As If The Summer Wasn't Hot Enough - Team Crank Turns Up the Heat

Team Crank was at it again last week and turned in another great performance at the Cranky Monkey 12 Hour MTB race Quantico Marine Base in Virginia. The temperature hit over 100 degrees.

It wasn't all smooth sailing. Twice they almost had to call it quits due to the extreme temperatures. Somehow they manages to rally both times and were able to hang in for a 2nd place finish. In the process they managed to cover over 110 miles in 11 hours with over 16,000 feet of climbing.

There's a phrase that comes to mind looking at this last picture of Markley on a climb, "Only mad dogs and Englishmen (and now Markley and Chris) are out in the noonday sun". We'll now have to ad Markley and Chris to the short list. This image is truly a portrait in perseverance. (Check out a zoomed version of his facial expression on their blog.)

You can see all of the Sette products that they use on our site by clicking here. Also, check out the whole story on their blog.

Next up... the TransAlp Race in Europe. We eagerly await their race reports!