Well, you get the gist from the post below as to what happened on the trek down to Ennis Lake.

After a quick 30 minute turn-around at the lake, gearing up for the bike to the finish, both DART-nuun and Bones rolled out at the same time. We all expected an uneventful ride to the finish, but we were in for a surprise.

The ride was rough going for both teams. Four tired, sore racers are enough to contend with, let alone eight. So after numerous stops, it was decided that the faster moving team would move on ahead as the ailing Bones suffered through. Ann and Jason both took falls on this section, due to their inability to unclip from their pedals with sore ankles.

Team DART-nuun faster a bit before 1:00am on the 30th and the Bones rolled in roughly 20 minutes afterwards. It was not an easy feat for the Bones to accomplish though, and navigation though the resort parking lot proved to be as harrowing as anything they had seen on the course. After two wrong turns (perhaps the only wrong turns all week), they finally were able to find the finish line tape and to pedal through it.

The spectators at the finish were eagerly awaiting the Bones appearance. We knew they were close. Twice, we all started clapping, as we were sure that they were near, only to stop after a few minutes as they failed to show. We thought that they might be a bit bashful. Or perhaps they just wanted to extend the race battle for third a few more precious moments. But alas, the Bones were just very sore and tired.

Since the glorious moment at the finish line, the team has been doing well. Ann slept from 2:00 - 8:00am. Walt told us he was going to do his laundry. And Jason was up and out at 8:00am to eat a pre-breakfast, before we met as a team for breakfast at 10:00am.

As far as we know, Team Bones has unofficially placed third place in Primal Quest Montana. There will be an announcement today as to when the awards ceremony will happen. We’ll keep you posted. Literally.

Okay… I don’t know about you, but I am really hungry. This typing has really taken its toll on me. So I’m off for breakfast with the Bones.

A big congratulations to the teams that have finished so far. And to those that are still out on the course, our thoughts are with you!

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