Jen’s support crew is doing an awesome job of emailing me reports from the field:

here we are, back on line, it was 30 hours without any signal, rolling around very remote areas, wich are awesome! so, the team is at the moment arriving in Viçosa do Ceara, coming from trekking, and switching to biking. it is going to be a big trek, including climbing, ascent, descent! they are considering to do this piece in 10 hours time, since they already payed 5 from their 8 mandatory hours! on the last PC, about 5 hours ago, according to myself, Jen was the best shape in the team, she is handling very well the local hotness! Good girl! now, dart nuun are at 8th position, checked on the last PC, 5 hours ago! that’s gonna be all for now, coming back from the next PC, if the signal helps! 8-)))))))))

They have been racing for over 53 hours now.  The race organizers estimated the winning time to be around 65 hours, but i’m not sure how close the top teams are to that.

Rob Howard from Sleepmonster.com wrote:

Dart Nuun were another team who found the ride hard, but the US team are still racing and are in the top 10. They said the ride was so sandy it was hard to make progress and wasn’t an enjoyable experience! (It was because of the sand that SOLE were stripping down their bikes as much as possible and rigging a new towing system to cope with it.)

Be sure to head over to Sleepmonsters.com and read the full race report.

Another message just came in from DARTnuun’s support crew:

Hi from Brazil!!!!

Our team looks good, they used some good sleeping hours through the kayaking section and were feeling well and positive….  First thing Seggs said  smiling when came in ” Look at my hands,”!!!!! after 20 hours paddling….they were nasty…wrinkles!!!!
The team took a 25 min break, and start the bike section, we will probably meet them in 8 hours. Not sure if we will have internet connection from now; we;ll try to keep you updated!!!!

Support crew, Tati and Fred.

I’m also going to through my support behind the French team Wilsa Helly Hansen because Helly has supported the MOMAR for the last five years.  They are sitting in 10th place right now. Go HH Go!

Here’s a message from Fred who is part of Jen’s support crew:

So, yesterday, the team left the starting point at 15:30h, and ran for 5 hours approximately on the dunes, close to open sea, arriving in Tutoia for the first transition, where they got the kayaks and left to Parnaiba, racing for approximately 18h, with maybe, and only maybe, 1 or 2 hours of mandatory sleep.

The team was feeling pretty well on the transition, and they were in very good shape after running on the dunes! They spent around 10 minutes to drink and eat, then left for kayaking cruise on open sea, and mangroves!

They are now sitting in 12th spot but according to the SPOT map, they seem to be very close to the leaders, Team Nike.