Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.  Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus - Philippians 3:12-14

The team and crew plan worship together this Lord’s day (staggered services?).  This is a Pilgrim Church (This world is not my home, I’m just a-passin’ thru…).  Happy Father’s Day to the fathers and grandfathers on team and crew.  Your families are proud of you and pray for you…

TDLGV checked into Putnamville IN at 11:50 PM CA time.  Then on to Indianapolis IN at 2:10 AM, and Cambridge City IN at 4:50.  They are predicted in Troy OH at 7:52 AM CA time.  They check in at 7:37 AM CA time speeding 2 mph over-average 22.74 mi/hr this leg!  They are predicted in London OH around 10:30 AM CA time.  They check in at 10:02 making VERY good time.  While we were at church, they checked into Circleville OH at 11:40.  They are predicted in Athens OH at 2:15.  They check in at 2:16 PM CA time.  They are predicted at Parkersburg, WV at 4:10 PM CA time.  They check in at 4:09. They are predicted at Smithburg WV at 6:25 PM CA time.  They checked in at 6:24 PM.  They are predicted in Grafton WV at 8:37 PM CA time.  They check in at 8:48 PM.  The last seven stations before this hilly ground have been substantially over their average speed, the hills slowed them just a bit.  They are now in the hills at night, up and down, up and down, so pray for them.  Is it hills of  Appalachia or Allegeny?  They are predicted in Gormania WV around 11 PM CA time.  They checked in at 11:35.  The hills are tough.  They are predicted in La Vale MD at 1:45 to 2:30 AM CA time. They checked in at 2:03 AM.  They arrive in Hancock MD at 4:17 AM CA time.  The are predicted in Rouzerville PA at 6:38 AM CA time.  Photo of Rick Neptune from Horseshoe Bend Road near Troy OH.

There was a reporting error that had TDLGV skipping a station, and the chart showed them on a pace to catch up with Team Psycho in a station or two!  I printed the chart in the couple minutes before RAAM corrected the error to show Ron what the team accomplished on his shift, just for fun!  Back to reality…

RAAM Video Update 12 with Ron Lewis and Marc Friedheim! The blur above is Adam Abildgaard at a Time Station in Kansas.  See other team and crew members!

RAAM posts a map from Parkersburg to Atlantic City. 

A RAAM fan’s helpful chart to chart teams’ relative positions, distance spread and speed trajectories.  Look for the TDLGV magenta trajectory in fourth place overall.  Other charts.  Scroll down the blog to see Google Earth links, ViaSat live video and more fun features for following the race.

They have raced 2775 miles from Oceanside at an average speed of 20.73 mi/hr.  Now, 24 hours times 20.73 mi/hr is 498 miles per day!  TDLGV is predicted to arrive at the finish line in Atlantic City between 6 and 7 PM ET June 18, which is between 3 and 4 PM CA time, God willing and by grace and mercy.

8-man Team Type I - monitored by: Freestyle all-diabetic team is in first position 10 hours in front of TDLGV.  I understand one Team Type I member is a UCD MBA grad student.  4-man Team Beaver Creek - Catlin is 7.5 hours ahead of TDLGV, and 4-man Team Psycho is 6.5 hours ahead.  TDLGV is in fourth overall position.  Behind TDLGV are 8-man teams Team ViaSat 3 hours behind, then Cheniere’s Making Cancer History Team only 14 minutes behind ViaSat.  The 8-man North Coast Cycling Team is four hours behind TDLGV.  This team includes two 60+ year old brothers, one a RAAM two time solo winner and solo speed (15.4 mph) record holder for 21 years, the other RAAM veteran brother missing part of his leg.  They hail from North Coast Church in Vista, and one pastor is riding and another pastor is on the crew.  They represent North Coast Community Services.  RAAM considered them to be the ones chasing TDLGV to the Atlantic coast in the feature article they wrote about TDLGV, which is on the homepage of RAAM still. 

At Circleville OH Cheniere’s Making Cancer History Team overtook Team ViaSat for 3rd in 8-man division and 5th cross division standing.  They are both riding in excess of 25 mi/hr.  At Athens OH both going 22.23 Cheniere’s clocks in 3 minutes ahead of ViaSat at 4:52 PM CA time.  They soon fell a few minutes behind ViaSat again. Then 5 minutes ahead.

Leader Team Type I received a 30 minute penalty after leaving Grafton WV for 45 minutes total penalty.  They are predicted to arrive in Atlantic City between 7:30 and 8:30 AM ET June 18. 

Team Donate Life news on RAAM -from Chew’s Views:
In Eastern Kansas, we stopped to talk with Team Donate Life – Grace Valley. They have a 12 person crew with 5 vehicles. Shortly before we met them, they rode past an accident site where a vehicle had hit and killed a bull. Solo rider Pete Bajiema hit a bull near the Utah/Wyoming border in the 2000 RAAM, and DNFed at 1,166 miles. Grace Valley also told me that another team saw a grizzly bear in the Rocky Mountains. Back from their 2006 team, Dwight Morejohn rides a 1961 Cinelli with a homemade seatpost.
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Team Donate Life – Beauty and the Beast were such a team they decided to be two teams. Kent Mulkey has joined Team Donate Life-TexOz as a crew member and Deborah Georges is attempting to finish RAAM 2007 as a solo rider.

Kent Mulkey is the organizer of all six Team Donate Life teams.

Team Donate Life Report on the road on RAAM - by Jason Weckworth of Team Donate Life, Inc.  Board of Directors and Rider

Racers Approach Finish on RAAM talks about the solo riders and the three teams in front of us.