2008 RAAM Day 2

| UltraRob | Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

As expected today has been hot in the desert. David Holt is used to the heat and has been riding amazingly well. He rode steadily up the Yarnell Grade. I suffered really bad on it when I raced in 2006. He is now just over 400 miles into the race.

He has been staying in 1st place for the 50+ categoy but it looks like Beny Furrer wasn’t much more than an hour behind here. Depending on whether he stopped for a sleep break he may be now ahead. The amazing thing is Beny only has one arm!

He rode all through the night. Today around 2:30 PM race time he did end up taking about a 10 minute nap. Right now we are in Prescott, AZ. He is down for a sleep break. Once he’s back up and on the bike, it shouldn’t be too long until it starts cooling off.

I’ve spent most of the day in his follow vehicle but now I’ll be in the RV for a bit. At this time station we were able to get a hotel room for a few hours so we can all take a shower before heading on down the road.