Archive for March, 2008

Dancing Pandas break into 4th place

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | No Comments »

We last found the Pandas as they were preparing to leave CP15. They were upbeat and full of energy. They were happy with their sleep strategy to this point and they all smiled and said they were ...

The dark, dark Baja

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | 21 Comments »

The moon does not rise until the early morning hours. Athletes are going on their third day, some with as little as 1 or 2 hours sleep.  More and more mistakes begin to happen.  Patience wears thin.  Feet and body ...

A Real Battle

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in General | No Comments »

There's a real battle going on for the 4th - 5th - 6th places... Take a look at the leaderboard to watch these teams swap places.  Right now at CP16 just 13 minutes separates the threesome.  Team Extreme-Sports.dk has taken ...

Who Knows..

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | 1 Comment »

So DART/nuun NW Kayaks set out on the final canyon trek.  We added in a couple of extra waypoints along the way to give all of you a little more information.  Now it seems DART/nuun NW Kayaks has pushed their ...

What’s Left??

Thursday, March 27th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | No Comments »

Once Mari, Sean and Glen make it to CP19 at San Carlos they will be close to the finish. Right now the course has been shortened a bit due to expected 20-30 mph winds so teams will ...

The Sun Sets on Day2

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | 5 Comments »

Team DART/nuun NW Kayaks arrived at CP18/TA7 in the lead, but they certainly weren’t taking anything for granted and their chatter in the TA repeatedly came back to knowing that their friends DART/nuun were charging hard from behind.  They hurried ...

Oh the Baja

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | No Comments »

Baja Travesia, from white sandy beaches of the Sea of Cortez to the snowy high alpine mountains nearing 3,000m racers now make their way through the green rolling interior heading toward the rocky coastline of the Pacific Ocean. It’s a ...

Team Yoga Slackers - Brake Problems

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in General | 4 Comments »

Team Yoga Slackers arrived to CP16 and left their crew with a bit of a puzzle.  Lina has some problems with her disk brake system and now they are looking for a way to repair the brake.  Disk brakes are ...

All Teams are out of the Canyon and Biking

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | 3 Comments »

All teams are out of the canyon and the last teams are transitioning to the bikes.  El Rey Azul and Equinox are pulling up the back of the pack.  They are being told to be especially good with the navigation ...

More Team Details..

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 Posted in Breaking News | 2 Comments »

SuburbanRush.com took a nice long nap in the support area. Their support crew had a nice off road adventure to get to the transition area.  Team spirits are high and they have left on the bike in search of a ...