BRECKENRIDGE COLORADO

THE FIRECRACKER 50 MOUNTAIN BIKE RACE
THE MARATHON MOUNTAIN BIKE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT.
Last week I joined Jenny in a trip to Colorado
She was directing a centering prayer conference in Denver
and I went to the hills ....

To have our old friend Jeff Kerkove and his very good and fast friend
Sonya Looney

show me the race course.

We met up with some of their friends
and rode the entire challenging scenic and fun course.
Two of these dudes ear from Green Iowa and all of them are very fast.

Nice to be able to ride a mountain bike in the
MOUNTAINS

A lot of variety

It was a good day of riding.
To be able to preride the race course takes some of the mystery and fear out of the race.
But, make no mistake
it is going to be a hard day of racing.
Thanks to Sonya for the pictures
And to Jeff for putting up with my pace.
Both of these guys could be on the podium when the dust settles.
John

ONE MORE TTT AND .......

PICTURES FROM CORNER 3
BY
TONY FROM LITTLETON

WHAT

??? TTT ???

JOHN

TTT 2009 - MORE PICTURES

MIKE AND AMY DOING THEIR REGISTRATION THING
AND KEEPING TRACK OF EVERY THING
LIKE NO OTHERS CAN DO

OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OFFICIAL - KEITH REYNOLDS
WAITING FOR SOME ACTION

THE MAN IN CHARGE OF VOLUNTEERS AND CHAOS
SCOTT DUFFUS
GIVING FINAL INSTRUCTIONS TO THE ARMY OF VOLNTEERS

MORE OF OUR GREAT HELPERS
WE COULD NEVER DO THIS RACE PROMOTION WITHOUT THEIR VERY GENEROUS
CONTRIBUTIONS
THANKS TO ALL WHO HELP PUT ON THIS NEAR PERFECT
STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

GETTING READY TO RACE
THE ORANGE AND BLUE OF THE DMOS TEAM
FROM DES MOINES
THEY BROUGHT 7 TEAMS

WAITING FOR THE ACTION

RICHARD, LANDON AND SCOTT IN THE STARTING GATE

TOM MIKE DOUG AND FLAT MAN ROB GETTING INSTRUCTIONS FORM THE OFFICIAL

ROBERT JOHN KAT AND CAREY GETTING READY FOR THEIR GOLD MEDAL RACE

PAUL CHRIS CRAIG AND TIM - WONDERING IF THEY CAN JUST COUNT FAST MAN CRAIG'S TIME

WE HAD A TANDEM CLASS
AS WELL AS A JUNIOR CAT

OUR FAST FRIENDS FROM CEDAR RAPIDS

AND THE REALLY FAST FOURSOME FROM IOWA CITY
THEY BROKE THE COURSE RECORD BE TWO MINUTES

AND SOME RACING IN TIGHT FORMATION

AFTER THE RACING WAS OVER WE ALL GOT A CHANCE TO
EAT

THANKS TO ALL WHO RACED, VOLUNTEERED AND MADE THE
BIKE TECH RACING TTT - STATE CHAMPS - A BIG SUCCESS.
AND SUCH GRATITUDE TO OUR TTT COMMITTEE OF
MIKE JOHNSON, AMY JARDON, CHRIS CONGDON, SCOTT DUFFUS, KEITH REYNOLDS
AND MY RIGHT HAND - THE GIRL ON MY WHEEL -
KATHLEEN PORTER
JOHN

'09 State TTT Championship Results

Results.....

New course record set this year.

For Reference:

'07 Results

'08 Results

TTT 15 Teams and 16 Photos

It was a great day for a race-- not too hot, almost no wind.
I think my daughter got photos of all of the teams so here they
are, with a few comments. A big thanks to everyone who participated
in this event. Especially the volunteers marshaling corners, registering
teams, driving sag, and helping with all of the detailing that need to
happen to make a racelike this a success!
These guys started 2 minutes behind us and flew pasted us right
after we got around the first corner! Wow were they ever burning
up the road today!

There were 7 DMOS teams!! it looked like a parade when they
pulled into the parking lot

Robert, John, Kat, and Carey powering through corner 4















These ICCC guys must have went around the corner so fast that my daughter could not get them in the same photo


These Rasmussen guys look like they have done this before

Mike leading his team through corner 4. Rumor has it
that they raced a horse and buggy for a portion of the course,
not sure who won?


Chris, Craig, Tim, and Paul--the third Bike Tech team
Landon, Richard, and me (Scott) the bike tech team
that was assembled about 20 minutes before the race started :-)

TTT

2008 TTT winners
Looking good

2008 TTT guys
3 tired guys
happy to finish

John

TTT

LOOK AT THESE JOKERS

WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY DOING/THINKING

CHECK OUT THE LINK TO THE TTT FLIER TO THE LEFT

Riding some gravel

The Memorial Day Road Races are over
Let the gravel begin
We rode about 60 miles of mostly gravel on Sunday.
You know, the team is promoting the
State Championship Gravel races on Sept. 12 on some of these same roads

Couldn't pass up the hills of New Hartford

On our way to Parkersburg we did the big rollers

Checked out the Parkersburg house we lived in for 17 years
It is the hole with he orange fence around it.
John
Oh, Yeah
the point of this post was to let you all know that there is a lot of gravel to ride this summer.
Whether you are getting ready for Leadville, The Scout Camp Race or just want
some conditioning or hanging out the the guys -
We are going to do some long riding on the weekends
and we'll make some regular announcements.
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