Last month we launched a contest asking for your most outrageous training or racing stories, with the winner receiving a year supply of the new OptygenHP Prototype ($800 value).
We received some crazy entries, and would like to thank everyone who participated.
The five finalists have been shot at, rescued by little old ladies, bunny-hopped over a live deer, stopped by avalanches, and helped out a fellow racer with a broken bone sticking out of their arm. Here are their stories in no particular order:
Please let us know which story you enjoyed the most by leaving a comment below.
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October 8th, 2009 at 12:23 am
I think that The only thing that could stop him! is the best story.
October 8th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Nothing could stop him is my favorite:)
October 8th, 2009 at 6:18 am
I am voting for the prototype finish story. Hope that you win……
October 8th, 2009 at 6:19 am
I would like to vote for the “First Endurance Optygen Prototype Sprint Finish” story.. I can picture it in my head and it makes me laugh out loud hysterically.
October 8th, 2009 at 7:42 am
I vote for Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari!
October 8th, 2009 at 7:53 am
Sagebrush Safari!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:21 am
Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari!
October 8th, 2009 at 8:37 am
Most outrageous race: Sagebrush Safari.
Can’t imagine seeing a compound fracture on course while racing!
October 8th, 2009 at 9:00 am
Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari
October 8th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I’m going with “Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari”.
October 8th, 2009 at 9:12 am
Most outrageous race: Sagebrush Safari takes my vote!
October 8th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Sagebrush Safari because the other four are been-there-done-that.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:10 am
My vote will go to Nothing could stop him.
October 8th, 2009 at 10:22 am
I vote for: Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari
October 8th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I VOTE FOR- Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari
October 8th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Sagebrush Safari, because he deserves that extra boost from Optygen this coming season for sacrificing a race for a fellow rider!
October 8th, 2009 at 10:55 am
My vote is going to: Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari. Great story!
October 8th, 2009 at 11:17 am
Sagebrush Safari, by a country mile! Very well written, and what a story. One for the ages.
October 8th, 2009 at 11:27 am
Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari
I would have puked and passed out if I had come across that during a race.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
No pedal? Broken bones? Crazy talk. Sagebrush Safari has my vote.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
I think the “Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari” is best.
October 8th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
It’s the Sagebrush story for me.
October 8th, 2009 at 7:48 pm
The Mann Adventure story wins. What drama at the Sagebrush Safari!
October 8th, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Sprint finish…jumping the deer for sure!
October 8th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
My vote is for the deer/sprint finish story! lol
October 8th, 2009 at 7:52 pm
Sprint finish for sure has my vote!
October 9th, 2009 at 3:35 am
sprint finish was the funniest story here. it’s a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 9th, 2009 at 5:12 am
vote for sprint finish. if it has cold, maine, deer, and screaming like a pre pubescent school boy, it has to get my vote.
October 9th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Hands down give me the “Sprint Finish”! OPTYGEN enables you to leap all animals in a single bound!
October 9th, 2009 at 5:30 am
I loved the deer jumping story. my vote is for Sprint finish!!!
October 9th, 2009 at 11:45 am
Are we allowed to vote for our own? If so I vote for my submission!
October 9th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
deff, sprint finish.
October 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I am voting for my dad, sprint finish
October 10th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I am voting for the prototype finish story
October 10th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Its prototype finish!
October 10th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I vote for prototype finish
October 10th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
I am voting for prototype finish!
October 10th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
sprint finish gets my vote by far!!!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 9:14 am
the sprint finish story is the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
October 11th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
I am voting for the the prototype finish! Awesome story too!!
October 11th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Sagebrush Safari
October 12th, 2009 at 7:40 am
Sprint finish gets my vote-
October 12th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Nice story Tony! I’m voting for Prototype Finish!
woo hoo!
October 12th, 2009 at 9:11 am
I vote for Sprint finish Great story Tony
October 12th, 2009 at 9:13 am
Ouch!! That could have been a major crash. Quick bunny hop thinking and all is well. Keep up the training but watch out for wildlife. good luck with your contest. Hope you win. i vote for the sprint finish story
October 12th, 2009 at 9:16 am
Wow…Gotta love Maine and the wildlife i am voting for the sprint finish
October 12th, 2009 at 9:26 am
Sprint Finish… Good story Tony
October 12th, 2009 at 9:46 am
Sagebrush Crash gets my vote,
October 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
sprint finish! what do you want for a BUCK! (deer humor)
October 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
I vote for sprint finish
October 12th, 2009 at 2:41 pm
The deer has it. Sprint Finish
October 12th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
sprint finish! you’ll need the boost to jump a moose
October 12th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
My vote is for the apparent deer hunter……good luck!!
October 14th, 2009 at 6:58 am
My vote is for the sprint finish.
October 14th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Sagebrush Safari for sure!
October 14th, 2009 at 9:29 am
My vote goes to Most outrageous race: Sagebrush Safari.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:43 am
My vote goes to: Most Outrageous Race of the Year: Sagebrush Safari
October 14th, 2009 at 10:44 am
sagebrush fo sho!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:51 am
My vote is for sprint finish, great story tony
October 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
My vote is for sprint finish, watch out for those deer!!!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:52 am
Sagebrush Sarari was surely the most outrageous story, great job!
October 14th, 2009 at 10:53 am
My vote is for sprint finish. What a man tony or should i say boy.
October 14th, 2009 at 10:57 am
My vote is for sprint finish, watch out for the deer. I left a vote already, but i cant find it.
October 14th, 2009 at 11:49 am
I vote for Justin Mann’s story.
October 15th, 2009 at 7:39 am
I vote for sprint finish. great story tony
October 15th, 2009 at 7:40 am
I vote for sprint finish, watch out for the deer.
October 16th, 2009 at 8:13 am
I vote for sprint finish, nice story tony!!!!
October 16th, 2009 at 9:11 am
My vote is for spring finish. Nice story Tony.
October 16th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
I vote for Justin’s Sagebrush Safari.
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:06 am
i vote for the sprint finsih. i can see tony jumping a deer!!!