Quantcast

Went to an XC race today and this guy name douglas was there......

  • Come enter the Ridemonkey Secret Santa!

    We're kicking off the 2024 Secret Santa! Exchange gifts with other monkeys - from beer and snacks, to bike gear, to custom machined holiday decorations and tools by our more talented members, there's something for everyone.

    Click here for details and to learn how to participate.

MMcG

MMcG

Ride till you puke!
Dec 10, 2002
15,457
12
Burlington, Connecticut
Well me and my lame knee went to the Fat Tire Classic today to watch and root on a fellow teammate and Monkey........the infamous douglas!!

Doug drove in from Albany to race at the Root 66 series race at Winding Trails in Farmington. What a glorious day for a bike race! I think Doug told me that there were over 445 riders racing today. Not too shabby.

I took a few photos and thought I'd throw em up.

First off here's Doug getting ready at the start for his 30-39 Sport Class:



There was also a good contingent of single speeders at the race today and man some of them were blistering fast. The two guys who finished 1 and 2 in the single speed class were just unreal! They actually finished way up there among all the riders in the Sport class - they friggin hauled ass. So fast that I missed them with my camera when they came by me early on.

But I did catch these two SSers:



Man guys and girls were flying on this course - I'll let Doug comment on the course, but I suspect that a hardtail or even a rigid bike would have been the weapon of choice today.

Here's Doug coming up to the finish line after three fast paced laps (15 miles total). I think he did the fifteen miles in about an hour and half or so. Not too friggin shabby for early on in the season. You kick major ass Doug! Way to ride my friend! :thumb:



It was pretty fun cheering my friend on, and just soaking in the race scene. Lots of amazingly fast riders and all sorts of cool bikes from the latest and greatest to some old school Fat Chance Buck Shavers and Cannondale Ravens etc. etc.

Good stuff and mad props to Doug for a great race!
 
splat

splat

Nam I am
Apr 27, 2002
14,763
345
Well Maybe Windows is Bearable ! Unix Rules !
So how did Doug Finish ? did he Beat Tracey Montoya ? ( He was Kicking my Ass big time last year , but moved up to sport this year. )

I wish I could have made but family obligations got me .

I did manage to get in a 75 mile Road ride and got some great pics of free riders in Nam
 
douglas

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
It was a perfect day for a race, sun shining, warm but not hot

The course was 4.25 miles, definitely a fast corse, just a couple real small hills, no real tough technical sections, it was dry with the exception of one mud bog, lots of places to pass........and MMcG was correct, a light hard tail was the ride to be on (not that I was on one!)

my 1st lap went pretty good, I was hanging just a little bit back from the lead group, they were so many people racing it was hard to judge/keep track of the competition....but I couldnt hang with their pace, and began to fad. I had the cardio but I didnt have the legs.

I ended up 20th (out of 34).......those damn CT boys are fast!


It was cool to see MMcG (and thanks for cheering and taking pics!!), and I also bumped into several other people I know from the XC scene. A really nice way to spend a beautiful Spring day :D
 
douglas

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
Root66 does a really nice job putting on a race, they even had bands playing!
BUT I dont like the fact they let experts/pros preride the course the same time as us sport guys were racing, it makes it confusing, trying to figure if the people ahead are racers or just preriders, plus extra work having to pass those preriders. I think this is 1st place I raced at they allowed preriders on the course while a different class is racing
/rant off
 
TreeSaw

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,811
2,132
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
douglas said:
Root66 does a really nice job putting on a race, they even had bands playing!
BUT I dont like the fact they let experts/pros preride the course the same time as us sport guys were racing, it makes it confusing, trying to figure if the people ahead are racers or just preriders, plus extra work having to pass those preriders. I think this is 1st place I raced at they allowed preriders on the course while a different class is racing
/rant off
Click to expand...
Hmm...that does seem weird. Pre-riders & different racers all at once. Good thing it wasn't a really technical course...there could have been some serious issues! :eek:
 
douglas

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
MMcG said:
Here's Doug coming up to the finish line after three fast paced laps (15 miles total). I think he did the fifteen miles in about an hour and half or so. Not too friggin shabby for early on in the season. !
Click to expand...

actually it was 13 miles total, & just under 1:10
 
douglas

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
thank you sir MMcG!


Your area has a so many people into biking, seems every time I drive down there, I see tons & tons of people road riding, or parked at trail heads - I wish there were more locals in my area into riding
 
TreeSaw

TreeSaw

Mama Monkey
Oct 30, 2003
17,811
2,132
Dancin' over rocks n' roots!
douglas said:
thank you sir MMcG!


