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Adventure Racers Extraordinaire! And Real People, Too! Team
Stray Dogs is one of the worlds premier expedition distance
adventure racing teams. The Stray Dogs
are known worldwide and have raced in almost every major expedition
distance adventure race in the world. For the 2004 Primal Quest adventure
race, the team will include:
• Marshall Ulrich —adventure racer, ultra runner, mountaineer • Mark Macy —adventure racer, snow shoe champion, ultra runner, tri-athlete • Adrian Crane —adventure racer, orienteering champion, ultra runner, mountaineer • Dianette Strange —adventure racer, mountaineer
As a team, we have as much expedition distance adventure racing experience as any team in the world. Collectively, the team has competed in 29 Eco Challenge, 8 Raid Gauloises, and 3 Primal Quest races. Individually we have raced in the most difficult endurance events the world has to offer including the following.
• Eco Challenge —all nine to-date, multi-day, multi-discipline adventure race • Raid Gauloises —international multi-day, multi-discipline adventure race • Primal Quest — U.S. based multi-day, multi-discipline adventure race • Adventure Races— Adrenaline Rush, Cal-Eco, Hi-Tech series, etc. • Marathon Des Sables —160 miles across the Sahara Desert • Badwater — 146 miles across Death Valley to the summit of Mt Whitney, in July • Iditasport —100-mile snowshoe or foot race, 100 miles on the Iditarod trail in Alaska • Ultras —A multitude of 100 mile runs and hundreds of other ultra-distance events
We are extremely professional as racers and business associates with our sponsors. Our team name – as well as our logo – is recognized throughout the adventure-racing world.
Marshall
Ulrich,
54, is the only person in the world to complete the Triple
Crown of Extreme Sports: world class ultra runner, record
setting adventure racer, and Seven Summits mountaineer. Marshall has
completed over 113 ultra marathons averaging over 100 miles each and
has reached the summit of For a complete resume, please see Ulrich Resume.
Mark Macy, 50, has been a runner and
tri-athlete for more than 19 years. He has competed in 8 Eco Challenges
and the 2003 Subaru Primal Quest. His adventure racing career started
after two decades of mountaineering, ice and rock climbing, canoeing,
For a complete resume, please see Macy Resume.
Adrian Crane, 48, has a multitude of
adventure sport accomplishments, including being one of three people
in the world to have competed in all 9 Eco Challenges, with two 2nd
place finishes, one 4th place finish, and one 7th place finish. He
has competed in 4
For a complete resume, please see CraneResume.
Dianette Strange, 37, has competed in
12 adventure races including the 2002 Eco Challenge Fiji, 2002 Raid
Gauloises Vietnam, 2001 Eco Challenge New Zealand, and 2000 Eco Challenge
Borneo. Additional adventure races have included the Panama
For a complete resume, please see StrangeResume.
Because we are real people with jobs, spouses, and families (a total of 12 kids between Marshall, Mark, Adrian and Dianette!) – who couldn't race without the support of our sponsors – sometimes the Stray Dogs team changes a bit between events in order to accommodate everyone's schedules and resources. The Stray Dogs are proud to have raced with some of the strongest and most experienced adventure racers in world, including Jodi Zwicky, Mo Monaghan, Charlie Engle, Mike Kloser, Rebecca Rusch, and Pat Harper. Brief bios for Jodi, Mo, and Charlie are included here. For more information about Rebecca and Pat, see Team Montrail. For more information about Mike, see Team Nike ACG. Jodi Zwicky,34, has done treks or expeditions
in over 30 countries. She has competed in over 40 adventure races
including Eco Challenge 2002 in Fiji, both Subaru Primal Quest races,
the Eco Challenge Canadian Championships, two Appalachian Extreme
races, and the Eco Challenge North American Maureen "Mo" Monaghan, 37,
has been
Charlie Engle, 40, has been a competitor
in Eco Challenge Fiji 2002 as a member the Stray
Dogs, Raid Gauloises 2002 Vietnam (also with the
Stray Dogs),
Eco Challenge New Zealand 2001, Sabah Raid Gauloises, Iron Man Hawaii
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each
of the Seven Summits, including Mount Everest, all on first
attempts. He has competed in 16 expedition length adventure
races, including all nine Eco Challenge adventure races – something
only two other people in the world have done. Marshall has crossed
Death Valley a record 18 times, including a solo and 586-mile quad
crossing, and has won the Badwater 146-mile race from minus 282 feet
to the 14,494-foot summit of Mount Whitney a record 4 times. He has
finished a record 13 Badwater 146 ultra marathons and 12 Leadville
Trail 100s. He is the only person to have completed the Leadville
Triple Crown of Racing – having biked, run, and kayaked 100 miles
each on consecutive weekends at over 10,000 feet – and is the only
person to have completed the Leadville Trail 100 and Pikes Peak Marathon
on the same weekend. In 1989, he was the first person to complete
six 100-mile trail races – finishing top-10 in five of them – in the
same year. With a personal best of 142 miles, he is a two time silver
medalist in the national 24-hour championship. He was on the cover
of the June 2004 addition of Adventure Sports Magazine, and was highlights
as one of the athletes "Over 50 and Kicking Your Butt."
