30th consecutive RAAM or Race Across America, the world's toughest endurance race, just ended. Riders took on 2.989 miles of dangerous road from California to Annapolis. The winner of the male solo race was Christoph Strasser from Austria coming across the finish line in 8 days, 8 hours and 6 minutes. Mark Pattinson (USA) and Marko Baloh (SLO) came in 2nd and 3rd.
Women's race was won by Leah Goldstein, a 42-year old personal trainer from Vernon, B.C., who is a former professional cyclist, a champion kick boxer and member of the Israeli military's commando training unit.
The all-time record holder is the late Jure Robič of Slovenia who won the race five times. He was killed in September 2010 in a car accident while preparing for the next RAAM. He was the RAAM title-holder at the time of his death at 45 years of age.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/article?a=809443&f=27&p=0http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_Across_Americahttp://www.raceacrossamerica.org
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