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RAAM has gone by now and I have yet to truly put words to my thoughts. If I could summarize my experience in one word it would be intense and that is exactly what it was.
I missed the start on Saturday as I had other commitments to take care of prior to meeting up with our crew chief John and picking up Ryan and Larry. With all of those done team #3 of Team ViaSat was on our way to Blythe California for a midnight start of our leg. By the time we were done with that it was 24 hours of no sleep for me with a 4 hour drive ahead of us. That was day one. Ryan and Larry road very well and I was thoroughly impressed at how the whole race across the country was unfolding.