The 2009 Team Strong Heart just completed the 2009 version of RAAM (Race Across America). The team finished with the fastest time among the ten teams competing on conventional bicycles. In other words... they won!
The odd thing is when you look on the RAAM web site, TSH is listed as placing 2nd behind a 4-man team (Team RANS) that raced on recumbent bicycles. Congratulations to Team RANS and no doubt they put in a great effort to complete the RAAM Race, but it does strike me as a bit odd. Why does RAAM lump the four-man teams together, regardless of what they are riding, all the same bracket?
It only seams fair to compare apples to apples (vs. apples to bananas, pinaples, or fig nuts).
Lumping together conventional bicycles, recumbents, HPV's, unicycles, whatever... strikes me as silly. In most sporting competitions, brackets are set so peers compete against peers.
None the less the 2009 Team Strong Heart set the bar a little higher in their successful completion to the 2009 RAAM Race finishing in 6d, 10hr, 30mins. for an average speed of 19.56mph. That is awesome!
Hats off to team leader Andy Claflin and the rest of the Team Strong Heart team and crew. Each of you had a very important part in making the TSH RAAM race happen and successfully completing the mission for Camp Odayin.
Anybody up for 2010?
2 comments:
im up for 2010...i entered negotiations with tina...the jury is still out.
That is crazy... good luck and good for you.
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