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There you can track my progress as I pass thru each time station.Īlso, I will be on WMUR TV tonight, on their 6 pm news broadcast. The other option will be to visit the RAAM website at. You can read the postings on the forums, but if you want to post you will need to registers (this is different than signing up for the email list.) We hope to have regular updates throughout the race, but as the webmaster, BG is on the crew and will be in one of the support vehicles, how often will depend on time and access to the internet. Visit the forums section of you can get there from the home page or click here. If you are interested in keeping up on my progress during the race, you have two good options: This will/may be the last entry in my blog until after RAAM. You can also get live updates during the race at Well I am heading out to AZ on Saturday to do some soft peddling in the desert heat.
To follow Brett and support him on this race of a lifetime, please go to his blog: and/or Facebook page: Team Walker RAAM 2011. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." In 2011, he starts the RAAM to raise money and awareness for the Special Olympics, in honor of his 14 year old son and Special Olympics athlete Noah, who was born with a brain injury and Camp Odayin, a residential camp for children with heart disease.īrett has made the Special Olympics athletes' oath his own:"Let me win. Brett hopes to complete the race in less than 10 days.
Even so, very few finish within the allotted time of 12 days. Solo competitors ride nearly continuously in all weather conditions and terrain, typically sleeping only one-and-a-half to fours hours each night. This year, Walker will be competing in the grueling solo division.
In 2009, Brett also competed on the winning 4-man team, Team Strong Heart. In 2007, he finished 9th, crossing the country in 11 days 11 hours, even though a serious illness forced him to interrupt the race and spend a day in the hospital. The 30th edition will begin on Jin Oceanside, California and finish over 3,000 miles away in Annapoliss, MD.īrett is the former UMCA, North American 24-hour champion and is not new to the RAAM. RAAM has been called “the world’s toughest bicycle race.” Created in 1982, it is the world’s longest-running ultra-endurance cycling competition. New Hampshire cyclist Brett Walker is returning to the prestigious and arduous Race Across America (RAAM).
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