Her entire story, was featured by "TODAY". By races end, just over 31 hours without sleep, she had stopped 7 different times to take care of her "feeding" duties. Sveta had to figure out how, when and where she could either pump or breast feed her two month old.
This presented a unique and I'm pretty sure, first of it's kind problem at The Arrowhead. The Arrowhead takes even the fastest of bikers nearly 24 hours to complete. Imagine taking on a race of this magnitude just two months after having a baby. The toughest of the tough however, goes to female fat bike racer Sveta Vold. A DNF? Nope, just a "Did Not Finish In Time." He missed his mark by a mere 780 seconds. To be awarded an official finish, racers must finish in 60 Hours. ARROWHEAD 135 STRENGTH/ENDURANCE/SOLITUDE/SURVIVAL "COWARDS WON'T SHOW AND THE WEAK SHALL PERISH" Daryl Saari pulled his 40 plus pound sled for all 135 miles, crossing the finish line in 60 Hours and 13 Minutes. The race t-shirt says all you need to know. If it's not a medical emergency, we are not coming to get you. Race director Ken Krueger makes it clear. If things go sideways you are instructed to figure it out, press on or turn back. Temperatures can dip to -40 and if race day temp's are in the teens or low twenties, you get fresh and or soft snow which offers it's own unique challenges. One way or another, the race is always brutal. It is 35 miles or so between checkpoints.
I do not know Daryl Saari, but it would be an honor to meet the man. Jeff Rock, although unable to finish, won.
The Arrowhead 135 is listed as one of "The World's Toughest Endurance Challenges". My pride is a bit wounded, but I will survive. 104 miles pulling 42lbs feels like failure. I took the ride of shame the last 4.5 miles to the final check Fun huh?! I had noĬhoice but pack back up and to push on. Slept loosely!) I may have fallen asleep very briefly only to be wokenīy uncontrollable coughing that turned into puking. I crawled into my bivy and slept for about an hour. At mile 98 after throwing upĪll day I tried to wait it out and see if I could somehow recover a bit. Temps it starts to get a little dangerous. When you need to continue to expend energy. To mile 105 or so was the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.īeing unable to fuel the furnace is not a good combinatio n Considering I wanted to quit long before mile 75, making it That started a LONG downward spiral which ultimately lead to Upon leaving check point 2 (mile75) I was unable to hold down food Well wishes kept me going long after I probably should have pulled the I just want to take a minute to thank all my friends and family.
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