Solo Race Profiles for 2012

Index
First Name, Last Name
 Racers: For additions or corrections to these profiles or a photo you would prefer email Martin Dressman

Anders Tesgaard (Denmark)
www.raam4800.dk

Occupation: High School Teacher
Race Day Age: 38
Marathon Runner - PR 2h 49m

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), 679 km official/421.91 miles (694 km with missed turn)

Brent Barrett (Germantown, Tennessee, USA)
Occupation: Business Owner/Race Director
Race Day Age: 46

Race Results:

  • Ironman Triathlons & 100 mile endurance MTB races
  • Cat 1 racer in cross-country, also races in cyclo-cross & criterium races, numerous top ten placing over the last four years

Cassie Schumacher (Akron, Ohio, USA)
www.wheels4change.com

Cassie on Google Plus
Chemical Dependency Outpatient Counselor for Adolescents
Race Day Age: 39
Wants to be the first woman from Ohio to complete RAAM

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 1st Place Women, Adirondack 540, 540 miles in 45h 19m, "new course record, second year in a row"
  • 2011 - 1st Place in age group, Calvin's 12 Hour Challenge (Ohio), 204.5 miles
  • 2010 - 2nd Place in age group, Calvin's 12 Hour Challenge (Ohio), 202.50 miles
  • 2010 - 2nd Place Women, Adirondack 540, "course record", 27000 ft of climbing, 544 miles in 47h 55m
  • 2009 - 1st Place in age group, National 24 Hour Challenge (Michigan)
  • 2004 - Competed in the ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship in Sweden
  • Has finished 4 Ironman triathlons since 2003
  • First place wins in her age group in a 12 hour race & two 24 hour events
 
 

Chris Armishaw (Billericay, United Kingdom)
Race Day Age: 47
Action Medical Research Supporter for Children
Member of Essex Road Cycling Club

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 2nd Place overall, Ride 24 (United Kingdom), 324 miles

Christian Mayer (Neckartailfingen, Germany)
www.christian-mayer.net
Race Day Age: 30
Occupation: Software Engineer

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), 1230 km/763 miles, 57h
  • 2011 - 4th Place, 24 Hour of Kelheim, 722 km/448 miles, 7560 m, 23h 28m 26s
  • 2010 - 9th Place, RAAM Qualification in Wiedlisbach (Switzerland) Swiss Radmarathon,720km/448 miles; 6300Hm; 28h 24min
  • 2009 - Große Bayern-Rundfahrt,1267km/787miles; 12000Hm; 92h 20m
  • 2007 - Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), 1227 km/762 miles, 87h 22m

Christoph Strasser (Graz, Austria)
www.christophstrasser.at
Race Day Age: 29
Occupation: Professional Extreme Cyclist, Student

Past RAAMs:

  • 2011 - 1st Place, Solo RAAM, 8d 8h 6m (14.94 mph), 3rd fastest average speed in RAAM history
  • 2009 - DNF, Solo RAAM, 4d 6h 43m (14.33 mph)

Other Race Results:

  • 2011 - 3rd Place, Race Around Slovenia, 1185 km & 14,000 meters (736.32 miles & 45,932 ft), 41h 36m, 27.3 km/h
  • 2010 - 1st Place, Race Around Austria, 2500 km & 31,000 meters (1,553.42 miles & 101,706 ft.),
  • 2010 - 2nd Place, Race Around Slovenia, 1185 km & 14,0000 meters (736.32 miles & 45,932 ft), 46h 50m
  • 2010 - 1st Place Ultra Race, Glocknerman (Austria), 37h 46m
  • 2009 - 5th Place, Race Around Slovenia, 1185 km & 14,000 meters (736.32 miles & 45,932 ft), 42h 55m
  • 2008 - 1st Place, Race Around Austria, 2500 km & 31,000 meters (1,553.42 miles & 101,706 ft.), 100 hrs 30 m "Record"
  • 2008 - 2nd Place, Race Around Slovenia, 1185 km & 14,000 meters (736.32 miles & 45,932 ft), 42h 50m, 27.6 km/h
  • 2008 - 1st Place, Kraftwerktrophy - 12 hour Dark Solo, 415 km in 12 hours "Night Race" (257.87 miles)
  • 2007 - 3rd Place, Race Around Slovenia, 1185 km & 14,000 meters (736.32 miles & 45,932 ft), 45h 53m
  • 2007 - 2nd Place, 24 hour World Cycle Race in Schotz, Switzerland, 950 km(590.30 miles) "Austrian Record"
  • 2007 - 2nd Place, Race Across the Alps, 540 km & 13,500 meters height, 22h 59m
 

