Posted on 05/15/08 2:16 PM| by team-admin
Ann volunteered for the job of updating this blog. As you can see, she has absolutely no idea how to wrap text. She also can’t figure out why sometimes when she copies from Word the formatting stays, and sometimes it doesn’t. Oh, and she can’t figure out why sometimes she can get a thumbnail image and sometimes she can get only a large image. This is a blatant plea for help to all you techies out there!!!
Ann Hall, 40Born and raised in San Diego County, Ann currently resides in Encinitas with her dog Hefner. She lived in Mexico for four years and has traveled and raced extensively in the United States, Europe and South America.   While a graduate student at San Diego State University, Ann began mountain biking in 1990, and began racing her bike in 1992. Since then, she has competed in competed in hundreds of events, including the first two snow mountain bike races at the ESPN Winter X-Games. In 1998, Ann competed in her first adventure race and found a new passion. She is excited to be back racing at a competitive level after a bike vs Jeep incident in 2004!
Ann’s brother Jimmy died in a BASE jumping accident May 9, 2007. She is racing this year’s Primal Quest in his honor.
Racing Highlights
| Year | Race | Placing | Location |
| 2003 | Bimbache Extreme | 7th Place | Canary Islands, Spain |
| La Ruta de Los Conquistadores | 3rd Place | Costa Rica | |
| REI Desert & Alpine Classics | 1st Place | California | |
| 2004 | Saddleback Trail Marathon | 2nd Place | Orange, CA |
| 2005 | Coastal Challenge 150 Miles | 3rd Place | Costa Rica |
| 24 Hours of Hurkey Creek | 3rd Place | Idyllwild, CA | |
| 2006 | 24 Hours of Old Pueblo | 3rd Place | Tucson, AX |
| Sagebrush Safari | 1st Place | San Diego, CA | |
| 2007 | Noble Canyon 50k | 2nd Place | Pine Valley, CA |
| 2008 | Peaks and Valleys | 1st Place | San Diego, CA |
May 29th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Ann,
Considering you are one of the first teams to figure out this blog system, I think you are doing an amazing job!! All looks great…wraps or no-wraps! Looking forward to some fabulous stories. Cheers, Kathryn
June 5th, 2008 at 9:43 am
Hi Ann! My name is Jenn. I work closely with your mom (and lots of high school students
)in Guam! I too have a passion for adventure Racing and race every year in the Guam Extreme Adventure Race (GEAR- 24 hrs). This year GEAR 8 was a big success with my team coming in at 10hrs 20min, around 3 hours ahead of the second place team. They told us they are going to put cinder blocks in our packs for next year. One of our teammates is sort of retiring and my female teammate and I are looking to put together an all womens team for GEAR 9 (4 person teams). Let me know if you are interested in racing on our beautiful island in May 2009!! I look forward to racing in other part of the world soon! Cheers, Jenn
June 5th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Best of luck to you guys. Ann we missed you in Costa Rica last year! Take care, race hard and have fun.
June 17th, 2008 at 2:56 pm
Hey Sweetie! Ya mean our Valentine and Halloween Orienteering events weren’t race highlights??!! . I’ll be thinking about you, of course. Missing you tons. I expect to see lots of smiling pictures of you because I know you will have fun and have a super duper race. Hugs, Mel.
June 19th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Hola & Hafa Adai,
Wish we were in Montana but… we are your support team in Guam. Love, Mom & Dad
June 19th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Sock it to ‘em Ann!!!!!!
I will be thinking of you from Colorado.
Hugs, hugs and more hugs,
Nicette
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:04 pm
Hey Ann,
The Thursday MTB’r got your back. Have a great Adventure, and give those other teams an education.
June 24th, 2008 at 12:53 am
Hey Ann! Go get ‘em! We were thinking about you on our drive home from Mammoth yesterday. Hope you are having a super fun time. We can’t wait to hear all about the race.
Your fans,
Greg & Lisa
June 24th, 2008 at 5:23 pm
This is so awesome, following along with the team’s progress online! The photos are great and you guys are kicking butt! Ann you are my hero for facing that cold weather and even colder water =) We all can’t wait to see what happens next so Ian, keep those blogs coming!
June 25th, 2008 at 10:26 pm
Go Ann! I’m sure you’re having a blast, and Jimmy is probably right there with you!
Multissimo hugissimo
June 26th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
Hi Anna Banana!
So glad to see you back in the thick of things with Team Bones! You guys are rocking! Tell Roy I said hi! Keep it up. Miss you!
Love,
Shannon
June 26th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
Hi Ann! We are friends of your Mom and we’ll be cheering you from New Orleans this weekend. I’ll have a hurricane in honor of your team. Kick ass and take names!!!
June 27th, 2008 at 7:26 am
Hey Chickie! Shannon and I say GO GO GO! It is so great to see you up about and doing your thang full out!
June 27th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Thanks for the updates, Ian. Bones is looking good!