The Ireland Course 1350 miles 5 days 270 plus miles per day
22 hrs a day in the saddle
9/15/09-race begins at 8pm Ireland time (they are 5 hours ahead EST time)there are 12 solo riders. steve has started will update shortly.
steve made it to the first time station in 3 hours 4 mins. 42.7 miles. he is currently in last place but is smart as he is pacing himself-while the others aren't.
8:30pm EST spoke with Robin-his spirits are good. most of the solo racers are together-tough terrain. steep inclines, narrow roads. 54 degrees outside. at this time she estimates that he is 64 miles into the race. they are approaching Belfast. Robin stated that one bike didn't arrive(they took two for the race)-lost in paris-they just got it tuesday morning before the race-thankfully!!! took days to locate the bike-finally they got word that it was in dublin-would've been much tougher racing with just one bike.
9/16/09 7:00am EST steve has made it 162.4 miles averaging 11.73 miles/hour. steve broke a chain on his bike and had to stop to fix it-saving his second bike for the second half of the race. he is considered one of the favorites of the race. he got lost on around the first time station and at the time was an hour behind the leader of the race. see below for a picture of the team.
10:45 am EST according to the race around ireland website-the car following him went into a ditch. everyone is ok and they are back on the road.
12:00pm EST race around ireland website indicates steve has made it to the 4th time station. 236 miles completed thus far.
9/17/09 8:00am EST steve has passed time station 6 363 miles into the race roughly 5 hours ago. his average is 10 miles per hour. he is now in 9th place passing two other racers.
11:20am EST steve has made it through time station 7. 443 miles into the race. still averaging roughly 10 miles/hour. 75 miles to the next station.
7:00pm EST steve has gone through time station 8. 517 miles completed so far. 810 left to be done in 69 hours.
9/18/09 6:30am EST steve has gone through time station 9 - 591 miles so far.
5:20 pm-steve has made it to station 10. 691 miles! he has roughly 633 miles to go and 46.5 hours to do this in. spoke with robin this morning. steve at that time had only had two 90 minute naps. his spirits were good however sleep deprivation was starting to set in. according to the race site he is pushing to finish this. some tough terrain ahead! he has done amazing so far!
7:15pm-the leader in race around ireland has dropped out due to apparent illness. thats a total of 3 solo riders that have withdrawn from the race!
9/19/09 6:0am EST steve retired due to schermers neck. Steve and the crew did a great job.
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