Dan Hayman (Auckland, New Zealand)
Race Day Age: 27
Software Developer

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Currently attempting Guinness World Record in Cycling Around the World with friend & fellow RAAM cohort Richard Beaumont
  • 2010 - 2nd Place in Age Group, 5th Overall, Lake Taupo Extreme Enduro Challenge (New Zealand), 1280 km, 70h 13m 38s
 
 

David Tyson (Ludlow, Vermont, USA)
Race Day Age: 53

Race Results:
 
 

Dick Crispyn (Blankenberge, Belgium)
www.ultracycling.be
Race Day Age: 44
Occupation: Driver
3 Ironman Triathlons, 5 Marathons (Running)
Switched from triathlons to Ultra Cycling after triple knee surgery

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 2nd Place overall, Race Around Ireland, 1350 miles, 77,500 ft of climbing, 5d 19h 29m
  • 2011 - 24th place overall, Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), 1230 km/763 miles, 47h 46m
  • 2010 - 7th Place, RAAM Qualification in Wiedlisbach (Switzerland) Swiss Radmarathon,727km/450 miles; 6300Hm; 27h 21min
  • 2010 - 1st Place, 24 Hours of Zolder (Belgium)
  • 2008 - 9th Place overall, UPC Holland Triathlon, 10h 13m 27s
  • 2008 - Lanzarote Ironman Canarias Triathlon, 11h 8m 19s
 

 

Geoff Brunner (Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA)
www.j327.org
Race Day Age: 44
Occupation: Commercial Insurance Marketing Rep

Previous RAAMs:

  • 2011 - 18th place, Solo RAAM, 12d 0h 0m, 10.38 mph
  • Other Race Results:
  • 2010 - 2nd Place, Adirondack 540, 42h 45m
 
 

Gunnar Ohlanders (Jarvso, Sweden)
gunnarscykelblogg.blogspot.com/
Occupation: Healthcare Worker/Fireman
Race Day Age: 57

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), 1200 km, 62h 59m
  
 

Hans Georg Haus (Pirmasens, Germany)
Race Day Age: 60

Past RAAMs:

  • 1998 - DNF, Solo, 2295.2 miles, 8d 23h 11m, 10.67 mph (stopped in Tennessee, 611.5 miles from finish)
 
 

Henning Larsen (Fraugde, Odense, Denmark)
hlraam2012.dk/
Occupation: Industrial Joinery
Race Day Age: 45
Has run 13 marathons.

Race Results

  • 2011 - 1st Place, Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), Solo Race, 786.6 km/488 miles, "Course Record"
  • 2011 - Tour de Mont Blanc
  • 2011 - Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP)
  • 2010 - 1st Place, Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), Solo Race, 774.2 km/481 miles, "Course Record"
  • 2009 - 1st Place, Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), Solo Race, 767.0 km/476 miles, "Course Record"
  • Started cycling in 1993
 

Holger Roethig (Essen, Germany)
www.holger-roethig.de
Occupation: CEO of Event Agency Kultum Gmbh Essen
Race Day Age: 41

Past RAAMs:

  • 2010 - DNF, Solo RAAM, 2500 miles, 10d 7h
  • Other Race Results:
  • 2010 - 4th Place, Sliven - Varna - Sliven (Bulgaria), 1200 km
  • 2009 - 9th Place Ranking, UMCA World
  • 2009 - 3rd Place, Kuota 12 Hr Kraftwerk Trophy (Austria), Vienna Danube Island (Austria), 459,20 km
  • 2009 - 10th Place overall, 7th in Age Group, Glocknerman Ultra Bicycle Marathon World Championship (Austria), 1.015 km and 15.743 hm, 55h 20 m
  • 2009 - 18th Place overall, 2nd place age group, Velothon Berlin (Germany), 120 km in 2h 45m 49s
  • 2009 - 8th Place, Sliven-(Sofia)-Varna-Sliven (Bulgaria), Super certification with 1,200 km/750 miles, 83h 20m
  • 2009 - 25th Place, London-Edinburgh-London, Super brevet 1,400 km, 83h 45m
  • 2009 - Great Bayern-Rundfahrt, Super certification with 1,200 km, 91h 55m
  • 2009 - 3rd Place, Race around Ireland, 2.170 km/1350 miles, 22.860 hm/75000 ft, 5d 8h 11m
  • 2008 - 1st Place, Sliven-(Sofia)-Varna-Sliven (Bulgaria), Super certification with 1,200 km/750 miles, 70h 40m
  • 2008 - 6th Place, Rocky Mountains (Colorado), Super brevet 1,200 km/750 miles, 58h 42m, qualifying for RAAM
  • 2007 - Trondheim-Oslo, 540 km, 22 h
  • 2007 - Paris-Brest-Paris, Superbrevet 1.200 km, 85h 19mh
 
