The roster for the 2016 Arrowhead 135 has been published.  You can find it in the 'Race Info/Registration' menu, '2016 Roster' menu item.

We have entrants from the USA, Canada, Sweden, Brazil, and the UK.  Good luck to all!

Lots of good articles, blogs, and photo galleries.

Story by Joy Parker, Ernest Shackleton Award winner.

Todd Gabrielson's side of Joy's story.

And Lisa's story, the Spirit of Arrowhead winner.

Interview/story by Jorden Wakeley, this year's winner in the men's bike division.

Interview with Tracy Petervary, 1st woman cyclist in this year's race (by Christopher Tassava).

Story by Marcus Berggren, men's running winner.

An account by Australian racer Grant Maughan of his 46-hour run at the Arrowhead.

Story by Christopher Tassava, a biker at this year's Arrowhead.

Article about Christopher Tassava and Jerry Bilek, cyclists from Northfield.

Story and photo gallery in International Falls Journal about this year's race.

Video of the finish of the men's bike leaders.

An interview with cyclist Joe Stiller.

Story by David Gray, a cyclist competing in his 10th Arrowhead.

Story by Charlie Tri, a cyclist who finished 6th.

Story by Mark Scotch, a cyclist who finished 15th

Story by Marc Brown, a cyclist who finished 43rd.

Story by Heidi Perry, a runner in this year's race.

Story by Guy Still from WCCO in Mpls, about various winter bike rides/races.

Article about Jason Husveth, a cyclist in this year's race.

Video interview of Harvey Lewis, a runner who finished 2nd. Harvey also won Badwater last year.

Article by Sarah Barker in Dead Spin.

Photo gallery of the finisher pics on FB.  Go ahead and tag yourself.

Photo gallery by John Bertram, a runner in this year's race.

Photos by Chris Gibbs.

Photo gallery by Dan Luebke, a cyclist in this year's race.

Photo gallery by Scott Mark, a volunteer in this year's race.

Album of check-ins:

Album by John Spartz, super finish line volunteer:

The Shackleton Endurance award goes to Joy Parker for spending the most time on the trail (minus checkpoints). We are donating $100 to MN Safe Families in Joy's name.

The (newly created) Spirit of the Arrowhead Award goes to Lisa Paulos. Lisa, Todd, and Joy promised to write up the events leading to this award. It is one of the most amazing/inspiring stories in Arrowhead history. Stay tuned - the stories will be posted as soon as we get them. We will donate $100 to Dogs for Ever in Cedar Rapids in Lisa's name.

If any racers have any photo galleries or written stories of their adventure, please e-mail them, or links to them to us.  We'll start an article of what we receive.

It was a pleasure to meet all the racers and volunteers. See you next January.

And that's a wrap, folks.

Congratulations to all competitors. 

Special thanks to the race directors, Ken and Jackie Krueger.

This race would not happen without the efforts of the dozens of volunteers who spend many days in the great white north, many managing their efforts on only a few hours sleep over the course of the race.

The sponsors also provide valuable support with product for racers and money to defray costs.

Of course, all remaining funds are donated to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Safe Families for Children - Minnesota, and the International Falls Hunger Coalition.

Items of note:

• We started with 154 racers and had 77 cyclists, 44 runners, and 3 skiers finish in under 60 hours.
• The 1st female runner bested the previous record by 5.5 hrs.
• The 1st male runner bested the previous record by just under 3 hours.
• Daryl Saari, who skied this year, was awarded the Arrowhead à Trois award for finishing the Arrowhead 135 in all three disciplines of skiing, running, and cycling.
• The 1st Spirit of Arrowhead award goes to Lisa Paulos for her inspirational effort in helping her competitors.