<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34225722</id><updated>2011-07-30T23:08:25.894-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Team Eastern Mountain Sports -- Adventure Racing Champions</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://teameasternmountainsports.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34225722/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teameasternmountainsports.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Team Eastern Mountain Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06355871804539727675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34225722.post-4360916499591529009</id><published>2008-04-29T11:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-28T11:30:46.234-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333399;"&gt;Team Eastern Mountain Sports&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:180%;color:#3366ff;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;An adventure racing team of athletes who proudly call New England their home.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Formed in 2004, Team Eastern Mountain Sports is consistently one of the highest ranked adventure racing team in the United States.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Career Highlights:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2006 USARA National Champions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2007-2009, Three time USARA National Masters Champions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2008 USARA National Point Series Champions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2007 North American Rogaine Champions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008- Four time New England Adventure Race Series Champions &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;2010 Results&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointtracker.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000066;"&gt;Currently #1 Ranked Team in CheckPoint Tracket National Series&lt;br /&gt;Currently Ranked #2 Team in USARA National Point Series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;2nd, Mandatory Gear Adventure Race, South Carolina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://checkpointzero.com/2010/03/eastern-mountain-sports-moves-into-1st-place-with-endorphin-fix-win/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ARNewswire+%28AR+Newswire%29"&gt;1st Place, E-Fix 50 Hour Race, West Virginia &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2nd&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; Place, Equinox Traverse 48 Hour Race, Virginia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"&gt;Upcoming Races&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;July, Infittera 24 Hour RAGE, Michigan&lt;br /&gt;August, Untamed New England 3-Day race&lt;br /&gt;October, USARA 24 National Championships, Pennsylvania&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2009 Results&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"&gt;1st Place, LBL 24-Hour Adventure Race, Kentucky&lt;br /&gt;1st Place, The Longest Day and Night 27-Hour Adventure Race, New York&lt;br /&gt;1st Place, Cradle of Liberty 28-Hour Adventure Race, Pennsylvania&lt;br /&gt;1st Place, LionHeart 26-Hour Adventure Race, Pennsylvania&lt;br /&gt;1st Place, Racing Ahead 12-Hour Adventure Race, New Hampshire&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get the latest news on the team and find out what we have been up to by visiting our blog at &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointzero.com/ems/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;http://www.checkpointzero.com/ems/&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;2008 Results&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointtracker.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.showDashboard&amp;amp;eventID=133"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Swamp Stomp&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, Florida (30 hour adventure race) 2nd Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gmara.org/frigid/results08.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;GMARA's Frigid Infliction&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, Bolton Valley, 1st Place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointtracker.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.showDashboard&amp;amp;eventID=127"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;CheckPointZero Adventure Race&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, Georgia, (30 hour race) 1st Place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointtracker.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.showDashboard&amp;amp;eventID=134"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Baja Travesia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, Mexico, 5 day International Expedition Race, 1st Place All Women’s Team, 7th overall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointtracker.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=app.showDashboard&amp;amp;eventID=134"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Planet Adventure Race&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, Indiana, 1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://genesisadventures.com/2008%20Ringwood%20AR%20Results.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Genesis Sprint Series I&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://genesisadventures.com/2008%20Ringwood%20AR%20Results.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt; NJ (3-4 hour), 1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.friendsoftuckerman.org/2008%20Website/08%20INFERNO/INFERNO%202008/2008%20Results%20PDF/Inferno%20Results%2008.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, 1st Place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.photostockplus.com/home.php?user_id=18070&amp;amp;tmpl=35&amp;amp;event=178270&amp;amp;action=viewphoto&amp;amp;album_id=178270&amp;amp;rank=9"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Team&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt; &amp;amp; 1st place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.photostockplus.com/home.php?user_id=18070&amp;amp;tmpl=35&amp;amp;event=178270&amp;amp;action=viewphoto&amp;amp;photo_id=8298203&amp;amp;album_id=178270"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Solo (Chad Denning)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.racingahead.com/Results.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Racing Ahead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, Maine (6 Hour adventure race) , &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.racingahead.com/PostRaceReportME608.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1st Place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://genesisadventures.com/2008%20AR2%20Results.