 

Janet Christiansen (Ramona, California)
http://teamosprey.launchtbi.com
Software Engineer
Race Day Age: 51
Cyclist, Runner, and Tri-athlete
This could possibly be her last RAAM

Previous RAAMs

  • 2011 - DNF, Solo, 342.50 miles, 1d 1h 56m, 13.21 mph
  • 2009 - 2nd Place, Solo, 12d 4h 57m, 10.3 mph
  • 2008 - DNF, Solo, 1st Place with 250 miles left, 11d 10h 47m, 5.17 mph
  • 2007 - 1st Place, 2 Person Team (Female), "Team Phoenix", 8d 18h 57m, 14.42 mph, "set record"

Race Results:

  • 2010 - 1st Place Women's, 3rd overall, Mount Laguna (Ca) Bicycle Classic, 101 miles & 11000 ft of climbing, 6h 35m
  • 2007 - 1st Place, Hoo Doo 500, 519 miles in 44h 37m, "set course record"
  • 2005 - 3rd Place, Gold Rush Randonnee - The California 1200k, 79h 19 m
  • 2004 - 1st Place, 3rd overall, Furnace Creek 508, 508 miles, 30000+ ft of climbing in Mojave Desert, 35h 36m
  • 2003 - 2nd Place, 15th overall, Furnace Creek 508, 508 miles, 30000+ ft of climbing in Mojave Desert, 37h 51m
  • Double Centuries:
    • 2004 - California Triple Crown Winner
    • 2003 - 2nd place women's, Santa Rosa Terrible Two, 12h 53m, (4th woman in event history to break 13 hours)
  • Ironman Triathlons:
    • 2002, 1998, 1997 - 1st Place, Santa Rosa Vineman Ironman
    • 1996 - 3rd Place women's 35 - 39 age group, Hawaii Ironman
    • 1994 - 15th Place, Women's Pro Division, Nice Triathlon
  • US Cycling Association:
    • 1991 - 25th Place, Ore Ida Women's Challenge
    • 1988 - 10th Place, Women's National Road Race
 
 

Jason "The Hammer" Lane (Sudbury, Canada)
www.teamhammerfest.com
Occupation: Adventure Racer
Race Day Age: 30

Race Results:

  • 2009 Storm the 10, 10hr solo lap style multisport - 1st overall
  • 2009 Logs Rocks and Steel 6hr Multisport solo, 5th
  • 2009 20km Grand Kam Kayak Tour, 1st
  • 2009 Conquer the Dog multisport triathlon, solo, 1st overall
  • 2009 One Day AR Solo -2nd
  • 2009 Untamed New England - unranked
  • 2009 Infiterra MIX - 5th
  • 2009 Odyssey EFIX - 3rd
  • 2009 GMARA Frigid Infliction - 3rd
  • 2009 Odyssey One Day Extreme - 2nd
  • 2008 Kurtun Adventure Race, Turkey, spent 2 days in mountain clinic...
  • 2008 Quest for a Cure, 48hr 1st Overall.
  • 2008 Patagonia Expedition Race, Tierra del Fuego, Chile. 10 days non-stop, 4th.
  • 2007 Storm the 10, 1st solo male, 1st overall.
  • 2007 Keen Multisport Games, 2nd.
  • 2007 48 Hr Quest for a Cure, 2nd.
  • 2007 Florida Coast to Coast, 3 days, 1st, 2 person co-ed.
  • 2007 Accepted among top 10 teams, World Adventure Racing Championship
  • 2006 Desafio de los Volcanes, Patagonia, 6 days, 20th.
  • 2005 Beast of the East, World Series Event, 6 days, 3rd place.
  • 2004 Named to All Canadian Collegiate Cross Country Running Team. 7th overall.
  • 2004 Atikokan 48 Hr Annual Adventure Race, 2nd place.
  • 1996-2006 Raid the North 36 Hr Adventure Races, various locations across Canada, 9 races, 3 podium finishes.
  • 2003 Transrockies Challenge, 7 day mountain bike stage race, Fernie, BC to Canmore, AB. Team Norco, 13th.
  • 2002 Raid the North Extreme, World Series Event, 6 days 15th, unranked.
  • 2002 Salomon Adventure Challenge Winter Edition, 1st.
  • 2001 24 Hours of Adrenalin World Solo Championship Qualified.
  • 2001 Member of National University Nordic Ski Gold Medalist Team, 15th individual result.
  • 2000 Hi-Tec Eastern Canadian Championship Adventure Race, 1st.
 

