Racer and Volunteer Reports

LAST UPDATE 20:00.  All competitors have finished!  All within time limit!  Corrado Buzzolan earns the Shackleton Expedition Award for the most time on the course. I need a nap. Update 2/1 15:00.  Ten runners left on course... Update 2/1 11:05.  Everyone (who could) has made it through the final checkpoint.  A few more runners dropped and a few more finished. ...

photo by Brian Peterson "If I am asked: What is the use of traversing the Arrowhead?  I reply, No use at all; no more than kicking a football about or dancing or playing the piano or writing a poem, or painting a picture....But if there is no use, there is unquestionable good in ascending Mt. WakemUp and completing 135 hard miles.  The accomplishment of such a feat will elevate the human...

For those not intimately familiar with Arrowhead Trail, here are some videos and a "mapmyride" giving some idea: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/55003390 mapmyride approximate route, not showing zigs and zags especially around Elephant Lake.  elevation gain not accurate, more like +7000' from racer GPS data. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeWLedxPuNc...

All ARROWHEAD 135 great Supporting Sponsors are back 2012 including: Revelate Designs, Surly (Pugsley), Salsa (Mukluk), Speedway (Fatback), Chain Reaction (907), BarMitts , SkiPulk , Empire Wool and Canvas Co. along with  lodging/checkpoint partners MelGeorge, Fortune Bay, Gateway Store and "Americas IceBox" the Friendly City of International Falls! And don't forget of course nice Minnesota DNR...

Dear Arrowhead: Perhaps the compelling reason to allow me to participate in this year's Arrowhead 135 has to do with my rather ascetic beginnings.....I am the love child product of a passionate romantic tryst, somewhere on the steep slopes of an alp located within the Karakoram Range, betwixt two of the greatest explorers of the Golden Age--namely Amelia Earhardt and Ernest Shackleton. My mother...

ARROWHEAD ROSTER FULL.  IF YER NOT LISTED ON ROSTER AND NOT POSTMARKED BY 24 OCT, OR YOU HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO ME ABOUT YOUR APPROVED ENTRY, WE ARE NOT REVIEWING/ACCEPTING ANYMORE.  SORRY, WAIT TIL 2013 RACE, CAUSE WE ARE MAXED OUT and SO IS THE SHORT WAITING LIST MAXED OUT.   SURELY CAN USE MORE VOLUNTEERS THIS YEAR IF YA WANT TO BE PART OF THE RACE.... THANKS EVERYBODY!

Minnesota-based gear company O2 is Arrowheads latest supporter/sponsor for 2012!  Breathable, lightweight, relatively inexpensive spell their cycling and standard raingear.  The list of companies claiming waterproof and breathable is long but O2's really is!  We got a bunch for the "World Famous Arrowhead Pre-Race Drawing"  Click on the logo to checkout their website, great ideas for XMAS and...

2012 Arrowhead shaping up strong!  Afton Trail Run, Almanzo Royal, Tour Divide (UPer Danny Hill), Soggy Bottom, Leadville, Fall Superior, Heck O North.....judging off-season activities of Arrowhead participants, 2012 looks to bring pretty tough competition.   Race logistics constant, just weather and trail ya never know.  Registration open for previous accepted Arrowhead racers and any 2011...

Great race going on up north.  Check it out at http://www.alaskaultrasport.com/alaska_ultra_home_page.html  Congrats to all the ITI Racers!  Quite an experience for Lance Andre... http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/iowa-tough-guy-ends-hospital-after-iditarod-invitational?page=0,0 

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