Checkpoint Zero Reeling

Word from the canoe put-in was that the blistering pace set by the leaders has caught up with Checkpoint Zero. Michele Hobson was looking pretty rough and was promptly laid out in the canoe while Peter Jolles and Paul Humphreys paddled away. The go hard or go home strategy that these lead teams are taking is what is required for this race. As the lead teams were only 10 minutes apart at CP14, they appear to be trying to build a lead on each other before the stage ends. ImONPoint.org-Odyssey Adventure Racing and Checkpoint Zero have been leapfrogging each other for the first leg of the race, with WEDALI in the mix the whole time.

Both ImONPoint.org-Odyssey Adventure Racing and Checkpoint Zero both are racing to potentially edge out current Checkpoint Tracker Series leader EMS (not competing at the Atomic AR). Whichever of the two wins the Atomic Adventure Race will be the new Checkpoint Tracker Series leaders. And being the leader at the end of May has its rewards--complementary entries...including airfare...to the Ultimate XC for 3 racers. The Ultimate XC is an innovative 3 day stage race set for June 25th at the world reknowned Mont Tremblant Ski Resort in Quebec, Canada. It is the largest off-road stage race in North America with over 1,100 racers attending.

Speaking with the Jennifer Moos from ImONPoint.org-Odyssey Adventure Racing, she really wants that prize--she's going anyway, so it would mean a free ride (literally) for her. And of course there is pride on the line as well. The defending Checkpoint Tracker Champions, Checkpoint Zero, are seriously being challenged--first in the series by being 3 points down from ImONPoint.org-Odyssey Adventure Racing, and now during the ROC Gear Stage of the Atomic Adventure Race presented by Fuji Bikes.