Jim Dannis (Dalton, New Hampshire, USA)
Occupation: Farming/Forestry
Race Day Age: 54

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 2nd Place, Adirondack 540 (New York), 517 miles, 45h 19m
  • 2011 - Bike Up the Mountains Point Series - Northeast Championship (9 races up different mountains), many raced with his wife and RAAM crew chief Sandy on a tandem
 

Jiri "Jira" Hledik (Czech Republic)
www.jirihledik.cz
Occupation: Nuclear Engineering
Race Day Age: 53
Other hobbies: Skiing, Climbing, Gardening
As a child was into gymnastics, downhill skiing, collective sports, orienteering

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 15th place in category/34th overall, Race Around Austria, 2164 km/1344 miles, 28000m/91,864 feet of climbing, 5d 21h 59m
  • 2011 - 6th in age group, DOS RAS Extreme (Race Around Slovenia), 1138.6 km/707 miles, 14.500m/47,572 feet of climbing, 2d 17h 47m
  • 2008 - First Ultra Marathon & Stage Race
  • Since 2007 - Velo series marathons
 
 

Joan Deitchman (Canada)
www.joandeitchman.com

Joan on Google Plus

Lives in Sunnyvale, California, raised in Alberta, Canada.
Occupation: Software Engineer
Race Day Age: 31

Previous RAAMs:

  • 1st Place in age group & overall women, Race Across the West (RAW), 857.6 miles in 2d 22h 58m (Course Record), "Queen Of The Desert"," Rookie Of The Year"

Other Race Results:

  • 2011 - Super Randonneur Award - Completed 200, 300, 400 and 600 kilometer brevets
  • 2010 - Furnace Creek 508 Solo Finisher - 3rd Place Woman (44:56:16)
  • 2010 - Race Across Oregon Solo Finisher (Race Report)- 3rd Place Woman (46:28:16)
  • 2009 - Hoodoo 500 Solo Finisher, 1st Place Woman and Course Record (44:58:00)
  • 2009 - Race Across Oregon (Race Report)- DNF
  • 2009 - California Triple Crown Stage Race - 3rd Place Woman (51:45:00)
  • 2009 - Ironman New Zealand
  • 2009 - Davis 12 Hour Event
  • 2008, 2010 - Davis 24 Hour Event
  • 2008 - Furnace Creek 508 Solo Finisher (Race Report)- 6th Place Woman (36:22:24)
  • 2007, 2008 - LA Grand Tour Triple Century
  • 2006 - Ironman Lake Placid
  • 2005 - 2011 - California Triple Crown Double Centuries -32 Completed
  • 2002, 2005, 2010 - Ironman Canada
 
 

Joe Barr (Donegal, Ireland)
www.teamjoebarr.com
- Former International Professional Cyclist at height of his cycling career, 1986 Commonwealth Games Bronze Medalist
- 12 years in cycling retirement, son having brain tumor got him out to raise money for Northern Ireland Cancer Fund for Children
- First ever Irish person to qualify for solo RAAM
- 1993 - Set north/south crossing record of Ireland record, Malin to Mizen, 19h 3m, 380 miles

Race Results

  • 2009 - 1st Place, Race Around Ireland, 1350 miles, 75,500 feet of climbing 4d 12h 12m (Course Record as of 2011)
 
 

Len Forkas (Vienna, Virginia, USA)
http://www.hopecam.org/
Race Day Age: 52
Occupation: Wireless Communications Executive
Tri-athlete/Duo-athlete, Ultra Distance Runner, Marathoner, marathon PR 3h 45m - has done numerous races each year over the last ten years, PR for Ironman triathlon 12h 17m 3s

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 4th Place overall, Adirondack 540 (New York), 540 miles in 47h 14m
  • 2011 - 2nd Place age group, Sebring 24 Hour (Florida), 404.6 miles
  • 2010 - Vermont 100 Endurance Race (Running - 100 miler), 28h 58m 37s
  • 2010 - North Face Endurance Challenge (Running - 50 miler), 12h 38m 22s
  • 2009 - North Face Endurance Challenge (Running - 50 miler), 11h 23m 30s
  • 2008 - Ford Ironman Arizona, 12h 52m 56s
  • 2007 - JFK 50 mile Run, 10h 40m 20, has run this race every year since 2002, PR best 9h 45m 59s in 2006
 
 

Luigi Barilari (Forl, Italy)
Race Day Age: 56

Just recent took up long distance cycling

Race Results:

