This is a short report from a Spokane newspaper about the 60K race. The guy in the photo and article is the “Dan” I mentioned in my report. We rode much of the race together. I’m surprised he had problems with his fingers as he had big pogies on his bike and I only had lobster mitts.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/outdoors/2014/mar/02/frigid-fat-tire-race-extends-10-hour-epic/