It was another epic weather day at the Ken Woods Memorial Road race, with rain and wind unable to deter the 200+ racers who came out to compete in the first ROY race of the year. Chip timing results are at the following links:
The KWMRR Flyer is now available!
The race will be Saturday, April 24, 2010, featuring the same course you know and love. We’re continuing with the chip timing from last year, with plans for an even smoother and faster registration process. KWMR is also once again part of the collegiate district championships, with collegiate road race fields and a team time trial.
See the flyer for full details, we’ll see you there!
The 2009 Red BarnCX Flyer is now online! Because of ever-growing fields, we’re switching to a 5-race format this year:
10:00 – women CX 4 and juniors (30 min)
10:45 – Men CX 4 (30 min)
11:30 – Women CX 1/2/3, Masters 45+, single speed (45 min)
12:25 – kids race (free, 1 short lap)
12:45 – Men CX 3 (45 min)
1:45 – Men CX 1,2s (60 min)
Award to top 3 costumes in each race!
Super Single Speed award!
Complete bike giveaway courtesy of County Cycles!
Check http://redbarncx.blogspot.com for the latest race details.
Another Ken Woods Memorial Road Race is in the books! Thanks to a delayed thunderstorm, it was beautiful weather for a race, if a bit windy. 345 riders toed the line this year, including almost 70 college racers for the Collegiate District Championships!
** all results are posted in PDF format – click here if you need the Adobe Reader program to view these files **
Category Results
College Results
College_TT.pdf
KWMRR_College_AB_Results.pdf
KWMRR_College_CD_Results.pdf
Women
KWMRR_Women_1-2-3_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Women4_Women_40+_Results.pdf
Men
KWMRR_Cat_1-2_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Cat_3.pdf
KWMRR_Cat_4_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Cat_5_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Mast_35_Results.pdf
KWMRR_Masters_50+_Results.pdf
Juniors
KWMRR_Juniors_Results.pdf
Timing Splits
Morning Wave
Men Cat 1-2 splits
Men Cat 3 splits
Masters 35+ splits
College A-B splits
College C-D splits
Afternoon Wave
Women 1-2-3 splits
Women Cat 4 splits
Juniors splits
Men Cat 4 splits
Men Cat 5 splits
Masters 50+ splits
The flyer for the 2009 edition of the Gopher Wheelmen/County Cycles Ken Wood Memorial Road Race is now available.
We’re using chip timing again this year – same great course, with hopefully much less ice and snow this year. Start getting those miles in!
There are some great race reports in the bulletin boards, and the team is pulling together the last pieces for this year’s edition of the Red Barn CX Classic. If you were at yesterday’s Wirth park CX race you might have seen a preview of the new Red Barn waterbottles featuring Sara Sahara!
Some photos from last week’s muddy CX race in Hudson, courtesy of Jessica:
The Red Barn cyclocross race is ON for 2008! November 1st, 2008 at the Erikson Brothers Tree Farm, registration opens at 10am. Featuring a kid’s race, costume contest and goody bags for all racers – see the flyer for full details and registration form.
2008 Red Barn CX Flyer w/reg form
The race also has its own weblog with even more event information, including this year’s course map.
Consensus is that it’s high time to start up the Tuesday night club rides. Meet up at County Cycles at 6pm to start – complete info is on the Club Rides page.
6th place for the Singlespeed category… out of a field of … 6
I’m in Oregon with my girls visiting my dad and stepmom for a week,
and as it turns out, my dad’s cario rehab guy is also a cyclist. He
(Chris) generously lined up a bike for me to ride so i could get in on
some real Oregon cyclocross action. It’s Wintercross, 3rd race in the
Psychocross Series on Dec. 9, and their second-to-last race of the
year. This at a time when the high temp in Minneapolis is 11F, and
there’s a foot of snow on the ground.
The borrowed bike was a singlespeed Surly Karate Monkey from Chris’
teammate Mike. It’s a nice bike, a light CX-style setup with
flat/riser bars and a steering damper. The gearing was in the
neighborhood of 32/18, though i didn’t count it myself. A little low
for the course perhaps, but it would have been fine if the lungs and
legs were in better form. I still managed to drop the chain a couple
of times, i never did figure out why it kept loosening up with 2 chain
tensioners.
The course was a long lap, 1.5 miles, winding through a summer camp.
We went through a triple barrier, then across the horse pasture and
down a sharp drop through a sand pit and across a creek within the
first 1/4 lap. The creek soaked me from the knees down every time, and
was followed by a good long stretch of singletrack. There was a nice
log barrier about 2′ off the ground in there, and a double barrier
past the conestoga wagon-styled bunkhouses into the back loop. There
was a stair runup in there somewhere, and a couple of short but
slippery runups that were rideable with the right momentum. A good mix
of bike handling and fitness skills, a really well-done course.
The race was the Bs and Singlespeeds, 12 racers in all, evenly split,
45 minutes. I started right in the mix, and that lasted about 1/2 lap
before i had the first chain drop and fell to last place. I was
spinning like mad to stay with the pack on straights, and held my own
through the technical parts, but didn’t have the fitness to maintain.
I passed a geared rider after losing 2 places on the chain drop, but
he dropped out later, leaving me to DFL. I was pretty much on my own
after that, but kept on keepin’ on, and didn’t get lapped. 5 laps in
all over the 45 minutes.
It was a good time, and even though it was 35F, it was a damp and cold
35. My feet were numb after a couple of laps. I’d finish a lap with
feet just starting to feel something before the next dunking. Thanks
to my dad and stepmom Sandy for race support, which mainly consisted
of keeping the girls entertained for a couple of hours (no small feat)
and warm clothes afterwards, and to Chris and Mike for the loaner
bike.
Here’s the link to the full results:
http://app.obra.org/results/event/9656
–
Bill Connell
St. Paul, MN