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Genesis Sprint Series II&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, NY (3-4 hour), 1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nyara.org/index.php"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Longest Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, NY (14 hour race), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nyara.org/nyara_races/2007/2007_TLD_Results.pdf"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Wild, Wonderful Adventure Race (24 hour), 3rd Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.racingahead.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Racing Ahead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, Conquer Concord race (12 hour adventure race), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.racingahead.com/12-hourRacReport08.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1st Place &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.genesisadventures.com/v3/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Genesis Sprint III&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;, NJ (3-4 hour), 1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Cradle of Liberty, PA (24 hour), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://goalsara.org/yr2008/crad24_results.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.racingahead.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Racing Ahead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;, Vermont, 24 Hour adventure race, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.racingahead.com/NEARS_24-08.xls"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gmara.org/bitterpill/index.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;GMARA's Bitter Pill,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; Vermont, 12 Hour adventure, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.gmara.org/bitterpill/results.shtml"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;1st Place&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;"&gt;Click to follow the Team on our CheckPointZero Blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointzero.com/ems/2008/03/spring-break-oh-eight.cfm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197297509555308242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 50px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="99" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_27Nr_C_hkm8/SCCCjGkRBtI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uuP5d8K0VFQ/s320/masthead.jpg" width="430" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.checkpointzero.com/ems/2008/03/spring-break-oh-eight.cfm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34225722-4360916499591529009?l=teameasternmountainsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34225722/posts/default/4360916499591529009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34225722/posts/default/4360916499591529009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teameasternmountainsports.blogspot.com/2008/04/welcome-to-team-eastern-mountain-sports.html' title=''/><author><name>Team Eastern Mountain Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06355871804539727675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_27Nr_C_hkm8/SCCCjGkRBtI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uuP5d8K0VFQ/s72-c/masthead.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34225722.post-116310900903003017</id><published>2006-11-09T13:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-11-21T08:44:08.873-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4642/3768/1600/Rockstars.0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4642/3768/320/Rockstars.0.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#006600;"&gt;US National Champions!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Team Eastern Mountain Sports &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;crosses the finish line first &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;to win the &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;b&gt;2006 United States Adventure Racing National Championships!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4642/3768/1600/USARA%20Finish%20Line.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4642/3768/320/USARA%20Finish%20Line.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Crossing the finish line (L to R) Dave Lamb, Jennifer Shultis, Eric Bowker, John Hartley, Chad Denning, Frida Rosenberg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The course started on the Pacific shoreline just south of beautiful Santa Barbara, California before taking racers up and through 100 beautiful, treacherous and pain-inducing miles of the Santa Ynez Mountains and Los Padres National Forest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Team Eastern Mountain Sports was there with two strong teams composed of Eric Bowker, Chad Denning, John Hartley, Dave Lamb, Frida Rosenberg and Jennifer Shultis. After a strong and successful season together, both teams decided they would rather race together than apart. This decision proved to be a winning one as 24 hours and 31 minutes after the gun went off, both teams crossed the finish line arm-in-arm, to share first place honors having bested 48 of the top teams from 21 states around the country. To get any team over the line in first place is an accomplishment--to get two teams over together in first place is an amazing feat beyond compare. Team Captain, Jennifer Shultis said, "We won this together and because of each other. We share equally in this victory. It is near impossible to describe just how strong and tight this team has become over the past year--everyone is like family-- and to share in this together gives me incredible joy and tremendous satisfaction. To bring back a win from the West Coast for the adventure racing community here on the East Coast is an incredible privilege and accomplishment." &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For splits and finish times, please visit the USARA Nationals website at &lt;a href="http://www.usaranationals.com/"&gt;http://www.usaranationals.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34225722-116310900903003017?l=teameasternmountainsports.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34225722/posts/default/116310900903003017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34225722/posts/default/116310900903003017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://teameasternmountainsports.blogspot.com/2006/11/us-national-champions-team-eastern.html' title=''/><author><name>Team Eastern Mountain Sports</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06355871804539727675</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry></feed>
