Out of RAAM

UltraRob's Adventures has moved. Read this post at http://www.ultrarob.com/blog/2006/06/out-of-raam.php.

The time station shown where I dropped to 5th from 4th was because I had been off the bike a lot because of my IT band and quads had knotted up on the left knee. In fact I finally got to the point of not being able to ride. At that time I got shuttled back to the last control point, Ulysses, KS, and slept until business hours and my crew was able to find a chiropractor with help from my family doctor.

In eastern Colorado we had 30-40 mph cross winds for hours. Talking to officials today, I found out riders a few hours behind us enjoyed a tailwind. Through fighting the wind, my pelvis managed to rotate which ...