Strong wind blows away the record books.
Although the skies were cloudy, the roads were thankfully dry. There were 167 finishers in the full distance event. Total registration was just over 400 skaters. A stiff wind from the east provided a tailwind for much of the trip, blowing away the men's and women's records for both distances. This was despite the addition of a mile to the full distance course to route around road construction, just before checkpoint 4.