"It was a thinly veiled disguise of chaos."
Rick Kapala
Event organizer
"We started off slowly and then backed off."
John and Jack Seiler
Hikers
"The double event, the bike then the run, it was the toughest thing that I've ever done, and I have done some things."
John Kearney
Combined bike and run
"It is a beautiful day and the race hurt like hell, but was great fun."
Hether Halter
Women's running race winner
"It was a very fast field and well set up with the mass start over at Cold Springs. It was really huge having 40 people the first year of the bike portion."
Sean McEntee
Bike race
"Don't look up, and it still is a very long race. At one point all I could think about was that Miles was probably already at the top. Now I can eat."
Claudia Hattrup
Combined bike and run