  • 2011- Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), 1230km/750 miles, 58h 38m
  • 2011 - 3rd Place in age group, 9th Place overall, 24 Hour of Montello, Italy, 577 km/358.53 miles, 7820m
  • 2011 - Swiss Radmarathon 24 Hour, 715 km/444 miles, 28h 30m
 
 

Markus " Max" Strinz (Nagold - Vollmar Willingen, Germany)
www.team-strinz.de
Race Day Age: 51

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Swiss Radmarathon, 720 km, 444 miles, 30h 28m
  • 2010 - 34th Place, German Cycling Cup Jedermann (Everyman)
  • 2009 - 12th Place, German Cycling Cup Jedermann
  • 2008 - German Cycling Cup
  • Expanded from his website:
  • Sporting Career General
  • Since 1992 I have been cycling. From 1992 to 2000, I rode in countless events locally. From 2000 to 2005, I rode more and more every man race, but without belonging to a team.
  • As of 2005 changed all that
    Club membership
  • 2005 - 2008 RV Siegburg
  • 2008 - RSV Öschelbronn Team
  • 2005 - 2008 Lexxi Team Cologne
  • 2008 - 2009 Team Radon Bonn
  • 2009 - 2010 team Corratec Multipower Active Bonn
  • 2011 - Team ISB Cologne Cologne
    Training advice
  • 2005 - 2008 STAPS / Sebastian Weber Cologne
  • 2008 - actin / Phillip Scheller Leonberg
    Marathon participation
    Here is a selection of previous marathon highlights:
  • Alpirsbach 4x
  • Triberg marathon (253 km, 5200 hm)
  • Everyone Triberg race (50 km, result No. 11)
  • Schwob Aland 1x 400 km
  • Schwob Aland extreme 2x
  • Dreiländergiro Nauders 2011 (168 Km, 3300 hm, result in square AK 93 06:34:47 h)
  • Dreiländergiro Nauders 2010 (168 Km, 3300 hm, place result in AK 141 6:56:14 h)
  • Chiba Alpine Cup Series 2010 (Series races in Radstadt, Bad Reichenhall, Engadine, 13th place overall Ak)
  • Radstadt 2x
  • Bad Reichenhall 2x
 
 

Matthew Warner-Smith (Australia)
racingmatt.blogspot.com
Race Day Age: 39
Occupation: International Civil Servant (UN), UNAIDS- Joint United National program on HIV/AIDS
Ironman Tri-athlete

Previous RAAMs:

  • 2010 - 3rd Place, Solo, 9d 15h 3m, 13.01 mph, "Rookie of the Year", "King of the Mountains", "King of the Prairies" awards

Cycling

  • 2010 - 1st Place overall, Montello 24 Hour (Italy), 670 km/416 miles
    2009 - 8th Place, Tortour (Switzerland), 1,070km with 15,000m of climbing in 47 hours 8 minutes
  • 2009 - 10th Place, Radmarathon( Switzerland), 720km with 5,600m of climbing in 25 hours 17 minutes, qualified for RAAM (first attempt)
  • 2001 - Fritz Pienaar Cycles Mountain Bike Team (Pretoria)
  • 1997 - University of Sydney Road Cycling Team, Australian University Games
  • 1995 - Started road racing with Northern Suburbs Cycling Club (Sydney)
  • 1992 - Started MTB racing with Western Sydney MTB Club


Running

  • Marathon personal best: 2:38:15
  • Half-marathon personal best: 1:15:54
  • 10km personal best: 33:07

Marathons

  • Zurich 2009: 2:38
  • Zurich 2008: 2:47
  • Zurich 2007: 3:01
  • Rome 2007: 3:04
  • Paris 2006: 3:34
  • Madrid 2004: 3:26

Adventure racing

  • Team Fritz Pienaar 2001 - Gauteng 100km; Western Cape 100km; O'Grabys 200km;
  • Adventure Quest Africa 500km
  • Team Linden Cycles 2001 - Dragons Revenge 200km

Triathlon

  • Ironman personal best: 9:40
  • Half-ironman personal best: 4:33
  • Olympic distance personal best: 2:01
 
 

Michi Hange (Pullach/Isartal, Germany)
Race Day Age: 48
Occupation: Consultant

Triathlons (15 Ironman - Hawaii, 1st Tri -Australia), Paragliding, Adventure Racing, test pilot for the glider manufacturer NOVA

