At the racer meeting before the start of RAAM, the race director, Terry Zmrhal, said there were 2 key phrases that we could use during the race. The first one was Sweet! The 2nd one was this sucks.
The first part of the race when David Holt was riding well we had lots of Sweet! moments. Now we’re really having a this sucks moment.
Tonight we were trying to get David to Taos before having him stop to rest. He was really struggling as he had been all day. Taos is the first time cut-off of the race. Getting him to Taos would allow him to take a long break and not have to worry about the time cut-off.
We were having trouble getting him to eat since he was hurting so bad. The temperature was in the low 40’s. Since he wasn’t eating enough, he wasn’t staying warm. Unfortunately about 35 miles before Taos, we had to drive him into Taos for medical attention.
He’s still talking and knows what’s going on. We don’t believe it’s anything serious but we need to get him recovered. In theory we have plenty of time to let him get enough rest and then make the time cut-off. After that we could let him rest some more. We’ll just have to see how the next few hours go.
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Hang in there DAVID!!! We are praying for you!!
That does suck. I read about his saddle sore problems over on Lisa’s husband’s blog. It’s amazing the overall damage they can do, as they start to effect everything else about how you ride. I hope it works out for him! If not though, 1000 miles is still a hell of an accomplishment.