Today I finally got around to reading an article from the New York Times from a month ago about Jure Robic. It’s called “That Which Does Not Kill Me Makes Me Stranger”. I think that title comes from a quote by John Stamsted. It’s an interesting article and worth reading. You have to be a registered user but it’s free to register. It talks a lot about the mental aspect of ultra racing. It says he is planning to race RAAM this year but he isn’t on the roster yet. I knew his post on 11/11/2005 said he was but I didn’t know if that had changed. Most of his posts aren’t in English so I can’t read them.
Robic will be tough to beat but I’d really like to see Tinker win. I’ve really admired him for a lot of years on the mountain bike circuit. I also have a lot of respect for Allen Larsen. When I ordered one of his videos a couple years ago, his wife took the order and I told her I was planning to do RAAM in a couple years. Allen started asking questions in the background so she just put him on the phone and he let me pick his brain for a while. Kenny Souza should be another top rider. I’m not sure whether these riders are doing the Enduro or Traditional categories. From what I’ve seen my guess would be that Robic and Larsen will be in the Traditional and Souza will be in the Enduro. I haven’t seen any hint as to which category Tinker will be in.
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