(The goal was to) have a good, steady race and treat it like a time trial rather than a head-to-head race, ... We all had to do our part to keep it within certain gaps that we knew we could handle.

Now is the time to determine whether or not it will be a two-horse race for the title,

This race is simply too close to call, ... Let me say I have been in politics a very long time, but I don't think there has ever been a night like this one.

It's anybody's race. If they can win it, we can win it. It's that close. One mistake in a turn can cost you the race.

As the race evolved, we wanted to highlight all the great miles of trails in Durango. As more and more people came to us and said, 'Hey, we want to do both races,' we decided to create the special awards and went so far as to change the name of the race. We're really marketing the double this year.

If there was no air travel, I wouldn't be able to race overseas and I wouldn't have an international career. I simply wouldn't be able to do what I do.