44 Starters, 24 finishers. 54% finisher rate.  

1st Steven Moore 21:34:00
2nd Gabriel Szerda 27:02:00
3rd Marius Toma 27:32:00 
4th Garrett Smith 27:43:00
5th Ben Emch 27:44:00
6th Martin Hack 27:49:00
7th Andrew Heard 30:10:00
8th Chris McWatters 31:53:00
9th (1st Female) Rachel Ballard 32:04:00
10th Ken Zemech 32:18:00 
11th Brian Ricketts 32:47:00
12th Fred Roberts 33:18:00
13th Morgan Goff 33:36:00
14th Trevor Davenport 33:37:00
15th Marc Thompson 33:55:00
16th Laron Thomas 34:14:00
17th Noel Kingston 34:28:00
18th Sandy Purtle 35:08:00
19th Warren Muldoon 35:08:00 
20th Davy Crockett 35:11:00
21st Elise Robocker 35:14:00
22nd Carlos Santillan 35:31:00
23rd Jim Skelding 35:33:00
24th Tawyna Dozier 37:15:00

Counting down the days and we are now inside the two week mark!  

This weekend are finishing up on some shopping for the race and Saturday morning heading out for a long weekend of trail marking on this course.  We are welcoming anyone that wants to join us for either Saturday or Sunday (or both) and put in some miles out there marking the course from mile 1 to mile 106.  As the course has some out and back sections we actually only have to mark about 80 miles or so.  Piece of cake right?!  Some of it is even forest road so even easier!

Depending on who and how many people are able to join us is how we will break up the groups so we can send out people simultaneously and keep it to 15-25 mile segments.  I'll be staying that evening at Washington Park Saturday night and starting again on Sunday morning.  

Please email me at azadventures@getoutgetlost.com or message me on Facebook if you are interested in joining us.  If you want to camp out Saturday night you are also welcome to join us!  

I also have another update to our simplified map that now includes the trail name with their associated trail number.  Highline Trail for instance is #31 to the Forest Service and sometimes you see a "#31" marker on a tree but it doesn't say "Highline Trail."  So in an effort to make it as easy as possible, this now states both.  Again, big thank you to Zane Grey RD Joe Galope for creating and continuing to update this map.  You'll see him at Buck Springs AS all night so be sure to say hello and if you're of a mind to, thank you.

I also attached the updated 2013 Race Manual for the race.  In an effort to get this out to everyone versus next week I put it up now.  If you find there are things you'd like to know and add in please email me and I'll do my best to update right away and re-post.

Inside of two weeks and I'm so excited for next weekend!  I hope you are too and look forward to seeing all of you at THAT Brewery Friday next week!

-Jeremy & Noah 

A big thanks to Zane Grey RD Joe Galope for creating this new map for the Monster course. One of the biggest challenges we've faced as a new race is explaining the course layout. It's not a loop.  It's not an out and back.  It's not a point to point.  It's more of a loop out and back...so due to the limited access to the top of the Rim explaining the layout of the trail is somewhat confusing.  By "somewhat" I mean, "really."  

Once you get out on the course it makes a lot more sense and this map helps make it even easier to understand with the sections that are repeated and knowing which way you are going.  We've also included mileage with turn by turn directions on the map itself so you can print this and carry it with you.  The mileage points are approximate so don't freak out if you hit that exact mileage on your watch and you are not at a junction.  GPS watches are all subject to debate based on brand and calibration.  But it will give you a fairly reliable idea of whats ahead and which way you're going to be turning or not turning.  The course is still marked remember, this is just another tool to keep everyone informed and aware of what is up ahead of them.  

We may need to make edits or changes to this map and if so we will update on the website and redistribute.  We will also have color prints of this included in everyone's race registration bag as well as available to pick up on race morning if you want to tuck one in your pack/bottle/sweaty butt pocket.  

Thanks again Joe for the great map!