Thread: 2009 Furnace Creek 508

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Epilogue Being who I am, I naturally treated the crew to the best accommodations available in Twentynine Palms … the Mo6. The first order of business was to take a shower. How does a shower feel after 42 hours and 508 miles? Well, it felt like heaven on most of my body. But if felt like burning hell in a couple of places. That’s right … on the stern, both port and starboard. Those saddle sores didn’t...

Originally Posted by Daytrip Good luck and here's hoping for another good run. Oh, and try to keep it at 508 this year! You don't need no extra miles. It's already over. He finished.

Originally Posted by kuf My dad's team DNF'd. I don't know why yet. Seeing the time splits, it looks like his teammate didn't finish the 5th leg. Too bad you can only switch at certain points. Maybe he just needed some rest. My dad said his teammate finished the 5th leg, even though it isn't listed. They were decimated by the wind and sand that they were so far back and decided not to continue. He said that it was so...

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Originally Posted by mudworm I'm officially a Biker395 fan now, so I did what a fan was supposed to do: I saved all the bits and pieces of his FC 508 report together. With his generous permission, the complete report has been published here . We need him to go on some longer rides so we can have more great stories to read in the future. Thanks for doing that. You should send Chris Kostman a link to it so he can add it here.

Originally Posted by Vireo Francis "Picachu" passed me in Pinamint Valley while I was waiting for my crew vehicle to replace the blown tire, then I passed him on Towne Pass. In "the morning after" as I was climbing out of Death Valley his crew vehicle passed me and I was sad when I realized he had DNF'd. If Francis runs his TDF ride in December you two should come up and do it. I'm sure he'd...

Originally Posted by Vireo Posted some pics on my blog. Been too busy to do a race report but I'll get to it. If anyone has questions I'll be glad to answer them. Good stuff man. Love this one...

Awesome.

Thanks for a captivating report. Very inspirational.