Here's how we spent ours:
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 22, 2009
Lions, Tigers, and...cows?!? Oh My!!!
Besides the occasional bird, we haven't seen many animals along the route...until last night. Spencer and I drove from Mexican Hat, UT to Antonito, CO at 11:00 p.m. EDT to await our Monday morning broadcasting shift. Night seems to be when all of the animals come out to play. We saw deer, foxes, bats, racoons, and possum. They all like to wait and cross the road when you're no more than 30 feet away from hitting them with your car. Seriously?!?
And today, we stopped alongside some farmland and came across these beauties...
I know you were thinking to yourself, "I really want to see a picture of a cow on the Team ViaSat RAAM blog!" Ask and ye shall recieve...
-Hans
And today, we stopped alongside some farmland and came across these beauties...
I know you were thinking to yourself, "I really want to see a picture of a cow on the Team ViaSat RAAM blog!" Ask and ye shall recieve...
-Hans
Rider Challenges...
Earlier today, Andrew Danly had to ride 42 miles solo while Team ViaSat re-grouped and made personnel changes. These riders will normally ride anywhere from 50-100 miles on a daily basis at home, so 42 miles shouldn't seem like a problem, but when they've trained for short bursts at 3-5 miles for a 5 hour riding shift, 42 miles is a lot. Now throw in several hundred feet of elevation gain and that rider has to really adjust their performance, both mentally and physically.Imagine yourself in Danly's position in this photo...while you've got this great downhill to look forward to, that hill you know you're going to have to climb is waiting for you on the other side. It's an extremely difficult thing to do as a rider, but this team is extremely well trained and qualified to handle these challenges.
Go Team ViaSat!
-Hans
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