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 12 Hours of Montello (Italy)
  • 2011 - Swiss Radmarathon, 720 km , 28h 7m
  • 2009 - Ford Ironman Arizona, 11h 55m 19s
  • 2009 - Ironman UK, 12h 37m 27s
  • 2008 - Ironman Western Australia, 11h 7m 25s
  • 2008 - Ironman New Zealand, 11h 51m 1s
  • 2008 - Ironman China, 13h 43m 40s
  • 2008 - Ironman Japan, 13h 19m
  • 2008 - Ironman 70.3 Singapore
  • 2007 - Florida Ironman 70.3, 6h 1m 49s
  • 2005 - Ford Ironman, 13h 18m 16s
  • 2005 - Ironman New Zealand, 12h 11m 16s
 
 

Mike Wilson (San Diego, California, USA)
Race Day Age: 38
Occupation: Marketer in Sporting Goods Industry
Grand Tour Triple, Double Centuries, Longtime Mountain Biker, started road cycling in 2003
At age 31, he weighed 250 pounds, lost 75 pounds

Past RAAMs:


  • 2010 - 4th Place in age group, Race Across the West (RAW), 857.68 miles, 3d 4h 53m, 11.16 mph, "King of the Mountains Award"
  • 2009 - Medical DNF, Race Across the West (RAW)

Other Race Results:

  • 2011 - 1st Place overall, Heart of the South 500 (Alabama), 517 miles, 35h 50m
  • 2010 - 3rd Place, 24 Hours of Davis (California)
  • 2008 - Furnace Creek 508 (Death Valley, California), 508 miles, 30000+ ft, 35h 15m
  • 2007 - Furnace Creek 508 (Death Valley, California), 508 miles, 30000+ ft, 41h 44m
 
 

Morten Kjaersgaard (Viborg, Denmark)
www.raam2012.dk
Occupation: Manager
Race Day Age: 49
"Wants to be the first solo Danish racer ever"

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP), 1230km/763 miles, 71h 41m
  • 2011 - Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), 641.8 km/398.8 miles
  • 2005 - London-Edinburgh-London, 1400 km, 77h 19m
 
 

Nick Dunne (Wellington, New Zealand)
www.nickdunne.co.nz
Race Day Age: 34
Occupation: Motor Trimmer

  • Trains 80% at night and in the wee hours of the morning.
  • Started riding in 2001 in memory of his father.

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 1st Place, Lake Taupo Extreme Enduro (New Zealand), 10 laps, 1600km, 96h 1m 42s
  • 2010 - Lake Taupo Extreme Enduro (New Zealand), 8 laps, 1280km, 75h 41m 50s
 
 

Olivier Dupuis (Bullinger, Belgium)
www.olivier-dupuis.com
Occupation: Managing Director of a Hall Construction Company
Race Day Age: 27
Diagnosed with bone cancer at age 19
Orienteering & Soccer

Race Results:

  • 2010 - 8th Place overall, Swiss Radmarathon, 27h 48m, 724 km/450 miles
 
 

Paul Carpenter (Batavia, Illinois)
www.ultraracer.net
Native of the United Kingdom
Race Day Age: 53
Occupation: Northern Illinois University Department Chair for Kinesiology and Physical Education

Previous RAAMs:

  • 2010 - DNF, Solo RAAM, 1598.11 miles, 6d 11h 19m, 10.29 mph
  • 2008 - 1st Place, Race Across the West (RAAM), 3 days, 11 hr, 27 min
  • Other Race Results:
  • 2011 - 1st Place in age group, Balltown Classic Double Century (Iowa), 200 miles in 11h 34m
  • 2011 - 1st Place in age group, Ultra Midwest 24 Hour, 401.8 miles
  • 2010 - 3rd Place age group, 7th overall, Sebring 24 Hour (Fl), 393.3 miles
  • 2009 - 1st Place, M50-59, Sebring 24 Hour Race (Florida), 416 miles
  • 2009 - 1st Place, M50-54, Calvin's 12 Hour Challenge (Ohio), 258 miles (new course record)
  • 2009 - 1st Place, M50-54, National 24 Hour Challenge (Michigan), 442.6 miles
  • 2009 - 1st Place, M50-54, Iowa 24 Hour Challenge, 414.4 miles
  • 2008 - 1st Place, M25-49, UMCA Ultracycling Cup
  • 2008 - 3rd Place Overall, Tejas 500 Mile Race (Texas), 30 hr, 16 min
  • 2008 - 2nd Place, M25-49, Metamora (Indiana) 4x50, 212 miles, 9 hr, 55 min
  • 2008 - Cross Illinois State Record, E-W-E, 16 hr 18 min, 155.2 miles, 20.33 mph
  • 2007 - 1st Place Overall, Tejas 500 Mile Race (Texas), 30 hr, 57 min
  • 2007 - 2nd Place, M25-49, Saratoga 24 Hour Challenge (New York), 411.8 miles
  • 2007 - 2nd Place, M25-49, Metamora (Indiana) 4x50, 9 hr, 58 min, 200 miles
  • 2007 - 2nd Place, M25-49, Iowa 24 Hour Challenge, 435.2 miles
  • 2007 - 2nd Place Overall, Death Valley Double, 200 miles, 11 hr, 22 min
 