In December 2001, Outside magazine named Marshall "Endurance
King" as part of their "A-Team – the 25 best athletes in
their fields." He was also on the cover of the June/July 2001
issue of Trail Runner magazine and was highlighted as one of the "Legends
of the Trail – 10 runners with a living legacy." During his career,
he as raised over $330,000 for various charities, including the 
rafting, kayaking, and backcountry telemark skiing. Mark is a three-time
winner of the Iditasport Snowshoe Race, which covers 100 miles on
the Iditarod Trail in Alaska. In 1996 he won the Masters Division
of the World Snowshoe Championship. He has finished the Leadville
Trail 100 run 5 times, the Leadville Trail 100 bike 4 times, and the
Old Dominion 100. His desert racing experience includes the Marathon
des Sables, 160 miles across the Sahara desert in Morocco, and Badwater,
146 miles across Death Valley to the top of Mt. Whitney (second place
in 1994). Along with Marshall, Mark completed the Pikes Peak Quad,
four continuous round trips to the 14,110 foot summit of Pikes Peak
with 36,000 feet of elevation gain over 106 miles. Mark's triathlon
experience includes the Ironman, five Mountain Man Winter Triathlons
(top age group finisher), and the Evergreen High Country Triathlon
(4-time age group winner). Twice he was a top 5 finisher of the Mr.
Taylor Quadrathon. Mark is a certified scuba diver and is experienced
in many disciplines including ropes/rock climbing, mountaineering,
ice and snow climbing, swimming, kayaking, and canoeing. Mark is a
trail lawyer in Denver, Colorado . He and his wife Pam live in Evergreen,
Colorado and are the proud parents of Travis 22, Katelyn 21, Keegan
19, and Donavahn 10. 
Raid
Gauloises adventure races, the 2003 Subaru Primal Quest, the Hi-Tech
adventure race series, the Dragon's Back 220, and the Western Isles
Challenge. In 1997, Adrian was the US National Long Distance Orienteering
Champion, and he is an experienced navigator for expedition length
adventure races. His mountaineering accomplishments include reaching
the summits of Denali and Aconcagua, as well as setting the record
for the Colorado 14ers and the Hi-Tec 50 Peaks Expedition. He holds
the record (almost 23,000 feet) for manpowered descent from the summit
of Aconcagua to the sea in 23 hours, and held the Guinness Book of
World Records high altitude bicycling record (20,300 feet) on Mt Chimbaorazo.
He has completed the Iditafoot 100 mile arctic running race, a winter
ascent of Mount Shasta, the Alaska Mountain and Wilderness Classic,
and the Anchorage Dog Sled Race. Other 100-mile or over events include
the Hard Rock 100, Gibson Ranch Race, Western States 100, Angeles
Crest 100, and Badwater 146. In 1983, Adrian ran 2,040 miles through
the Himalayas in 101 days, raising $100,000 for charity. Adrian is
a certified scuba diver and is experienced in ropes/rock climbing,
mountaineering, ice and snow climbing, swimming, kayaking, and canoeing.
Adrian is a software engineer. He and his wife Karen live in Modesto,
California with their sons Johnathan 19 and Christopher 16. 
Rainforest Extreme, Expedition British Virgin Islands (BVI), Discovery
Channel World Championships, Salomon X-Adventure Race, Cal-Eco Monterey,
Corsica Raid, Catalina Adventure Race, and WalkAbout Adventure Race.
Dianette has reached the summit of three of the “Seven Summits” –
Mt. Vinson in Antarctica, Mt. Elbrus in Europe, and Kilimanjaro in
Africa – all on first attempts. Additional mountaineering experience
includes climbing schools on Mount Hood and Mount Rainer, and the
summit of Mount Whitney in 1998 as well as 17 times in 2001 (approximately
every three to four weeks, with and without snow) to train for the
2001 Eco Challenge in New Zealand, a race that had the vertical gain
equivalent to climbing Mount Everest...twice. She is a certified scuba
diver (advanced open water), certified whitewater rescue technician,
and is experienced in many disciplines including ropes/rock climbing,
mountaineering, rafting, outrigger paddling, horseback riding, kayaking,
and canoeing. In 2003, her co-ed team finished first in their division
in the Race Across America, and she is an expert mountain biker. She
is active in fundraising for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and is
the co-founder of the Malibu, California chapter. She also races as
Team Cure Parkinsons for a friend who will win the race against Parkinsons.
Dianette lives in Malibu, California and is the proud mother of Brianna
13, Johnny 12, and MacKenna 7. 
Championships
where her team of three women and one man was the 1st place US team.
Jodi's team won the 2003 Beast of the East and she is a winner of
the NYARA P&S adventure race. She has assisted on three work projects
in remote locations in East Africa and Central America. She is a certified
scuba diver and is certified in ropes/rock climbing, mountaineering,
ice and snow climbing, swimming, kayaking, and canoeing; and holds
a Wilderness First Responder certificate. She serves on the US Adventure
Racing Association Advisory Board as a racer representative. Jodi
manages a family business and lives in Robesonia, Pennsylvania. 
a member of the Irish National Mountain Bike Team, professional bike
racer, professional mountain bike racer, and has won many short and
long course adventure races. In 2000, Mo demonstrated that she was
a world class expedition adventure racer. Racing in her first Eco
Challenge in Borneo as a member the Stray
Dogs, Mo proved to be exceptionally strong, highly
motivated, extremely skilled, and very hard to keep up with. Her expedition
length adventure racing experience includes Eco Challenge New Zealand
2001 (also with the Stray
Dogs), the 2001 Discovery Challenge World Championships
in Switzerland, and Eco Challenge Fiji 2002. Mo is a professional
adventure racer who lives in Texas with her husband. 
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Badwater 146, and the Valley of the Sun Ultra Marathon. Charlie has
competed in over 100 triathlons, 40 marathons, 6 ultra marathons,
and is a certified scuba diver. Charlie is an accomplished mountain
climber and summited Denali with Marshall and other members of an
ad hoc Stray Dogs
team in 2002. In 2003, his co-ed team (including Dianette) finished
first in their division in the Race Across America. Charlie won the
2003 Gobi March, a six-stage, 250-kilometer footrace across the Gobi
Desert of China. Charlie lives in Summerfield, North Carolina, and
is the proud father of two sons.
