Triangle Adventure Racing Team

Triangle-AR Team, Juancho, Muddy Mess, Raleigh area racers, Miller Time!, Bruce Dale

Local Racers:

PISGAH MTB ADVENTURE RACE RESULTS:

17^th- Ernie Chilcott/ Charlie Roberts 10:01 4 Checkpoints
19^th- Dave Anderson/Preston Aldridge 10:48 4 Checkpoints
21^st- Brian Thompson/ Jeff Thompson 11:02 4 Checkpoints
23^rd- Innes Wright/ Grant McCullough 11:12 4 Checkpoints
40^th- Bruce Dale/Juan Pedrazza 10:20 4 Checkpoints (8HR Penalty)

Overall the day was quite challenging given the heavy rain fall the prior night and intermittent rain throughout the race day. Between the advanced technical nature of the trails and the mud created by the rain, a good portion of the race was spent pushing the bikes uphill and walking them down. In between the riding was also hit and miss with still alot of blown down trees from the heavy winds that came through about two weeks ago.

A lot of teams were plagued by mechanicals such as disabled brakes, shifting problems, broken dérailleur’s etc. The trail conditions contributed significantly to the problems as there were simply no spots for relief from the mud and water. Ten hours or more on a bike is a long and difficult day in good conditions and a testament to teams that pushed through to even finish.