 

Paul Millar (Canada)
http://canraam.blogspot.com/
Occupation:
Race Day Age: 51

Previous RAAMs:

  • 2011 - 1st Place 50-59 age group, 2 person Team, Team Racer Sportif, 6d 23h 21m, 17.86 mph

Race Results:

  • Previous road racing background
 
 

Reto Schoch (Speicherschwendi, Switzerland)
http://sites.google.com/site/rbschoch/Home
Occupation: CEO of start-up bio-tech mechanical engineering firm, Swissfluidics AG, dealing in micro-nano fluidics
Race Day Age: 33

Race Results:
" 2011 - 1st Place, Tortour (Race Around Switzerland), 1000 km, 35h 32m 30s
" 2011 - 1st Place, Race Across the Alps, 532 km, 12 mountain passes, 14.532 m, "Course Record", 21h 26m
 
 

Richard Beaumont (Auckland, New Zealand)
Race Day Age: 29
Occupation: Former New Zealand Rower

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Attempting Guinness World Record in Cycling Around the World with friend and RAAM cohort Dan Hayman
  • 2010 - 1st Place in Age Group, 4th Overall, Lake Taupo Extreme Enduro Challenge (New Zealand), 1280 km, 70h 13m 38s
  • 2009 - New Zealand Rowing Team in the LWT4
  • 2008 - New Zealand Rowing Team in the LWT2
 
 

Sergey Zimin (Moscow, Russia Federation)
Retired: 14 years as Chief Engineer for gold producer
Race Day Age: Age 67
www.vershina.info

  • 2010 - First Russian to ride his bike in Australia from south to north,3900 km in 19 days, from Melbourne to Darwin
  • Has done six long distance bike trips in Australia, covering 13000 km. One of those rides is listed above. He has also climbed Kilimanjaro, hiked on the Great Wall, and been on five geological expeditions.
 
 

Stefan Schlegel (Herschberg, Germany)
www.stefans-race.de
Race Day Age: 36
Occupation: Personal Fitness Trainer
Triathlons - 8 Ironman finishes, PR at Hawaii 10:04:50
Raising money for Kinder Unterm Regenbogen (Kids Under the Rainbow)

Race Results:

  • 2011 - Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), 670 km, 22h 50m, his first ultra cycling race
  • 2010 - Hawaii Ironman World Championship, 10:04:50
  • 2010 - Ironman China, 2nd in age group, 10:19:28
  • 2009 - Ironman Nice, 10:33:19
  • 2008 - Ironman Zurich
  • 2007 - Ironman Zurich
  • 2006 - Ironman Frankfurt/Main
  • 2005 - Ironman Klangenfurt (Austria)
  • 2004 - Ironman Frankfurt/Main
  • Finisher of numerous marathons; Monaco, Vienna, Athens, Barcelona, Rome, fastest German marathoner at Barcelona. Several top three places in age group duathlons, triathlons, and running 10,000m
 
 

Svatopluk Bozak (Czech Republic)
www.svatabozak.cz
Race Day Age: 34
Occupation:

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 6th Place, Race Around Austria (RAA), 2165km, 4d 14h 44m
  • 2011 - 3rd Place, Glocknerman World Championship (Austria), 46h 3m, (24 Hour MTB, 1st Place, 377 km, unofficial)
  • 2011 - 12th Place, Race Around Slovenia (DOS), 1230 km, 47h 37m
  • 2010 - 13th Place, Race Around Slovenia (DOS), 1230 km, 62 h 21m, (2nd Place, 377 km, 24 Hour MTB, 3rd Place, 357 km, 24 Hour MTB)
  • 2010 - 2nd Place, Eurorace Ultramarathon, 1175 km 46h 48m
  • 2009 - 2nd Place, Serial 4 MTB 24 Hour
  • 2009 - 3rd Place, 24 Hour MTB Liberec, 365 km
  • 2009 - 2nd Place, 24 Hour MTB Bystricka, 332 km
  • 2009 - 3rd Place, 24 Hour MTB Beroun, 387 km
  • 2009 - 2nd Place, 24 Hour MTB Vimperk, 291 km
  • 2009 - 7th Place, Eurorace Ultramarathon, 1220 km, 54h 44m
  • 2008 - 4th Place, Serial 4 MTB 24 Hour
  • 2007 - 2nd Place, 24 Hour MTB Bystricka, 390 km
  • 2006 - 1st Place, 24 Hour MTB Bystricka,
  • 2004 - 3rd Place, 24 Hour MTB Zasova, 452 km
  • 2003 - 4th Place, 24 Hour MTB Zasova, 468 km
 

