Local interest in RAAM.....

The other day I was asked about local interest in RAAM. I don't know the numbers, but it is very obvious to us that the local folks are following the race through the local media and through the RAAM website and ours. Yesterday, a local ATTORNEY (watch out here) came into the TS early and asked how things were going. A woman and her three kids asked later, the banker from across the street has come over a couple times, people buying gas at the SIGNAL are walking over asking, someone just now is asking Jim where the racers are. I write notes to the local press and put up stories on our site and don't know if anyone is listening until the race gets here. Well this year the locals are showing up in full force!! Thank you local papers and radio stations for all the publicity. YES....RAAM is a nutso event....but it absolutly captures the imagination of the fans, as is evidnced locally and in communities through which it passes. This is a REAL athletic event...for NO MONEY...just for the love of competition and striving to be the best! Long live the greatest bike race on earth!!!