Race Videos, Results, and Thanks

If you missed some of the videos we produced mid-race, check them out here:

http://www.youtube.com/AtomicAdventureRace

I'll be tallying results today and going through course crew notes to determine results. Once posted, I'll post it here and email out to racers so any disputes can be handled. 3 days will pass and they will become final. I apologize in advance if the final results differ from those that we determined at the awards ceremony.

At a later date after CPs are all collected, we'll go through logbooks and make a cool spreadsheet that shows all the breakdown.

I also want to thank EVERYBODY who participated and helped make this race. That includes:

• the racers who put their faith in this inaugural event and suffered for up to 27 hours on the course (congrats to last time-of-day finish for Team Florida Xtreme Masters, who were announced at the awards ceremony to have won the 3-Person Open category).
  
• the sponsors, who gave over $9000 of schwag and gear to the race and racers. co-title sponsor Reality Bikes & Skateboards in Cumming, GA, for letting us use their 27' RV, so we could be unafraid of the rain KO'ing our media coverage.
  
• the volunteers (30+ strong) who manned checkpoints, loaded/unloaded canoes, performed a night-time river sweep to ensure paddlers were okay, recorded teams' progress, shot video & photos, edited and uploaded video & photos, blogged about teams, performed gear checks and managed check-in, filled up water jugs, set up and tore down the finish structure and signage, and cooked an AWESOME post-race meal. and to the 30-hour volunteers that I want to give a special thanks to, because they were essential to the Atomic AR's success.
• the race management team, who were the glue that held it all together. Joanna, Laura, Jordan, Michael, and Jack were well in tune with everything that was going on, often times switching roles with Jack and I while we were occupied with other things. It is a testimate to their involvement that they would be able to step it up like this.
  
• the paramedics, EMTs, and MD that helped ensure this was a safe race. they were enthusiastic and on top of things the entire time, going above and beyond.
• the permitters and Amicalola Falls State Park staff, who offered us solutions to our problems, and were VERY accommodating to the event, making the day before and the days of the race go very smoothly--from the check-in room setup, to the handling of parking and parking passes, to offering volunteers coffee and racers showers, they seemed to know just what we were lacking and stepped up to offer it.
• all of our families, who on a daily basis supported and enabled us to do what we do.