Trix Zgraggen (Altdorf, Switzerland)
www.trixzgraggen.ch
Occupation: Homemaker
Race Day Age: 45


Race Results:

  • 2011 - 1st Place Women, Race Around Austria (RAA), 4d 20h 15m
  • 2010, 2011 - 1st Place Women, Race Across the Alps, 13 mountain passes, 17.760 m
  • 2009, 2010 - 1st Place Women, Tortour (Race Around Switzerland)
  • 2009 - 4th Place Women, Ultraman Hawaii
  • 2006 - 1st Place Women, Gigathlon (Switzerland), Running, Cycling, Swimming across Switzerland, 340 km, 11.111 m, over 3 days
 
 

Valerio Zamboni (Monte Carlo, Italy)
President - New Jet
Race Day Age: 58

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Past RAAMs:

  • 2011 - 3rd place in 50-59 age group, Solo RAAM, 10d 18h 59m, 11.54 mph
  • 2010 - DNF, rode for 7 days 18 hours 13 min, 9.6 mph
  • Other Race Results:
  • 2011 - 1st Place overall, Race Around Ireland, 1350 miles/75000 ft of climbing, 5d 11h 36m
  • 2011 - 2nd Place in age group, Heart of the South 500 (Alabama), 517 miles, 41h 43m
  • 2011 - 2nd Place in age group, Melfar 24 Hour (Denmark), 568.4 km/353.2 miles
  • 2011 - 18th Place overall, Tortour (Switzerland), 621.4 miles, 50h 20m 30s
  • 2011 - 1st Place in age group, Race Around Ireland, 1350 miles/75000 ft of climbing, 5d 19h 29m
  • 2011 - 2nd Place in age group, Ultra Midwest 24 Hour (Iowa), 397.7 miles
  • 2011 - 4th Place in age group, Montello 24 Hour Challenge (Italy), 543.5 km/337.70 miles
  • 2011 - 4th Place Overall, Texas Hill Country 600k, 372.8 miles in 24h 43m
  • 2010 - 5th Place, Race Around Ireland, 1350 miles & 75000 ft of climbing, 5d 20h 28m
  • 2010 - 1st Place in age group, 24 Hour Sebring (Florida), 6th Overall, 400.
  • 2011 - 3rd place in 50-59 age group, Solo RAAM, 10d 18h 59m, 11.54 mph
  • 2010 - DNF, rode for 7 days 18 hours 13 min, 9.6 mph
 
 

Dr. Wolfgang Mader (Zirl, Austria)
www.wolfgangmader.at
Occupation: PR and Communications Leader at TIWAG Tiroler Wassenkraft AG
Race Day Age: 46
Athletics: Track/Field; 60m, 100m, 200m, 400m, long jump, 2001 - 2006; Marathons run - Florence, New York, Vienna, Prague, Frankfurt, PR 3h 7m, Taekwondo, Tennis, Table Tennis, Football (Soccer), Swimming, Chess, Alpine Skiing, Since 1999; Ice Hockey & Cycling

Race Results:

  • 2011 - 48 Hour Guinness World Record for "The Most Vertical Meters Cycled in 48 Hours", 25.346 m (83,156 ft), between Telfs - Mösern, Austria
  • 2010 - 5th Place overall, Swiss Radmarathon, 727 km/450 miles, 26h 57m
  • 2010 - 3rd Place Classic Race, Glocknerman (Austria), 37h 56m
  • 2009 - Annual Cycling Mileage, 21000 km, 16000 m
  • 2009 - 6 Hour Cycling Marathon from Schwanenstadt, 228 km, 2200 m, 38km/h, 20th out of 60
  • 2009 - Masters Tour in Tyrol, 6 stages, 540 km, 5000m, 43rd out of 110
  • 2009 - Milan - San Remo, 307 km, 1800 m, 37 km/h, 41st out of 1100 starters
  • 2009 - Lienzer Dolomite Bike Tour, 112 km, 2400 m, 110th out of 1500
  • 2009 - Jeanntex Tour TransAlp, 900 km, 18600 m, 19th out of 193 teams in age group, 73rd out of 680 overall
  • 2009 - Otztal Cycle Marathon, 238 km, 5500 km, 9h 30m, top 20% in age group