bhilden@druxj.UUCP (HildenbrandBE) (07/31/85)
At 2:06 EDT July 30 Jonathan "Jock" Boyer crossed the finish line to win the Men's and Overall title in the 1985 RAAM. His elapsed time of 9 days 2hrs and 16min is the fastest crossing ever. Previous editions of the RAAM covered a course some 200-400 miles shorter!!! In second place, at 70 miles, was Michael Secrest. Boyer's victory should silence the feud between endurance cyclists(read "sleep deprivationists") and racers as to who are the better athletes. Also interesting to note is that Boyer has signed a contract with the 7-11 team and will be on the line Saturday(i.e 4 days from now) for the start of the Coors Classic. No news on the women, sorry. Bruce Hildenbrand
jon@utcs.UUCP (Jon Alexander) (08/01/85)
In article <1037@druxj.UUCP> bhilden@druxj.UUCP (HildenbrandBE) writes: > > Boyer's victory should silence the feud between > endurance cyclists(read "sleep deprivationists") > and racers as to who are the better athletes. > I've been following the net news on RAAM (can't seem to find it in many other places). However (forgive my ignorance), I'm not sure which kind of athlete Boyer is. Can anyone fill me in? -- Jon 'Big J' Alexander Univ. of Toronto Comp. Serv. Toronto, Ontario, CANADA ...!{decvax}!utzoo!utcs!jon {ihnp4 }