Race Report (17 + 54 = 2)

We had a fun race report waiting for us in our in-box the other day that’s too good not to share. Markley Anderson, one of the riders we sponsor on Team Crank, decided to see what the world of duathlon racing is all about.

With multi-day adventure races being the norm for Markley, he went ahead and signed up for the 9 Hour Endurance Class at the EX2 Day of Endurance which took place at Rock Gap State Park near Cumberland, Maryland.

The format for the race was simple. For the first three hours racers would run a 5.5 mile lakeside trail as many times as possible. Then, racers would ditch their running shoes for something of the clipless variety and spend the final six hours of the race doing hot laps on a rocky strewn nine mile single track.

On the run Markley scampered 17 miles before hopping on his bike to bang out what would end up being a 54 mile ride. The ride portion turned into one big hammer fest as Markley and the eventual winner battled back and forth the whole way. The final selection wasn’t decided until the last lap.

The real kicker to all this, aside from Markley finishing an astonishing 2nd place in his first duathlon, is that he spent the two weeks prior to the race laid up sick. Basically, Markley rolled out of bed on race day and flat out drilled it for nine hours straight.

Amazing.




“Sette carbon products from Price Point once again came through as I navigated gnarly rock gardens continuously throughout the day.”