drove immediately to Over The Edge Sports in Fruita (his temporary employer) where he purchased a case of Vitamin Water and slipped into an ambivalent comma. He later came out of the coma after eating an obscene amount of sushi. Curiak rolled easily into the parking lot looking surprisingly vigorous, checked Brown’s finish time, clinched his fists together and exclaimed, “Yes! My record still stands.” If this all sounds like a good time to you, the race will take place around the same time next year. Email Mike Curiak at mikec@bwn.net to get yourself on the mailing list. There is also a forum about the race at http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?t= 69465 Final Results
Jon Brown (Team Crested Butte) setting a record-breaking pace in the early a.m. hours. Brown chose to race his single-speed and later proved it was a smart choice.
1. Jon Brown (CO) (Team Crested Butte) 14 hrs, 47 min 2. Mike Curiak (CO) (Moots, White Brothers) 15 hrs, 30 min 3. Gary Dye (CO) 21 hrs, 43 min 4. Pierre Oster (MN) 27 hrs, 5 min Unclassified Fred Wilkinson (UT) (Poison Spider Bicycles, Zeal Optics) 15 hrs, 2 min DNF (pull out point) Pete Basinger (Rabbit Valley) Sean Smith (Rabbit Valley) Erika Van Meter (Rabbit Valley) Henry Horrocks (Yellowjacket) Kevin Gillest (Yellowjacket) Nate Keck (Dewey Bridge) Jim Ishman (Dewey Bridge) Nate Wilson (Onion Creek) John Weirath (Onion Creek) Rick Hudak (Onion Creek)
John Weirath crosses a bridge over a rushing creek in the La Sal Mountains.
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