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Hello all! A wrapup and results from last weekend's MVP Health Care Frigid Infliction for your reading pleasure:
Detailed results and a timeline are here:
Want photos? We got 'em - you can click on any of the random photos on the results page, or go here for the full (huge!) gallery:
The 2009 Frigid Infliction got off to an early start, with racers getting their maps just after 4am and poring over them by headlamp during the 15 minute walk to the starting line. Promptly at 5am, the teams took off into the woods on a snowshoe leg in search of their first checkpoint. A roaring fire greeted them, along with their passports. Four points in any order, back to the fire and a surprise gear check - use a knife to cut a knot off a length of thick nylon rope. CP5 in this section was especially gnarly - lots of cliff systems in the area kept quite a few teams confused. Next it was off to find the tyrolean traverse at TA1.
A short snowshoe from the tyrolean took teams to their skis for the first time. The warm temps made for tough going, but team Berlin Bike held their 20 min lead over UltraBambi coming into TA4 and a wicked posthole. With Ben of Berlin Bike breaking trail for the rest of the competitors (everyone say "thank you Ben!"), UltraBambi closed the gap, coming into TA5 at the same time as Berlin Bike, and shooting off on their skis. (Quite a few folks were surprised by the bodyless head of Colin keeping time at the TA.) Of course we have photographic proof.
At TA6 racers who made the 2:30 cutoff were given a second map with 7 more points to get by snowshoe or ski, in any order. UltraBambi kept their lead, and finished strong to cross the finish line first at 1:25pm, after 8 hours and 25 minutes on the course. Teams finished, congratulating each other, sharing stories, and hanging out in the sun for a bit before everyone went to The Cider House for dinner, drinks, massages, and awards.
Many thanks to all our sponsors - title sponsor MVP Health Care, prize sponsors Eastern Mountain Sports, Point6 socks, Untamed Adventures, Endurance Aventure, TSL Outdoor, TrailRunner, Eddies Energy Bars, Zanfel, North Star Sports, Catamount Outdoor Family Center, Vermont Forest Parks & Rec, and a huge thanks to our massage therapist Ginger Kipp. Our sponsors keep us afloat - please be sure to patronize them, and tell them thanks from GMARA! Of course, last but definitely not least, without all of our amazing volunteers our races would be possible. They gave up sleep (3am wakeup?!?!), staffed checkpoints in the middle of nowhere, and kept racers' (and organizers'!) spirits up, all while managing chaos - "thank you" could never be strong enough!
Great race! Congratulations to all the racers, especially all of the first-timers - this was a tough course - only 3 teams finished the complete course and collected all the possible checkpoints! Here's the breakdown:
Division: 3 person Coed
Rank Team Name State Checkpoints Rogaine Pts Time on Course Status
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1 UltraBambi NH 19 7 08:25:00 Finished
2 Berlin Bike NY 19 7 09:08:00 Finished
3 Untamed New England ON 19 7 09:30:00 Finished
4 The Cold & The Beautiful VT 13 09:53:00 Finished
5 Flying Squirrels NJ 16 10:26:00 DNF
6 Shady Polka Derby MA 14 10:45:00 DNF
Division: 3 person Male
Rank Team Name State Checkpoints Rogaine Pts Time on Course Status
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1 acidotic RACING 3 NH 19 4 09:51:00 Finished
2 Los Tres Amigos NY 18 09:35:00 Finished
Division: 2 person Coed
Rank Team Name State Checkpoints Rogaine Pts Time on Course Status
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1 Slow Transition ON 19 6 09:49:00 Finished
2 acidotic RACING 2 NH 19 5 09:48:00 Finished
3 Kuai MA 19 3 09:38:00 Finished
4 HELLFIRE MA 19 1 09:34:00 Finished
5 Defy Gravity NY 18 09:46:00 Finished
6 Young and Younger MA 14 10:23:00 DNF
Division: 2 person Male
Rank Team Name State Checkpoints Rogaine Pts Time on Course Status
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1 acidotic RACING NH 19 5 09:24:00 Finished
2 Lost but Not Forgotten VT 19 4 09:20:00 Finished
3 Power Potatoes ID 19 2 10:28:00 Finished
4 Umimmaks VT 19 1 09:21:00 Finished
5 Team Tundra NY 19 1 09:45:00 Finished
6 Team Runs with Scissors VT 18 09:50:00 Finished
7 Melting Snowmen ME 15 10:15:00 Finished
8 Skull-Basherz!!! MA 12 10:00:00 Finished
9 Deadweight ME 11 09:30:00 Finished
Race on! See everyone at The Bitter Pill on August 1st!
-Tim
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