Begin Race Blog

In a few minutes I will post a bit of the Viasat riders' personal responses to their participation in this year's RAAM.  This afternoon will follow with a similar presentation about this year's crew members.  I got the responses from a short questionairre I sent them all.  More information on the participants can be found on the RAAM website (http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/).
Not everything the participants told me appears in the short profiles.  So I plan to report on much more about the riders and crew members as I get to know them more thoroughly during the race.  This will allow me to go back to their profiles as I see the participants in action, working hard to comply with all the race rules, follow its route and subdue its challenges.  I hope they will have much more to add as the race progresses.
Further coverage of the race will come from two other members of the media team, Jaspreet Dosanjh and Whitney Goodman.  More about and from them later