Your area has a so many people into biking, seems every time I drive down there, I see tons & tons of people road riding, or parked at trail heads - I wish there were more locals in my area into riding
Click to expand...
You should've seen the SMBA entrance yesterday. There were only 2 cars when we got there and 7-8 when we left. :thumb:
 
douglas

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
TreeSaw said:
You should've seen the SMBA entrance yesterday. There were only 2 cars when we got there and 7-8 when we left. :thumb:
Click to expand...

thats cool, but in the avon/farmington area, I bet I saw 550 people biking (if you include the 443 that raced)
 
I Are Baboon

I Are Baboon

Vagina man
Aug 6, 2001
32,742
10,683
MTB New England
douglas said:
thats cool, but in the avon/farmington area, I bet I saw 550 people biking (if you include the 443 that raced)
Click to expand...
Man, our area is huge for cycling. Driving through town on the way home from skiing, MBC and I must have seen 20-30 roadies. It made MBC very jealous.
 
splat

splat

Nam I am
Apr 27, 2002
14,763
345
Well Maybe Windows is Bearable ! Unix Rules !
Results are Posted Doug!! Holy Crap that was a HUGE field !

M Sport 30-39 Oscar Purwin 523 1:01:00 1 60
M Sport 30-39 Ben Davidson 520 1:03:06 2 55
M Sport 30-39 PJ Lovely 538 1:03:12 3 50
M Sport 30-39 Joe Policarpio 291 1:03:15 4 46
M Sport 30-39 Dave Bush 533 1:03:30 5 43
M Sport 30-39 Jack Hayden 286 1:03:57 6 41
M Sport 30-39 Dave Barr 543 1:04:34 7 39
M Sport 30-39 Sylvain Loize 524 1:04:40 8 37
M Sport 30-39 Rick friedrich 537 1:04:50 9 36
M Sport 30-39 Scott Struve 548 1:04:52 10 35
M Sport 30-39 Andrew Nelson 529 1:05:46 11 0
M Sport 30-39 John Scala 547 1:05:47 12 0
M Sport 30-39 Anthony Petrillo 541 1:05:52 13 0
M Sport 30-39 Mike Woods 534 1:06:03 14 0
M Sport 30-39 Robert Cruz 530 1:06:40 15 0
M Sport 30-39 Clint Morgan 528 1:07:02 16 0
M Sport 30-39 Jack Enxuto 527 1:08:04 17 0
M Sport 30-39 John Jakway 531 1:08:06 18 0
M Sport 30-39 Humberto Raposo 532 1:08:56 19 0
M Sport 30-39 Douglas Southwick 545 1:09:17 20 0
M Sport 30-39 Nathan Chubery 540 1:09:28 21 0
M Sport 30-39 Eric Policarpio 525 1:10:31 22 0
M Sport 30-39 Brian Drenen 542 1:11:18 23 0
M Sport 30-39 Elliott Halpern 288 1:11:52 24 0
M Sport 30-39 Mark Wucher 544 1:13:10 25 0
M Sport 30-39 Jeffrey Haitz 294 1:15:05 26 0
M Sport 30-39 John Brant 535 1:17:07 27 0
M Sport 30-39 Michael Pajarillo 293 1:17:49 28 0
M Sport 30-39 Daniel Chabott 521 1:19:58 29 0
M Sport 30-39 Alex Salazar 536 1:20:04 30 0
M Sport 30-39 Michael Hadley 289 1:23:37 31 0
M Sport 30-39 Mike Romanovsky 546 1:24:32 36 0
M Sport 30-39 Deryl gage 292 1:26:23 33 0
M Sport 30-39 Steven Shober 290 1:32:18 34 0
M Sport 30-39 Glenn Halleck 539 DNF DNF 0
M Sport 30-39 Sean McQuilliams 526 DNF DNF 0
 
douglas

douglas

Chocolate Milk Doug
May 15, 2002
9,887
6
Shut up and Ride
Definitely biggest field I have ever raced against, plus the other sport fields/age were also pretty big!

I think I would have 19th but I with .25 miles left, I had to stop to take a branch out of my derailuer (I think I picked up the branch when I was went wide to pass preriders)

not that I really care if I was in 19th or 20th, but I was chasing the dude that did get 19th for 1 3/4 laps!!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top Bottom