Spudman 09

Congrats to the hand full of guys that were lucky enough to get in and that went up and did the spudman triathlon in Idaho last weekend.
We had several Skullcandy members complete the olympic distance event.
Notably, Adam Clark took 2nd in his age division with a blazing 2:07.54 over the 1.5K swim, 40K bike and 10K run course.
If you don't like swimming, this downriver swim is the route for you.
Registration for next years lottery will open January 4, 2010 for the event on July 31 of 2010.

Chalk Creek Road Race

With it being the State Championship Road Race for Masters and Juniors, there were some larger than normal Masters Categories. The weather was much better this year than last years 95 degree temps. 

DC tried and tried to get into or set-up a break and finally succeeded in getting into the winning 4 man break in the Cat 3's 80 mile race.  Matt played the dutiful team mate and sat in and did nothing. DC ended up with a 3rd place in his first real Cat 3 race. 

After the race, DC was quoted saying "It was a hard fast race, but my legs felt good so i knew i had to have a go. After we finally established the break, my legs were on fire, but I just stayed focused. Unfortunately didn't have the legs for the final kick at the end but i can learn from this race and build on it for next time."

The Cat 4's and Cat 5's saw some fast action and some good attacks, but nothing strong enough to stay away for the full 50 miles. Both races came down to an uphill bunch sprint with Brandon Perry slotting in at 4th in the 5's.

The Masters 35B Category was the largest field of the day and we had some good numbers there from our team.  After several furious attacks for the first 15 miles proved fruitless, the race settled down a bit for the next 10 miles until the turnaround. Kracht tried a few times to get away but there were a few guys at the front of the group that weren't going to let him go.  The most dangerous rider in the group was from Spin Cycling and we had some great teamwork to get on his wheel when he attacked or guys to shutdown any of his attacks. In the end, this race also stayed together for an uphill, bunch sprint. Seth ended up coming around the wheel in front of him about mid way up the 3/4 mile finishing climb and was able to hold off the field to be crowned the Masters 35B state champ with Brandon Judd coming in 5th.

After the race, Seth said "I was hoping to get Kracht into a break so that his Cyclocross conditioning could take over and he could drill it to the line. Unfortunately the right guys never got up the road together. Crayk took over and worked at the front like an animal keeping it together until the last corner. After all of the work he did, I just had to give it my all."

Capital Reef Classic Stage Race

We had some good numbers down in Torrey, Utah this year for the 2nd Annual, 2 day, 3 stage Capital Reef Classic Stage Race.

Friday morning there was an 8.5 mile individual time trial, Friday afternoon was a circuit race on a hard, 17 mile course with short punchy climbs. Depending on the category, you would do 1, 2 or 3 laps on this course. Saturday morning presented the long road race with either a 50 mile or 81 mile course with some serious climbing on the long course.

The temperature was a bit warmer down there this year than last year but, still 15 degrees cooler than in Salt Lake City.

Sam Clark won the Cat 5 circuit race on friday afternoon with a solo break on the 2nd half of the course. 

Tyler Kirk was 2nd in the TT, third in the circuit race and 3rd on the road race to get into the money with a 2nd over all in the GC. Tyler wanted to dedicate this race to his wife who couldn't be there this weekend because she was home with their newborn son.

It is a great venue, with wonderful volunteer support and a difficult but fun race that will certainly continue to grow over the next few years.

Intermountain Cup State Champs

Congrats to Brandon Perry and Robert Johnson who both won the Mens State Mountain Bike title in their respective fields on Saturday up at Solitude.

Big Cottonwood Hill Climb

We had some good numbers for a difficult year up big cottonwood canyon.
There was a head wind up most of the canyon which had a tendency of having everybody's times a few minutes slower than in past years.
Still a great test of where your fitness is midway through the season.Tyler coming across the line second in the cat 4 group