getting fresh with the fans

Pics courtesy of Roger Harrison and Big Al Stamper

What a long and strange trip it has been.


We all made some new friends

Anyway down to business.
Who won?
Who got paid?

Karen "The Rockett" Brockett! Thats who got paid in the Womens Open race. This young lady put on quite a show and kept the hammer down all day


Mirror, mirror on the wall.....
Who's the biggest sandbagger of them all?
Not only does he pay his entry fee with a ziplock bag full of loose change, takes peanut butter and cardboard handups, and scares of wildlife with his musk, Mark Smelser won the Mens 3/4 and the Mens Open races, back to back.


Jeff Unruh won the Masters 45+ race


Robert Cummings won the Masters 35+ race


Dan Oldehoeft won the SS race


Casey Buta won the mens 4's race.


We all witnessed the fitness as Claire Armstrong rode away from the Womens Cat. 4 field in her first ever CX race


Paulette Arnold walked away with the Double Down award from the Manhatttan Running Co for being the highest combined finisher in the XC running race and the CX race.


The rest of the results are here






orientation fail!

To satiate your lust for pixels

Roger Harrison has some pretty pimp photos up on the lantern rouge photo stream. Roger does a wonderful job of supporting cycling, so the next time you see him out at a race make sure you say thanks.
I hope to have the full results up later today.
Big thanks to Big Poppi Bicycle Co., Barnyard Brewing, Arnold Sound, The MATC, and all the folks that made it out to race and support the racers.

The weather man can't keep us down

Like a wild pack of Honkies going Tonkin we descended on the the MATC campus today with one thing in mind.

Destruction.....of snow drifts. Certain parts of the course have been scoured clean of any wild white fluff, but in other spots it is 2 feet deep.
AAA and I started cutting the lines for this weekends event, and things are looking good.
We got the first loop opened up with some fast swooping lines.

The entire course will be 3 meters wide and free of snow (yellow or otherwise).
So fear not! there will be XC and CX racing this weekend.
Remember, we will have inside registration, a warm lobby to take a break and secure some vittles, and hot racing action all afternoon

The XC race

The flyer is here
No age groups.
2 divisions, male and female.
Entry Fee: $10 CASH!
Cash Payouts to 1st, 2nd, 3rd in each division based on a percentage of overall entry fees (this means women get the same payout as men).
Chili, pasta, HEED, and Barnyard beer afterward (not in that order).
Remember if you win the double down there will be a special prize from the MRC
Stay and watch the CX races going on all afternoon.
Questions? email gravelconspiracy@gmail.com