ride, crew, navigate and hydrate for Saturday afternoon. There are lots of things to finalize before we start -- reflective tape requirements, identification, route rules, starting sequence, inspections, team photos, bike tune-ups. Everybody is stoked. Stay tuned. . .NF Endurance is ready to http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/tom-petty-was-right.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-6248215980411946882Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:30:00 +00002009-06-19T00:09:06.080-04:00I am at 37,000 feet flying out to San Diego to begin this trek. I’ve been watching the ground roll past now for three or four hours at 500 mph and once again I find myself questioning the rationale of what we are about to attempt.I am with old friends, my brother and some new friends that I will know better in ten days...we won’t be the same then. I can see my stomach bulging in the reflection http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/37000-feet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-6401416656200054696Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:22:00 +00002009-06-16T15:58:52.730-04:00The bags are being packed, the bikes are disassembled, our heads are shaved (even some legs and arms), and many of the crew members and vehicles are already in California. We are counting down the days and hours until we kick things off from Oceanside, Calif. on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. PST. A lot of us on Drew’s Crew and Ari’s Angels leave Wednesday afternoon from Philadelphia to fly to San Diego.http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/were-ready-to-ride.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2185510820100129842.post-9087126867224072699Sun, 07 Jun 2009 15:56:00 +00002009-06-16T14:11:59.866-04:00“Well, we’re at it again -- Ari’s Angel’s Team, our four-man relay team (Steve Kendra, Dan Kendra, Bill Edmonds and Bill Hardy), will compete in Race Across America, trekking from Oceanside, Calif. to Annapolis, Md. For some reason we’ve trusted these teenagers (see picture below) to already start transporting our SUVs out West .We have an awesome crew supporting us along the way in Trish Hardy, http://nfendurance.blogspot.com/2009/06/were-at-it-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (NF Endurance Team)5