Monday, April 1, 2013

Yellow Creek SP Monthly Mountain Bike Race, March 2013

The first mountain bike race of our season WOOHOO!

(For all the pics GO HERE - sorry, my batteries died so I only managed the flag-off pics!)



The Yellow Creek race series returned this year with some key upgrades:

  1. The addition of a sweet 18 mile Expert loop, while retaining the usual 10 mile out-and-back Sport course. 
  2. MONEY prizes for the Expert riders in top 6 (starting at $60 for the Champ), while the top Sport rider gets the usual delish Pie.
After flagging off the 30 plus riders - most of whom opted for Expert - I had a chance to run a little of the course and oh my oh wow what a delightful job the YC trail maintenance crew have done with an already awesome route. 

Pulling all stops in pre-race trail prep, generous application of leaf-blowing apparatus-es ensured nary a leaf in sight. One result was a drier, faster ride with only a few slick mud spots. Another result - the cleanest post-race riders and bikes I've seen in a while. 

First Expert was Kevin Campbell while First Sport was Michelle Bietko, who narrowly beat out Brad Transue on a single speed (dude what were you thinking :p) by a mere nine seconds. For the rest of the results GO HERE

For next month's (April 21st) race, I think the warmer weather might be conducive to me providing some free sports massages (just in case riders weren't hurting enough after the race). And should I bring along some post-race nutrition (fried rice, watermelon, etc) also? :)

See y'all soon!


2 comments:

  1. Thank you for tour time in doing this. Nice to see the pleasure and pain of it all. Thanks again, Danny steffey

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    1. Hey Danny, thanks for your comment! Glad you enjoyed this blog post and see ya at the next race!

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